Cricket Blue - Corn King (Live with Chamber Orchestra)

Cricket Blue plays original song "Corn King" live, backed up by a 10-instrument chamber orchestra. Music and lyrics by Taylor Smith with help from Laura Heaberlin. Orchestral arrangement by Taylor Smith. Cricket Blue is Laura Heaberlin and Taylor Smith instagram:   / cricket_blue   facebook:   / cricketbluemusic   tiktok:   / cricket_blue   website: https://www.cricketbluemusic.com/ youtube:    / @cricketblue   spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6amt0... apple music:   / cricket-blue   THE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Violin - Sofia Hirsch Viola - Laura Markowitz Cello - John Dunlop Bass - Kyle Saulnier Accordion, Timpani, Wineglass - Harrison Hsiang Trumpet - Chris Rivers Clarinet - Craig Olzenak Flute - Hilary Goldblatt Audio captured by Joe Capps with help from Malena Lomanno Technical consulting - Paddy Regan Audio editing and mixing - Taylor Smith Additional audio editing - Laura Heaberlin Directed by Joe Rittling 1st AC - Paul McGreevy Colorists - Joe Rittling and Paul McGreevy Special thanks to Doug Heaberlin, Josh Mauser, and Alisha Utter "Corn King" is a retelling of the John Barleycorn myth in which an effigy of John Barleycorn must be ritually burned every year to ensure a bountiful harvest. In this version, two doomed lovers take a roadtrip across the American midwest through the seasons, until the harvest when the narrator must be ritually sacrificed so that his lover can become her highest self. Full lyrics here (literally too many characters to fit): https://www.cricketbluemusic.com/songs