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Pagan Friendly or Pagan Theme music by Musical Aritsts
The following list are musical artists who do not identify as Pagans, but have music that have Pagan themes or music that is favored by the Neo- Pagan Community. Many of these artists have recorded music that is great in ritual as well as capture the Pagan Theology.
Pagan Music BooksThe following is a collative list of publications. The first list is songbooks that include music notation. The second list is Pagan Books that include songs/ music written in music notation. The final list is a collection of either books or articles that pertain to Pagan Music. Some of these publishing are still available, while others are long out of print. These books can be found in various websites on the Internet. The out of print books can be found too at times on eBay or other scources online. A website address for those that can be found for purchase online is given next to some that are easily purchased.
SongbooksNight Passage by Libana (http://www.libana.com or http://store.withcraftmusic.com) A Circle is Cast by Libana (http://www.libana.com or http://store.withcraftmusic.com) Fire Within by Libana (Out of Print) Come Sing With Me: Songs and Chants by Ellen Cannon Reed (out of print) Wheel of the Year by Gwydion Pedderwen (out of print) Circle of Song compiled by Kate Marks (http://www.amazon.com) Songs for Earthlings: A Green Spirituality Songbook compiled Julie Forest Middleton (http://www.emeraldearth.net) Circle Magick Songs by Jim Alan & Selena Fox (http://www.circlesantuary.com or http://store.witchcraftmusic.com) A Bard’s Pagan Songs by Hugin The Bard (out of print but can be found at tims on eBay) A Winter Solstice Singing Ritual compiled by Julie Forest Middleton & Stasa Morgan- Appel (http://www.emeraldearth.net) Voices of Earth: Pagan Songs and Chants by Shanddaramon (http://astorpress.com/books/voices.html)
BooksBooks that include Music Notation: These books are pretty well known and found at most Pagan Book stores, Barnes N Noble’s, Borders, Amazon, etc. The Pagan Book of Living and Dying by Starhawk, M. Macha Nightmare & The Reclaiming Collective Circle Round: Raising Children in Goddess Traditions by Starhawk, Diane Baker Anne Hill A Wiccan Bardo by Paul V. Beyerl Complete Book of Witchcraft by Raymond Buckland The 21 Lessons of Merlyn by Douglas Monroe The Lost Books of Merlyn by Douglas Monroe Books & Articles on Pagan MusicThrough The Faerie Glass by Kenny Klien (newly published by Llewellyn) “Music & Magic” by Anne Hill (http://www.annehill.org or http://www.serpentinemusic.com) “Chants in Wiccan and Pagan Rituals” byAlfred Surenyan (blog.witchcraftmusic.com or Witchvox) “Pagan Music: Finding Tradition Through the Chaos” by Alfred Surenyan (blog.witchcraftmusic.com) “Sustainability of Music in Paganism” by Alfred Surenyan (blog.witchcraftmusic.com) "The making of Songs for the Old Religion" by Dana Corby
InternetA Darker Shade of Pagan: This is a weekly podcast that features Pagan Music and Artists. The website is http://www.adarkershadeofpagan.com It can also be downloaded from itunes and found on both myspace.com and facebook.
The EarthSpirit Pagan Chant Library: This is an online collection of chant lyrics. It includes the composers. It is an ongoing list of chants and they ask for any chants to be added to the list. http://www.earthspirit.com/mtongue/chtlib/chtlifr.html
Witchcramp Chantbook: Produced by Reclaiming Quartly. It is a collection of chant lyrics. These were chant have been performed at Witchcramps presented by Reclaiming. You can download a pdf version of this chantbook directly from Reclaiming Quartly: http://www.reclaimingquarterly.org/web/chants04/ |
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