Sarah Underhill
Banshanachie & Friends/ Wild Swan Duo/ Stockport Middle Ground
Music in the Celtic/Folk/Americana Tradition
Based in the Hudson Valley, New York State, USA
Contact at underhval@hvi.net or sarahunderhill98@gmail.com
Listen to six songs written by Sarah at www.soundcloud.com on the People's Music Network channel:
Hedge School
Grandfather's Trees
Pro-Choice Song
From the Prison
Hole in the Ground
Dark's Lullaby
For all other recordings, details and how to obtain, keep scrolling further down!
Calendar: ALL LIVE PERFORMANCES ON HOLD AS OF 3/15/2020 DUE TO PANDEMIC PRECAUTIONS. BE SAFE AND SANE, EVERYONE
Appearing monthly as the Wild Swan Duo with Ian Worpole & Guests, on a Sunday, 5-7 at the Rosendale Cafe, Rosendale NY www.rosendalecafe.com Next date: TBA No cover. Check café website for details.
Often to be found at: Celtic Session at R&R Taproom, Mondays, 7:30 pm 104 Mill Hill Rd., Woodstock, NY 845 684-5928
Catalog of Gigs Since 2011:
2019:
Sun Oct. 20 Beacon Sloop Club Pumpkin Festival, Pete & Toshi Seeger Riverfront Park, Beacon NY, 12:50-1:20 with Rick Nestler
Sun. March 17, 8 pm New World Celtic Band at the Colony, Woodstock NY
2018:
Sun. Oct. 28, 7:30 pm Woodstock Luthiers Guild, Landau Grill, Woodstock NY with Jude Roberts
Sun. Oct. 14 Beacon Sloop Club Pumpkin Festival, Pete & Toshi Seeger Waterfront Park, Beacon NY 12:30-1, with the Lost River Boys, Diggit Dermer and Patrick Jones
Sun. July 29 Towne Crier, Beacon NY Tribute to Dan Einbender with Guy Davis
Clearwater's Great Hudson River Revival June 15, Croton on Hudson, Circle of Song with Ben Bath and Stockport Middle Ground
Sat. June 9, 8 pm CD Release Party at the Rosendale Cafe, $10 cover. Celebrating the release of new CD "Bound Out For Canaan" with Stockport Middle Ground ( Ben Bath, Creek Iverson, Aldo Lavaggi and Rik Palieri) and the Catskills Sacred Harp Singers.
Sun. May 6 Pete Seeger Fest, Tompkins Corners Cultural Center, Putnam Valley NY
Sat., March 17, 8 pm St.Patrick's Day 2018 at New World Home Cooking with New World Celtic Band
2017:
Sat. Oct. 7, Wallkill River Festival, New Paltz Community Garden, New Paltz NY with the Wild Swan Band
Sun. Aug. 13, Beacon Sloop Club Corn Fest, Pete & Toshi Seeger Riverfront Park, Beacon, NY with David Bernz.
Thurs. May 11 Hope on the Hudson: Film Premiere/Fundraiser for Clearwater. 6-8 pm, Towne Crier Café, Beacon NY, appearing with the Breakneck Ridge String Band. $75.
Sun. May 7 Pete Seeger Fest, Tompkins Corners Cultural Center, Putnam Valley NY with Ben Bath.
April 22 NEFFA Workshop 5 pm. "Living Ghosts: Traditional Song as Story & History" Middle School Rm 119, Mansfield Mass. as part of Northeast Folk Festival
2016:
Wed. Dec. 14, '16 Not So Quiet Concert Series, Middleburgh Library, 323 Main St., Middleburgh NY. 7 pm. Songs of Clearwater with Pat Lamanna & Scott Berwick. $10. suggested donation. 518 827-6142
Friday Nov. 4, Evening with Liam O'Maonlai, Art Society of Kingston, with T. McCann Band, to benefit Irish Cultural Center of the Hudson Valley
Sun. Sept. 4 Hooley on the Hudson, Kingston NY, Wild Swan Band on the Trad Stage 2:30-4.
Sun. June 12 Beacon Sloop Club Strawberry Festival at the Pete & Toshi Seeger Waterfront Park, Beacon NY. Free. Time TBA. With the Trouble Sisters [Melissa Ortquist & Laurie Siegel]
Sat. June 11 Wild Swan Band/ Wine Tasting Benefit Fundraiser for the Woodstock Historical Society, 6-9 p.m. 20 Comeau Dr., Woodstock NY 845 679-2143 $30.
