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Most blacksmith shops are equipped with a decent sound system. Music helps to set the rhythm of the work and provides a pleasurable atmosphere. I am offering some of my favorite listening through Amazon.com. I have admittedly eclectic tastes in music, but these are the sounds that help me find inspiration and provide the drumbeat behind the work. Click on the hyperlink and you will be taken to Amazon. There are sound clips from some of the albums on their site. Enjoy.
Book of Secrets by
Loreena McKennitt
This is a beautiful album with a Celtic flair. Loreena McKennitt has a wonderfully clear
and lyrical voice. This music is ancient and haunting.
The Mask and Mirror
by Loreena McKennitt
An earlier album that has the same wonderful ancient quality to it.
Dance the Devil Away
by Outback This is an album that can make you dance. It has some really interesting
didgeridoo music and driving rhythms.
Baka by Outback. I like this
group, they can get you going.
Spirit Chaser by Dead
Can Dance. This is an unusual album in that it borrows from mystical musical traditions
from various cultures and combines them with vocals that are constructed for their tonal
qualities not their meaning. It is techno which I don't usually like, but has a tribal
driving rhythm. It is an unusual album and has become one of my favorites.
Mystical Garden by Omar
Faruk. This is Sufi mystical music from the Turkey. There are some obligatory ambient
cuts, but its core is mysterious and haunting. Drums and ude, chanting, a real and
inspiring music.
Tekbilek by Omar
Faruk.
More Sufi music from Turkey.
Best of Kodo by the
Kodo drummers of Japan. The Kodo drummers are high energy. They set a driving rhythm that
is energizing and pure. They tour this country and are a must see if they come to your
area. The first time I saw them, I was humbled by the intense energy that they generated.
Heartbeat Drummers
of Japan by the Kodo drummers of Japan. Pure percussion and high energy.
Angel Archipelago by Johan Hedin "A neo-classical album of grace and quiet energy, befitting the glassine nature of Hedin's fiddle." Interesting sound, ancient and current, good music to work to.
Recommended listening from the Montana knifemakers group, Barry Gallagher, Rick Dunkerley, Shane Taylor and Wade Colter. These albums have a Texas blues and rock sound.
World Wide Open by Omar
and the Howlers. Texas style stomping music
Southern Style by Omar and the
Howlers. This band has a lot of albums, if you like them there is more to choose from.