Inspired by my family's recent trip to Newfoundland, particularly to powerful and enlightening display about the Royal Newfoundland Regiment at the provincial museum known as the Rooms, I went a bit off-list to put together a post about Great Big Sea's Recruiting Sergeant, a song commemorating the valour and loss of the Regiment in World War I.
Folk metal based on a medieval poem that has vexed generations of scholars.
A surprisingly jaunty tune about a notoriously dangerous ocean passage.
Matsuri by Kitaro.
Today's entry on the Emona Literary Services™ playlist: Twilight of the Thunder God from Amon Amarth!
Over on the Emona Literary Services™ blog, I've been doing write-ups on the songs on my official Spotify playlist. Check out the most recent write-up now.
Revisiting what has consistently been one of my most popular posts. For reasons I don't entirely understand…
Tír na nÓg is where the Elves live. Remember that. It's going to be important.
TLDR: Tír na nÓg is where the Elves live.
"Who has not heard of the submerged bells of Ys, and who has not heard them ring in the echoes of his own imagination?"
