A young woman braves the wrath of a winter goddess to learn a lost magic. Another throws the tarot for an unrequited love and finds only a mirror in the cards. Two sisters make a terrible choice to preserve one of them from harm. Shatter and Rise brings together three ballads from C.S. MacCath's repertoire of original songs to address the resilience, the heartache, and the power of magical women. Hit "play," curl your hands around a tisane, and be transported.
I'm extremely fortunate that I've been able to complete my PhD and transition into the life of an artist scholar, as I had hoped I would. These last few weeks have been filled with music, as I'm preparing to finally release remixed, remastered, and in some cases re-performed versions of the Child Ballads I recorded for the Folklore & Fiction podcast. I write this from my little sound studio, where I have been working for the last two weeks, and I'll hope to return to writing The Storyteller's Guide to Folklore on Monday.
