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George Hoyle

London-based musician, songwriter and professional storyteller; co-founder and creative director of Connection With Wonder and recording artist as Cunning Folk.

Oct 5, 2026

17:08
Oh, interesting.
17:08
And this is right at the time when, um, right at the time when there was, you know, the witch, the, the witch craze was really happening a lot in, uh, in Scotland.
17:22
And, but...
17:22
And this is a member of the, of the Kirk, who himself i- is going, "Ah, you know what, though? This, these fairies are really worth finding out about." And so he wrote this essay, which, um, which is one of the earliest kind of pieces of f- you know, really well-collected fairy folklore on these islands.
17:42
There's a really good version of it.
17:44
Um, go to the library.

9 MINS LATER

26:37
You know, be malleable.
26:39
Well, it, it, it, it's just a journey, isn't it? You know, and I think that, um, when, when you stop thinking about your re- relationship with story, folklore and music as, um, as, as there being some kind of endpoint or destination, and you go, "Oh look, we're just all just vehicles," and we may as well just make sure that...
17:08
Okay.
17:08
And this is right at the time when, um, right at the time when there was, you know, the witch, the, the witch craze was really happening a lot in, uh, in Scotland.
17:22
And, but...
17:22
And this is a member of the, of the Kirk, who himself i- is going, "Ah, you know what, though? This, these fairies are really worth finding out about." And so he wrote this essay, which, um, which is one of the earliest kind of pieces of f- you know, really well-collected fairy folklore on these islands.
17:42
There's a really good version of it.
17:44
Um, I'll go to the library.

9 MINS LATER

26:37
You know, be malleable.
26:39
Well, it, it, it, it's just a journey, isn't it? You know, and I think that, um, when, when you stop thinking about your re- relationship with story folklore and music as, um, as, as there being some kind of endpoint or destination, and you go, "Oh look, we're just all just vehicles," and we may as well just make sure...

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