Myself When Young

Today’s mix began when I heard Yorkston, Thorne and Khan’s cover of Dick Gaughan’s “Now Westlin Winds.”

I had never heard of Gaughan, but I wanted to listen to the original song after hearing Yorkston, Thorne and Khan’s cover. I pulled up Genius to follow along with the lyrics, which the trio closes their cover of “Now Westlin Winds.”

Now westlin winds and slaught’ring guns
Bring Autumn’s pleasant weather;
The moorcock springs on whirring wings
Amang the blooming heather;
Now waving grain, wide o’er the plain
Delights the weary farmer;
And the moon shines bright, when I rove at night
To muse upon my charmer

The original song is lovely, but Yorkston finds the poetry in the lyrics, and I admit coming close to tears at times.

Over the week, I came across other songs that seemed to cluster around “Westlin Wind.” They seemed to beg to be a mix, so I present them to you for your listening pleasure.

  1. Dorothy Ashby “Myself When Young”
  2. Arooj Aftab “Baghon Main”
  3. Alice Coltrane “Krishna Krishna”
  4. Asher Gamedze “Siyabulela”
  5. Sibusile Xaba with Naftali, Fakazile Nkosi, & AshK “Umdali”
  6. Hypnotic Brass Ensemble “Soon It Will Be Fire (feat. Moses Sumney)”
  7. Yorkston/Thorne/Khan “Westlin Wind”