Irish Harpist Joy Shannon has unveiled the new single from her latest record. The track, “Song of the Rohirrim”, released on November 21st in conjunction with her new record, complete with video from the dark folk composer’s husband Michael Alan Marsh. It comes from the instrumental version of her latest record “In The Forest Singing Sorrowless”, which features performances by Tolkien’s granddaughter Ruth, Heilung vocalist Maria Franz, and Osi And The Jupiter’s C.E. Brown!
The album is an instrumental version of her latest record, which was entirely composed of The Lord of the Rings author J.R.R. Tolkien’s poetry, with Shannon creating original compositions to accompany Tolkien’s beautiful words and was released on Halloween. Both versions were released through Royal Tea and Fiadh Productions.
Speaking about the track, Shannon said:
““This song imagines the Rohirrim, from Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings”, riding into the afterlife, after honourable deaths in battle. Features Shannon on harp, Syd Lewis on guitar and the soaring cellos of C.E. Brown, from dark folk band Osi and the Jupiter.””