Heather Alexander
Posted by shanoah on April 29, 2008
Might want to be careful with those youtube links, and make sure they don’t have embedding disabled like “My Name is Mud” did, Sean. They refuse to play when you embed them. At least, for me. That’s reason why I replay through the videos from my previews before I post. (That and I’m obsessive, to some extent).
Today, I thought I’d share a musician who I’ve seen in concert a number of times at the Las Vegas Renfaire, and have bought most of her cds. (Which are now on CD Baby! Finally. I always griped a bit having to go through her page to buy them or get them at concerts).
So here’s Heather Alexander:
Come, My Lady – Heather Alexander (from the cd “Merlin’s Descendants”)
As you may notice, this Youtube video has text all over it, telling you about one series of books. The song was actually part of a cd intended to be music for a different series of books, though, “Merlin’s Descendants” (by Irene Radford).
This is actually the first track on the cd, and when I first bought it, after hearing 30 seconds of this, I turned off all the lights in the apartment, put it back at the beginning, and closed my eyes so I could concentrate properly on it. It’s just that powerful, and it keeps up for the whole cd. Great stuff.
Fairy Queen – Heather Alexander (Live in the Ichabod Lounge, Las Vegas)
This one is live, so you get a bit of a feel of the intros she does to her songs. Love the crack about Celtic music and Country Western music. 
Seeing her live is[1] a great experience. And, yes, part of the reason why I didn’t post “Devil Goes Down to Georgia” in the Devil posting was because I so prefer this song…
March of Cambreadth – Heather Alexander
This song is always popular at renfaires. Especially because it’s one of these audience participation things, where everyone is supposed to shout “How many of them can we make die?” each time it comes around. And, of course, the slide show is from various renfaires & SCA events.
[1] Or was, anyways. She has now gone off to the fairies, and the heir to her music, Alexander James, now plays in her band, Uffington Horse. Who looks a lot like her, and plays exactly like her. I’m sure you’ve figured out the score by now, but she preferred a more romantic explanation to her fans.
Alexander James plays pretty well in concert, too, though. I’m just used to Heathers voice on the songs.
