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5 unusual facts about Caedmon's Call


Caedmon's Call

Andrew Osenga (former band member, solo recording artist, and former lead singer of The Normals)

The band's unusual name was inspired by Cædmon, an Anglo-Saxon cow-herder who lived during the 7th century.

In addition to broader Christian themes, Share the Well tackles a variety of social-justice issues, such as hunger and the Dalit's battle for freedom in India.

Andrew Osenga joined around the time of Webb's departure, and left after the brief tour backing the 2007 album Overdressed.

Homer Edwin Young

and Cliff Young, leader of the Christian folk/pop group Caedmon's Call.


Carlos Núñez Muñoz

He collaborated with Liam O'Flynn on The Piper's Call to perform Muiñeira de Poio / Muiñeira de Ourense. His most renowned album was 1996's A Irmandade Das Estrelas, which sold an unprecedented 100,000 copies, and included collaborations with Nightnoise, Luz Casal, Tino di Geraldo, Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill and Mícheál Ó Domhnaill, Kepa Junkera, Ry Cooder, The Chieftains, and Dulce Pontes.

Derri Daugherty

Daugherty's engineering credits include albums for Randy Stonehill, The Swoon, Lifesavers Underground, Michael Knott, The Prayer Chain, Riki Michele, The Waiting (band), Sarah Masen, Pierce Pettis, Common Children, Jeff Johnson, Caedmon's Call, Buddy Miller, Julie Miller, The Throes, and others.

Dream of the Rood

Knowledge about Caedmon, who flourished in the middle of the 7th century, comes from Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People.

K.A.Z

He co-arranged and co-produced Hyde's third solo album Faith, and composed five of the songs, including the single "Season's Call".

MSN Games

For the following 5 years, the Internet Gaming Zone would be renamed several times and would increase in popularity with the introduction of popular retail- and MMORPG-games, such as UltraCorps, Age of Empires, Asheron's Call and Fighter Ace.

Nine Horrors and a Dream

"The Calamander Chest" was recorded by Vincent Price for inclusion on the Caedmon Educational Recordings release of The Goblins at the Bathhouse, 1978.

Peter Douglas Kennedy

Together with Alan Lomax, and assisted by Shirley Collins he went on to edit "Folk Songs of Britain", a ten volume series of sound recordings, originally published in the USA on Caedmon Records from 1961 onwards, and later in the UK on Topic Records in 1968.

Ruth Manning-Sanders

Her story, "The Goblins at the Bath House," from A Book of Ghosts and Goblins is read by Vincent Price on an LP titled "The Goblins at the Bath House & The Calamander Chest," which was published by Caedmon in 1978 (TC 1574).

She Must and Shall Go Free

She Must and Shall Go Free is the first solo studio album from singer-songwriter Derek Webb following his 2003 departure from Caedmon's Call.

The Boatman's Call

Jim Sclavunosdrums (6), melodica (12), bells (5,14), percussion (13), organ (15), bongos (16), tambourine (17)

Ungoliant

On their 2006 album The Morrigan's Call, the Irish Celtic metal band Cruachan featured a song "Ungoliant" as well as one named after Shelob.


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