245. Glimmer in My Eye with guest Jordan Mudd

Song: Glimmer in My Eye

Music by: Jordan Mudd

Song Learning Time Stamps:

Start of teaching: 00:03:32

Start of reprise: 01:08:48

Lyrics:

Glimmer in my eye

Seed that I carry

Many blessings for the day

That you come to be

Glimmer in my eye

Seed that I carry

May your life be far beyond

My own wildest dreams

Song: Glimmer in My Eye

Music by: Jordan Mudd

Notes: Jordan takes us through a journey of listening for a call, listening for our ancestors, listening to the generations to come -- and an exploration of the wild delight of being alive! I felt like so much of what he said is common to the shared experience in song circles where people are “Just singing to sing – and… I didn’t know that was what I’d been looking for…” He said, “It feels like what we are doing in our song circles is an experiment in culture building… that we want to move into the fabric of daily life.” And, “We get to be here making something wildly beautiful – not just our sounds but in the sharing of our souls.” Yes!

Songwriter Info: Jordan Mudd is a songleader, vocal coach, grief tender, and ritualist based in Boston, MA. He co-founded Boston-Area Singing Circles in 2023, where he leads regular community singing gatherings combining oral tradition songs, vocal improv, and ritual, as well as training workshops for aspiring songleaders. He has been catching & leading songs for a decade, and is committed to using song as a tool for personal, collective, and spiritual liberation.

Sharing Info: Yes -- The song is free to share but he always welcomes financial and/or networking support if/when folks are so moved.

Links:

“Gimmer in My Eye” on Bandcamp: https://jordanmuddsings.bandcamp.com/album/songs-for-generations-past-future

Boston-Area Singing Circles: https://www.bostonareasingingcircles.com/

Jordan’s website: https://www.jordanmudd.com/

Emma Thomas Mitchell: https://www.emmathomasmitchell.com/

Sunrise Movement: https://www.sunrisemovement.org/

A Breath of Song episode from Sunrise Movement: https://www.abreathofsong.com/p/172-dont-go-putting-the-world-on-your-shoulders

“I Send my Hope” https://jordanmuddsings.bandcamp.com/track/i-send-my-hope

Ep 244: “I Am Listening” on A Breath of Song: https://www.abreathofsong.com/p/244-i-am-listening

Brandeis University: https://www.brandeis.edu/

Howard Thurman: https://www.bu.edu/thurman/about-us/who-is-howard-thurman/