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Podcast: Pantheon - Podcasts for Music Lovers
Episode: The Story Behind Mellow Candle’s Swaddling Songs | Vinyl Relics
Description: EPYSODE 68: Swaddling Songs, by Mellow Candle.
Guest: Mellow Candle's Alison O'Donnell.
Additional commentary by my twin brother Maurice.
This week we drop the needle on a true cult classic. Released in 1972 and largely overlooked in its time, this singular album has since become a holy grail of British folk-rock, revered for its mysticism and haunting beauty.
Led by the spellbinding voices of Clodagh Simonds and Alison Williams (now Alison O'Donnell), Mellow Candle fused pastoral folk with progressive rock flourishes, baroque arrangements, and flashes of jazz and classical influence...