Going Home - Thanksgiving Music for Celtic Harp

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Castlebay - 1988
The Long Isle - 1989
The Peat Fire Flame - 1990
Down To he Shore - 1991
Harvest - 1992
Angels We Have Heard (1)- 1994
Faeries Hornpipe - 1994
Looking Home - 1995
The Skye Suite - 1996
Angels We Have Heard (2) 1997
Song of the Sea - 1998
The Ballad of Cappy John - 1999
Ladies - 1999
In a Garden Green - 2000
Sea & Skye - 2001
Gentlemen - 2002
Yuletide Treasure - 2002
Cottage & Castle - 2003
Ae Fond Kiss - 2003
Imram - 2004
The Night the Whiskey Froze - 2004
Islands In Time - 2006
Banks & Braes - 2007
The Grand Design* - 2007
Harvest Home - 2007
Going Home - 2008
Rantin', Rovin' Robin - 2009
Bards & Blarney - 2009
2010 Yuletide Revelry - 2010
Imbolc - Rekindling the Flame* - 2010
Festival of Faeries - 2011
John Earthy's Tavern* - 2012
Bound Away - 2015
Samhain - Banking the Fire - 2017
Winter Moon - 2019
Bygone Ballads of Maine, Vol I (book) 2021
Sundrie Aires - 2023
The Maid on the Shore - 2024

* These recordings have extensive notes.

Going Home 2008

The Thanksgiving holiday is a special time of homecoming and hospitality. The music of this season stirs memories of home and hearth, bounty and peace. We reflect on our heritage in gratitude for our many blessings, for the beauty of the earth itself and for the amazing grace that keeps us filled with hope. Many of us travel over the river and through the wood to be among ones so dear for a friendly visit and a feast with the old folks at home. We gather together around the laden table in the warmth of a familiar circle and welcome both friend and stranger. When we finally drink a parting glass, we realize we are always renewed by going home.
This recording is a harvest of melodies from the American Celtic folk tradition arranged mostly for solo Celtic harp (nylon strings) One one track is a second, wire string harp. Some additional sounds include with just a wee bit of Irish flute, a breath of choir, a touch of percussion, a dash of violin, a pinch of viola, and a soupçon of French horn (in a duet with pennywhistle).

Julia Lane is an award-winning Celtic harper. Fred Gosbee plays the other instruments on this recording, except for the french Horn, which is played by Barbara Burt.

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Over the River and Through the Woods/
Among Ones So Dear © Doug Protzik