The Almanac
Time & the Turning Wheel
Shira Kammen

shirakammen.com
magnatune.com

2003
Bright Angel Records BAR 11-13

'Medieval, Renaissance, and Celtic songs and tunes celebrating the turning of the seasons and the cycles of life - joyful, haunting, lively, poignant music performed by voices and many different instruments.'

1 - The Oar Wheel (instrumental)   [3:28]
2 - The Wheel of the Year   [2:50]
3 - Mirie it is / An Dro   [5:46]
4 - May Carol   [3:36]
5 - The Leaves be Green / Browning   [4:01]
6 - Nou Springeth the Sprai (concert recording)   [2:54]
7 - Lenten is Come   [5:05]
8 - Ce Moys de May   [2:38]
9 - Le Lai de la Rose (concert recording)   [7:41]
10 - June Apple (instrumental)   [2:04]
11 - Nou Welcome Somer   [3:24]
12 - A Globo Veteri (concert recording)   [5:30]
13 - O Western Wind / The Long Harvest   [3:00]
14 - The False Fox   [2:31]
15 - Ilkey Moor   [3:56]
16 - John Barleycorn   [3:26]
17 - Green Grows the Holly   [3:59]
18 - Quant Je Vois Yver Retorner / Danse   [2:31]
19 - The Almanac   [1:52]






Shira Kammen • vielle, fiddle, rebec, voice (#3, 7, 5, 11)
Anne Azéma • soprano (#8, 18)
Shay Black • voice (#4, 14, 16)
John Fleagle • voice (#6, 9, 12), harp
Susan Rode Morris • soprano (#2, 15, 17, 19)
Suzanne Elder Wallace • mezzo soprano (#13)

Cheryl Ann Fulton • harp
Peter Maund • percussion
David Morris • viola da gamba
Robin Petrie • hammered dulcimer
Ray Price • pipes