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Road Less Travelled

from Songs of Separation by Songs of Separation

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Rowan writes: Inspired by Robert Frost's poem 'The Road Not Taken', this is a wandering song which quietly celebrates the walking of one's own path. I brought a small part of this song to Eigg, thinking about the more positive aspects of 'separation', such as the discovery of unknown places, the courage of striking out by yourself, the comfort of knowing your own steps will take you somewhere. Karine, Kate and I played around with the song in the post-breakfast hours one morning on Eigg and they added their own voices and verse to bring it into being. We felt it should be recorded outside, with the percussion of wind and birds. Outside the studio at dusk, looking out to the sea with scarves on and hoods up, the midges made sure we only got two takes before we had to run back inside for cover!

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from Songs of Separation, released January 29, 2016
Music by Rowan Rheingans and lyrics by Karine Polwart, Rowan Rheingans, Kate Young

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