there will be lateness

You Never Should

Why Did You Marry

Terry Reeves / Cripple Club (Imre Lodbrog on guitar)

Who's Gonna Be My King

Poem: WH Auden; Music: Marc Ribot (for Madeleine Peyroux)

Lay Your Sleeping Head My Love

If i had a harem

Give Away Your Heart

When I Am An Artist

Um, I'm breaking my own protocol. This isn't a uke cover, and I probably won't keep it up here, but maybe I can turn somebody on to Emahoy Tsege Mariam, who played this beautiful piano piece, and I made some words to go on top. Of course you should listen to her all alone. The "magic hands" of the title aren't hers, although hers are magic also. <3 

Magic hands (words on "Presentiment" by Emahoy Tsege Mariam)

Sisters Of Mercy

Everybody knows

l'enfer

La marée haute

Baby have pity on me

Paris

my hot air balloon. http://soundcloud.com/welcometotheamericas/not-a-song-about-a-book-about

Not a song about imaginary birds (my hot air balloon cover)

William Morton Wheeler

Ne Me Quitte Pas

Pagu Funk. <3 https://soundcloud.com/pagufunk

Revolucionando (Pagu Funk cover)

Geraldo Vandré. For my students who have been spending a lot of time in the streets. <3

Pra Não Dizer Que Não Falei Das Flores

Tombe La Neige

Plastic Bertrand (Francis Jean Deprijck, Yves Maurice A. Lacomblez).


Ça Plane Pour Moi

The Incredible He Woman

I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango)

Coco

High by the Beach

by hurman hupfeld, via dooley wilson, in casablanca, dedicated to judy greene who lived through a lot and had a beautiful life.

AS TIME GOES BY BB+IMRE

Carmen (stromae)

Herman Vandecauter invited me to sing this song along with his beautiful instrumental performance. I was so happy he asked me, because my young friend Cashel had just introduced me to the astonishing life story of its composer, Queen Liliʻuokalani, last monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii. Thank you Herman, and Cashel!

Aloha Oe

music by leo chauliac. english lyric by albert beach, french by charles trenet. 

I wish you love

genius of love

the irrepressibles. duet with my friend zane (he also takes the solo on the barbie guitar).

In this shirt

Plastic

Everything is Broken

Arnaldo Antunes, Carlinhos Brown, Marisa Monte.
Here's a rough translation:
Love is ugly.
It's got the mug of a vice.
It walks along the road
With no sense of obligation.
This is what love is.
It's got the mug of a beast.
It left my darling
Lying in the trash.
Love is dirty.
It smells like piss.
It's scary.
I'm getting you out of this mess.
Love is beautiful...
Love is beautiful.
It does the impossible.
Love is grace. 
It gives and moves on.
Love is free...

O amor é feio (tribalistas)

She's a bad mama jama (carl carlton)

Mi fa male

Bela lugosi's dead (Bauhaus)

Um. Somebody requested this a long time ago and I thought it was too dirty to post. That was probably my better judgment. I'm not exactly sure why I'm resuscitating it.

Roman in Moscow (Nicki Minaj Cover)

limited instrument. limited voice. limited production values. use your imagination.

Here's a little essay I wrote about the uke covers (it's totally true!): http://www.brooklynrail.org/2012/05/express/i-wish-you-love 

i've posted twenty-seven sets as virtual "albums" ("naked lady with a ukulele," "b-sides," "hm, still playing with myself," "my left elbow," "disco finger lights," "tattoo," "riot," "léo et barbara," "read the book," "streets of berlin," "on and on," "psychotic girl," "we cracked the code," "i really am a lucky man," "larga," "breakable," "maypole," "moon river," "amnesia," "the fourth month," "we come unknowing," "work," "feline past lives," "plastic," "give me back my wig," "junk," and "plays well with others"). the last one is composed of duets with friends and family members. all these covers were made as gifts, and as such their primary value (if they have any) is sentimental. also posted here is my ep with the great imre lodbrog. also, i take requests.

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