Awen Ensemble - Ionawr (Official Video)

Awen Ensemble - Ionawr (Official Video)
Watch the music video for Awen Ensemble's new single 'Ionawr', taken from their forthcoming album 'Cadair Idris'. 'Ionawr' out now on New Soil, buy/ stream the track here: mrthn.fm/ae_ionawr.OYD
Pre-Order/ pre-save the new album, 'Cadair Idris'. Coming on vinyl, CD & digital formats: mrthn.fm/ae_cadairidris.OYD
Download 'Ionawr': mrthn.fm/ae_ionawr.OYD/bandcamp
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Lyrics:
SNOW REACHES THE HIGHEST POINTS,
AND HER BOOTS LEAVE FOOTPRINTS IN THE POWDERED WHITE.
A SNOWFLAKE LANDS ON THE TIP OF HER FRECKLED NOSE,
AS SHE WONDERS WHERE SHE’LL GO.
(SHE TUCKS HER HAIR BEHIND HER EAR AS SHE CROUCHES DOWN TO SEE THE PERFECT FLOWER
IN A HOLE IN THE GROUND.
SEEKING SHELTER IN A NOOK,
NOW SHE KNOWS THAT IF SHE LOOKS,
THERE’S TREASURE TO BE FOUND.)
SHE MOVES LIKE A SHADOW,
OUT INTO THE DUSK.
MOON RISING OVER EASTERN HILLS,
THE ONLY THING SHE TRUSTS.
LED FORWARD BY STRING DANGLING
FROM IDRIS’ HANDS.
AS HE ASKS HER FOR WHAT SHE STANDS.
SNOW REACHES THE HIGHEST POINTS,
AND SHE FOLLOWS HER FOOTPRINTS FROM LAST YEAR SHE THINKS THEY MUST BE CLEAR STILL
SHE FOLLOWS THEM INTO A CAVE OF HER OWN MAKING.
OF HER OWN MAKING.
SHE MOVES INTO SHADOW,
DWARFED BY ITS SIZE,
SHE FOLLOWS THE FOXES,
ON THEIR WORN PATH, UP ITS SIDE.
HER BREATH IN TIME WITH THE MOUNTAIN’S DRONE,
SHE CLAMBERS ONCE MORE,
TO FALL ASLEEP ON ITS SLOPE ALONE
#jazz #contemporaryjazz #newmusic

[@rodcampbell93]

Heard this on Jazz FM in the car yesterday fittingly as the light failed over the desolate fields and was, as they say, blown away. Love the lilt and tilt of the half spoken half sung vocal, as clear and timeless and refreshing as that stream on the hike and then the swelling movement of the saxophones, the change of pace, thankfully never getting too abstract or overcomplicated or overpowering...a thing of beauty. Unique!