Silver on the Tree

... began in 1987 with a collective of musicians brought together to provide the soundtrack for some of Glastonbury's famous community Mystery Plays, in collaboration with local feminist author and playwright Kathy Jones. The name alludes to the Silver Branch that was the ancient bardic staff of office. Through our music we aim to reconnect with our spiritual heritage, honour the ancient archetypes of this land and the inspiration of traditional Celtic forms of music and poetry.

The essence of our music comes from sharing chants; carols and songs around the hearth-fire, which laid the foundations for Silver on the Tree's, trademark close vocal harmony arrangements. This is underpinned by Lydia's unique shamanic understanding of mother drum trance dance rhythms. In recent years we have been making increasing use of instrumental textures, augmenting the acoustic guitar with Appalachian dulcimer, mandolin, mediaeval pipes and recorders, Celtic harp and violin. The picture above shows Dreow, Viv, Oshia, Lydia, Eliett and Tim performing at a recent gig.

We have three albums currently available through Silver Branch Productions: Eye of the Aeon, Mystic Spiral, and Morning Glory our latest release. This most recent album is dedicated to the spirit of the land, our ancient heritage, which is the inspiration for all our music. It is a prayer for the restoration of the Goddess to her rightful place, in true balance with the divine male principle, so that we may dance our dreams awake in the wild open spaces in between.... We wish to heal our alignment with this beautiful planet through music and dance, to balance Male and Female, Earth and Heaven, Sun and Moon, Spirit and Matter.

To All Our Relations, Blessed Be.

Silver on the Tree

Oshia: Vocals, Appalachian dulcimer, Celtic harp

Dreow: Vocals

Lydia: Mother drums, percussion, guitar, vocals

Tim: Guitar, vocals, bass, keyboards, bazouki

Viv: Mandolin, vocals

Elliet: Violin, vocals, whistle

Discography

Morning Glory

1997 (Produced by Daevid Allen) : GAS AGASCD013

This most recent album is dedicated to the spirit of the land, our ancient heritage, which is the inspiration for all our music. It is a prayer for the restoration of the Goddess to her rightful place, in true balance with the divine male principle, so that we may dance our dreams awake in the wild open spaces in between.... We wish to heal our alignment with this beautiful planet through music and dance, to balance Male and Female, Earth and Heaven, Sun and Moon, Spirit and Matter.