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Underneath the Ramparts

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As I lay down on Burrough Hill / The sun burned red and air grew still / I closed my eyes to take some rest / ‘Til a blackbird lit upon my breast / He sang his tale so soft and low / At first my senses did not know / If I were dreaming or awake / By what enchantment could he speak? / “I’m brother,” sang he, “to one who toiled / On this hill-fort’s most fertile soil / She worked the land by ridge and furrow / And every night she drowned her sorrow / For Mother killed me, Father fed / Upon my bones when I was dead / You’ll find my sister’s broken heart / Underneath the ramparts” / “Blackbird,” I said, “how well you sing / Please sing that piece for me again” / “No, I’ll not repeat my sad refrain / ‘Til you give me your golden chain” / I took the chain from round my neck / And put it round his feathered head / He bowed to me and sang once more / In a voice so plaintive, clear and pure: / “For Mother killed me, Father fed / Upon my bones when I was dead / You’ll find my sister’s broken heart / Underneath the ramparts / For Mother killed me, Father fed / Upon my bones when I was dead / We had so much and so much lost / Underneath the ramparts”

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from Endurance, released August 10, 2018
Music: Read/Johansen/Nagel - Lyrics: Nagel

MING NAGEL – Vocals / THURE GADE JOHANSEN – Guitars / JON READ – Backing Vocals, Keyboards, Trumpet / CARISE ZANGERLE MURRAY – PanStream Handpan

Sample taken from “Árstíðir - Heyr himna smiður (Icelandic hymn) in train station” (www.youtube.com watch?v=e4dT8FJ2GE0). Lyrics owe a debt of inspiration to “The Juniper Tree” by The Brothers Grimm.

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The "extraordinary" Project Blackbird, as BBC's Tom Robinson has called them, offer an atmospheric and genre-fluid listening experience that draws equally upon intellect and emotion. "Imagine a party at Ronnie Scott’s," one fan suggests, "where Sade, Björk, Jeff Beck, and David Byrne meet Portishead and then go for a late night curry to exchange ideas…sublime”. ... more

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