Musica Pagani: Ostara 2012

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Greetings and well met, my friends! I had a hard time deciding what music to play for Ostara this year, so I just went ahead and included most of it. THIRTY-SEVEN music selections were in this special episode of Musica Pagani, that's almost 2 hours and 45 minutes.

1. Bill Wren & Frank Ralls - New Heaven, New Earth - Journey Around the Sun: A Mayan Odyssey
2. Al Conti - Spring Maiden - Northern Seas
3. David Clavijo - Promises - The Landing: Special Edition
4. Douglas Bluefeather - When the Rains Come - Best of Douglas Bluefeather
5. Christopher Lapina - She's Often Here - Eclectic Eve
6. Ann Licater - Shades of Light - Doorway to a Dream
7. Catherine Marie Charlton - Springshine - Undershore
8. Craig Urquhart - Waves - Songs Without Words
9. Douglas Bluefeather & Danny Voris - Dream of the Trees - Earth Songs
10. Fiona Joy Hawkins - Feeling Sunshine - Live at the Q
11. Fred Thrane - Dawndancer - Angels of the Sun
12. John Albert Thomas - Fantasy - Now I Sleep
13. Hennie Bekker - Spring Rain - Spectrum: An Anthology of Relaxing Instrumental Music
14. Jose Luis Serrano Esteban - Spring Has Arrived - A New Horizon
15. Kathryn Kaye - Smile for Me April - Dreaming Still
16. Louis Collaiannia - Spring Dawn - A Moment Between Eternities
17. Lynn yew Evers - Dawn of Peace - Dawn of Peace
18. Michael Strilbing - Forever Young - Another Day in Paradise
19. Peter Sterling - Enchantments Awakening = Patterns of Relection
20. Paradiso & Rasamayi - Transformation - 3rd Eye Rising
21. Lia Scallon - Clear Quartz - Crystal Keys 
22. Psicodreamics - Earth Prayer - Ancient Wisdom
23. Lis Addison - Brimming Over - Grace of the Green Leaf
24. Uwe Gronau - Far in the East (instrumental version) - Time Rider
25. Michael Brant DeMaria - Timeless Dawn - Bindu
26. Michael de Salem - Sentimental Stops - Something Getting Wrong
27. Wendy Rule - Guided by Venus - Guided by Venus
28. Sharon Knight - Phoenix from the Ashes - Song of the Sea
29. Terri Liles Mason - Begin Again - OmGaia
30. T Thorn Coyle - The Green - Face of a New Day
31. Spiral Dance - The Goddess and the Weaver - The Mist
32. Elaine Silver - By the Earth - Fairie Goddess
33. Candice Night - Robin Red Breast - Relfections
34. Jenna Greene - Soul of Nature - Crossroads
35. Rich Osborn - A song of New Beginnings - Giving Voice
36. Jeff Oster - Beautiful Silence - Surrender
37. Shawna Carol - Bless Our Planet - Gaia Rocks

Whew! That was a lot of typing! I had a lot of fun putting the show together and I hope you all had a good time listening to it. The theme was spring and Ostara, but the music is wonderful any time of year.

A huge thank you goes out to all the musicians for giving me permission to use their music on podcast.

Mabon on Pagan-Musings Podcast Channel 092411

Hello, everyone! I am once again playing catch up with the blogging. This year has been extremely busy for me and I have neglected posting all summer long. Here it is, the first few days Autumn and I haven't made a timely post since Memorial Day. And believe me, I do hear about it. At least one of the wonderful people who follows this blog sends me an email from time to time going "where are the play lists?"

So, here is the play list from last night's Pagan-Musings Podcast: Mabon, the Autumnal Equinox

1. Bone Poets Orchestra - Interlude at Sunset - Belladonna Smiles
2. Leigh Ann Hussey - Greenmantle (ritual edit) - Homebrew
3. Celia - Lady Libertas
4. Jenna Greene - Harvest - Crossroads
5. Cernunnos Rising - Heartbeat of Harvest - Wild Soul

Early in the show, Cole Weber from Liberty Lives in the HEARTland called in to share with us about the Nebraska efforts to counter-demonstrate the DC40 Campaign. DC40 is a movement orchestrated by the New Apostolic Reformation and other extremist right wing Christian groups to pray for the mass conversion of United States politicians to their specific way of thinking. Read the information on their web site, if you dare, and after struggling through the horrible (and disgusting) imagery of their informational videos and wading through the hate filled rhetoric they spew, you will understand just why we need to take this effort seriously. To sum it up, they are backing certain political candidates in the upcoming presidential election (including Gov. Rick "Good Hair" Perry of Texas) and wish to force a theocracy upon the nation. Check out past episodes of Pagan Weekly News on the PMP Channel for more information and Zaracon and I's soapboxing on the issue.

