Scottish Traditions of Halloween: The Extremis Publishing Podcast
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Author Robert Murray drops in for a spirited discussion about the history of Halloween, and the various ways in which Scottish culture - and a certain poet named Robert Burns - helped to shape the modern day customs which surround the season. This podcast is Copyright © Extremis Publishing Ltd., all rights reserved.

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ASMR Reads: Original Short Story: Street Light
12:03
ASMR Reads: Original Short Story: Street Light

I used to write a lot when I was in middle school/high school. I haven't written a story for fun since I was maybe 16 or 17. I am a bit rusty, but with practice I'll be even better than I was before.Oh and I now have a mic cover for my mic now. I think the sound is much better than it was before, but of course it can still improve. It was gifted to me and I didn't realize how much of an improvement it would make until now.https://www.reddit.com/r/writingcriti...

Performer Portraits: Maren Montalbano
08:39
Performer Portraits: Maren Montalbano

Maren Montalbano began her vocal career with the San Francisco Girls Chorus at age seven, and has been singing ever since. A graduate of both New England Conservatory of Music and Tufts University, Ms. Montalbano can be heard in three GRAMMY Award-winning albums: John Adams’ Pulitzer Prize-winning work, On the Transmigration of Souls (2005), and Gavin Bryars’ The Fifth Century (2018), and Lansing McLoskey’s Zealot Canticles (2019), on which she is a featured soloist.

Havana Clue, by Matronic
03:15
Havana Clue, by Matronic

Havana Clue, by Matronic

Don't Go Down To The Crossroads After Dark by Barrel Dawg
03:34
Don't Go Down To The Crossroads After Dark by Barrel Dawg

Don't Go Down To The Crossroads After Dark by Barrel DawgThis song tells a story about a women who finds herself at the crossroads, and is then seduced by the Hoochie Coochie Man. Inspired by some of the old school bluesmen and is a typical dark blues / folks style Barrel Dawg renowned for.

ASMR Reads: Original Short Story: Street Light
12:03
ASMR Reads: Original Short Story: Street Light

I used to write a lot when I was in middle school/high school. I haven't written a story for fun since I was maybe 16 or 17. I am a bit rusty, but with practice I'll be even better than I was before.Oh and I now have a mic cover for my mic now. I think the sound is much better than it was before, but of course it can still improve. It was gifted to me and I didn't realize how much of an improvement it would make until now.https://www.reddit.com/r/writingcriti...


Performer Portraits: Maren Montalbano
08:39
Performer Portraits: Maren Montalbano

Maren Montalbano began her vocal career with the San Francisco Girls Chorus at age seven, and has been singing ever since. A graduate of both New England Conservatory of Music and Tufts University, Ms. Montalbano can be heard in three GRAMMY Award-winning albums: John Adams’ Pulitzer Prize-winning work, On the Transmigration of Souls (2005), and Gavin Bryars’ The Fifth Century (2018), and Lansing McLoskey’s Zealot Canticles (2019), on which she is a featured soloist.


Havana Clue, by Matronic
03:15
Havana Clue, by Matronic

Havana Clue, by Matronic


Don't Go Down To The Crossroads After Dark by Barrel Dawg
03:34
Don't Go Down To The Crossroads After Dark by Barrel Dawg

Don't Go Down To The Crossroads After Dark by Barrel DawgThis song tells a story about a women who finds herself at the crossroads, and is then seduced by the Hoochie Coochie Man. Inspired by some of the old school bluesmen and is a typical dark blues / folks style Barrel Dawg renowned for.