Ann & Chistina invited as special guests to the 2011 FSGW Getaway! - October 3, 2011
We had a wonderful time visiting with old pals like Nick Apollonio, Kathy Westra, and Sally Rogers, as well as making some new ones like Magpie! Ann had a new homemade CD of original songs to share, and the hope of enticing folks to learn them for their own enjoyment and sharing. What could be better than having Ann's songs take wing, like children growing up and going out on their own. Several lovely performers said they'd love to sing and share Ann's songs. It was a fabulous day!!
Ann Mayo Muir Press Photo by C.G.Muir - October 9, 2010
Christina Muir & her Mt. Dulcimer on YouTube - May 29, 2010
Here's a new video my daughter made of a song I just adore!
Christina Muir sings a song she wrote entitled "Black Hole" and accompanies herself on mountain dulcimer. It's a song of exploration of that infinitely mysterious place inside that is both terrifying and brimming with possibility. This dulcimer, built at Folkcraft Instruments, has been altered with the addition of some frets to facilitate playing in some different keys. "Black Hole" is not yet recorded on CD but Christina's solo CD of original songs ~ "FEET FIRST" ~ can be sampled and purchased online at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/ChristinaMuir. These days Christina can be found performing with the acoustic female harmony trio, Hot Soup! Check out their performance schedule and SOUPerb CDs at http://www.HotSoupTrio.com.
I don’t know much about Black HolesBut there’s something about them I should knowThe way they’re collapsed and blacker than nightThe way that they hold it all in so tightThey’re denser than anything we can conceiveHundreds of worlds that it has up its sleeveWith Suns and Moons and meteoritesWhat does a Black Hole do with all of that lightI wonder ‘bout these things I’ve heard‘Cause they sound so familiar, I know it’s absurdLike there’s one deep inside me, drawing me nearAnd what it intends is not entirely clearIt sounds like a voice almost lost in my pastIt tell me it wants me soIt promises to hold me so tenderlyAnd never let me goWith Suns and Moons and meteoritesWho am I to put up a fightAs I approach it I feel so smallAnd I wonder how I could ever matter at allTo such a powerful invisible pullWhy does it want me, will I make it fullCould I live within its embraceCould I come to know its faceCould I breathe without any spaceCould I love without any trace ofSuns and Moons and meteoritesWhat does a Black Hole do….With Suns and Moons and meteoritesWhat does a Black Hole do….What does a Black Hole do….What does a Black Hole do…. with all of that light
