More stellar work, my friend. Such a joy ot listen to.

Great interpretation, pretty different. Strong and clear vocals as always

Damn, that is one beautiful melody for such heartbreaking lyrics. What a great poignant pairing. Loved the performance too. Powerful

Join me on a shamanic journey into the Celtic Underworld to meet Cerridwen and her cauldron. 

This track was originally released in September 2023, but has now been very kindly remixed and revamped by APi_ZZ. 

Words and vocals:
© Annie Dieu-Le-Veut, September 2023

Words: 

Long before the wily Serpent,
And Times and Tides faraway
There was another current,
A slower one, of the People of the Fae.

Back then the same white Moon was gleaming
down, silvering the seas of old, 
But to those folk, both treasure
and pleasure were measured by meaning,
And a man’s dreams were valued more than gold.

They were known to some as the Ever Young 
Who dreamed of the hag Cerridwen.
Her Grail of inspiration, they sung
Wouldn’t boil the meat of a coward,
The poets were the keepers of her gates
Into her Underworld towers. 
They would only let the true knights through

So if you have the courage,
The Grail is here to serve you.

Gathered around Her simmering cauldron, 
Let’s remember her again today.
In rooms lit by only a candle,
We follow a forgotten causeway. 

Let us go deep, go down and down
Through the Well of the Stars below...

Down and down and down we sink,
Into a realm as black as ink
Down beyond all sense or rhyme
Down beyond all thought or time
Down and down and down we go
Until we hear a sound below.
A command that wakes our blood from sleep. 
 
“Open the Gates”.

Music: Open The Gates by Euan Ford
Licensed under CC BY 4.0: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Cover Art: By me via AI

Open the Gates (remix)

Original song made with the voices of Kevin and Solaria.

Strength

Kia Iris - Hold On

Vocals by Kia Iris
Written & Arranged by Kia Iris
Produced & Mixed by Kia Iris
Mastered by Lake, Prostudio 216

Hold On

Instrumental version of the 2020 single "Better Days Are Here".

Better Days Are Here (Instrumental Version - New Mix)

Song3

Henrik Nybo: Res.guitar/el.guitar epiphone/main vocal/composer
Mir Bredberg Weber: Piano/backing vocal/composer
Fran Breen: Drums
Paul Bushnell: Upright bas
Jane Clark: Fiddle
Dave Hennessy: Tamburine

Live Out Loud

Girl In Red

Nel Sole Vers. Pianoforte

Hey,
today I want to share a rendition of a tune by one of my absolute favorites - JT!
I just adore him and basically all of his tunes, so I thought he should be represented on my profile. The song is a beautiful fingerpicking-tune about... well... the secret o' life!
I hope you enjoy it! :)

Secret O' Life - James Taylor (Acoustic Guitar-Cover)

It's a Rolling Stones song but I know the Townes Van Zandt version just as well. Here is a vid of this performance:
https://youtu.be/IlnZ3aj_yi8?si=40h43RQCFDiDMQ4v

Dead Flowers (live cover)

Those Days where nothing ever lasts
Here we go again
With summer days that passed

My grief and all that we can cast
I’d watch the minute hand
With something I couldn’t grasp

I was nice to you 
You were nice to me
I shared my sound
We were worry free

But you left me staring at the phone box window

And when I woke up one morning 
As the sun was coming up
I had somethings I wanted to share
With a young world I didn’t trust

And the honesty was a novelty 
That blurred the lines of luck
I was blinded by the haze
That kicked around the desert dust

Time began to fade
On the horizons
Of the Gods is where I lay
(My weary bones may lay)

I saved your life
But it wasn’t to be
But you stuck it out
And believed in me

Now I don’t see you anymore to tell you

That when I woke up this morning 
Well my head was spinning round
I had somethings I wanted to say
So I began to write them down 

And the past was new and a novelty 
That I will never forget about 
Now I just stare at those desert stars
That trail beyond my doubt

Taste the bitter me
That I keep locked inside
Taste the the anger
That I do well to hide

Taste emotions 
Of this rollercoaster ride

Where I know I’ve lost
But at least I’ve had a try

Time began to fade
On the horizons
Of the Gods is where I stay

But when I woke up this morning 
You know my head was still spinning round
I had somethings I wanted to say
But I’d already wrote them down 

And the past was new and a memory 
That I will never forget about 
So let me lay on the dusty ground
That the desert offers out

Taste the bitter me
That I keep locked inside
Taste the the anger
That I do well to hide

Taste emotions 
Of this rollercoaster ride

Where I know I’ve lost
But at least I’ve had a try

A Second Demo Collection

Horizons of the Gods (Demo)

This is a dark song about a trip to a childhood home after many years to discover that things are not how they once were....

Those Times

Just stumbling through and writing songs. I record many and perform them live as much as I can, and they are mainly acoustic. 

I have a synthpop project here: https://soundcloud.com/alphacrater

Message me for bookings or collab ideas.

Dead Flowers (live cover)

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