I was rummaging through my archives and found a tape transfer of my singing variations of “Black Is the Color”. One vocal variation in particular inspired me to make a mix, with synths and my accordion of course, because, as I say often, accordions go with everything.
This love song has been around a very long time. Though its origins are not known for sure, it most likely made its way from Scotland to the Appalachia region in the US, the lyrics and melody evolving along the way.
I remember learning the melody when I was a wee lass by picking out notes on a spinet piano. The melody has stuck with me ever since. This is how I hear it, a bit different perhaps than others but isn’t that just what happens to folk tunes as they pass through time? ☺
I just found out that “folktronic” is a genre. Who knew? 🙂