my new fav for sure/ i love the sound of this one/ up my alley of liking no doubt!!!!!!!!!

@brad-jefferson-2: Thanks so much Brad :-)

Incredible voice, beautiful vocal melodies...!   ☁♫♪   )"

Incredible job, beautiful vocal melodies.

Your voice is incredible... beautiful song.

Yutaka composed an amazing instrumental a few months ago, and asked me to write and play on it. I was immediately captivated by the grandeur of his musical composition, and of course was delighted to collaborate. When I asked Yutaka what he was thinking of as he composed the music, he said "a holy tree". I then researched the beliefs and traditions and mythology of holy trees from both our cultural backgrounds - Japanese and Anglo-Celtic, and had a bash at a bit of haiku! 

Instrumental composition & instrumentation ~ Yutaka Hirai 
Lyrics, vocal composition & vocals ~ Chris Okunbor
Audio engineering ~  Yutaka and Chris
Copyright 2015
Listen to more of Yutaka's music https://soundcloud.com/yutaka-hirai

Photo taken last year - the woods in Scotland


Kodama

Lonely, alone, roams the land
Leaves only faint traces in the sand
Lovers and friends fade into grey
"One" can be such heavy company.

Listen Kodama!
The leaves rustle
I'm so lonely.

Gossip of the wrens
The icy boughs are ringing
brittle whispered rhymes.

Scribe earth circles with a hazel wand
Mountain spirits echo ancient songs.
Flute of alder calling up the wind,
Forgo all to take Kodama's hand.

O sorrowful heart
shimenawa rope will bind
the desolate ones.

Listen Kodama!
The leaves rustle.
A lonely human cries.

Lonely one, clinging to the ground.
Eyes shut tight, three times spin around.
Turn around, begin the journey home
A human spirit can't endure alone

Ah Kodama!
I'll bind you with a shimenawa rope
then I'll leave you.
I will not stay alone.

Listen Kodama!
I'm going to leave you now.

Listen Kodama!
I'm going to leave you now.
I don't want to stay alone.

ああ、木霊よ
あなたにしめ縄を巻いたら
私は行くわ
私は一人じゃない
(Oh , Kodama
Once you are wound with a shimenawa
I 'll go. I'm not alone)








Kodama (Holy Tree) ~ Yutaka Hirai & Chris O ...see description for lyrics.

Chris, hailing  from North West  Tasmania in Australia, is a singer-songwriter who pens originals, and  plays vintage music the way it used to be.  Her mashup of  Folk, Blues,  &  Americana  draws on a lifetime of  encounters with places, people, and the magic of nature;  echoing  a multitude of  global grassroots traditions. 
Traveling around carrying her “band” like a pack pony ~ lap-slide, banjo, uke, as well as a few plain ole guitars, she  regularly performs in Australia and Europe.
Growing up in Merseyside, England, Chris was exposed to the vibrant music scene of the late 60’s and 70’s,  and her music is has been influenced by  traditional folk, country blues, and  world music .
In 2016 she represented her State at the International Blues Challenge & National Women in Blues Showcase in Memphis,  and her second album,  “Wailin’ & Raggin’ the Blues” was  a   finalist for “Best Self-produced CD with the Blues Foundation , USA.  Her third album, “Twisted Roots & Twisted Highways” was  a finalist for Blues & Roots Radio Album of the Year in 2018.
www.chrisokunbor.net

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