Sunday, 12/20 4pm

The Winter Solstice in Legend and Song
Diane Edgecomb accompanied by Margot Chamberlain and Tom Megan


$15 admission at the door.
For further information call 617-522-4335 or email dedge@livingmyth.com
or visit www.livingmyth.com/adult/solstice.php






The Winter Solstice in Legend and Song is a lively performance bringing warmth and new life to the winter season with traditional Storytelling, Harp and Song. Pieces include Diane’s poignant version of the Scandinavian legend: Baldur and the Mistletoe as well as the Cockney tale of The Apple Man, a humorous introduction to the English wassail tradition.

Diane Edgecomb’s performances, with long-time musical collaborators Margot Chamberlain and Tom Megan, are known for their skillful interweaving of music and story. The trio’s rendition of the haunting Solstice legend, The Halcyon Days of Peace, sets off this unusual tale with the lush sounds of early Greek music on harp, guitar, accordion, rhythm and voice. Throughout the entire performance, the audience is invited to join in and sing along with festive songs evocative of the Solstice and the season. Instrumental melodies on Celtic harp and synthesizer round out this lyrical evening of spoken word and song.

This performance is suggested for ages 12 and above.





Diane Edgecomb:

A nationally recognized and award-winning performer (Year’s Best Performance- Boston Herald, three time winner of the Storytelling World Honor’s Award), Ms. Edgecomb is widely respected as a master storyteller in the revivalist form of storytelling. Her rich narrative style and humorous outlook make her one of the most sought after tellers in the country today. She has been featured on National Public Radio as well as at theaters and coffee houses throughout the Northeast. A versatile performer, Edgecomb has been hailed by Publisher’s Weekly as "a virtuoso of the spoken word...an entire cast rolled into one." A new author, Edgecomb has documented the dying Kurdish storytelling tradition in A Fire in My Heart: Kurdish Tales recently published by Libraries Unlimited. This collection of Kurdish folktales, recipes and games, the first of its kind in English, is the result of a seven-year quest that brought Edgecomb to remote mountain villages in Turkey.

Margot Chamberlain:
Margot Chamberlain has sung and played Medieval bowed strings, recorders and Medieval harp with such groups as Quadrivium, LiveOak, Mistral and the Revels. Performance venues include the Gardner Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts, Counterpoint Theatre and First Night Boston, as well as many concert situations for both adults and children. For the past twenty years Margot has devoted herself to the Celtic harp. She has recorded on Woodbine, Encina, Sound Reflections, and Living Folk Records.

Tom Megan:
Composer, playwright, and musician Tom Megan is a multi-instrumentalist who plays piano, accordion, guitar, and penny whistle. He has written several full-length musicals and has received numerous writing awards for the musical stage, including the prestigious Yip Harburg Award for lyric writing. He performs regularly with the Billy Walsh Band.