Idumea- Eliza Carthy/Tim Eriksen

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First song in the second set of "Murder, Misery and Goodnight" at the Sage Gateshead Summertyne Americana Festival last Friday. It was a lot of fun in a great venue, and lots of fun to play in the round with Kristin Hersch (Throwing Muses), Howe Gelb (Giant Sand), The Handsome Family and "house band" David Coulter (musical director) and Neil Harland on bass. Shot by Magdalena Zapedowska Eriksen.

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[VictorLepanto]

MY favorite Christmas song is O Come, O Come Emanuel. I'd so like to hear Tim do a version of this hymn. It really isn't a Christmas Carol, it is more for Advent. Still, every December, I cry when they sing it in Church. It is so full of unfullfillable longing. It is about how we can never be truly happy in this life.

[batfancy]

@VictorLepanto It's the first song on my Christmas CD! Unfortunately not for this year, but next. Yes it's just the most beautiful song I think- I figured it would be the natural candidate for first track since it's about the only advent song most people sing these days.

[VictorLepanto]

@batfancy: I wonder if you ever venture beyond the English canon of Gospel songs & shape note type hymns? May favorite hymn is the anthem of Easter from the Eastern rite churches. In the original Greek, "Christos Anesti;" or "Christ is risen from the dead."

[batfancy]

@VictorLepanto I don't know it, though I've sure heard it plenty of Easter music from the Orthodox church in Ethiopia, Serbia and Transylvania- I have no idea how much liturgy is shared/ related between various Orthodox strands, but everything I've heard has been pretty amazing so I'd love to hear the Greek...

[JordanRoyals]

Tim, you're an amazing performer. I don't think I've ever heard one of your arrangements that I didn't enjoy, thoroughly.

[Buckeystown]

I first heard this from the singing of the Watersons including her Mum and Dad years ago when Eliza was a wee girl. It's neat to see the two traditions meeting.

[mouldybear]

Fine effort Eliza. See Tim's other versions under "Am I Born To Die" or "Idumea" for more typical approach.

[VictorLepanto]

@batfancy: Well, I guess I missed this post way back when. If you are planning making me happy performing my favoritest church music, one piece I'd really like to hear is something that is rather far afield from your normal material. Christos Anesti (or its Slavik equivolent Christos Voskrese) is the Eastern Church's great hymn of Easter. It is my cheerfull favorite. There are several treatments of it on Youtube. The Greek means, "Christ is risen from the dead." Very powerful.

[Buckeystown]

I love the Waterson's version and used to listen to it years ago but it was amazing to hear Eliza's counterpoint.

Her Dad has commented on English music that was preserved in America and brought back to England. Her mother has been in Hospital for months now. I pray she is getting better.

[mazzo99]

You should be famous Tim.