Non-musical history for today: 1887 – In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, the first Groundhog Day is observed. Obviously, not the same groundhog, but that baloney still happens to this day. It is almost the same thing, but in religious terms, it relates to the lore that clear weather on the Christian festival of Candlemas forebodes a prolonged winter. And, if we’re getting to something that I would observe, if anything, would be Imbolc. That happened yesterday. Imbolc falls roughly halfway between the winter solstice and the spring equinox (the exact mid-point ― the ‘solar imbolc’ ― usually falls on the 3rd or 4th of February) and is one of the four Gaelic seasonal festivals, along with Bealtaine, Lughnasadh, and Samhain. Each of which is an “in between” festival.

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for February 2.

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