Friday June 3, 7 pm, Concert at the People's Music Network Summer Gathering, Camp Kinderland, Tolland Ma. with Joe Jencks, Annie & the Hedonists. Info 413-658-5374
Sun. May 1 Pete Seeger Festival, Tompkins Corners Cultural Center, Putnam Valley NY with Creek Iverson, Dave and Jacob Bernz,, Steve Kirkman, Pat Lamanna, RJ Storm, Andy Revkin, Melissa Ortquist, Karen Brooks,
Thurs. March 17, St. Paddy's at New World Home Cooking, rte 212 Woodstock NY 845 246-0900 with Spatter the Mud
Sun. April 10, 3 pm, "Women's Work: Music for, by and about Women" Howland Center, Main St. Beacon NY. Admission $15. to benefit Sloop Woody Guthrie Restoration. 845 452-4013
2015:
Sat. June 21, 5 pm. Clearwater's Great Hudson River Revival '15. Circle of Song w/Jude Roberts & Ian Worpole
Sun. June 14, 3:50 pm Beacon Sloop Club Strawberry Fest at the Beacon NY Waterfront Park with the Trouble Sisters [Betty Boomer, Karen Brooks, Melissa Ortquist, Laurie Siegel]
Sat. & Sun. June 21 & 22. Clearwater's Great Hudson River Revival 2014, Croton Point Park, Croton NY Circle of Song
Sat. March 29 2-3 pm WJFF Open House, 90.3 FM Jeffersonville NY with the Wild Swan Band and Folk DJ Angela Page
Sun. March 16 5-7 pm Rosendale Café. Irish Drinking songs with Ben Bath. No cover. This is a participatory event. Pub Songs for St. Pat's Eve
Sat. March 15 4 pm Clearwater Open Boat Potluck, Kingston Maritime Center, Kingston NY with Ben Bath
2014:
Sat. Dec. 7, Wassail Songs at the Howland Center Winter Hoot, Beacon, 8 pm
Fri. Dec. 6 Wild Swan Band Winter Solstice at the Colony Café, Woodstock, 8 pm, No Cover. 845 679 8639
Mon. Nov.11 Mohonk Consultations Watershed Conference, Mohonk Mountain House w/ Jude Roberts
Sat. Oct. 19, High Falls Canal Society Apple Fest, High Falls NY, 2 pm with Dan Einbender
Sun. Oct. 13, Beacon Sloop Club Pumpkin Fest, Beacon Riverfront Park, Beacon NY, 11-5. With Hallie Stotler on fiddle and Rob Stein on guitar. 1:45-2:15 on the Children's Stage (opening for Pete Seeger) and 2:30-3 on the Main Stage.
Sat. July 6, 2 pm at the Gazebo, Kingston Rondout district, appearing with the Wild Swan Band and special guest Rob Stein on pedal steel, as part of the Bardavon July 4th Weekend Festival of the Arts
Sat. June 15 Clearwater's Great Hudson River Revival, Croton Point NY at Circle of Song and Artisanal Farm Market Stages
Sat. June 1, 7 pm Roots Music House Concert at Brook Farm, Lenape Lane, New Paltz, with the Wild Swan Band. Followed by Barn Dance/Session at 8:30.
