Daniel Kelly Music

It was this photoshopped picture of my beautiful family, posted in 2017, which prompted a friend to introduce me to Filk. This video is me working on my song entry for the themed songwriting contest at the Ohio Valley Filk Festival coming up in October. A big congratulations to all the nominees for Pegasus awards at the festival this year: http://www.ovff.org/pegasus/2023finalballot.html #OVFF #Filk

The Wikipedia page discussing the meaning of this song is really something: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Minus_Zero%2FNo_Limit Here is Bob's Version from the album, 'Bringing it all Back Home': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZzyRcySgK8 Acoustic version in the UK, 1965, with Bob dropping the E string down C for this strange tuning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w1mCevu3sU Purchase my music: Bandcamp: https://ozfolklounge.bandcamp.com/

As a topical songwriter, it is hard not to take notice of the recent interest in Oliver Anthony's song lamenting the state of things in in the #USA. You can listen to the original song here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqSA-SY5Hro The song was quickly adopted by the Right side of US politics, but the response from Oliver suggests that this wasn't his intent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3tQ5Pz0fUI I have taken out the swears, and also re-written the part having a go at overweight people and the part making light of child abuse and sex trafficking. I've also tried to make it more about the global problem of income inequality. Dave Rovics (@drovics ) has also had a go at a re-write: https://www.youtube.com/live/KvLaKd9aBi0?si=24tNPOFl3raYtF8O #OliverAnthony #richmennorthofrichmond

Today was one of our favourite days at the local school, the 'Book Week' parade. After several weekends of work, my son Finn got to be a Dalek, just as his older brother had been back in 2019, and Rowan made a fabulous Peter Capaldi. The photos cover 13 years of costumes and fun. I wrote this song musing on the value of giving kids a love for reading at a young age, and the freedom to imagine themselves as anything they want to. *Warning* Book Week Parades are a gateway to Cosplay as an adult *Warning* Lyrics and chords here: https://www.folklounge.org/portfolio/love-of-the-page/ Some other great songs in praise of books, Child of the Library by Piers Cawley (@PiersCawley): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsYB4tyTCEQ Second-Hand Heaven by Lawrence Dean (@ideabasket212): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6DYSHIHUmI Paper Worlds by Talis Kimberley (@taliskimberley2711): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QQupE2mh5I The Last Page by Brooke Abbey, sung here by Sunnie Larsen (@sunnielarsen6707): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enGDbF_XvdI Library Song by Mary Crowell ( @DrMaryCrowell ): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PPL48IkX-A The Reader by Blake Hodgetts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRsVkmC-N3Y Library Song by Bill Roper: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5rtEtyMfos This list got a bit big, so I have put them all in a playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLI-xW24NBG9-mr5hOc0J4Usr4ZiP320-p Purchase my music: Bandcamp: https://ozfolklounge.bandcamp.com/

Thanks to Girthsword Promotions ( @girthswordpromotions6666 ) Questfest is on again in a little over a week, at The Basement in Canberra on 2 September, and also in Melbourne this year the weekend after. Details here: https://www.facebook.com/girthswordpromotions This song will be in my set-list, so get practicing your best 'yippee ai aye'. Written by Stan Jones in 1948, with the full name of 'Riders in the Sky': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(Ghost)_Riders_in_the_Sky%3A_A_Cowboy_Legend The Wild Wild Quest lineup for Canberra is: Orpheus Omega (@OrpheusMetalOz ) Triple Kill (@TripleKill ) Saralisse (@SaralisseBand ) Artifact (@artifact3479 ) Trollgasm The Loom of Time (@theloomoftime8781 ) Auld Boudicca (@boudiccaaus )

I was going to write a song lamenting the fate of the wren as part of my research into the ritual: https://www.folklounge.org/hunting-the-wren/ But then I heard a cover of this song by Finnegan Tui: https://youtu.be/3OGVYoME4ns And the original by Lankum: https://youtu.be/lUReQ9GhT8s

I love it when someone on the internet knows more about something than you do, and as a result you discover something amazing. Thanks to @Wotsitorlabart I found this version of 'The Cutty Wren' that pre-dates my recent 1857 recording by over 100 years. You can flip through the whole Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book here: https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/tommy-thumbs-pretty-song-book Earliest printing around 1744. It certainly adds fuel to Lloyd's linking of the song with Richard II and the Peasant Revolt. His name is even in the song! Purchase my music: Bandcamp: https://ozfolklounge.bandcamp.com/

