Monthly Archives: July 2018

“Dormiveglia”

Albumleaf 139: July 22, 2018 (Granville) I’ve got as much swing in me as a Corelli concerto grosso.  But I’ll take those harmonies thank you, jazz. P.S.  In English, the best you can do for the title is “drowsiness.”  

“The Shepheardes Calender — Julye”

Albumleaf 138: July 20, 2018 (Granville) Thomalin in the valley and Morrell on the hill debate the merits of tending their flocks down low or up high.   (Listen closely for the sly fox.)  

“Winding Down After A Big One”

Albumleaf 137: July 5, 2018 (Bologna) Chillaxin’.

“Plier Tree Revisited (Odin at the Spring)”

Albumleaf 136: July 3, 2018 (Bologna) If ever a title required explanation, this is it. Back in November 2012, I began writing an Albumleaf inspired by Mooney Warther’s wooden sculpture “Plier Tree” (pictured below). I quickly became mired in “masterpiece mode,” completing page after page of sketches, throwing away music, starting and restarting, and so […]