http://curveofsound.wildhunt.org A music blog exploring the blasphemous and idolatrous. Sun, 24 Aug 2008 15:37:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A Darker Shade of Pagan: Podcast for 08/24/08 New this week: Brand new music from Blackmore's Night. Other notes: This week sees the first official ADSOP cd giveaway. Listen to the podcast to learn how to win a free copy of Blackmore's Night's new album "Secret Voyage". In other news, if you ... http://curveofsound.wildhunt.org/2008/08/24/notes-for-the-082408-adsop-podcast/ A Darker Shade of Pagan: Podcast for 08/17/08 New this week: Brand new music from Fern Knight, Bat For Lashes (from the upcoming Cure tribute "Perfect As Cats"), Novemthree, and Bon Iver ! Other notes: This week I fell in love with a Test Dept. / Brith Gof collaboration called "Gododdin", and ... http://curveofsound.wildhunt.org/2008/08/17/notes-for-the-081708-adsop-podcast/ A Darker Shade of Pagan: Podcast for 08/10/08 New this week: Brand new music from Falling You, and Mercury-prize nominated folk act Rachel Unthank and the Winterset. Other notes: I was pretty pleased with the "flow" of music this week. I also ended up playing just about every band mentioned in my ... http://curveofsound.wildhunt.org/2008/08/10/notes-for-the-081008-adsop-podcast/ It has been awhile since I discussed music here, so I thought I would provide some capsule reviews of recently released music that sings to the Pagan soul (or at least my Pagan soul). All of these artists can be heard on my weekly A Darker Shade of Pagan podcast, ... http://curveofsound.wildhunt.org/2008/08/05/recent-music-reviewspicks/ A Darker Shade of Pagan: Podcast for 08/03/08 New this week: Brand new music from Pamela Wyn Shannon, Accolade, and Revue Noir! Other notes: The theme this week was "autumnal" in honor of Lughnasadh. Though it may not feel like autumn yet, especially here in the Midwest, the wheel is slowly turning ... http://curveofsound.wildhunt.org/2008/08/03/notes-for-the-080308-adsop-podcast/ A Darker Shade of Pagan: Podcast for 07/27/08 New this week: Nothing "brand new", but I did play cuts from new releases by Qntal and Lunascape. Other notes: This week was a special tribute to Dancing Ferret/Noir records, who are closing up shop in November. All the songs, except the closer, were ... http://curveofsound.wildhunt.org/2008/07/27/notes-for-the-072708-adsop-podcast/ A Darker Shade of Pagan: Podcast for 07/20/08 New this week: Brand new stuff from Incus, Silver Summit, Rusalnaia, and Sharron Kraus! Other notes: This week was a special tribute to the late, lamented, Woven Wheat Whispers distributor/label. As such the majority of the tracks were from artists who either sold their ... http://curveofsound.wildhunt.org/2008/07/20/notes-for-the-072008-adsop-podcast/ This past few weeks has seen announcements from two Pagan-friendly music labels/distributors that they are closing up shop. First, at the end of June, the online folk music resource Woven Wheat Whispers called it quits. "We didn’t have to close WWW, it was paying it’s way and no money was lost. ... http://curveofsound.wildhunt.org/2008/07/15/two-pagan-friendly-music-sources-close/ A Darker Shade of Pagan: Podcast for 07/13/08 New this week: Lux Interna's "A Lantern Carried in Blood and Skin" and Tearwave's "Different Shade of Beauty". Also, still relatively fresh from last week is "Musique du Crépuscule" by the French band Les Fragments de la Nuit. Other Notes: I played two ... http://curveofsound.wildhunt.org/2008/07/13/notes-for-the-071308-adsop-podcast/ Looking for Pagan music but aren't a fan of folk music, neo-medieval stylings, or darkwave? Then you might want to check out the latest offering from Jazz musician Jordi Rossy. His trio's new album is entitled "Wicca", and according to All About Jazz, it's "mesmerizing". "Wicca is a largely ruminative album, ... http://curveofsound.wildhunt.org/2008/06/07/wiccan-jazz/