The Wheel Of The Year
Cunning Folk
by George Hoyle
1y ago
My new track is out on the 27th. It’s called The Wheel Of The Year. Here is the link to hear it on all the usual streaming services. It’s a song inspired by the ritual year. The seasons turn in a never ending wheel and the calendar celebrations of Samhain, Winter Solstice, Imbolc, Spring Equinox, Beltane, Summer Solstice, Lammas, and Mabon are spokes of that wheel. I sing this song at online rituals where we share our part in the wheel of the year where-ever and whoever we are. The next celebration is Samhain on October 31st and you are welcome to join the Zoom. Register on Eventbrite Take ca ..read more
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Continuing Adventures In Music, Magic And Folklore
Cunning Folk
by George Hoyle
2y ago
This is an enchanted place Enchantment is where you find it. It can be a melody, a turn of phrase, a smell, a taste, a view, an encounter, a new piece of knowledge. Those in-between vignettes that turn an every day into a different place. A different perspective that turns the familiar into the strange, or maybe turns grief into comfort. Maybe an enchantment takes you away from the life you lead to show you what it might mean. I don’t know: I’m just imagining. Anyway here are a few things I find enchanting. Knowlton Church and Henge This is Knowlton, on Cranborne Chase. It is a ruined Norman C ..read more
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Cutting Cards
Cunning Folk
by George Hoyle
2y ago
My new song is called Anything is Possible. Anything is Possible Anything is Possible is inspired by playing card divination. It’s out on Friday and here is the link to the electronic music streams. I worked out how to divine using playing cards. Below is a set of tables showing different interpretations of playing cards which diviners used over the 18th, 19th and 20th century to read the cards. You can download it if you like: you are very welcome! cutting-cards-tablesDownload Cutting Cards Spread How it works is like this. The person being read chooses a queen or king to represent them. They ..read more
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Where You Belong
Cunning Folk
by George Hoyle
2y ago
Where You Belong I love foxes. Living in a city I see them every day. Several live in our back garden and we have watched them grow from cubs into fine renards. I love the way they move and their inquisitive nature. I grew up in the countryside and could never understand the fox hunt. I understand that foxes can attack and kill livestock, as an urban poultryman I understand that only too well, however in my opinion there are more effective and humane methods of population control than the hunt. This song ‘Where you belong’ is a meditation on the adaptibility of the fox, how it is just as at h ..read more
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I continue
Cunning Folk
by George Hoyle
2y ago
So where was I? I spend so much of my life in an inner world of imagination, reading & creating, that I find it hard to maintain a dialogue with the outer world. The joy of reading Russian wonder tales in preparation for giving a talk on Baba Yaga next Thursday makes me forget I ought to be promoting it. The fascination brought about by rehearsing musical accompaniments to London Dreamtime’s masterful telling of one of the Russian wonder tales this Saturday distracts me from telling anyone about it. My immersion in the process of writing, recording & mixing monthly songs about folklor ..read more
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Music, Folklore & Magic
Cunning Folk
by George Hoyle
2y ago
Songs about cartomancy are alright I am in love with music. I have played & sung since I was 6. I am so grateful for music. My songs are an expression of that love & are a chance for me to express my passion for folklore & magic in the way I can best. Every month I write, perform, record & mix a song on a folkloric or magical subject. This month I wrote a song on the subject of card divination, cartomancy. Some of my lyrics. 19/11/21 I created the track using lithophone samples randomly loaded into the sampler to create an atonal yet regular motif, over this I overlaid some ac ..read more
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Vampires
Cunning Folk
by George Hoyle
2y ago
Vampires So my new track, Vampires, is out on Friday. Click on this link to pre-save it to your streaming services. I love writing music inspired by the weird & vampires are so interesting. I am finishing a blog about folklore & cultural history of vampires which will be out next week where I go into detail on the subject. Vampires Lyrics Here are the lyrics. I love writing lyrics. Once I have nailed the subtext they fly out. Expect more music magic & folklore from me soon ..read more
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Giants
Cunning Folk
by George Hoyle
2y ago
You Think You’re A Giant The first Cunning Folk release in a while is tomorrow. It’s called ‘You Think You’re A Giant’ & is about what it would be to be a modern giant of folklore & myth. You Think You’re A Giant Lyrics I made a podcast about Giants of Myth & Folklore to accompany the song release. I called my podcast ‘The Autonomic Tarot Collective’ in honour of my favourite card game. It’s a good podcast: click on the link to enjoy it. I will be releasing a track & a podcast a month from now on & look forward to sharing more music magic & folklore with you ..read more
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Giants
Cunning Folk
by George Hoyle
2y ago
I’m fascinated by the folklore & mythology of giants. So much so that I am giving an online talk on the subject on Thursday at 8pm. Follow this link for more details. But that’s not all: I was inspired by my research to write a song about it & it will be released on Friday 17th on Spotify & Bandcamp. Not content with doing things by halves I will be putting out a podcast about giants next week & doing an online gig too. I am going to be doing a talk & a song release & a podcast & a livestream every month from now on. Music Magic Folklore ..read more
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Red Shift
Cunning Folk
by George Hoyle
2y ago
I’m currently reading Red Shift by Alan Garner in advance of a free online reading group I will be leading on August 26th. I’m a big fan of Alan Garner & have enjoyed Weirdstone of Brisingamen, Moon Of Gomrath & Owl Service over the past few years. Garner is often classified as a children’s author & I am not sure that this is altogether accurate. I find the reading often challenging & rewarding & many adults enjoy Garner’s work. I first encountered Red Shift through the recent BFI reissue of the 1978 BBC Play For Today adaptation which the trailer is of. Garner made the a ..read more
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