The Olden Ways Video:
youtu.be/oOM91GSWQ5E
Re-mixed by Kenneth Roy Meehan and out on Flatcar Records/Fontana North
I'm in Somewhere Ontario with very little internet so I'll repost my original write-up from late March*:
I don’t know about you, but all these recent changes have made me reconsider the trajectory of my life, and how I want to spend my time on earth.
What I want my legacy to be. What I want my generation’s legacy to be.
I can't shake the feeling that this is a turning point.
As much as I love the technology I use everyday (that facilitated this home recording!) I am questioning all our supposed societal progress.
I’m thinking about growing a garden, and canning fruit. I’m returning to old hobbies like sewing and dancing.
I’m thinking about what community and family mean to me.
I’m thinking about all the decisions I have put off making, and how life has intervened.
Maybe when you listen to this song, you could imagine me as our childhood friend Mr. Rogers, donning a cardigan, gazing warmly into the camera at you, with a reassuring smile.
With all the love and tenderness,
cb<3
(PS - normally the background noise of traffic would be bleeding into my microphone, but at the end of the song today you will hear birds chirping.)
*update- I did, in fact, grow a garden. Garden tomatoes are Life Affirming!
released August 25, 2020
Written, Performed and Recorded by Colleen Brown
Mixed by Kenneth Roy Meehan