2013:
Mon. Jan. 21 2013 6th Annual Martin Luther King Day Celebration for Social Justice ,7:30 pm, Howland Cultural Center, Beacon NY $10. with the Rivertown Kids, Betty & the Baby Boomers, Guy Davis, Alvin Bell, David & Jacob Bernz, Dan Einbender,Jeff Haynes, Travis Jeffrey, Melissa Ortquist, Chris Ruhe and Pete Seeger
Sun. Aug.12, 12 pm. Beacon Sloop Club Corn Fest, Beacon Riverfront Park w/Jude Roberts & Jon Garelick
Sat. & Sun. June 16 &17, Clearwater's Hudson River Revival Festival, celebrating the release of "Singing Clear", songs for a clean environment, with Bev Grant, Colleen Kattau, Dave Lippman, Betty Boomer & Friends
Fri. June 1, 8 pm, CD release Party for "Singing Clear" with Bev Grant, Ina May Wool, Dave Lippman, Aro Veno & Colleen Kattau, Good Coffee House Music Parlor, 53 Prospect Park W, Brooklyn NY
March 17, 2012, St. Patrick's Day, Women's Voices for Peace in Ireland, People's Voice Cafe, NYC, with Dan Einbender. www.peoplesvoicecafe.org
Sunday March 11 Fukushima Commemoration: Year One, Rally and Concert at Indian Point Nuke Plant with Dar Williams, Dan Einbender & the Rivertown Kids, Dave Bernz, James Durst, Fred Gillen & Hope Machine, Taeko Fuokao & the Raging Grannies
Sunday March 4. Special Concert at Rosendale Cafe featuring Mnsgr. Charlie Coen, Dylan Foley and Friends. 4-7 pm
Takoma Park Minifest, Folklore Society of Greater Washington, Sat. Feb. 4, 2012. Traditional Songs w/Michele Callaghan
2012:
Beacon Sloop Club Pumpkin Fest, Sun. Oct. 16, 2 pm at Beacon Riverfront Park, with Dan Einbender & Special Guest Fiddler
Clearwater's Great Hudson River Revival. Sun. June 19, 2011 5-5:45pm, "Down By the River" at Circle of Song with Jude Roberts and Friends
New York Pinewoods Folk Music Society Spring Music Weekend, May 27-30, 2011 at the Hudson Valley Resort & Spa, Kerhonkson, NY. www.folkmusicny.org/weekends.html
Beltane Festival, Sat. April 30 [rain date 5/1], Center For Symbolic Studies, Stone Mountain Farm, Tillson NY www.symbolicstudies.org
Sat. Jan. 22, 8 pm. People's Voice Cafe, NYC. appearing with John Roberts and Ian Worpole, NYUU Community Church, 40 E. 35th St. , admission $15.
Sat. Jan. 15 Woodstock Library, 8 pm with Ian Worpole, Julie Parisi-Kirby and TG Vanini
2011:
Fri. Nov.12 NERFA [Northeast Folk Alliance] Conference, Showcases with Flying Cat Music Rm 1315, 1:50 am Sat. 11/13 and People's Music Network rm 1310,, 11:30 pm Fri. 11/12, Hudson Valley Resort, Kerhonkson NY
CD Release Party, Fri. Dec. 17, 8 pm Rosendale Cafe. $5. cover. Portion of CD sales to benefit Hudson River Sloop "Clearwater"
Sun. August 15, 2010 Beacon Sloop Club Corn Fest, Beacon NY
Fri. Dec. 11, 2009 7 pm, Beacon Sloop Club, Beacon NY, Holiday Sing w/Pete Seeger & Friends
Sun. Dec.13, 5 pm, Rhinecliff Hotel, Rhinecliff NY w/R Fr. Charlie Coen & Friends
Sinterklaas Rhinebeck/ Into the Light Dec. 5 w/Vanaver Caravan & Arm of the Sea Theater
Sun. Oct. 11 3:30 pm, McGrath's Pub, East Durham NY. Appearing as part of the "Joe 'Banjo' Burke Irish Music Fest"
Sun. Oct. 18 10 am, Workshop on "Traditonal Songs of Social Protest" at Eistedfodd ["Gathering of the Bards'], Friar Truck Inn, Catskill NY
Sat. Nov. 21 8 pm.Woodstock Library Benefit w/ Ian Worpole
Sun. April 19, 2 pm. Dennis P. McHugh Public Library, Piermont NY
Sat./Sun. June 20 & 21 Clearwater's Hudson River Revival, Croton NY
Workshop 11am Sat. with Melissa Ortquist and Friends : "Sisters in Song"
Re the monthly Rosendale Celtic Cafe:
"Sarah Underhill & Ian Worpole . Sarah is an acclaimed Hudson Valley singer, and Ian and friends join her to provide a warm three hours of music. The audience is attentive and appreciative and the sound is modestly amplified.
