On the Playlist 4JUL2018…

On the playlist today... April Maze and in particular their song "The Bishop Who Ate His Boots". April Maze is an alternative folk duo made up of Todd Mayhew (vocals, guitar, banjo) and Sivan Agam (vocals, cello, guitar). I first heard one of their songs and what caught my ear was the cello mixed in. My oldest daughter plays the cello and I have become atuned to hearing cello music. So after getting into them a bit and enjoying their music I discovered this song and the story behind it. The song is a based on a story from Canada's North about the second bishop of Selkirk, Isaac Stringer. He was doing a tour of his diocese in the Yukon and got stuck in the bush (long story here) and starving he decided to eat his seal skin boots to survive. So, as interesting as that story is there are two coincidences here. Todd Mayhew is that Isaac Stinger's great grandson. Second coincidence is that my mom has recently finished her studies and is ordained in that same Diocese in the Yukon. When I told her about this song she knew the whole story. I guess as she has lived in the North of Canada for so long this story is a standard that gets around. Great song and great story. Another really good song by April Maze is "Between Beers".

The April Maze - Sleeping Storm - “The Bishop Who Ate His Boots”