A little Pagan Folk music.....

Hello dear friends. Today I would like to share with you the wonderful Dutch band Omnia. Omnia are a pagan folk band headed by husband and wife team Steve "Sic" Evans van der Harten  and his wife Jennifer. The band have been around since the latter half of the 90s. Their music is very much based in the world of Celtic Pagan folk with an at times very playful and humourous twist. There is much joy and energy in their performances and their live performances are full of power and foot-stomping fun. An interesting addition to the otherwise Celtic sounds of harp and Bodhran are the inclusion of instruments such as the didgeridoo and the use of a hurdy-gurdy by Jenny on some songs gives a distinctly Gallic and Breton feel to some numbers.

I am very fond of this band who manage to be both traditional and experimental at the same time. I first discovered them whilst browsing through Youtube one day where I came across a recording of their performance at Bibelot. Here's a sample of that concert and a taster of what this great band are about, this is a very energetic performance of the song 'Fidhe Ra Huri":

That song always makes me wish to be dancing in a woodland clearing by moonlight.

I can strongly recommend that if you haven't yet discovered this talented group of musicians it is well worth buying a CD or two.

Blessings of the Horned God and the Goddess be with you all.

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