Kaily Schenker, also known as Solar Hex, is a classically trained cellist and a harmonium player. Hailing from Blacksburg, VA, she considers herself experimental folk musician.

We discuss the song “The House Carpenter”.

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“The earliest known version of the ballad 
“The House Carpenter” was entered in the Stationers' Register on February 21, 1657, making it a popular ballad from the mid-seventeenth century. The first recorded version of the song was made in America by the Carolina Tar Heels on October 11, 1928, with vocals by Doc Walsh.” Provided by Google. 

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