The Group Singing Of Our Own Dark Age

One of the last songs at this winter’s Youth Traditional Song Weekend emphasized standing together in song. Now, “the act of gathering to sing feels like something for a tenuous tomorrow. One can always sing alone, but social singers relish the exchange. The learning new songs from others, the jumping in with an impromptu harmony, the spontaneity, the shared emotion, the bad puns. (Always, the terrible puns.)” What’s a singer to do? – The Boston Globe