'These guys transport you to a pub in Dublin where you relish the company of your neighbors and the spirit of the music and ale as well'- Cafe Guide"
- description from Rosendale Cafe website
Performed at the Pinewoods Folk Club, NYC, Fri. November 30 , 2007. www.folkmusicny.org
PR blurb for above concert:
"Sarah Underhill is a resident of Kerhonkson, a small town in Ulster County, New York. She is known throughout the region as "Banshanachie", Gaelic for "Woman Bard", because of her vast repertoire of traditional songs from Scotland, Ireland, and Northern England. Sarah augments these with songs from the Hudson Valley and elsewhere in North America, as well as with contemporary songs composed in traditional style by writers such as Sandy Denny and Archie Fisher. Don't be surprised if she even performs a song or two she has written herself. Long active with the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Sarah has appeared many times at the Clearwater's annual Hudson River Revival Festival. This will be her first concert for the Folk Music Society of New York. Ian Worpole of Woodstock, NY , will provide vocal and guitar accompaniment."
Contact: underhval@hvi.net or sarahunderhill98@gmail.com
DISCOGRAPHY:
Listen to six songs written by Sarah at www.soundcloud.com on the People's Music Network channel:
Hedge School
Grandfather's Trees
Pro-Choice Song
From the Prison
Hole in the Ground
Dark's Lullaby
Most recent cd recording releases [ June 2020] include ,"Making Waves", recorded at WJFF on a summer's night in 1994 and featuring Dan Einbender, David Harper, Linda Richards and Tim Russell, with guest tracks by Stockport Middle Ground and Betty & the Baby Boomers; and "Rolling Down From Babylon", available as digital download only, wherever good music is downloaded [ iTunes etc.]
Other titles include: "Bound Out For Canaan", with Stockport Middle Ground, released June 2018, and "Strange Sweethearts" w/Ian Worpole & Friends, both available from www.cdbaby.com as hard copies, or can be downloaded on all other platforms. "Chimaera", 2004, is available as download only. See details on each elsewhere on this site.
COMING SOON:
More albums of prerecorded material from 1994 on will soon be available as digital downloads. Watch this space for details, see below.
Recordings will include:
"Sarabande: Celtic Wedding Music"- Recorded live in 1998. Thanks to Barbara and Kevin Gref and the Kennedy Family. Featuring the "Sarabande Band": Dan Einbender on guitar and autoharp, Tim Kapeluck on fiddle and mandolin, Steve Kent on flute, all on vocals.
"The First of My Rambles" - with Ian Worpole as the WIld Swan Duo.
"Banshanachie"- recorded 2001 with Tim Kapeluck, Erik Murray, Graham Smyth, Ian Worpole
CD/Digital Recordings:
"Chimaera"
Recorded 2004 at LedgeRock Studios, Rhinecliff NY
Available as a download
Playlist:
1. Sweet Rosemary/Sandy Denny
2. The Hedge School/Sarah Underhill
3. Dark-Eyed Molly/ Archie Fisher
4.Witch of the Westmoreland/Archie Fisher
5.Berries in the Hedge/Sarah Underhill
6.Beeswing/Richard Thompson
7. Banks of the Nile/Trad.
8.Blackwaterside/Trad.
9.Silkie of Sule Skerry/Trad.
10.Hole in the Ground/Sarah Underhill
11.Grandfather's Trees/Sarah Underhill
12.Claudy Banks/Trad.
13.Dark's Lullaby/Trad.
14.The Good in Living/Steve Sellors
15.Wexford Lullaby/Trad.
