Folkdays: Taylor Swift’s ‘folklore’

On Thursday 23 July, American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift unexpectedly released a new studio album. This is not the kind of content I’d usually cover on this blog, least of all on a Folkdays post. Yet the album’s title – folklore – suggests something worth a closer look here. I’m not a music critic: this postContinue reading “Folkdays: Taylor Swift’s ‘folklore’”

Folkdays: Folktale Openings

FOR MORE FOLKDAYS CONTENT, SEE MY BLOG. Come and have a seat. The campfire has been lit, dusk is drawing on, and the golden flames appear ever more vivid as the sky darkens. Somewhere, a blackbird trills his evening song. Look into the depths of the fire. Perhaps you see blue there too, maybe green?Continue reading “Folkdays: Folktale Openings”