Recording: Jon Langford & The Skull Orchard Welsh Male Chorus

Artist: Jon Langford & The Skull Orchard Welsh Male Chorus

Songs: The Last Count/Oggie Song + Deep Sea Diver

Recorded at The Horseshoe Tavern, May 23, 2019.

Jon Langford & The Skull Orchard Welsh Male Chorus - The Last Count/Oggie Song

Jon Langford & The Skull Orchard Welsh Male Chorus - Deep Sea Diver

I'd been to this rodeo before, so I wasn't surprised on arrival to see the room filled with middle-aged gentlemen in white dress shirts. Jon Langford has been performing and recording with the Burlington Welsh Male Choir for more than a decade now, incorporating them into his redux version of his Skull Orchard album — although due to some unspecified complaint the choir isn't allowed to perform under their actual name, leading Langford to throw out a series of monikers and settling (for now) on this one.

With a couple dozen choirsters on stage (and guitar assistance from John Szymanski) the bulk of the set drew from the Skull Orchard material — although it was hinted that Langford was up in these parts to do some new recordings with the group. A series of mostly-affectionate reflections on Langford's native Wales ended with a big singalong of alternate national anthem "Delilah", and then the packed stage slowly emptied out.