With this playlist, Bobby CHMB invites us to look forward by retracing archetypal paths.
From purely folk songs to more ethereal pieces, the common thread is the Tale, or the act of handing down stories in music: whether they are real or fictional, these have shaped generations around the world, with their load of memories blended with fantasy and magic.
The oral and musical tradition of the Celtic bards, as well as that of the Greeks, helped form a part of the collective unconscious that we still carry within us.
As the Virgin Prunes said:
“Oh, here we go / Round and round again / Oh, here we go / Down the memory lane…”