Raising Holy Sparks - Kara Sevda

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1	Theme From Alone I	0:56
2	Lovin' The Eskimo Words By – Lisa Falzon	11:49
3	Kara Sevda	9:56
4	Bird (There) Words By – Lisa Falzon	5:49
5	Hanging On A Star Voice, Performer [Water Pump] – Vicky LanganWritten-By – Nick Drake	6:45
6	Theme From Alone II	1:00

Credits

• Dulcimer [Appalachian Dulcimer], Banjo [5 String Mountain Banjo], Autoharp, Electric Guitar, Electric Piano, Sruti Box [Electronic Shruti Box], Sounds [Field Recordings], Harmonium, Mandocello, Voice, Sampler [Samples: Glass Armonica & Mellotron] – David Colohan
• Liner Notes – David Colohan
• Organ [Chord Organ], Sounds [Field Recordings] – Declan Q Kelly

Notes

"Although belonging to different projects & not originally intended to be part of the same album, when I listened to these pieces together it struck me that they shared something I couldn't put my finger on... & so they found a home here.

'Theme From Alone I & II' are part of the soundtrack work I did for a short film by local filmmakers No Longer Reel.

'Lovin' The Eskimo' & 'Bird (There)' feature the words of Lisa Falzon, whose microfiction inspired me to set my favourites to music.

Though they share a title & perhaps, sentiment, 'Kara Sevda' is not the song by Cem Karaca. I didn't hear that until afterwards. Rather, it was a staple of the first few Raising Holy Sparks live outings & has found its final version here.

'Hanging On A Star' is a song by Nick Drake. This version, which leaves out the words, was a collaboration with Wölflinge for the Andrea Fitzpatrick-curated Searching For Nick Drake exhibition, which took place in the Basement Project Space, Cork, in September 2011."

Recorded in Ballymahon, Galway & Headford.

In memory of Václav Havel.

'Isn't it the moment of most profound doubt that gives birth to new certainties? Perhaps hopelessness is the very soil that nourishes human hope; perhaps one could never find sense in life without first experiencing its absurdity.'

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
none	Raising Holy Sparks	Kara Sevda ‎(6xFile, MP3, Album, 320)	Not On Label (Raising Holy Sparks Self-released)	none	Ireland	2011