Coming Soon: "Sarabande: Celtic Wedding Double Album" [work in progress, to be released soon as download]
Recorded live by Dan Einbender August 1998. Mixed and edited by Hans Ten Broeke at Red Cottage Recording
Playlist:
Disc 1
1.Far Away in Australia
2.Flower of Sweet Strabane
3.Lark in the Morning
4.Bonnie Labouring Boy
5.Blackberry Blossom
6. Fiddle Tunes
7.When I Was a Fair Maid
8.Green Rocky Road/Dave Von Ronk
9.Wedding Dress
10.Pride of Glencoe
11.Tunes
12. P Stands For Paddy
13.Roseville Fair/ Bill Staines
14.Children of Darkness/Richard Farina
15.Give Yourself to Love/Kate Wolf
Disc 2
1.Flute Riffs I
2.Flute Riffs II
3.Mary & the Soldier
4.Mingalay Boat Song/Hugh Roberton
5.Water is Wide
6.Mairi's Wedding
7. Earl of Talhousie's Happy Return to Scotland
8.Tunes
9.Tunes
10.Wild Mountain Thyme
11.Queen Among the Heather
12.Morning Star/Dan Einbender
13.Star of the County Down
14.Witch of the Westmoreland/Archie Fisher
15. She Moved Through the Fair
16. I'll Tell Me Ma
"The First of My Rambles"
Coming Soon: A Capella tracks recorded by Hans Ten Brooke/Red Cottage Recordings 2003
[will be available as download in 2020 or 2021]
Playlist:
1.It's With Kitty I'll Go For a Ramble
2.Lay Down Your Weary Tune/Bob Dylan
3.Cool of the Day/Jeanne Ritchie
4.Emigrant's Farewell
5.First of My Rambles
6.Kerry Hills
7.Ploughboy
8.Pro-Choice Song/Sarah Underhill
9.Recruited Collier
10.Road to Clady
11.Sweet Bann Water
12.Water Prayer [Hole in the Ground] /Sarah Underhill
13.Wee Lass on the Brae
14.Whistling Thief [incomplete]
15.Ye Rambling Boys of Pleasure
"Making Waves"
Recorded live at WJFF, Jeffersonville NY, June 1994 with Dan Einbender, guitar, autoharp,and vocals; Dan Harper,harp; Linda Richards, guitar and vocals; & Tim Russell, guitar and vocals. Track 15 recorded at Clay Road Studio, 2018, with Stockport Middle Ground. Track 16 recorded at Skytop Studio, 11/30/11 with Betty Boomer, Steve Stanne, and Robert Bard.
Cover photo by Len Lipton
Available as download only from all major platforms.
Dedicated to the memory of Dan Einbender, who hosted the show "Making Waves" on WJFF and invited us all there on that memorable summer night. Thanks also to Kevin Gref for engineering and recording the moment, and to my fellow musicians for taking part in the magic.
Playlist:
1. Across the Blue Mountains- trad.
2. Bamboo- Dave Von Ronk
3. Bramble & the Rose - Barbara Keith
4. Children of Darkness- Richard Farina
5. Lord Franklin's Lament- trad.
6. Golden Vanity- trad.
7. Gwen & the Fire- Fred Small
8. Jug of Punch- trad.
9. Living on the River- Bill Rasmussen
10 .Morgan Medley
11.Outward Bound- Tom Paxton
12. Planxty Jimenez- Dan Harper
13. She Moved Through the Fair- trad.
14. So Will We Yet- Tony Cuffe/Gordon Bok
15. Roseanna- trad.
16. Mingalay Boat Song- Hugh Roberton
Coming soon/See "First of My Rambles"]
Recorded by Hans Ten Broeke, Red Cottage Recording, 7-31-03 in Woodstock NY
Additional tracks Skytop Studios
Sarah on vocals, Ian on vocals and guitar
Playlist:
1.The King's Shilling
2.Galway to Graceland/Richard Thompson
3.Banks of the Nile/Trad.
4.Newry Highwayman/Trad.
5.Snows They Melt the Soonest/Trad.
6.Witch of the Westmoreland/Archie Fisher
7.Week Before Easter/Trad.
8.Ranzo Ray/Trad.
9.Sweet Rosemary/Sandy Denny
10.Blackwaterside/Trad.
11.Cappoquin/Trad.
12.Silkie/Trad.
"Strange Sweethearts"
recorded at Skytop Studio, New Paltz NY, by Robert Bard, 2010
available as a hard copy CD from www.cdbaby.com/cd/suiw [search for album name] and as digital download from all major music platforms
Liner blurb from "Strange Sweethearts":
"Dedicated with Love & Thanks to my Family and Friends for their loving support and encouragement; to all the Musicians who helped me for their spirited and delightful participation; and to my Community which allows me to be who I am. A special Thank-you goes to Pete Seeger whose generous spirit made this recording possible, and to the memory of Michael DMoch who set the wheels in motion."
