Below are some sample clips of songs we have released as singles.  They can also be found on  itunes, CD Baby and a few others.   Also check our our "videos" page youtube channel  for live performances.

During the summer of 2011 we explored a bit of gypsy music with "Dark Eyes,"  "Mar Dyandya" and "Bright is the Night."  

In March of 2011, we re-recorded "The Ludlows" (theme from "Legends of the Fall").  This version of "The Ludlows" is a complete one, whereas the one on the 2010 cd is just the first movement.  We also re-recorded "Ookpik Waltz", as it just seems to be one of those songs that keeps changing into something that we like a little better.  We slowed it way down this time around and were happy with the effect.  And lastly, we recorded a new tune called "Teardrop Waltz."  Actually Teardrop is an old favorite, but we've just never recorded it until now.  Thanks to Casey Willis for inspiring this one with his youtube postings, which brought this song to life for us and many others.  Also see our youtube channel for performance versions of these songs.

                                         

In April of 2011 we recorded "La Llorona."   The legend of La Llorona is very popular in Mexico.  It has many variations, which tend to serve as cautionary tales depending on the version.  The common underlying theme is a woman who is dubbed "Llorona" due to her incessant crying after she has killed her children. The story usually cautions children to be obedient and/or young women not to be enticed by material wealth.  But for others, this "killing" of children is metaphorical, serving as a cautionary tale against imperialism.  In this interpretation, the legend of Llorona begins with an actual historical figure, La Malinche.  In his book "The Legend of La Llorona," Rudolfo Anaya suggests that Malinche may have been the first Llorona of the New World.  Malinche was a Mexican native who became a confidant, concubine, and translator for Hernan Cortes during the Spanish conquest of Mexico.   She is alleged to have told Cortes about an eminent attack planned by natives of Cholula and the Aztecs, and therefore is thought by many to have sacrificed her own children..   Marina (Malinche's Christian name) accompanied Cortes so closely that Aztec codices often show her picture drawn alongside of Cortés.  The modern reputation of Malinche varies from heroine mother of modern day Mestizo Mexicans, to traitor, though the latter seems to be the most prevalent.   The name Malinche still lives on as a derogatory term for one who betrays their nation to foreign influences.   This seems to be the sentiment of Octavio Paz , who:

"uses the analogy that she essentially helped Cortés take over and destroy the Aztec state by submitting herself to him, and is a major theme in his book, "The Labyrinth of solitude"   

Comparisons have also been made between the La Llorona and characters in ancient Greek mythology such as Medea and Oedipus.