We also spent some time talking about Jenna Greene's Kickstarter campaign and her music. I had the pleasure of interviewing Ms. Greene earlier this month on a special episode of Musica Pagani and delving deeper into her wonderful music. Check out the interview and visit her web site, then pop over and see if you feel you can contribute to her Kickstarter program to help bring us more delightful music. Ms. Greene was unable to join us during the show due to other commitments last night, but we look forward to having her on the Channel again sometime in the near future. Her Kickstarter deadline is October 11th, go check it out.

And of course, with it being our Mabon episode, we spent some time discussing the lore, imagery, meanings, and associations with the season.

I want to share a little something that I talked about in the show. When I was a kid, we honored the changing of the seasons. We may not have phrased it that way or even acknowledged that what we did was even remotely Pagan or some such, but we still did it. I spent the first eight years of my life on a cattle ranch in rural Colorado. You can't help but experience the seasons when you live in the country. The leaves changing colors, the animals growing thicker coats, and the harvesting of the fruits, vegetables, grains and other growing things. It was all there for us to witness first hand. Later we lived in small towns and rural communities; my mother would decorate the house with fall colors, leaves, gourds, and other images of the season. To this day I recall playing in the leaves (whether out of doors or in our own living room) and celebrating the seasons.

And of course, to finish out the show, we discussed our upcoming venture at Mystic Fest 2011 Fall Edition in Omaha, NE. Pangaia Metaphysical Store, the Pagan Alliance Network and Pagan-Musings Podcast Channel will be represented at the event. Thanks to our friends at Next Millennium Music and Gifts and Magical Omaha for putting on such a wonderful show every fall! Mystic Fest is located at the Ramada Plaza and Convention Center at 72nd and Grover in Omaha, just off the interstate, in the Heartland Room Saturday, October 1st from 10am-6pm and Sunday, October 2nd from 11am-5pm. Admission is free, and what a show it will be! Over seventy vendors, intuitive readers, aura photographers and just simply wonderful people will be displaying their wares and sharing their services!

Tune in Mondays at 7pm for Pagan Weekly News, Saturdays at 7pm for Pagan-Musings Podcast, and keep your eyes and ears open for special presentations of Musica Pagani, Selections from the Mess, Lavender Hill and LIVE! in the Studio with the Wimmin's Show - all on Pagan-Musings Podcast Channel. (times are Central United States)

February Full Moon

After having a few minor arguments with BTR yesterday (I finally won this morning), I am uploading the newest episode of Musica Pagani as I type this play list out for you. My sincerest apologies to everyone who tried to listen to the Cernunnos Rising feature last night. It didn't actually get correctly uploaded and posted until after midnight. Not even sure if it went "live" until after 8am today. But it is there!

Today is the February Full Moon, as such, I decided to play some Moon and Goddess music for you all. Here is the play list:

1. Wendy Rule - Elemental Chant - The Wolf Sky
2. Kenny Klein - Goddess Chant - Oak and Ash
3. Bear- Star Dust - Untroubled
4. Blackmore's Night - Shadow of the Moon - Shadow of the Moon
5. Damh the Bard - When I Become the Moon - Spirit of Albion
6. Jenna Greene - Lady Moon - Crossroads
7. Michele McLaughlin - Out of the Darkness - Out of the Darkness
8. Nuit - Mother Night - Mother Night
9. SJ Tucker - Goddess - Sirens
10. Sharon Knight - Siren Moon - Song of the Sea
11. Sharon Knight & T. Thorn Coyle - Force of Nature - Songs for the Strengthening Sun
12. Terri Liles Mason - Beautiful Beings - Om Gaia

Remember to tune in Saturday at 2pm Central for a live talk show with RevKess and KaliSara. Pagan-Musings Podcast will be discussing Spring Cleaning and Pagan Charities this week.

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