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    EACH OTHER’S STORY (2011)
    Here is an interesting blend of genre: a collection of original songs spanning 30 years in the careers of Aubrey Atwater and Elwood Donnelly, with a bonus track of a song Elwood wrote in 1966. Some were previously recorded, and on those we’ve added more instruments and voices.

    Thanks to all the fine musicians who added immeasurable depth and warmth to this recording, to whom Aubrey and Elwood are forever grateful: Cathy Clasper-Torch on violin, cello, piano and vocals; John Cerrigione on bass; Heidi Cerrigione on autoharp; Kevin Doyle on percussion; Paul Dube on accordion; Morgan Santos on cello; and Alex Krepkikh on harmonica and tambourine.

    Also thank you to the musicians who were with us during the original recording of some of these songs: Everett Brown on piano accordion; Steve LaValley on djembe; Rick McKinney on mandolin; Cari Norris on guitar and vocals; and Lisa Schmitz on guitar and vocals.

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She Sits at Her Loom
Words and music by Aubrey Atwater, BMI ©1996

Originally recorded in 2004, this song was inspired by a weaver friend. But the song is also autobiographical, speaking to women artists who sometimes live on the edge, wanting to pursue their passions while also doing right by their families…sometimes a precarious balance.
Here we've added tin whistle, cello and percussion.

lyrics

In the quiet of the cellar, in the farthest of rooms
She sits at her loom and she weaves
The mold and the laundry, they mingle a scent
As she sits at her loom and she weaves
Above and around, the family is stirring
She hears footsteps and voices as she weaves

The cotton, the linen, the wool and the silk
The feel to her fingers as she weaves
Blue, red, green, and brown, deep lavender and yellow
The look to her eyes as she weaves

The littlest is crying, the others are fighting
She hopes they can manage as she weaves
Big pot on the stove needs the burner turned low
The children need rides and she weaves

She winds up the warp and covers the loom
Shuts the door, turns around, and she leaves
As she climbs up the stairs, she thinks wool, she thinks color
She can't wait to come back to weave

In the quiet of the cellar, in the farthest of rooms
That's where you might find her
As she sits at her loom and she weaves

credits

from Each Other's Story 2011, released May 9, 2011
Aubrey Atwater: lead vocals, mountain dulcimer, guitar, tin whistle
Cathy Clasper-Torch: cello
Kevin Doyle: bodhran, djembe

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Atwater-Donnelly Warren, Rhode Island

Aubrey Atwater and Elwood Donnelly, present delightful programs of traditional American and Celtic folk songs, a capella pieces, old-time gospel songs, dance tunes, and original works, blending gorgeous harmonies with guitar, Appalachian mountain dulcimer, mandolin, tin whistle, harmonica, banjo, bones, spoons, limberjacks, and Appalachian clog dancing and French Canadian footwork. ... more

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