Mellow Candle
@mellowcandle1972.bsky.social
Irish Psych-Folk-Rocksters
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Hallo Bluesky! Glad to be here, and look forward to hooking up with old friends from other places 👋
Dave Williams, lead guitarist in Mellow Candle, now suffers from advanced Alzheimers, and is profoundly deaf. He lost his partner just recently, and Alison (lead singer and his former wife) has set up a GoFundMe so that we can help out a bit - pls help if you can!
gofund.me/c6ea3d1bc
gofund.me/c6ea3d1bc
November 18, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Dave Williams, lead guitarist in Mellow Candle, now suffers from advanced Alzheimers, and is profoundly deaf. He lost his partner just recently, and Alison (lead singer and his former wife) has set up a GoFundMe so that we can help out a bit - pls help if you can!
gofund.me/c6ea3d1bc
gofund.me/c6ea3d1bc
On this day - 27 years ago (gasp!) - our lovely drummer Willy shuffled off his mortal coil.....still missed, and still loved so much! Here he is in New Orleans, circa 1984 or thereabouts.
August 30, 2025 at 10:55 PM
On this day - 27 years ago (gasp!) - our lovely drummer Willy shuffled off his mortal coil.....still missed, and still loved so much! Here he is in New Orleans, circa 1984 or thereabouts.
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Here's a #PromoSky specifically for the folk fans out there ( #FolkSky ???)
Let's be friends if you like:
🎻Fairport Convention
🪕Steeleye Span
🎸The Albion Band
🎻Seth Lakeman
🪕The Unthanks
🎸The Watersons
🎻Lady Maisery
🪕Lankum
🎸Stan Rogers
🎻Gordon Lightfoot
🪕Anaïs Mitchell
♥️&🔄 appreciated!
Let's be friends if you like:
🎻Fairport Convention
🪕Steeleye Span
🎸The Albion Band
🎻Seth Lakeman
🪕The Unthanks
🎸The Watersons
🎻Lady Maisery
🪕Lankum
🎸Stan Rogers
🎻Gordon Lightfoot
🪕Anaïs Mitchell
♥️&🔄 appreciated!
March 27, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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RICHARD THOMPSON - 76 TODAY 🎂
+ LIVE RT
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_78...
🇬🇧 Singer, songwriter, & ace guitarist RT was a member of Fairport Convention & a wonderful solo artist.
+ LIVE RT
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_78...
🇬🇧 Singer, songwriter, & ace guitarist RT was a member of Fairport Convention & a wonderful solo artist.
April 3, 2025 at 10:11 AM
RICHARD THOMPSON - 76 TODAY 🎂
+ LIVE RT
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_78...
🇬🇧 Singer, songwriter, & ace guitarist RT was a member of Fairport Convention & a wonderful solo artist.
+ LIVE RT
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_78...
🇬🇧 Singer, songwriter, & ace guitarist RT was a member of Fairport Convention & a wonderful solo artist.
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Thanks to Fatea for this lovely review of Colloquy of Birds
www.fatea-records.co.uk/magazine/rev...
www.fatea-records.co.uk/magazine/rev...
FATEA - Home
Fatea Magazine Home Of Acoustic Music
www.fatea-records.co.uk
April 2, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Thanks to Fatea for this lovely review of Colloquy of Birds
www.fatea-records.co.uk/magazine/rev...
www.fatea-records.co.uk/magazine/rev...
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👇👇👇!!!! Beautiful new album from Alison and Gayle...
Bandcamp Friday!
My album with Alison O’Donnell ../ acid folk, psych folk, birds!!!
Vinyl with Lino prints
Cd with booklet
Download
My album with Alison O’Donnell ../ acid folk, psych folk, birds!!!
Vinyl with Lino prints
Cd with booklet
Download
March 7, 2025 at 9:57 AM
👇👇👇!!!! Beautiful new album from Alison and Gayle...
Dónal was one of our earliest supporters, and the encouragement he gave us was (and still is....) a badge of honour.... this is so well deserved!
