Helen Wolfson

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My Slice of Forever - CD

My Slice of Forever (hammered dulcimer, guitar, bass, vocals) showcases diverse music that is part of the continuing evolution of a style that blends my musical style with my husband’s wildly different style. The CD includes Eric's original music, a couple of joint creations, some traditional Celtic tunes, and more. Most of the tracks are collaborations. We each have one solo track. ("Danny Boy" is solo hammered dulcimer; "My Slice of Forever" features Eric on two guitars, bass, and vocals.)

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Tracks

Occupational Euthanasia   -   This song marks the beginning of Eric's foray into “Occupational Angst” music. The subject, outsourcing, is all too familiar to many of us who work in the Information Technology world.  MP3

Rights of Man  -  We've been told that this traditional fiddle tune written to celebrate Thomas Paine’s pre-revolutionary war tract by the same name.  With tunes like this, no wonder we won the war! MP3

 Tin Foil Hat  -  Eric offers this homage to the paranoids and conspiracy theorists out there.  You know who you are…   MP3

George Brabazon – This arrangement was born when I decided that we should try laying a guitar lead over one of Turlough O’Carolan eighteenth century tunes. The decidedly non-eighteenth-century guitar work has led us to privately christen this piece, “Roll Over, Turlough”! MP3

The Wild West is Where I Want To Be  -  When I began playing back-up, three chords were the most I could handle. I was delighted to find that this old favorite of mine by Tom Lehrer fit the bill.

Reel d’Montreal / Missouri  - This pair of fiddle tunes was a favorite of my audiences before Eric and I started playing together.  Now it’s a favorite of our joint audiences.  MP3

Bedtime Blues  -  One night when my son, Jeremy, was twelve or thirteen years old, Eric decided to teach him how to play the blues. When Jeremy's head began to nod, he insisted that he was wide awake and could stay up longer. I finally prevailed in getting Jeremy to bed, while Eric stayed up and wrote this song for him. MP3

Danny Boy  -  An Englishman who never set foot in Ireland paired some of his existing lyrics to the Irish tune, “Londonderry Air”, and the rest is history.  People everywhere recognize this enchanting melody. MP3

Folsom Prison Blues  -  When my son, Jeremy, first heard us play this song, he looked up wide-eyed and said, “Mom!  Johnny Cash should have had a hammered dulcimer!”  

Twenty-First Century Troglodyte  -  Are you trapped, working in a cube farm at the bottom of the corporate food chain?  If so, this is the song for you! MP3

Flowers of Edinburg  -  This traditional Scottish tune is one of our favorites  – fun to play and to listen to! MP3

Single-tasking Person in a Multi-tasking World  -  This song is another of Eric's “Occupational Angst” tunes.  The title pretty much says it all… MP3

My Slice of Forever  -  I wrote the words to this as a poem for Eric.  Eric set it to music as a Christmas present for me.  We both love this song! MP3


Other recordings: Lavender Passages - Sonic Quilt

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