Album Notes

This release is the follow-up to Parents’ Choice Gold Award winning albums, The Land of Nod, Musical Verses Vol. 1 (zop-3-12) and Wynken, Blynken and Nod, Musical Verses Vol. 2. (zop-3-22) A 36-page illustrated book of the verse accompanies these captivating CD's of music. The majority of the music is upbeat with bass, drums, keys, organ, electric guitars and Ellen's vocals on all tracks. The lyrics are primarily poems about Fairies - merrymaking, dreams, make-believe, longing and fun. Discovering and re-discovering all the wonderful classic poetry has been such a fun opportunity for us. Being musical interpreters of what the original author's wrote a hundred or more years ago is a real adventure. Our first two albums were soft and soothing, minimally-orchestrated with calm as the keyword. Queen Mab changes course and is more playful, upbeat and frolics right along with the lyrics. We were lucky enough to include some of Portland's most talented players on this album. A huge thanks go out to: Tim Ellis plays electric guitars on The Fairy Queen, Fairy Lore, Barter, Faery Riders and The Island. He plays acoustic on Queen Mab and Underground. Tim also plays banjo, mandolin and the high-strung acoustic guitar on Underground. Brian Brickley plays drums on all songs with the exception of The Light-Hearted Fairy, Away We Go, Vision and The Fairy Ball. Mike Snyder plays percussion on The Light-Hearted Fairy, Queen Mab, Vision and The FairyBall. Bret Malmquist plays electric guitar on The Light-Hearted Fairy, acoustic guitar on Queen Mab, nylon guitar on Vision and The Fairy Ball as well as Dobro on Underground. Gary Harris plays sax on Fairy Lore and The Fairy Folk and flute on When She Was in Her Garden. David Lipkind plays harmonica on I Shall Come Back. Stan Bock plays the trombone on The Fairy Ball. Kirt Peterson plays clarinet on The Light-Hearted Fairy. Brian Godula plays bass on all songs. He plays cello on I Shall Come Back and elec. guitar on Fairy Lore. Ellen Kjelgaard Godula sings and plays keyboards on all songs. Enthrall the faery lovers you know, young and old, with Queen Mab, Musical Verses Volume 3 from Zoppa Records. Prepare to be spellbound!