Hi Windborne Friends! One of your special perks is high-quality downloads of all of the songs we release! We are also going to keep track of them for you, so as we release new material, we will update this post. Occasionally there may be a track that we don’t have in a high quality version, but we’ll still include it on this list so you can access all the tracks we’ve released in one place. Thanks for supporting us as we make music!
1. The Terror Time– High Quality Download A haunting lament on the struggles of Scottish Travellers by the great singer and songsmith Ewan MacColl
Original Post: https://www.patreon.com/posts/new-track-terror-30983703
2. La Vielha– High Quality Download A lively humorous tune about an amorous spinster from Southern France in the Occitan language.
Original Post: https://www.patreon.com/posts/31146503
3. Come and I Will Sing You – High Quality Download A holiday counting song with twelve verses, but not the one you’re thinking of.
Original Post: https://www.patreon.com/posts/32430601
4. Bayside Lament Deconstructed – High Quality Download The song in which all of Windborne’s secrets are laid bare.
Original Post: https://www.patreon.com/posts/33337642
Video: https://www.patreon.com/posts/33336980
5. Noù Carbons – High Quality Download A modern Occitan counting song criticizing incarceration, written in the traditional style by Laurent Cavalie.
Original Post: https://www.patreon.com/posts/34299800
6. World Turned Upside Down – High Quality Download This little snippet of a song has unclear origins, but still rings true down the ages.
Original post: https://www.patreon.com/posts/35518079
7. Earth’s Burdens – High Quality Download A poem from the 1840s about the environmental impact of human industry, set to the classic shape note tune Child of Grace
Original post: https://www.patreon.com/posts/36538611
8. When I’m Gone (Phil Ochs) – High Quality Download – A contemplative piece about living a meaningful life from one of the great political activist musicians of the 1960s and 70s.
Original post: https://www.patreon.com/posts/37928966
9. Songs Stay Sung (Zoe Mulford featuring Windborne) – High Quality Download – Our first professionally produced collaborative track! Watch the music video at https://youtu.be/b7p_z40Zii4
Original post: https://www.patreon.com/posts/38751374
10. The Ballad of Medgar Evers (Phil Ochs) – High Quality Download – Also known as Too Many Martyrs, Phil Ochs wrote this powerful ballad about the death of Civil Rights activist Medgar Evers. Our version adds a few verses to draw connections between Evers’ era and the world today.
Original post: https://www.patreon.com/posts/40218179
11. St Gaudens (Stephen Spitzer) – High Quality Download – Stephen’s beautiful trio setting of a Robert Louis Stevenson text (plus some words of his own), with a bass part added by us. Watch the music video here: https://youtu.be/aXkA6b65ays
Original post about the song: https://www.patreon.com/posts/41496959 (which links to the video) and the post with the audio track: https://www.patreon.com/posts/41617775
12. The Song of Hard Times – High Quality Download – From the singing of Lillie Steele, our arrangement adds several verses and five jaw harps. This is the studio track from our next album, Of Hard Times & Harmony! Watch the music video here: https://youtu.be/Cx5HjG0-VNQ
Original post: https://www.patreon.com/posts/42980114
13. Shepherds Arise – A live recording from our performance in A Christmas Celtic Sojourn 2017, featuring Owen Marshall on bazouki, Maeve Gilchrist on harmonium, and Ben Wittman on percussion.
Original post: https://www.patreon.com/posts/44961416
14. CD cuts: When I’m Gone (Phil Ochs) and Lady of the Harbor (Joe Jencks) – Two studio tracks from our upcoming album, Of Hard Times & Harmony! High Quality Download for When I’m Gone and High Quality Download for Lady of the Harbor
Original post: https://www.patreon.com/posts/45401488