I found this amazing recording of Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick from 1969, where this song is used in the context of English class conflict: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd2V4XaiH6M We have many hundreds of beautiful Fairy Wren's living in our yard and the surrounding river land here in Australia. Photos of wren's from Pixabay. The lyrics (and most of the melody) I am using here is from The Cambrian Journal, in 1857: https://archive.org/details/cambrianjournal04cambuoft/page/182 The Cambrian tradition seems clearly connected to the Wren Boys of Ireland: https://pilgrimagemedievalireland.com/2016/12/25/an-irish-st-stephens-day-tradition-la-an-dreoilinwren-day/ https://www.sligoheritage.com/archwrenboys.htm The lyrics in this Cambrian version make it very clear that the boys are going out to hunt something considerably larger than a wren. Purchase my music: Bandcamp: https://ozfolklounge.bandcamp.com/ #CuttyWren

#Matildas play for #Australia against England in the Women's Soccer World Cup tonight. Go Matildas! Not joking about the Defence Minister stepping down in favour of the goalie, Mackenzie Arnold: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/aug/16/who-is-matildas-australia-goalkeeper-mackenzie-arnold-womens-world-cup-2023 Photo from SBS: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/all-eyes-on-the-matildas-but-it-hasnt-always-been-this-way/oi07260pz #Soccer #womensworldcup2023

I didn't start the day intending to put another album out, but a comment from @tenlongfingers70 got me thinking about how many Pagan songs I have written that aren't on albums yet. So the new album is out on Bandcamp now: https://ozfolklounge.bandcamp.com/album/four-treasures And will be on Spotify and the other streaming platforms in a few days. I have taken the translation of Amergin's chant from here: https://archive.org/details/leborgablare00macauoft/page/112 This isn't the very inaccurate Robert Graves creation. Photos are all from Pixabay, except for the photo of the Scordisci warrior, taken by Isidora Lazović, used here under CC 4.0 SA: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:National_museum_in_Po%C5%BEarevac,_Scordisci_warrior.jpg

I've had a go at another of the songs which appears in 'The Magic Pudding' by Norman Lindsay: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/23625/23625-h/23625-h.htm#Third_Slice Penguin video from Pixabay here: https://pixabay.com/users/eaktas06-19261019 Purchase my music: Bandcamp: https://ozfolklounge.bandcamp.com/ #Penguins #NormanLindsay #TheMagicPudding

Someone asked a question on Reddit about a different song on this album, so I gave it another listen today. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Ideas Here is the album version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCtoVoE5Mm4 Given the heavy religious, and specifically Christian imagery, I have used paintings by Russian painter Mikhail Nesterov: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Nesterov After the 1905 revolution, Nesterov's ability to paint religious art was severely limited. Purchase my music: Bandcamp: https://ozfolklounge.bandcamp.com/

This song appears in the 1918 story by Norman Lindsay 'The Magic Pudding': https://gutenberg.org/cache/epub/23625/pg23625-images.html The song is likely based (at least in part) on the mid-1800s song by Charles Mackay: https://archive.org/details/collectedsongsof00mack/page/342 This is.. well.. the 80s I guess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUIaAEvHcII Norman Lindsay was a famous and somewhat eccentric Australian painter, sculptor and writer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Lindsay

Questfest 2023 at The Basement details: https://fb.me/e/2g4EdbOyj Yass Irish and Celtic Music Festival: https://www.facebook.com/jointhecraicinyass Ohio Valley Filk Festival: http://ovff.org/ The Leslie Fish Filkbook (with separate index): https://www.prometheus-music.com/product/leslie-fishs-filkbook/ My new album of Leslie Fish Covers: https://ozfolklounge.bandcamp.com/album/fishing-fur-infinity (Not a sponsored video) Enya Nova U from Swamp Industries ( @SwampNetAu ): https://www.swamp.net.au/enya-nova-u-pro-carbon-tenor-ukulele #enyaukulele #filk #ovff #questfest2023 #yass

