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The Revels Salon Series has become one of the most anticipated events on the Cambridge Revels calendar. These intimate evenings at the elegant Commander's Mansion in Watertown, MA, feature artists interacting with audience on a surprising range of topics, from serious to hilarious. We have sung along with tradition bearer Jean Ritchie as she shared a musical account of her Apalachian family's folk traditions; heard the harrowing account of Tibetan musician Penpa Tsering's escape from Tibet and how he was saved by music; enjoyed author Gregory Maguire's amusing and intimate recollections of his childhood as a developing writer; and watched musician, physicist and arranger Brian Holmes demonstrate the physics of sound, making a French horn from a garden hose! We have gathered together a comprehensive collection of works by many of these artists to share with you. Some items have appeared previously in the Revels catalog, many are new, and all are appearing together online for the first time. Enjoy this eclectic collection and join us for next season's Salon Series.

Click on the items to find out more about them.
   
SA_30_1.bmp Scott Alarik: 30
This is Alarik's only live recording, capturing the droll stage presence that made him a folk-circuit favorite for 15 years...[read more]
CD-5000 (CD only) $14.95 [add to order]  [view order]

   
sa_allthatistrue.jpg Scott Alarik: All That Is True.
"One of the few CDs you can put on the repeat mode and be endless enthralled by Alarik's artfully woven music that is cashmere to the ears." Sing Out! (Rich Warren)... [read more]
CD-5010 (CD only) $14.95 [add to order]  [view order]

   
present_gent_100.jpg Tony Barrand and John Roberts: A Present from the Gentlemen
A Pandora's Box of English Folk Songs

John Roberts and Tony Barrand have a near-inexhaustible repertoire of English folksongs, and they've put over an hour's worth of their favorites on this disc... [read more]
CD-2233 (CD only) $14.95 [add to order]  [view order]

   
justsayno100.jpg Tony Barrand and John Roberts: Just Say Nowell
(Tony and John's) annual Nowell Sing We Clear shows are Revels-ian pagents of midwinter mirth, pretty carols, and lore exploring the ancient midwinter rites from which our modern Christmas grew. [read more]
CD-3006 (CD Only) $14.95 [add to order]  [view order]

   
db_willowofwilderness100.jpg Dillon Bustin: Willow of the Wilderness
Emersonian Songs.

When Bustin came to Emerson Umbrella in the spring of 2001 he was exploring ways to introduce Emerson's writings into the community; as an experiment, he set a few of Emerson's rustic poems to music and presented them at Earth Day. [read more]
CD-6000 (CD only) $14.95 [add to order]  [view order]

   
HowIrish1.gif Thomas Cahill: How the Irish Saved Civilization
In this entertaining and compelling narrative, Thomas Cahill tells the story of how Europe evolved from the classical age of Rome to the medieval era. [read more]
PC-6200 (Paperback) $14.00 [add to order]  [view order]

   
Mysteriesmiddle1.gif Thomas Cahill: Mysteries of the Middle Ages
After the long period of cultural decline known as the Dark Ages, Europe experienced a rebirth of scholarship, art, literature, philosophy, and science and began to develop a vision of Western society that remains at the heart of Western civilization today. [read more]
HC-6100 (Hardcover) $32.50 [add to order]  [view order]

   
Irishy.jpg Kate Chadbourne: The Irishy Girl
When you first venture into the realm of Irish song, one of the most striking things you observe is the web of connections that radiate outwards from the performer. [read more]
CD-7501 (CD only) $14.95 [add to order]  [view order]

   
KateChad.jpg Kate Chadbourne: Kate Chadbourne
Here is Kate’s first CD of original songs, hailed by reviewer Lory Hess (Green Man Review) as the work of “a modern troubadour...” [read more]
CD-7401 (CD only) $14.95 [add to order]  [view order]

   
DCNantucket.jpg David Coffin: Nantucket Sleighride
This CD featuring David's singing and his extensive collection of instruments is an all-maritime adventure... [read more]
CD -3404 (CD only) $14.95 [add to order]  [view order]

   
safeinharbour_100.jpg David Coffin: Safe in the Harbor
This is the latest addition to David's growing collection of maritime songs. [read more]
CD-3405 (CD only) $14.95 [add to order]  [view order]

   
sc_boggart1.gif Susan Cooper: The Boggart
When Emily and Jess Volnik's family inherits a remote, crumbling Scottish castle, they also inherit the Boggart -- an invisible, mischievous spirit who's been playing tricks on residents of Castle Keep for generations. [read more]
PC-30893 (Paperback) $5.99 [add to order]  [view order]

   
SC_boggartMonst1.gif Susan Cooper: The Boggart and the Monster
It's been two years since Emily and Jess Volnik visited ancient Castle Keep in Scotland and made the acquaintance of the Boggart, a mischievous shape-shifting spirit who has lived in the castle for centuries. Now they've returned for another Scottish adventure... [read more]
PC-1107 (Paperback) $5.99 [add to order]  [view order]

   
darkisrising100.jpg Susan Cooper: The Dark Is Rising
This widely acclaimed award-winning series by Susan Cooper is a superlative dramatic fantasy interweaving ancient Celtic and English traditions with the legends of the Buckinghamshire hills and valleys where she grew up. [read more]
PC-1557 (Paperback) $24.95 [add to order]  [view order]

   
greenboy100.jpg Susan Cooper: Green Boy
Bahamians Trey, age 12, and his mute brother Lou, 7, find themselves tugged between two parallel worlds: their own happy island life, threatened by big-business developers, and a murky, sinister otherworld called Pangaia, entered accidentally through a magical window between worlds... [read more]
PC-5000 (Papercover) $5.99 [add to order]  [view order]

