Wild Mercy : Furious Fancies

Furious Fancies

by Wild Mercy

© Copyright-Wild Mercy

Furious Fancies is jazz played on a lever harp; bodhran-driven rock; tight vocal harmonies and too many instruments for just four people. It's something for everyone, with a Celtic twist.

  Title Price
clip 1. Nottamun Town
clip 2. Queen of All Argyll
clip 3. Home and the Heartland
clip 4. Hallelujah
clip 5. Erin Shore/Norwegian Wood
clip 6. Their Music
clip 7. I'm So Small
clip 8. Here I Am Amongst You
clip 9. Po' Boys
clip 10. The Harper's Three Dreams
clip 11. Hey For Juggernauts
clip 12. Bedlam Boys
clip 13. Gravity Exiles
clip 14. Last Call Medley

Album Info

  • Genre: Folk: Celtic Folk
  • Release Date: 2005

Album Notes

About the CD: Furious Fancies is Wild Mercy's second CD, and it shows a strong Celtic rock influence while also mixing in things like Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" and the Beatles' "Norwegian Wood." The bluesy "Their Music" and the cutting humor of the re-mixed fairy tales in "Po' Boys" showcase the songwriting breadth of Chicago singer-songwriter Martha Coady Fabish, while "Gravity Exiles" brings updated lyrics to the "Nottamun Town" tune, offering travel advice to aliens passing near our planet.

About the band: Wild Mercy is an Indianapolis-based eclectic Celtic band consisting of Jen Midkiff, Debbie Gates, Sally Childs-Helton and Barry Childs-Helton. "But what do you play?" the discerning listener asks. We could tell you it's "neo-Celtic-powered post-industrial electro-acoustic folk-rock with jazz blues, and world influences." We could tell you we are influenced by Hildegard of Bingen, Frank Zappa, Bruce Cockburn and Loreena McKennitt -- all at the same time. But mostly we're four friends on a journey of musical, spiritual, and creative exploration. We play the stuff that makes us all grin maniacally or sigh together in contentment. Come join the journey!