Celtic music and the stirrings of genetic memory

I’m several hours into a train journey from Luxembourg to Amsterdam, to visit friends Laurie and Bruce on their houseboat.  Keeping me company, keeping me sane, is a collection of songs by one of my favorite Celtic folk groups, Silly Wizard.  Andy Stewart sings wistfully: If I was a blackbird, could whistle and sing, I’d […]

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