The Loom: Folktales, Myths, Legends & Lore – Details, episodes & analysis

MUSIC: Farewell by Serge Quadrado, Freezing & In The Sun by Crowander, and Dan33 by Junior85 (all songs used courtesy of the Free Music Archive). Theme song is Grannen’s Bastu by Varelse.

Every tale has a thousand versions. This is one.

Tom Hirons is perhaps most famous for his amazing poem, Sometimes A Wild God, which you can hear pieces of in the episode. He is a fantastic poet, writer, storyteller and co-founder of Hedgespoken traveling storytelling theatre. To listen to some of their amazing stories, check out the Hedgespoken Picturehouse.

At this time, Tom continues to publish his fantastic work through Hedgespoken Press & his own website, as well as regularly hosting the Feral Angels Poetry Café sessions. He is available for private coaching sessions and this May, he will be leading the Mead of Poetry Wilderness Vigil, a 4-day fasting retreat in the Dartmoor wilderness, and in August, he will be hosting the Feral Angels Poetry Camp, a week-long camping & poetry session in Ceredigion, West Wales.

MUSIC

- Our theme song is Grannen’s Bastu, arranged and performed by Varelse.

- Arabic Prayer by Serge Quadrado (used courtesy of the Free Music Archive).

Today we are joined by Claire Obermarck for a Winter Solstice tale about kindness, greed and evil stepmothers. We also have a cracking good interview & catch-up session, discussing what it means to be a storyteller, staying true to your story (and your heart), and where the line falls when updating outdated elements. We hope you enjoy!

In the episode, Claire mentions the South Mountain Community College's Storytelling Program, so I wanted to drop a link here. She currently runs Ceilidh Corner in Sedona, Arizona and—though I forgot to ask if she is still involved—when I met her, she was chair of the Guid Craic Club in Edinburgh, at the Scottish Storytelling Center. You can follow her on social media, here.

The song snippets in the middle of this episode come from Three Ravens by Axeltree, used courtesy of the Free Music Archive. Our theme song is Grannen’s Bastu by Varelse.

All music in these episodes is used by express permission from these generous musicians.

In today’s episode you heard the songs Tåkedis & Fullmånsang by Runahild and the song Tilkalle Flommen by Sun and Moon Dance. Our theme song is a rendition of Grannen’s Bastu, performed by Varelse. Please consider supporting these generous musicians (as they have supported this podcast) by exploring, sharing or purchasing their work.