The Crow on the Treadmill

by Martha Woods

After storing this chord progression in my head for five years, I finally found a home for it in this up-tempo but slightly sinister 7/8 tune, named after the crows that guard the outdoor gym equipment in my hometown when nobody is using it!

Martha Woods is a composer and multi-instrumentalist from Cornwall. Having grown up playing and dancing with traditional Cornish dance team, Tan Ha Dowr, and writing songs for her band, The Woodcarts, she went on to study on the Folk and Traditional Music degree at Newcastle University (including a year at the University of Limerick). She enjoys writing tunes and songs for a range of different settings and combining elements of folk and traditional music with more contemporary genres.