YAYYYYY!!!!! One of the most gifted, modest, & generous people I've ever known. Also one of the funniest 😍😍😍https://www.rte.ie/culture/2025/0214/1496449-lifetime-achievement-prize-for-donal-lunny-at-rte-folk-awards/
Lifetime Achievement prize for Dónal Lunny at RTÉ Folk Awards
One of the most significant figures in folk and traditional music ever to come out of Ireland, Dónal Lunny's influence as a multi-instrumentalist, producer and composer has shaped the sound of Irish m...
www.rte.ie
February 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Dónal was one of our earliest supporters, and the encouragement he gave us was (and still is....) a badge of honour.... this is so well deserved!
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Day 10, A song that makes you sad. For me, Fairport Convention's Meet On The Ledge makes me sad, as it is now forever linked to the deaths of group members Sandy Denny and Martin Lamble. It's also one of Richard Thompson's most moving songs. youtu.be/K3uBlSnp-TI?...
February 10, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Day 10, A song that makes you sad. For me, Fairport Convention's Meet On The Ledge makes me sad, as it is now forever linked to the deaths of group members Sandy Denny and Martin Lamble. It's also one of Richard Thompson's most moving songs. youtu.be/K3uBlSnp-TI?...
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For fans of Nick Drake, Paul Simon, Sandy Denny, Martin Carthy, Bridget St John, Davey Graham, John Martyn... There's a new book in the works, and it's all about Les Cousins.
A Trip to Les Cousins
YouTube video by Jon Wilks
youtu.be
February 9, 2025 at 10:50 AM
For fans of Nick Drake, Paul Simon, Sandy Denny, Martin Carthy, Bridget St John, Davey Graham, John Martyn... There's a new book in the works, and it's all about Les Cousins.
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Record Store Day really seems to have shaken the cobwebs off a bit. Legacy Recordings is releasing some 16 titles, from ‘90s cult favorites to live albums on LP for the first time, Prince, Lou Reed and a whole lot more.
They Will Have Their Way: Legacy Plans Packed Record Store Day Slate
Is it just us, or has Record Store Day felt a little muted in recent years? Obviously the annual Black Friday celebration boasts less titles than the festivities held every April, but it's sometime…
theseconddisc.com
February 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Record Store Day really seems to have shaken the cobwebs off a bit. Legacy Recordings is releasing some 16 titles, from ‘90s cult favorites to live albums on LP for the first time, Prince, Lou Reed and a whole lot more.
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THANK YOU!! for your support for my album with Alison O'Donnell. We are so grateful at Sonido Polifonico for the sales so far.
Alison and I wrote this album remotely, taking turns to write songs individually before presenting to the other to add vocals and instrumentation.
Alison and I wrote this album remotely, taking turns to write songs individually before presenting to the other to add vocals and instrumentation.
February 8, 2025 at 2:10 PM
THANK YOU!! for your support for my album with Alison O'Donnell. We are so grateful at Sonido Polifonico for the sales so far.
Alison and I wrote this album remotely, taking turns to write songs individually before presenting to the other to add vocals and instrumentation.
Alison and I wrote this album remotely, taking turns to write songs individually before presenting to the other to add vocals and instrumentation.
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If anyone wants a download for A Colloquy of Birds by myself and Alison O'Donnell for airplay or review, please give me a DM.
I should keep a database of this stuff but who has time for that?!
I should keep a database of this stuff but who has time for that?!
February 7, 2025 at 4:40 PM
If anyone wants a download for A Colloquy of Birds by myself and Alison O'Donnell for airplay or review, please give me a DM.
I should keep a database of this stuff but who has time for that?!
I should keep a database of this stuff but who has time for that?!
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For the evening shift!
Announcing a preorder for a new album of mine - a collaborative record of songs about Bird Folklore with Alison O'Donnell (Mellow Candle)
On limited LP with one-off lino print (which are going fast) and cd on Sonido Polifonico
Coming out 1st April
Acid folk / psych folk.
Announcing a preorder for a new album of mine - a collaborative record of songs about Bird Folklore with Alison O'Donnell (Mellow Candle)
On limited LP with one-off lino print (which are going fast) and cd on Sonido Polifonico
Coming out 1st April
Acid folk / psych folk.
February 7, 2025 at 5:53 PM
For the evening shift!
Announcing a preorder for a new album of mine - a collaborative record of songs about Bird Folklore with Alison O'Donnell (Mellow Candle)
On limited LP with one-off lino print (which are going fast) and cd on Sonido Polifonico
Coming out 1st April
Acid folk / psych folk.
