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    WHEN WINTER CALLS (2005)
    Aubrey Atwater and Elwood Donnelly are again full of surprises in their ninth CD as they explore traditional American and Celtic folk music with a winter holiday theme. Recorded live in December 2004 at the Blackstone River Theatre in Cumberland, RI, this beautifully recorded concert is filled with deeply rooted songs of winter, travel, longing, worship, rest, light, and celebration. Gorgeous, seasoned voices blend with skillful instrumentation on mountain dulcimer, old-time banjo, guitar, harmonica, tin whistle, feet, limberjacks, and spoons.
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Wild
Poem by Aubrey Atwater, ©2003 Rabbit Island Music

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They've been in the back yard this whole time
In the far field, near the campfire pit
Trembling and skittery
When we were all out there, whooping it up
There were lots of them
Though you'd hardly know
Except occasionally when a reveler
Would glance across sparks
Spiraling into a dark sky
And see glittering eyes
Barely perceptible through branches

Scruffy, ignored
They were waiting for the crowd to die down
For the wind to carry a bit of heat
For a scrap of junk food
A taste of spilled beer

Things would get so loud
You couldn't even hear the howling

Poems are everywhere now that everyone has gone home
It was a desert, a ruthless winter
For resilient creatures who now creep forward
Ears and tails flat against fur
Crawling closer, closer to the fire
Although they are still quick to run away
Their worried faces illuminate in the inviting light
And thin bodies quiver in plain view

This one came right to me
Boldly
With matted fur on her legs
And a wild look in her eyes

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from When Winter Calls 2005, released May 9, 2005
Aubrey Atwater: spoken word

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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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