psalm for a revival (death sun)

horsemouth is listening to maddy prior and her daughter rose kemp talking about music and people singing. he’s listened to all of the second part and a little of the first part of the documentary - he recommends it. (he wishes he could work out a better way of sharing it with you).

maddy prior grew up in blackpool (but like many of horsemouth’s generation or earlier she hurried to get rid of her regional accent - you can hear a hint of northern in there) before moving to st.albans.



rose kemp has made doom metal records - an electric guitar is ‘something for the voice to rail against’ , she talks about ‘being praised for feminine attributes’ on the folk scene ‘didn’t you sing sweetly’ etc. and not enjoying it. maddy prior sings a vocal on a doom metal track with a guy from earth - her daughter on a folk track (but with an electric guitar on there). they've both made music and taught making music so their conversation is full of the detail and the grit that comes from that.



‘you don’t necessarily agree with what they’re saying, it’s just that you’re sort of shining a light on the issue’ says maddy of folk lyrics. four loom weaver features (stick in the wheel do a great version - as do maddy prior and june tabor which horsemouth would share with you if embedding weren't disabled hint hint). four loom weaver is quite the austerity anthem. there's also a tune called fanny blair which horsemouth will have to look up.



horsemouth thinks they work because they tell a story - and because there are always different ways of reading stories, always telling details.