Let Me Burn

Ladder of Longing

Sound healing 2022.03.02

Ma Jagadambe

MAINE 2025 SUNDAY ISLAND PARTY JAMS

The tents start getting folded up on Sunday morning, and the boats start shuttling dozens to the mainland, but this year, again, enough musicians and singers remain,  and, so, the Sunday Jams begin.

This music was recorded in August 2025, on an island in the middle of a big lake in Northwest Maine, where we’ve been gathering, thanks to the Loons, for decades. Many of these friends, musicians, and singers hadn’t seen each other, much less played with each other, for at least a year. It’s all improvised, a Jam, not a Performance, with no prior Rehearsals or Song Lists, so this is as real as it gets.

This album is arranged in the actual order in which the music was played, minus the many out-takes, but, when it’s all done, it seems I couldn’t have thought of a better order. The music is all acoustic Americana, though it ranges all over the place, from Bluegrass to Jazz to Folk to Country to Rock to Reggae, but it really works as an organic album, and that’s big for people like me, who still appreciate albums.

Sounds best, like you’re right on that island in Maine partying with us, when played on a good stereo with two separated speakers, left and right, or on a headset, or, one of my favorites, on a car stereo, so that this stereo recording will actually sound three-dimensional. You can hear the location of each instrument and singer. More than ever before, I was able to immerse myself (and my stereo pair of mics) into the belly of the music, literally surrounded by the musicians, the instruments, voices, and harmonies, so that, if you listen in true stereo, I can take you right in there with me.

On some songs, there’s a little too much chatter, but when you’re actually at a campfire, and people are talking, laughing, and partying, you filter that out, and the only thing you hear is the music. Crank it up, and let your imagination take you there, and enjoy. It’ll surprise you.

Recorded, edited, and mastered by
Mike Berliner, aka 'Mikethemikeman'


22 Jolene

LOVE

Chorus:
If I speak in.the tongues of men 
And of angels
But have not love
I am only a resounding gong 
Or a clanging cymbal (4ce)

1. If I speak in.the tongues of men 
And of angels
But have not love
I am only a resounding gong 
Or a clanging cymbal

Chorus (1ce)

2.  If I have the gift of prophecy
And can fathom all mysteries
And all knowledge  
And if I have a faith that  can move mountains 
But have not love
I am nothing 

Chorus (1ce)

3.  If I give all I posses to the poor 
And surrender my body to the flames But have not love
I gain nothing

Chorus (1ce)

4. Love is patient 
Love is kind 
It does not envy 
It does not boast
It is not proud
It is not rude
It is not self-seeking
It is not easily angered
It keeps no record of wrongs
Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth

Chorus (1ce)

5. It always protects 
Always trusts
Always hopes
Always endures
Love never fails
But whether there be prophecies
They shall fail 
Whether there be tongues 
They shall cease
Whether there be knowledge 
It shall pass away 
Love is perfect 
Let's walk in love 
Please love your fellow man
Love is the fulfiment of the law
Love conquers all things 
Love overcomes the world 

Chorus (4ce)

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