Posted in Uncategorized, tagged australia, damh the bard, druid, druidism, druidry, druids dreaming, live concert, pagan, paganism, religion, Tales from the Road, wicca, wiccan, witchcraft on November 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
About a year ago I was contacted by an Australian Pagan folk band called Spiral Dance who wanted to cover my song Spirit of Albion. I was very touched that they’d even asked and of course said yes and asked if they’d send me a copy if they ever recorded it. A year later I’m [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged druid, druidism, druidry, folk, music, pagan, paganism, Tales from the Crow Man, wicca, wiccan, witch, witchcraft on November 3, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Since I created Herne’s Apprentice the music industry has changed, I think for the better. The internet has been a curse to the traditional music industry, but a gift to independent musicians. Herne’s Apprentice, Hills they are Hollow and Spirit of Albion were all produced as CDs, but in 2006 they all became available on [...]
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Posted in Tales from the Road, damh the bard, music, tagged clee hill, damh the bard, druid, druidism, druidry, folk, live concert, music, OBOD, pagan, paganism, serpent festival, Tales from the Road, wicca, wiccan, witch, witchcraft on October 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
So it was that on the 10th October Cerri and I once more made our way around the M25 and headed northwards, this time towards Clee Hill in Shropshire to play at the third Serpent Festival. Clee Hill is famous for its association with serpents, so it was no surprise that, as well as musicians, [...]
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Posted in Pagan Federation, Prague, Tales from the Road, art, damh the bard, druid, druidism, druidry, folk, live concert, music, news, pagan, paganism, vienna, wicca, wiccan, witch, witchcraft, tagged art, damh the bard, druid, druidism, druidry, folk, live concert, music, pagan, Pagan Federation, paganism, Prague, Tales from the Road, vienna on October 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Almost a month since I posted on the blog! I’ve had my head deep in recording mode – recording the last few songs, laying down the parts from the guest musicians, then mixing, and mastering, the new CD. I’ll post separately about that another time, but first let’s catch up on what’s been happening in [...]
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Posted in Pagan Federation, Tales from the Road, damh the bard, druid, druidism, druidry, folk, live concert, music, pagan, paganism, religion, wicca, wiccan, witch, witchcraft, tagged Czech Republic, damh the bard, druid, druidism, druidry, folk, live concert, pagan, Pagan Federation, paganism, religion, Tales from the Road, wicca, wiccan, witch, witchcraft on September 29, 2009 | 7 Comments »
About 4 years ago at one of the Anderida Gorsedd open rituals at the Long Man of Wilmington I was approached by a young man called Eurik from the Czech Republic who asked if I was Damh the Bard. I nodded and he took me by the hand, shaking it vigorously and exclaiming that “your [...]
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Posted in Tales from the Road, damh the bard, druid, druidism, druidry, folk, mercian gathering, music, pagan, paganism, religion, wicca, wiccan, witch, witchcraft, tagged damh the bard, druid, druidism, druidry, folk, live concert, music, pagan, paganism, religion, Tales from the Road, wicca, wiccan, Wicker Man, wickerman, witch, witchcraft on September 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Last weekend me and Cerri went to the Mercian Gathering near Coventry. I had a gig on the Friday night, and Cerri had the opportunity to have a stall outside our tent where she could sell some of her artwork. Last year I had strained my back so barely made it up there to play [...]
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Posted in Tales from the Road, damh the bard, druid, druidism, druidry, folk, live concert, music, pagan, paganism, religion, wicca, wiccan, witch, witchcraft, tagged druidry, wicca, witch, pagan, paganism, witchcraft, damh the bard, music, wiccan, folk, live concert, religion, Tales from the Road, pagancon, scotland on September 2, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Last weekend me and Cerri travelled to Glasgow to play a concert at Pagancon. It was my first concert in Scotland for 6 years and one I was really looking forward to. The last time I played there Pagancon was called Druidcon and was a Druid-specific conference, but to help broaden its appeal they changed [...]
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Posted in OBOD, Tales from the Road, art, damh the bard, druid, druidism, druidry, pagan, paganism, religion, wicca, wiccan, witch, witchcraft, writer, tagged damh the bard, druid, druidism, druidry, folk, music, OBOD, pagan, paganism, the cauldron born, vienna, wicca, wiccan, witch, witchcraft, writer on August 19, 2009 | 4 Comments »
This year has been the Year of the Gig for me. Almost every weekend you’ll hear the sounds of Spirit of Albion, or Hills they are Hollow echoing through a field, woodland, hall or campsite. It really has been an incredibly exciting ride (and there are more to come too!), but I have been incredibly [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged anderida gorsedd, camps, damh the bard, druid, druidism, druidry, holyness, long man of wilmington, magic, pagan, paganism, religion, wicca, wiccan, witch, witchcraft on July 30, 2009 | 5 Comments »
The way that the tickets for the Anderida Gorsedd Autumn camp sold out in under a day has really shocked me and Cerri. My own natural reaction is to try and please everyone, so when I get emails from disappointed people I just want to make them happy and shift the boundaries to accommodate them. [...]
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Posted in damh the bard, druid, druidism, druidry, holyness, magic, modern bard, myth, mythology, pagan, paganism, religion, wicca, wiccan, witch, witchcraft, tagged damh the bard, druid, druidism, druidry, holyness, magic, modern bard, myth, mythology, pagan, paganism, religion, wicca, wiccan, witch, witchcraft on July 6, 2009 | 10 Comments »
I remember when I first got involved with the Pagan community in the late 80s/early 90s I found a lot of people to whom the lineage of their initiatory line was very important. At that time the choices of the modern Pagan were to follow either a Wiccan, Druid, or Heathen path, and the idea [...]
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