By Damh the Bard|2020-01-20T12:26:37+00:00January 20th, 2020|Categories: DruidCast|Tags: druid, DruidCast, druidism, druidry, OBOD, philip carr-gomm, spirituality|1 Comment
Shownotes for DruidCast Episode 154 I Fly Through Space - Spirits of the Earth - https://spiritsoftheearth.bandcamp.com Interview with Philip Carr-Gomm - https://www.philipcarr-gomm.com Grandmother Moon - Liz McMahon - https://youtu.be/qZfR4UCc2y8 Welcome Mari Lwyd - S J Tucker - https://skinnywhitechick.bandcamp.com DruidCast theme - Hills they are Hollow - Damh
By Damh the Bard|2020-01-10T12:58:20+00:00January 10th, 2020|Categories: druidry, paganism, spirituality|Tags: celtic lore, druid, druidism, druidry, fearie, folk, Mabinogion, myth, mythology, Nature, pagan, paganism, religion, spirituality|15 Comments
For much of my life, when I found myself walking through a forest or the countryside on one of those little public footpaths that meander across the green Sussex Downs I spent much of my time looking down. Partly to see where I was walking and to
By Damh the Bard|2019-12-19T12:38:52+00:00December 19th, 2019|Categories: News|5 Comments
Sunset Well my friends, that was quite a year! This is my annual blog sign-off, just to thank you for reading the blogs, listening to the music, coming to the shows and singing along, being the wonderful people you are. To wish you all a
By Damh the Bard|2019-12-17T10:02:11+00:00December 17th, 2019|Categories: DruidCast|Tags: celtic lore, damh, druid, DruidCast, druidism, druidry, Kristoffer Hughes, Mabinogion, Mari Lwyd, modern bard, myth, mythology, OBOD, pagan, paganism, Y Mabinogi|3 Comments
Shownotes for DruidCast Episode 153 Pollen Path - Elana Low Interview with Kristoffer Hughes Mari Lwyd (The Grey Mare) - Carreg Lafar Mari Lwyd - Chris Wood DruidCast theme - Hills they are Hollow - Damh the Bard For further information about the Druid tradition.
By Damh the Bard|2019-11-29T17:45:43+00:00November 29th, 2019|Categories: druidry, News|Tags: druid, druidism, druidry, OBOD, Order of Bards Ovates and Druids, philip carr-gomm|13 Comments
This week my mind has been occupied with very practical things. At midnight on Sunday tickets for the Order of Bards Ovates and Druids Special Summer Gathering went on sale. Or rather they should have gone on sale. I stayed up to press the button to make
By Damh the Bard|2019-12-05T12:52:54+00:00November 19th, 2019|Categories: DruidCast|Tags: DruidCast|0 Comments
Shownotes for DruidCast Episode 152 Uffington Hill - Playing Rapunzel - https://playingrapunzel.com September Morning Bell - SJ Tucker - https://skinnywhitechick.bandcamp.com No One’s Slave - Heathens All - https://www.facebook.com/heathens.all/ Song of the Meadow Lark - Space Goats - https://www.facebook.com/thespacegoats/ Spirit of Albion - Damh the Bard - https://www.paganmusic.co.uk
By Damh the Bard|2019-11-08T12:06:39+00:00November 8th, 2019|Categories: Bardism, music, song writing|Tags: Creativity, damh the bard, modern bard, music, song, song writing, songwriting, writer|5 Comments
It's a question I've been asked many times but it's not something I've written about here on the blog so here goes! I'll admit it. I'm a melody and riff man. I like pretty much straight forward music with a hook in the chorus and a great
By Damh the Bard|2019-11-04T23:16:06+00:00November 4th, 2019|Categories: druidry, paganism|Tags: druid, druidism, druidry, Halloween, long man of wilmington, magic, pagan, paganism, religion, Ritual, samhain, spirituality, wicca, wiccan, witch, witchcraft|9 Comments
A blessed release from the week's rain but the chalk still wet underfoot. Slippery too, as we walked along the old track to the South Downs. A blue sky battling with scattered clouds, and rooks sharing their wisdom on the wing, calling to those walkers below that
By Damh the Bard|2019-10-25T12:31:08+01:00October 25th, 2019|Categories: Fortean, paganism, Seasons|Tags: ancestors, fearie, folk, Halloween, magic, myth, mythology, pagan, paganism, Sabbat, samhain, spirituality, wheel of the year|12 Comments
I remember when the ghosts seemed to be everywhere. Back in my childhood, before hand-held bright screens and cars, when the world was slower, riding my bike into town, past the old fire station next to the park. Old, dark, and empty. I used to pretend a
By Damh the Bard|2019-10-21T11:06:22+01:00October 21st, 2019|Categories: Y Mabinogi|Tags: celtic lore, damh, druid, druidism, druidry, folk, Mabinogion, magic, modern bard, myth, mythology, pagan, paganism, religion, spirituality, The Third Branch, Y Mabinogi|12 Comments
In my previous article, I wrote that the spoken word for Y Mabinogi, The Third Branch had been recorded. Some of you got very excited about that and asked me through PM when the album would be released, so maybe there was a little confusion about how
