This past weekend we had an amazing time traveling down to Slade, Kentucky, with a group of friends and musicians. Among them was Virginia Masland. I've only known Virginia a short time, but the first word I think of when I think of Virginia, is music. During down times throughout the weekend you could find Virginia with a fiddle in her hand practicing, strumming on her guitar, and humming songs she was currently working on. Music is truly in her blood and it's a part of her; she's an inspiration to me to continue creating my own forms of art, and giving them my all. If you haven't followed her work, I highly recommend spending some time doing so, you won't regret it!
I'm so excited to share this piece of Virginia performing "Silver Dagger", shot at the end of last summer the first day we met her. It was a beautiful day of filming in the heart of Perry County, PA, at our friend Liz's (@erly_remedies) farm.
Here's a few words from Virginia about her cover of this old folk tune:
"I find myself gravitating towards old songs written from the perspective of women, particularly old songs about women defying expectations of them.
“Silver Dagger” is an old ballad that likely originated in British or Irish folk music tradition. In it, the narrator turns away a potential love-interest, citing her mothers warnings against the falsehoods of men, and resolving to remain alone and independent all her life.
It was first put on my radar by two musicians I greatly admire, Ben Townsend & Brian Vollmer, playing it for a video recording on The Bluegrass Situation’s YouTube channel, a pretty far cry from the aural tradition of these kinds of folk songs, but a reality of old music in modern times. Brian & Ben do a lovely old-time fiddle/banjo arrangement of it.
Joan Baez can likely be credited with popularizing the tune with a take of it on her self-titled album released in 1960.
I stuck pretty close to the lyrics of these two renditions, but changed the chord progression for my own interpretation."
Follow Virginia's work on IG @virginiafrompa, and check out her other work floating around YouTube. One recent release I highly recommend was released this week by @tuscarorarecords, of her performing her original "Backseat". Check it out here:
• Backseat - Virginia Masland at Tuscarora R...
Credits:
Cinematography by: Daniel Regner (@danielregner)
2nd Camera by the lovely Katelynn Zidanic (@clementineginger_)
Special Thanks to:
Zach King (@zakkingfish) for bringing us all together, and being such a great human.
Liz (@erly_remedies) for letting us film at your beautiful farm in Perry County, PA!
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