Announcing a preorder for a new album of mine - a collaborative record of songs about Bird Folklore with Alison O'Donnell (Mellow Candle)
On limited LP with one-off lino print (which are going fast) and cd on Sonido Polifonico
Coming out 1st April
Acid folk / psych folk.
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(Fovea Hex is Clodagh's current/recent work, btw!)
Instead of Bandcamp Friday today, BC's% is going to WILDFIRE RELIEF, 👏. Meanwhile, our own % of Fovea Hex sales today will be going to GAZA via @unicefireland.bsky.social. From €5, collaborators/guests include Eno, Matmos, Abul Mogard, Peter Chilvers & more...
bit.ly/3WT3tDX
bit.ly/3WT3tDX
February 7, 2025 at 2:39 PM
(Fovea Hex is Clodagh's current/recent work, btw!)
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"If you are an expressive player, people can feel that. It is an emotional thing and becomes an extension of yourself"
Remembering Gary Moore who died today 6th February 2011
#garymoore #photography #music #MusicSky
📸 Gered Mankowitz
Remembering Gary Moore who died today 6th February 2011
#garymoore #photography #music #MusicSky
📸 Gered Mankowitz
February 6, 2025 at 8:09 AM
"If you are an expressive player, people can feel that. It is an emotional thing and becomes an extension of yourself"
Remembering Gary Moore who died today 6th February 2011
#garymoore #photography #music #MusicSky
📸 Gered Mankowitz
Remembering Gary Moore who died today 6th February 2011
#garymoore #photography #music #MusicSky
📸 Gered Mankowitz
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Pentangle released Light Flight on this day 55 years ago (H/T @whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social) Here's a great live version filmed by the BBC
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tyV...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tyV...
Pentangle - Light Flight (In Concert), 4th January 1971)
YouTube video by Pentangle
www.youtube.com
February 6, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Pentangle released Light Flight on this day 55 years ago (H/T @whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social) Here's a great live version filmed by the BBC
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tyV...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tyV...
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New & Notable: A mega compilation of unreleased tracks and b-sides from artists in all genres in support of wildfire relief for Los Angeles. hitthenorthrecords.bandcamp.com/album/love-l...
Love Los Angeles: A Charity Compilation in Aid of the 2025 Los Angeles Wildfires Benefiting the Mutual Aid LA Network, by Hit the North Records
88 track album
hitthenorthrecords.bandcamp.com
February 4, 2025 at 8:57 PM
New & Notable: A mega compilation of unreleased tracks and b-sides from artists in all genres in support of wildfire relief for Los Angeles. hitthenorthrecords.bandcamp.com/album/love-l...
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Bob Dylan plots Spring tour dates and Outlaw Festival shows
Bob Dylan plots Spring tour dates and Outlaw Festival shows
Bob Dylan plots Spring tour dates and Outlaw Festival shows, running in the US from March through to September
www.uncut.co.uk
February 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Bob Dylan plots Spring tour dates and Outlaw Festival shows
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Backing vocals on this guy's album early 80s. Born Guilty by Colin Shamley. Poolroom break.
January 29, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Backing vocals on this guy's album early 80s. Born Guilty by Colin Shamley. Poolroom break.
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Better late than never.
January 17, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Better late than never.
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Seconded.
Artists have a hunger, a youthful passion in their early years that - as with all of us - is slowly replaced by reflection, melancholy, and a wisdom that can only come with life experience. And as such they can write very different songs that reflect this change. I wouldn't have it any other way.
February 2, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Seconded.
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Radio On ! Rewild your mind !
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@rebeccasubphotic.bsky.social @campradio.bsky.social
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February 3, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Radio On ! Rewild your mind !
@bonfirehill.bsky.social @pefkin.bsky.social @fayhield.bsky.social
@rebeccasubphotic.bsky.social @campradio.bsky.social
@bonfirehill.bsky.social @pefkin.bsky.social @fayhield.bsky.social
@rebeccasubphotic.bsky.social @campradio.bsky.social
Hallo Bluesky! Glad to be here, and look forward to hooking up with old friends from other places 👋
February 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Hallo Bluesky! Glad to be here, and look forward to hooking up with old friends from other places 👋