   
SC_kingshad1.gif Susan Cooper: The King of Shadows
Only in the world of the theater can Nat Field find an escape from the tragedies that have shadowed his young life. So he is thrilled when he is chosen to join an American drama troupe traveling to London ... until he goes to bed ill and wakes up in England - in 1599... [read more]
PC-1901 (Paperback) $5.99 [add to order]  [view order]

   
MagicianBoy_100.jpg Susan Cooper: The Magician's Boy
A Boy works for a Magician and finds himself transported into the Land of Story... [read more]
HC-5600 (Hardcover) $14.95 [add to order]  [view order]

   
Victory_scbk.jpg Susan Cooper: Victory
Two Children, Two Struggles, One Battle... One child is Sam Robbins, a powder monkey aboard HMS Victory, the ship in which Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson will die a hero's death at the Battle of [read more]
HC-2106 (Hardcover) $16.95 [add to order]  [view order]

   
Privliege1.bmp Ellen Kushner: Privilege of the Sword
Welcome to Riverside, where the aristocratic and the ambitious battle for power in the city's ballrooms, brothels and boudoirs. read more
PC-4200 (Paperback) $6.99 [add to order]  [view order]

   
ThomasRhymer1.bmp Ellen Kushner: Thomas the Rhymer
Award-winning author and radio personality Ellen Kushner’s inspired retelling of an ancient legend weaves myth and magic into a vivid contemporary novel ... [read more]
PC-4210 (Paperback) $6.99 [add to order]  [view order]

   
Jackfishmini.jpg John Langstaff: The Jackfish
and More Songs for Singing Children

Originally recorded in the 1950s by EMI, these 35 charming, sprightly folk songs were picked by Langstaff for the ease with which children can sing them... [ read more

CD-2201 (CD only) $12.95 [add to order]  [view order]

   
SongsforSingingChildren_ John Langstaff: Songs for Singing Children
Langstaff had a genius for making old chestnuts sound fresh, young and bubbly with life... [read more]

CO-8586 (CD and Teaching Supplement Combination) $15.95 [add to order]  [view order]
CD-8586 (CD only) $12.95 [add to order]  [view order]
TS-8586 (Teaching Supplement only) $3.00 [add to order]  [view order]

   
circleiscast_100.jpg Libana: A Circle Is Cast
Rounds, Chants and Songs for Celebration and Ritual.

A Circle Is Cast exudes the joy of singing in community and celebrates the nuances of seasons... [read more]
CD-4100 (CD only) $14.95 [add to order]  [view order]
PC-4100 (Songbook) $14.00 [add to order]  [view order]

   
nightpassage_100.jpg Libana: Night Passage
Invocations for the Journey.

A lyrical gathering or rounds, chants and songs. [read more]
CD-7301 (CD only) $14.95 [add to order]  [view order]
PC-7301 (Songbook) $14.00 [add to order]  [view order]

   
outofthisworld.jpg Libana: Out of This World.
Hailed as troubadours of peace, the acclaimed women's ensemble Libana sweeps listeners into a compelling global journey... [read more]
CD-4110 (CD only) $14.95 [add to order]  [view order]

   
gm_sonofawitch1.bmp Gregory Maguire: Son of a Witch
Ten years after the publication of Wicked, beloved novelist Gregory Maguire returns at last to the land of Oz. [read more]
PC-1203 (Paperback) $16.00 [add to order]  [view order]

   
gm_wicked1.bmp Gregory Maguire: Wicked
When Dorothy triumphed over the Wicked Witch of the West in L. Frank Baum's classic tale, we heard only her side of the story. But what about her arch-nemesis, the mysterious witch? [read more]
PC-1223 (Paperback) $16.00 [add to order]  [view order]

   
JO_muddy_river1.bmp Jay O'Callahan: Muddy River Playhouse
Astonishing storyteller Jay O’Callahan has a new CD of stories based on his childhood in a neighborhood of Boston called Pill Hill.
CD-8001 (CD only) $14.95 [add to order]  [view order]

   
pillhill100.jpg Jay O'Callahan: Pill Hill Quartets
A magical house and grounds and the drama of his lively neighbors inspired these colorful stories about [read more]
CD-1300 (CD) $14.95 [add to order]  [view order]

   
raspberries_100.gif Jay O'Callahan: Raspberries
"Once upon a time there was a sad farmer. Everything went wrong in his life. Until one day..." [read more]
CD 0002 $14.95 [add to order]  [view order]

   
Aukmin_100i.jpg Jay O'Callahan: Spirit of the Great Auk
In "The Spirit of the Great Auk", he recreates Dick Wheeler's 1500 mile kayak voyage from Newfoundland to Buzzards Bay... [read more]
CD 8004 $14.95 [add to order]  [view order]

   
jack_jaycd.jpg Jay O'Callahan: Stories and Sea Songs
Two exceptional performers and old friends come together to tell stories and sing in this live concert ... [read more]
CD-3325 $14.95 [add to order]  [view order]

   
JR_MountainBorn1.bmp Jean Ritchie: Mountain Born
I find I love best sitting on my cabin porch, with family around ...“singing the moon up”... [read more]
CD-2197 (CD only) $14.95 [add to order]  [view order]

   
jritchie_nonebut1.jpg Jean Ritchie: None But One
High Hills and Mountains.

Enhanced by the old timey stringband playing of the "Fresno Friends" the resulting recording provides an exuberant sampling of some of the best of Jean's music. [read more]

CD-2187 (CD only) $14.95 [add to order]  [view order]

 
 
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