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Windborne @windbornesingers.bsky.social · Feb 23

The people united will never be defeated
Call your reps, call your senators
Make your voice heard
We like the app 5 Calls for issue summaries, easy contact info, and sample scripts

WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON? Written by Florence Reece in 1931, still powerful today

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Windborne @windbornesingers.bsky.social · 1d

What new verses would you write for Which Side Are You On?
Sing them in the streets on Oct 18! Find an event near you with @50501movement.bsky.social

Windborne @windbornesingers.bsky.social · 11d

We wrote this arrangement of Cyril Tawney’s Grey Funnel Line more than ten years ago, and singing it never gets old 😍 Now you can enjoy the full song in all its resonant glory! youtu.be/jsaeaDC0TsQ?...

Grey Funnel Line - Live in Ely Cathedral (Windborne)

YouTube video by Windborne Singers

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Windborne @windbornesingers.bsky.social · 28d

🎧Get your headphones for this one!🎧 the reverb in this space was already spectacular, but when the last chord happened to find a resonant frequency…🤩
Waterbound by Dirk Powell, arr. Windborne
#folkmusic #reverb #harmonysinging #acappella #musicnerd

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Windborne @windbornesingers.bsky.social · Sep 3

What does Bread and Roses mean to you? 🥖🌹

Windborne @windbornesingers.bsky.social · Aug 23

Fall tour schedule! Find ticket and more info at windbornesingers.com/concerts

Windborne @windbornesingers.bsky.social · Aug 22

Comment 😈 if you love a toe-tapping song with a good message! We adapted this piece by Le Vent du Nord several years ago and it’s still one of our favorite. Hear it at an upcoming show! Windbornesingers.com/concerts

Windborne @windbornesingers.bsky.social · Aug 18

We’ve been singing Grey Funnel Line by Cyril Tawney for a decade now and we still aren’t tired of it 🌊🚢❤️
What are your favorite folk songs?

Windborne @windbornesingers.bsky.social · Jul 25

To paraphrase Joan Baez: The opposite of despair isn’t hope — it is action

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Windborne @windbornesingers.bsky.social · Jul 23

We will not shut up but we will keep singing 🔥

Endless thanks to our friend Joe Jencks for this incredible song, Lady of the Harbor 🗽
#vocalharmony #folkmusic #vocalband #singout #folksongs #raiseyourvoice #statueofliberty #immigrantsarewelcomehere #nooneisillegalonstolenland

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Windborne @windbornesingers.bsky.social · Jul 8

Lots of events this summer, including two all day workshops in August!
7/9 - Berea KY +
7/10- Whitesburg KY +
7/13 - Galva IL +
7/18-19 - Greensboro VT^
7/20 - Middlebury VT^
7/31 - Harwich MA +
8/2 - Cambridge MA*
8/9 - Brooklyn NY*
9/18 - Northampton MA +
*workshop
+concert
^concert & workshop

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Windborne @windbornesingers.bsky.social · Jul 4

THE PROBLEM IS REALLY THE BILLIONAIRE
This song has been on our minds a lot lately 😑

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Windborne @windbornesingers.bsky.social · Jul 1

These words were written in the 1840s by Chartist leader Ernest Jones. The more things change the more they stay the same 🙄
CALL YOUR REPS and demand they oppose HR 1 “the big beautiful bill” which gives tax breaks to billionaires while kicking millions off their health care

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Windborne @windbornesingers.bsky.social · Jun 28

We’re always looking for more resonant spaces for spontaneous singing—where should we go next?

Grey Funnel Line, by Cyril Tawney, arr. Windborne

Windborne @windbornesingers.bsky.social · Jun 25

¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido! The people united will never be defeated!

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Windborne @windbornesingers.bsky.social · Jun 23

🎶Summer concerts and singing workshops, including a whole bunch of free events! We’re particularly excited about all the workshops, which range from 1.5hrs to all day — check out our website for details WindborneSingers.com/concerts

Windborne @windbornesingers.bsky.social · Jun 22

NO MORE WAR

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Windborne @windbornesingers.bsky.social · Jun 13

🌈Happy Pride!🌈 We wrote this parody to poke fun at some of the misguided stereotypes people have about gender and lift up freedom of expression, cuz it turns out that when we try to put something as fluid as gender into a box, it ends up hurting everyone

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Windborne @windbornesingers.bsky.social · May 26

This is the human voice with no effects 💫
Bernardinu, trad. Corsica
#corsica #corse #traditionalmusic #traditionalart #vocalharmony #vocalband #reverb #goodsinger #goodmusic

Windborne @windbornesingers.bsky.social · May 25

Summer gigs, including a benefit show for the ACLU in June! Tickets and info at windbornesingers.com/concerts

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Windborne @windbornesingers.bsky.social · May 21

The world is on fire, but sometimes you just gotta laugh. And sometimes you just gotta write a Gregorian chant inspired by a viral tweet, a project that definitely was the best possible use of our rehearsal time 🙃
Please enjoy The Riddle of Sir Mix-a-Lot 🍑

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Windborne @windbornesingers.bsky.social · May 1

Happy May Day, which is also International Workers Day! We welcome in the spring with song and dance, and we raise our voices for equity, liberation, and justice!

Thanks to @alexcummingmusic.bsky.social on accordion ❤️🎶🪗

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Windborne @windbornesingers.bsky.social · Apr 28

Have you heard of the tradition of hunting the wren?🐤Check out our p@treon for a series of posts about this midwinter custom, including a full video and track of this piece: our adaptation of a Welsh wren song that we call The Never Beyond!

Windborne @windbornesingers.bsky.social · Apr 17

April 17 and 18 in Glens Falls and Salem NY CANCELLED - We are so sorry to have to let you know that we to cancel our shows this weekend.
We are already talking with the venue to reschedule! Sorry to disappoint everyone who was planning on coming, and thanks for your understanding ❤️‍🩹🎶

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Windborne @windbornesingers.bsky.social · Apr 16

This song speaks very powerfully to the need to take action—both doing the hard work of fighting for justice, and the radical act of being truly present and finding joy in the world around you.
Can you believe Phil Ochs was only 25 when he wrote When I’m Gone?

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Windborne @windbornesingers.bsky.social · Apr 9

“They say in Harlan County there are no neutrals there”
Florence Reece wrote this song in 1931 when Harlan County KY was being torn apart by bloody labor conflicts between unionized coal miners and the coal companies, who used every dirty trick in the book.
The only path forward is solidarity

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