A WINTER BLESSING - CATHY JORDAN & FEARGAL MURRAY

‘A WINTER BLESSING’ is the first single from the forthcoming album (released 19th January 2024) ‘STORYBOOK’ THE SONGS OF BRENDAN GRAHAM. Based on an old Norwegian melody, this song is an homage to Winter and the downsides it can bring. At first, Jordan’s haunting voice tells us about these; however, as the song unfolds, we are reminded that Winter is also a time filled with the promise of Homecoming. “A Winter Blessing” will be available on all streaming platforms from December 1st 2023.
Jordan’s atmospheric vocals, Murray’s understated piano, and Norway’s Annbjorg Lien’s hardanger fiddle capture the bleakness and mystery of early Winter, of Samhain, when we welcome our ‘lost loves’, who return from the other world to be with us. Winter, too, leads us into the homecomings of Christmas, when the loved ones of this life come home to us.
“It has been an honour to be the first to give voice to Brendan’s newly penned gems, says Cathy Jordan. This album has been inspired by those demos myself and Feargal made over the years. It forms a link between old tradition and more modern folk tradition.”
‘A Winter Blessing’ is available on all streaming platforms from 1st December.
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Song Recorded and Mixed by Dave McCune at Ventry Studios, Balbriggan, Co Dublin.
Video Directed, Filmed & Edited by Eric Campbell.
A Winter Blessing
Words: Brendan Graham; Music: Trad Norwegian - Arr. Graham/Murray/Jordan
Deep is the darkness that falls down on me,
Long is the long night, till morning will be;
Bright be the North Star, to shine constantly,
Till winter brings you home safely, to me.
Blessed be the west wind,
Blessed be the wild foam;
Blessed be the ocean,
To carry you home;
Blessed be cold winter,
Its storm and its sea;
Blessed be the true love,
That brings you to me.
Still is the valley, no bell to be ringing,
Silent the harsh frost, that crushes the tree;
Frozen the heart with no song to be singing,
Till winter brings you home safely, to me.
Blessed be the west wind,
Blessed be the wild foam;
Blessed be the ocean,
To carry you home;
Blessed be cold winter,
Its storm and its sea;
Blessed be the true love,
That brings you to me.
Blessed be the west wind,
Blessed be the wild foam;
Blessed be the ocean,
To carry you home;
Blessed be cold winter,
Its storm and its sea;
Blessed be the true love,
That brings you to me.
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