Listen: Sing Sylphid Sing // Guest Mix by Allysen Callery

Mix and words by singer/songwriter Allysen Callery (RI). Visit her website and/or follow her on Twitter and Facebook.  

Some kinds of folk linger in the shadows, maybe because they are shy, and maybe there in that safe place they begin to glow with their own quiet light, as your eyes adjust to the darkness. Some folk step into the light, are of the earth and let it’s roots intertwine with others. Listen to the music of the woods, from the still and solitary corner of cottages, and be encouraged by the knowledge you are not alone.
I present some of my favorite artists and friends, some I’ve grown up with, and some I feel like I’ve known forever. There are a few cherry picked from my home in Rhode Island, and some from different parts of the world as this age has allowed us to find each other and communicate. Which is good sometimes for the quiet folk.

Tracklist

Shadow Band – Illuminate

Jessica Pratt – Titles Under Pressure

Haunt the House – Little Bird

Karen Zanes – Spring Won’t Wait

Wand – Morning Rainbow

Marissa Nadler – Days of Rum

Sibylle Bayer – I Lost Something in the Hills

White Magic – Katie Cruel

Nick Drake – Milk and Honey

Orion Rigel Dommisse – Fake Yer Death

Birdengine – Buried in the Black Snow

Buck Curran – Rake

Swimming Bell – Quietly Calling

Erica Buettner – A Tale of Norstein

Avi Jacob – One & Only

Ryan Lee Crosby – Smokestack Lightning (Live)

Rob Noyes – Further Off

The Incredible String Band – A Very Cellular Song (2010 Remaster)

Ryley Walker – On the Rise

Lys Guillorn – Fine Tooth Comb

The ‘Mericans – When a Peaceful Bird Can’t Hear Her Own Song

John Faraone – A Long Night and Slow

The Great Park – The Royal Canal

P.G. Six / Helen Rush – Come In / The Winter It Is Past

Mike Bruno – Rites of Spring

Further Reading / See Also

Guest mix by Buck Curran – includes Bluest Bird by Allysen Callery + tracks by Bill MacKay, Sarah Louise, Rob Noyes, Johanna Warren and others
75 or Less Records
Dying for Bad Music
Folk Radio UK
Leesta Vail Sound Recordings
School One
GoLocalProv
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