Playlist:
1. Bonelace Weaver- lyrics Leonard Wheatcroft, 1650/ tune Roy Harris
2. Lagan Love- Joseph McCahill
3. Newry Highwayman- Trad.
4. Snows They Melt the Soonest- Trad.
5. Plains of Kildare- Trad.
6. Huey the Graeme- Trad.
7. Whistling Thief-Samuel Lover
8. I Am a Youth Inclined to Ramble- Trad.
9. Sweet King Williamstown- Daniel Buckley
10. Adieu to Old Ireland- Trad.
11. Rich Irish Lady- Trad.
12. Fair Ellender- Trad.
13. Come All Ye Fair & Tender Ladies/Silver Dagger -Trad.
14. Nelly Bly- Stephen Foster
15. Sweet Bann Water- Trad.
16. From the Prison- c. Sarah Underhill 2004
17. Manitou Bound- Pat Humphries c. 1990 Moving Forward Music/BMI
18. Where Go the Boats- R.L. Stevenson/ Ruth Bernz
"Bound Out for Canaan"
with Stockport Middle Ground: Ben Bath, Creek Iversen, Aldo Lavaggi, Rik Palieri, Sarah Underhill, and the Catskills Sacred Harp Singers
recorded by Paul & Chris Rubeo, Port Ewen NY 2018
Available as a hard copy cd from www.cdbaby.com/cd/suiw [search for album name] or as digital download from all major platforms
Playlist:
1. Brethren We have Met Again- Lloyd's Primitive Hymns #533
2. East Virginia- Jean Ritchie
3. Handsome Molly- Jean Ritchie
4. Going Across the Mountain- Frank Proffitt
5. Soldier Traveling From the North- Dillard Chandler
6. Rebel's Raid- Trad.
7. Help Me To Sing- The Sacred Harp #376
8. Pretty Sayro- Cas Wallin
9. Fair Ellender- Trad.
10. Sourwood Mountain - Trad.
11. Sixteen On Sunday- Bertha Baird
12. Wedding Dress- Louise Henson
13. Lord Baseman- Nimrod Workman
14. Shakin' Down the Acorns- Trad.
15. Come All Ye Coal Miners- Sarah Ogan Gunning
16. Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down - Frank Proffitt
17. We'll Land On Shore- Buny Hicks
"Rolling Down From Babylon"
with Stockport Middle Ground: Ben Bath, Creek Iversen, Aldo Lavaggi, Rik Palieri, Sarah Underhill; and the Catskills Sacred Harp Singers: Jeanette Gurney, Brian C. Harris, Creek Iversen, Jonathan Mildner, Lisa Mitten, Keillor Mose, Cindy Prosser, Edwina Unrath, Mike Woinoski. Ben Bath, song leader.
recorded by Paul & Chris Rubeo, Clay Road Studio, Port Ewen NY 2018, additional engineering by Robert Bard at Skytop Recording Studio, New Paltz NY, 2020
Cover photo by Gloria Waslyn
Available as download only from all major platforms
"Songs from centuries past, born from struggle, chaos, faith, joy and heartbreak."
Playlist:
1. Hewed Out of the Mountain- trad. Ben Bath, lead vocal
2. Sweet Prospect- Shape Note hymn from "The Sacred Harp" with the Catskills Sacred Harp Singers
3. Down to the Picket Line- by Sarah Ogan Gunning, based on "Down to the River to Pray". Ben Bath, lead vocal
4. Earlie in the Spring- trad. source Dellie Norton
5. Going to the West- trad.
6. Pig's Foot/Sandy Boys- trad. tunes. Aldo Lavaggit on fiddle
7. What'll I Do With the Baby-O- trad. source Jean Ritchie
8. Going Across the Mountain- trad. Ben Bath, vocal, Creek Iversen, banjo
9. False Sir John- trad. source Jean Ritchie
10. Handsome Molly- trad.
11. House Carpenter- trad. source Texas Gladden
12. Jenny Jenkins- trad.
13.Christian Warfare- from Lloyd's "Primitive Hymns", Ben Bath and Sarah Underhill
14. Fire in the Hole- by John Sayles and Mason Daring
15. Bound For Canaan- Shape Note Hymn from "The Sacred Harp", with the Catskills Sacred Harp Singers
16. Pretty Saro- trad., Ben Bath and Sarah Underhill
For more info, click on "Show All Pages" below to view:
Notes on Sarah's Songs
Ian's Music Bio
CD Recording details
Performance Art with Eeo Stubblefield
Song Lyrics
"Strange Sweethearts"- expanded liner notes
The Pete Seeger Connection
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