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Sunday, October 24, 2010

The Lower Lights - A Hymn Revival

Thanks to Philip for sending these to me - beautifully filmed old-fashioned acoustic harmony-based sacred music - spectacular! The track listing reveals The Lower Lights to be a Mormon-based collective of musicians who mix old standard hymns with some specifically Mormon pieces, one of which - If You Could Hie to Kolob - sounds almost identical to The Star of the County Down - listen here for yourself. Visit the website | Visit Bandcamp.com site




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2 comments:

  1. Philip Robinson10:45 AM

    Mark,
    Just listened to the whole 'Lower Lights' clip on here, and the final snatch is where the name of the group comes from. It is a lovely rendering of the Portavogie Fisherman's Choir's theme song which has the chorus:
    "Let the Lower Lights keep burning,
    Send a beam across the waves.
    Some poor struggling, sinking seaman,
    You may rescue, you may save."

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  2. L'Office du Jèrriais1:54 PM

    Thanks for the post. It provided a spur for a post over on our L'Office du Jèrriais blog on reviving old Jersey hymn tunes: http://officedujerriais.blogspot.com/2010/10/cantiques-hymns-and-carols.html (The customary acknowledgement is made).

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