Detour Ahead - jazz ballad by Herb Ellis, Johnny Frigo, and Lou Carter.

Jam recorded a late night in Finland with great people! Hope you enjoy!:)

Vocal: Anna Emmeluth
Piano: Juho Valjakka
Double Bass: Nathan Francis
Drums: Teemu Mustonen

Recording and mixing: Joel Ward

recorded summer 2021 in Kallio-Kuninkala studio in Finland.

Detour Ahead

My Unrequited Love Story or in daily speech, my unreq <3-story, is inspired by Rigmor Gustafssons compositions Voodoo Skills and Special Effects. It is about being so very much in love but maybe not having the courage to act on it. AAAARG!

Lyrics:

You're killing me with those eyes of yours
You're blinding me with that smile of yours
Oh, how it burns when you are near
Would I wish that you'd disappear?

It's not fair
I'm in dispair now
You with your eyes and hair

Do I dare to say that I love you?
Do I dare to say that I care?

And your laugh. It makes me cry  
oh me oh my, don't let you catch my eye
The idea of your nearness and touch, 
I think that I might love you too much 

It's not fair
I'm in dispair now
You with your eyes and hair

Do I dare to say that I love you?
Do I dare to say that I care?

- written and composed by Anna Emmeluth

On the recording you hear:

Anna Emmeluth: vocals
Gunnar Ringøen: piano
Jonathan Larsen: bass
Thomas Brunbjerg: guitar 
Mathias Fabricius: drums
Martin Kjær Killie: trumpet

Recorded 2019 in Tuborg Studiet, SDMK
Ole Ellingsgaard: sound and recording

Photo by 10 Fingers

Thank you for listening!

My Unrequited Love Story

Snowflakes is written on a particularly windy and cold day.

Get up it’s morning now
Cars are speeding by my window
Asking me to hurry
Don’t be late now
Get out, get something done
You’re not the only one 
Who struggles with no sun

Snowflakes in winter air
I look up they whirl and twirl 
Keep falling on my 
Eyelids that are closed now
Walk faster or get cold
I’m trying to be bold
And let my life unfold 

Look up and keep calm
Snowflakes are falling to the ground
Slowly, slowly
They’re falling slowly to the ground

Winter, freezing me from top to toe
So, I need you to keep me warm

Sometimes the wind is wild
It’s blowing snow around and ’round
Not leaving it to settle in a nice puff 
Then wintertime is rough 
It’s feeling rather tough, and I know I’ve had enough

Inside it’s nice and warm
Cars are speeding by my window
Help me gain some speed and find my fur coat, 
Hat, gloves and woolen socks
Please come and set my clocks 
I need the wake-up shocks 

Look up and keep calm
Snowflakes are falling to the ground
Slowly, slowly
They’re falling slowly to the ground

Winter, freezing my from top to toe
So, I need you to keep me warm

- written and composed by Anna Emmeluth

On the recording you hear:

Anna Emmeluth: vocals
Gunnar Ringøen: hammond organ
Jonathan Larsen: bass
Thomas Brunbjerg: guitar 
Mathias Fabricius: drums
Martin Kjær Killie: trumpet

Recorded 2019 in Tuborg Studiet, SDMK
Ole Ellingsgaard: sound and recording

Photo by 10 Fingers

Thank you for listening!

Snowflakes

Weeping Woman is a painting by Pablo Picasso from 1937, painting during the Spanish Civil War. The song is a description of the energy generated in me by the painting. Regrettably, war is still a reality, and just as we can only look at this picture of a woman, who has lost her child, and experience some of her pain, many today experience powerlessness in the world.

Lyrics:

Weeping woman, you unsettle me 
Weeping woman, you unsettle me 

As I’m watching you watching me
I’m forced to see what you don’t see
Your eyes of tears
Hands shaking with fear

Your eyes they pierce me

Weeping woman, you unsettle me 
Weeping woman, you unsettle me 
 
I’m certain that you’ve seen it all
It’s the horrors of war that made you feel this way

Your eyes they pierce me

Your image stays with me 

It stays

- written and composed by Anna Emmeluth

On the recording you hear:

Anna Emmeluth: vocals
Gunnar Ringøen: piano
Jonathan Larsen: bass
Thomas Brunbjerg: guitar 
Mathias Fabricius: drums

Recorded 2019 in Tuborg Studiet, SDMK
Ole Ellingsgaard: sound and recording

Photo by 10 Fingers

Thank you for listening!

Anna Emmeluth

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