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Man's Tyrannical Dominion

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Man's Tyrannical Dominion Rocking folk music...  A selection of both old and contemporary broadsides and topical songs as we turn to musing on the state of the world and human development. A critique of the given civilisation  narrative & the key foundations/conclusions upon which that myth was built, that which shapes all our lives today. A dominance hierarchy, a security state that sanctions violence to protect who & what? Divide to rule. Organised and carefully sanitised religion which channels people away from spirituality towards worship of the great, all-powerful, all-seeing, most-unholy, generally patriarchal  God state  and its supreme currency - wealth . How did humanity lose all balance with nature and devalue, turn its back on higher knowledge to become obsessed only with self gratification? Taking a look at historical civilisations and prehistoric creation myths, how mankind seems to have travelled with a celestial procession from darkness to ligh...

Birdsong

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Birdsong Here's a fun mix on an ever popular topic; folk songs regarding our feathered friends and their perceived relations with and comparisons to people. Traditional and popular styles. ^^stream & download^^ TAP PLAY ONCE THEN TWICE to play here or tap building icon to enter the internet archives page & stream or d/l^^ Highlights from the blindingly good 2012 concept album A Pocket of Wind Resistance by Karine Polwart & Pippa Murphy . Bert Jansch was a great lover of songs about birds. Featuring tracks from across his career, including a scorching 1978 collaboration with Martin Jenkins & Danny Thompson from the amazing Avocet LP and a 1995 live performance of Kingfish . Another nature lover Chris Brain comes with two thoughtful songs about that mighty & fearful source of life, the sun . A wild, mammoth live recording of  Bonny Birdie by Peter Knight's Gigspanner from 2011. Veteran Tony Capstick performance of The Geese are Flying from 1983. Two...