The May King EP: Arias from King Arthur And Me - The Opera

by Peacock's Tale Musical Storytelling

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1.	Woke King Arthur 03:26	buy track
2.	The Prophecy of Merlin 04:12	buy track
3.	The May King 02:46	buy track
4.	Excalibur (A Dream Too Real To LIve) 01:50	buy track
5.	Morgan le Fay 04:09	buy track
6.	Guinevere 02:57	buy track
7.	Blood on the Corn 04:37	buy track
8.	The Queen of the Wastelands 00:55	buy track
9.	The Green Knight Turns Purple 00:50	buy track
10.	The Grail Maiden 04:26	buy track
11.	Gwenhwyfar 04:06	buy track

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This EP is the eleven arias from "King Arthur and Me- the Opera" for the modern listener who only has half an hour to spend or who already knows the story we've told. This EP won't tell the whole story - you need peacocks-tale.bandcamp.com/album/king-arthur-and-me-the-opera for that (and for individual track notes). But it does cut a quicker and prettier path through the grail forest. Whether it takes you to the same place by the same forest path or presents the characters and events in the same way is the difference between those two related but distinct arts of which musical storytelling is composed.

Have a nice May!

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released May 4, 2024

Vocals, voice and acoustic guitar: Maz
Voices, vocals, bass guitar, drums, percussion, bodhran, harmonium, common flute: Gaz
We wrote the tunes for Gwenwhyfar, Guinevere, Merlin, Morgan le Fay, Blood on the Corn ( "pressure zone?" asked one of our younger listeners on TikTok dunno, maybe the Latin beat? but we enjoyed checking pressure zone out to see why they'd asked) and the percussion for The May King.
All other tunes are traditional arr Peacock's Tale.

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Peacock's Tale Musical Storytelling Sedgeford, UK

It's all right, folks, we're married. A marriage of melody and rhythm ( flirting with harmony & timbre.) Old married woke folk, indie, Norfolk noir, beat poems, ghazals & Americana for the world from NW Norfolk. Maz lead & harmony vocals, acoustic guitar. Gaz lead & harmony vocals, drum & bass. Traditional tunes with contemporary beats.
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