Browse Titles - 27 results
1963 - 1967
The Beauty of the Earth
All music and lyrics by Lydia McCauley, except where noted.
The Beauty of t...
All music and lyrics by Lydia McCauley, except where noted.
The Beauty of the Earth - Celebrates the Divine Earth, and Love.
I Want to be Free - The universal yearning for freedom.
The River of Life - Creating gold from all of life's circumstances/joy and pain.
The Lark in the Morn - A celebration of Life! Music by L.M., lyrics British Isles.
In the Silence - "Eternity is in-between, in the silence."
Aeternitas - In Latin and English. A spiritual quest.
The White Heat - Written after Emily Dickenson's poem, "Dare to see the soul at the White Heat." The joining of two through fiery trial.
When You See - Taken from a Jewish Midrash, or an illustrated truth.
Burning of the Piper's Hut - Trad. Scottish.
Kyrie Eleison - An ancient chant - Lord Have Mercy. After the anonymously written 19th Century Russian Classic, "The Way of a Pilgrim." Lydia wrote this Kyrie on September 11, 2001.
ForeignLander
Lydia McCauley documented folk music at the Appalachian Music Archive in Berea, Kentucky in the early 1980's and stu...
Lydia McCauley documented folk music at the Appalachian Music Archive in Berea, Kentucky in the early 1980's and studied with some of the best folk musicians in the Appalachian region. Known today as a songwriter, McCauley returns to her roots in her...
ForeignLander : they came across the ocean from the British Isles. They sang the songs of their homeland in a new country. They lived, loved and died here. This is the music of the ForeignLander.Lydia McCauley documented folk music at the Appalachian Music Archive in Berea, Kentucky in the early 1980's and studied with some of the best folk musicians in the Appalachian region. Known today as a songwriter, McCauley returns to her roots in her fifth album, ForeignLander; a collection of innovatively arranged pieces from 17-20th Century British Isles and Appalachia, beautifully performed by McCauley and her Ensemble, along with special guests. While careful to preserve Appalachian traditions, Lydia creates a fresh sound that pleases both traditional and progressive music audiences. Includes an original instrumental - "Swallow's Return" composed by McCauley.
"Laced with medieval, Celtic, and Appalachian tones, her songs are best
described as intoxicating, making a lissome journey through the past via the
textured sounds of the ensemble's recorders, flutes, viola, pennywhistle, and
mandolin. Beyond musical technique, McCauley's lyrics betray a poet's
sensibility, good enough to earn Madeleine L'Engle's glowing praise: "I wouldn't
have missed this for anything. The words were must as good as the music."
-Luci
Shaw, Image Journal
"Music for independent minds that are looking for something refreshingly different."
-Chuck Robinson, President, American Bookseller's Association
"Lyrical magic that will uplift the spirits...exceptional instrumental tracks that
will haunt your mind and transport you back in time..."
-Nicky Rossiter, South
East Radio, Ireland
"A well known artist in the Celtic and New Age worlds, this album takes a slight
detour as Lydia McCauley takes traditional Appalachian melodies and works her
magic on them. The simplicity of the songs makes them a perfect fit for Lydia's
style. Adding classical, jazz, Celtic and world music elements to these tracks
gives them new life and new passion, which Lydia hopes will help them travel a
little further and be passed down once again."
-Goldenrod Music
Great Big Story, First Nations: Under A Groove