Very exciting news that a Leslie Fish songbook, of close to 500 pages has been published today: https://www.prometheus-music.com/product/leslie-fishs-filkbook/ I was honored to have some small involvement in the creation of an index that is available for free download at the page above. This is one of the songs that hasn't made it into this release of the songbook. As there was no melody with the lyrics, I have created a new one. This song appears on my own album of cover songs of Leslie's work: https://ozfolklounge.bandcamp.com/album/fishing-fur-infinity I have paired the song with paintings by Evelyn De Morgan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evelyn_De_Morgan #Filk #Pagan #Goddess

As far as I know this song by Leslie Fish is unrecorded (at least un-published). This isn't the melody Leslie wrote, but a simple blues progression. You can purchase Leslie's albums here: https://lesliefish.bandcamp.com/ #LeslieFish #FishingFurInfinity #Filk

I am working on a new album, consisting of my recordings of songs by Leslie Fish and a few related tracks. Proceeds from the album, when it is released on Bandcamp, will be split with Leslie. I have a few recordings done already, but will be re-recording those that need it over the next few weeks. You can listen to Leslie's recording from Avalon is Risen here: https://lesliefish.bandcamp.com/album/avalon-is-risen Hopefully soon there will be a songbook available for purchase, thanks to the excellent work that Eli Goldberg has been doing to preserve Leslie's work.

@Crecganford has a great video on Mithras: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7rRfZoDOPU Here is the Kipling poem: https://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/poem/poems_mithras.htm #Mithras #Kipling #Pagan Purchase my music: Bandcamp: https://ozfolklounge.bandcamp.com/

This song, by Leslie Fish, translated to 'Mithras the Invincible', is (as far as I know) not published anywhere. The song is about the Roman god Mithras, whose connection with the sun god, Sol Invictus, is not quite clear: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithraism I don’t know what tune Leslie used, so have made up my own here. #Mithras #Pagan #Filk Purchase Leslie's Music: https://lesliefish.bandcamp.com/

I'm going back over a few of my older videos with less than 100 views and making some shorts. You can listen to the full song here, or on the Positive Songs album on Bandcamp: https://youtu.be/hmaGkq3tAKY One of these #Tarot decks is from the 1400s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sola_Busca_tarot Purchase my music: Bandcamp: https://ozfolklounge.bandcamp.com/

Tony Bennett (Anthony Dominick Benedetto) lived with the experience of combat in Word War II, the horrors of Dachau and all the other nightmares of war. To continue making music for 96 years is truly amazing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Bennett This song, by Bernie Wayne and Lee Morris was a hit for Tony in 1951. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-Pay5LHY4g #Benedetto #TonyBennett #BlueVelvet The strange thing about growing up in the 70s, is that you assume all the black & white movie people lived and performed at the same time. So I didn't realize that Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. were as far apart in time musically to Tony Bennett as Madonna is to Pink.

My Barbie and Oppenheimer mash up. You can listen to the full song here: https://youtu.be/GmgAyO1NapE #BarbieMovie #Barbie #Oppenheimer #Patriarchy #Feminism

The conjunction of the #Barbie and #Oppenheimer movies being at the box office together prompted this musing on the #Patriarchy. I haven't seen either movie, but have been enduring the social media complaints about the #feminist themes in the Barbie movie. Shout out to @clementineford1740 for the great work fighting the patriarchy in Australia. Purchase my music: Bandcamp: https://ozfolklounge.bandcamp.com/

This song by Leslie Fish was part of a Chicago Industrial Workers of the World concert in 1974. Eli Goldberg has been doing fabulous work organizing the re-mastering and re-discovery of Leslie's songs, you can listen to the albums here: https://lesliefish.bandcamp.com/ Photo is from here, of the First Dáil: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Collins_(Irish_leader) #Ireland #IWW #Dublin #Dubliners

Taylor Swift has 4 albums in the top 10 spots on the Billboard 200 chart! https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-four-top-ten-albums-billboard-200-chart-1235372567/ The first act to do this in 60 years. Taylor is an incredible songwriter, doing this song with just two chords. I can't do the Bon Iver bridge duet, so have squeezed the words from the bridge into a third verse. Purchase my music: Bandcamp: https://ozfolklounge.bandcamp.com/ #TaylorSwift #Evermore #Billboard200