It is time for #Musicwomenwednesday, My artist this week is
Carson Amanda "Carsie" Blanton (born July 22, 1985) is an American singer-songwriter based in New Jersey, who performs on guitar. Blanton has released eight studio albums and three EPs, all with a "pay what you please" pricing strategy. Blanton wrote "My true calling as an artist is to share…What I actually want to do is make beautiful music and then give it to everyone, regardless of what they give me back."
Fresh Air called Blanton "one of those hard-headed open-hearted protestors who can make revolution sound desirable to your body, even if your mind wants to resist it", in reference to her 2021 album, Love and Rage.
My pick for today:
Elles Bailey is an English blues roots, rock singer, songwriter, and pianist. She has recorded three studio albums including her debut album Wildfire in 2017, Road I Call Home in 2019 and the chart topping Shining In The Half Light in 2022 winning several awards for her work.
Her 2022 studio album Shining in the Half Light produced by Dan Weller reached 42 in the UK Albums Chart, reached number 1 in the Official Jazz and Blues Albums Chart and number 2 in the Official Americana Albums Chart. In January 2023, The Official Charts Company announced that Shining in the Half Light had reached number 39 out of the top 40 best selling albums in the Official Americana Albums Chart in 2022.
BOTD Nadia Boulanger.
Three Pieces for Cello & Piano, No. 3: “Vite et nerveusement”
Originally for organ, transcribed for cello by the composer soon after the original.
A force of nature who knew all, embraced teaching as an art, students among the finest composers of the 20th-c. A conductor and composer who broke glass ceilings everywhere she went.
"Noël à la cathédrale de Chartres"
[1 Veni Domini
2 D'où vient qu'en cette nuitée
3 Ô dieu de clémence
4 Il est un petit ange
5 La légende de Saint-Nicolas
6 Noël nouvelet
7 Trois rois virent paraître
8 Or nous dites Marie
9 Il est né le divin enfant
10 Que j'aime ce divin enfant
11 Puer Natus In Bethlehem
12 Les anges dans nos campagnes
13 Puer Natus In Bethlehem
14 La vièrge à la crèche
15 Stille Nacht / Douce nuit
16 Allein Gott in der höh sei ehr]
Maitrise De l'Ecole Nationale De Musique De Chartres/Philippe Frémont
Grandes Orgues de la Cathédrale de Chartres/Patrick Delabre
(Coda Musique 2018) https://songwhip.com/maitrisedelecolenationaledemusiquedechartres/noel-a-la-cathedrale-de-chartres
"Anne Boleyn's Songbook: Music & Passions of a Tudor Queen"
[1-1 Jean Mouton: Tota Pulchra Es
1-2 Anonymous: Venes Regrets, Venez Tous
1-3 Anonymous: Fer Pietatis Opem Miseris Mater
1-4 Josquin Des Prés: Stabat Mater Dolorosa
1-5 Anonymous: Laudate Dominum Omnes Gentes
1-6 Anonymous: Maria Magdalena Et Altera Maria
1-7 Anonymous: Forte Si Dulci Stigium Boantem
1-8 Anonymous: O Virgo Virginum
1-9 Loyset Compère: Paranymphus Salutat Virginum
1-10 Anonymous: Gentilz Galans Compaingnons
1-11 Antoine de Févin: Tempus Meum Est Ut Revertar
1-12 Antoine Brumel: Que Est Ista
1-13 Josquin Des Prés: Liber Generationis
2-1 Claudin De Sermisy: Jouyssance Vous Donneray
2-2 Anonymous: Popule Meus Quid Feci Tibi
2-3 Jean Mouton: In Illo Tempore
2-4 Antoine Brumel: Sicut Lilium Inter Spinas
2-5 Josquin Des Prés: Praeter Rerum Seriem
2-6 Anonymous: O Deathe Rock Me Asleep]
Clare Wilkinson (mezzo)
Jacob Heringman (lute)
Kirsty Whatley (harp)
Alamire/David Skinner
(Obsidian 2015) https://songwhip.com/alamire/anne-boleyns-songbook-music-and-passions-of-a-tudor-queen
At first I was like what is this shit doing in my playlist, then I was like hold on just a minute, then I was grinning like an idiot for the rest of the track. Little bit of country drum & bass for your Friday. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnzXUJ5o_qE