{"id":569,"date":"2005-12-01T04:40:00","date_gmt":"2005-12-01T04:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=569"},"modified":"2005-12-01T04:40:00","modified_gmt":"2005-12-01T04:40:00","slug":"569","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=569","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Bringing back The Faerie Shaman<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Anne Hill of Serpentine Music updates us on the progress of <a href=\"http:\/\/gnosiscafe.com\/gcblog\/?p=32\">a new CD of Pagan songwriter Gwydion Pendderwen&#8217;s music<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>There is nothing like producing an album to make you absolutely sick of whatever music it is you\u2019re producing, no matter what you thought of it before&#8230;.I definitely hit the wall with listening fatigue towards the end as I always do, but I also came away with a renewed respect for Gwydion\u2019s accomplishments as a songwriter and recording artist.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Earlier post <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chasclifton.com\/2005\/09\/celto-pagan-music-i-am-not-exactly-go.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/gwydion+pendderwen\" rel=\"tag\">Gwydion Pendderwen<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/pagan+music\" rel=\"tag\">Pagan music<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bringing back The Faerie Shaman Anne Hill of Serpentine Music updates us on the progress of a new CD of Pagan songwriter Gwydion Pendderwen&#8217;s music. There is nothing like producing an album to make you absolutely sick of whatever music it is you\u2019re producing, no matter what you thought of it before&#8230;.I definitely hit the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s6xQTg-569","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":597,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=597","url_meta":{"origin":569,"position":0},"title":"Gwydion Pendderwen re-masteredEarlier posts here\u2026","author":"Chas S. Clifton","date":"January 13, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Gwydion Pendderwen re-masteredEarlier posts here and here.The reissue of Pagan singer\/songwriter Gwydion Pendderwen's work in a two-CD set is now available. You can order these works from Serpentine Music.Anna Korn and I provided some of the liner notes, which include reproduced covers of the original vinyl albums and other photographs.\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":526,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=526","url_meta":{"origin":569,"position":1},"title":"Celto-Pagan MusicI am not exactly\u2026","author":"Chas S. Clifton","date":"September 29, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"Celto-Pagan MusicI am not exactly the go-to guy on Pagan music. Jason Pitzl-Waters, who is an actual DJ, has much broader knowledge, and once he has finished re-doing it, you should drop by his music site, check the links, and download his \"Darker Shade of Pagan\" mp3 files.Being more a\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7274,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=7274","url_meta":{"origin":569,"position":2},"title":"&#8220;Songs for the Old Religion&#8221; \u2014 the Rest of the Story","author":"Chas S. Clifton","date":"June 12, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Pagan bard Gwydion Pendderwen's album Songs for the Old Religion (1973) was the first openly Pagan LP ever, that I know of. (There was Guitar Grimoire too, but it was all instrumental.) On the\u00a0Agora Patheos blog, Dana Corby tells the story of how it was made (part 1), including why\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"California\"","block_context":{"text":"California","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?tag=california"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":465,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=465","url_meta":{"origin":569,"position":3},"title":"Trance danceJason Pitzl-Waters links to\u2026","author":"Chas S. Clifton","date":"July 3, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"Trance danceJason Pitzl-Waters links to an article arguing that \"house music\" and other descendents of disco are the true soundtrack of the Pagan movement. 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