Thirteen Notes
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The past few years have been incredibly challenging for the band, both personally and artistically. The outbreak of Covid-19 brought live music to a halt, limiting our ability to travel, perform, and connect with audiences. Festivals and community events vanished, and many live music venues closed their doors. While we eventually found a way to share some online house concerts, the loss of that intimate, in-person connection with our fans was deeply felt.
During this difficult period, we discovered that the best therapy was to keep our creativity alive. If we couldn’t perform, at least we could write! It was from these tough times that this double album was born, initially given the working title To the Wild, after one of the first songs we wrote during the lockdowns.
By chance, we reconnected with our friend and talented music producer David Pendragon and he offered to weave his magic to turn our writings into music. We feel so blessed by his wisdom, creativity and dedication to craft this album – thanks David!
As the musical production evolved and our collaboration matured, Thirteen Notes took on more meaning. It’s the number of notes spanning a perfect octave from the tonic up to and including the note with twice its frequency. And, as if by fate, all thirteen notes make their appearance on the album!
Track List
Disc 1
SPIRIT OF THE GREEN (Adrienne Piggott)
First recorded on ‘The Green Album’, a compilation of Pagan artists to raise money for The Rainforest Trust, here it is re-worked and featuring the latest Spiral Dance line-up.
HARE SPELL (Fay Hield)
THE LAYS OF AMERGIN (Adrienne Piggott)
THIRTEEN NOTES (Adrienne Piggott)
CERRIDWEN’S CHASE (Gladez / Katell) Jonathan Shorland
TO DREAM A RAVEN (Adrienne Piggott)
BLACK WATER DEEP (Adrienne Piggott)
SEVEN SISTERS (Adrienne Piggott)
Disc 2
TO THE WILD / DANCING HARE (Adrienne Piggott / Paul Gooding)
MAN OF STRAW (Adrienne Piggott)
PEBBLE BEACH / HERNE’S CONSORT (Paul Gooding)
MURRUNDI SONG (Adrienne Piggott)
SWORDS OF WAYLAND (Adrienne Piggott)
CUCKOO’S NEST / YOUNG COLLINS (Trad – arr. Paul Gooding)
DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL (Adrienne Piggott)
LET IT ALL WASH AWAY (Adrienne Piggott)
Performers
Recorded, Mixed and Mastered at Pendragon Studio
Assistant Engineer: Oscar Racso
Mixed and Mastered by David Pendragon
Produced by David Pendragon
All songs arranged by Spiral Dance except Cuckoo’s Nest / Young Collins arranged by Paul Gooding
Spirit of the Green, Cuckoo’s Nest / Young Collins recorded at Forest Range Studios by Lucinda Machin
Our heartfelt thanks to Rachael Hammond (https://rachaelhammond.com.au) for her artistic creativity in crafting Thirteen Notes artwork, Peter Hyde for his beautiful hand-crafted accordions, Fay Hield and Jonathan Shorland for allowing us to record their works with their blessing, and Nancy Chappell, Leo Lannigan and Evie Gooding for their assistance and input during the production of this album.
Starting on the snare drum as a youngster, Matt soon expanded his interests to playing the Drum Kit and dove headlong in to the world of Classic Rock.
Simon started learning violin as a young child, later studying at the Australian National University in Canberra and The Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music and Performance in Melbourne.
Residing in Naarm/Melbourne, Rena has been involved in musical performance on stage and behind the scenes for over 40 years. Her styles have mostly centred around rock, pop, folk and blues.
