Great singing Chris! John is doing a great jobs on the keys too! Ah yeah, loving the harmonica here too! Great collab!

I've heard this song on Eddie's 'Anything Goes' a few times now. I absolutely love it. Such a charming song; and wonderful vocals. :)

Nice write-up too. Very glad to see you're on SC. Great song. :)

Thanks to your wonderful vocals and Jon's brilliant piano, this simply sizzles, Chris.  A joy to hear on this sunny London day...

This is great singing - the little things done vocally really work.  Authentic and not affectations.  

wonderful play on word and blues feelings

wish I played in a house band where they played this kind of stuff all night!

I'm in a rush to get to college training so I will format the song names later lol. My mic ran out of space during the last singing time of the week, during the last song, so that's why it switches to phone mic.

39 I'm coming again to this fountain within

Mellow Words

In August 2019 I posted a track made with Adelmo Silva in  the EDM genre.   Adelmo did the mix.   This is a remix of the same track with emphasis on the rock side.   Except for the guitars and some of the percussion I have used the same stems we put down in the original mix (and have shortened the song somewhat).
	Adelmo has disappeared from SC (as he does sometimes) so I cannot give his SC address, but the original track is still at https://soundcloud.com/kcm069/adelmo-ken-minty-let-your-hair-down.
	Hope I have not made too much of a mess of it


Lyrics:
	if the wine you drink and the lips you kiss
	end in tears, not in bliss
	just let your hair down, let your hair down

	whether seen from above, or seen from below
	it's just a scene from a puppet show
	so let your hair down,  just let your hair down
	
	let your hair down, run through the jungle

Let Your Hair Down Rock remix

available for free download or pay what you want- https://moodexhibit.bandcamp.com/track/attain



For my brother-

This song represents a depressed mind going through a journey to attain happiness and clarity.

“If you are depressed you are living in the past.
If you are anxious you are living in the future.
If you are at peace you are living in the present.”
― Lao Tzu

Mood Exhibit - Attain

Cooking up the heat and boogie woogie with John. I had two things on my mind writing these lyrics ~ memories of working in a hotel in London when the chef set up a wooden chopping board at the far end of the kitchen, and expertly threw knives at it from the other end when he got pissed off with somebody ~ and seeing all my SoundCloud friends who also regularly burn their dinners when "just nipping back" to adjust a track they are recording :-D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmr7HfkkvcI

John Laurence: piano & instrumental composition https://soundcloud.com/john-poletti
Chris Okunbor: vocals, harp, lyrics, vocal composition

Available on all streaming services.

Troubles in the Kitchen

Troubles In The Kitchen ~ Chris O & John Laurence (Video link in notes)

This is a song i did with the fantastic Steph Sweet. Im a fan of her music and im very blessed to have her voice on this piece of art. Enjoy. 

Listen to her music here:
https://soundcloud.com/steph-sweet

CliffOnAcid & Steph Sweet - One Second (Embodiment EP 2020)

Faith and social issues can be contentious and polarising. But for me, both combined is a marriage made in heaven. As a young songwriter I wanted to explore that, and this was one of those attempts. It is based on the ‘I Am’ sayings, and I thank you for listening.

Drawing: Qesheth (BP)

Another version by Raging Rausch: https://soundcloud.com/raging-rausch/brian-peters-i-saw-jesus-raging-rausch-cover-version-8

I Saw Jesus (Brian Peters)

I saw Jesus in a man who didn’t have a home
He was left to wander alone
Nowhere to go, no place to rest
And nothing secure
Jesus, won’t you be the door
Jesus, won’t you be the door

I saw Jesus in a woman holding empty hands
Living out of empty cans
Her children starve, it’s been a while 
Since they were fed
Jesus, won’t you be the bread
Jesus, won’t you be the bread

I saw Jesus in a boy within a prison cell
What he’s done he cannot tell
Accusers lie, and so his life
Will end at youth
Jesus, won’t you be the truth
Jesus, won’t you be the truth

[I saw Jesus in a little girl of eight
In her hands she held her fate
Away from home the city’s cold
But she must stay
Jesus, won’t you be the way
Jesus, won’t you be the way]*

I saw Jesus in a baby who has not a prayer
Death and illness ever near
May last the night,
Tomorrow baby won’t survive
Jesus, won’t you be the life
Jesus, won't you be the life

[I saw Jesus in a people living under siege
Never having what they need
Their lives have been a horror
Of eternal night
Jesus, won’t you be the light
Jesus, won’t you be the light]*

*omitted verses

I Saw Jesus

music & part lyrics . THEE 5TH BRAIN CITADEL @user-126729602 / @user-208097705
instrumental here https://soundcloud.com/user-126729602/d-grasping-affinity
vocals & part lyrics, artwork . Mariam Zohra D : Myrh

~off the fly~in the moment~

SâVge @bissecta joins us Here: https://soundcloud.com/bissecta/dawning-ov-nu-lands-agitation-myrh-savge  !!

Grasping Affinity OV Dawning Nu Lands | THEE 5th BRAIN CITADEL w. Myrh

Composed, arranged, Performed & Produced by Liam Boyle

Down At The Farm

A cover (okay, let's call it a "remake") of the fabulous late-70s "E la luna bussò" by Loredana Berté. I used to play this one with a band a few years ago, and I immediately fell in love with the lyrics.

Obviously I have maneuvered myself out of the comfort zone once more --- apart from the usual walks on very thin ice with singing and trying to get meaningful notes out of a guitar, this time it is about Reggae and strings programming (both things that I have tried to avoid so far in my musical life). Anyway, if you think that violins and cellos do not fit to Reggae: yes, you are right.

Special thanks to Tyler Cressman for having proof-read the lyrics translation!

And the moon knock-knocked on the gloomy gates of darkness
"Come on let me in!" -- but they replied "no!"
So the moon went knockin' on the place where there was silence
But a rude voice yelled: "You're late and time's already up"
So the moon left the windows open and she went to find and see

To find and do something for the time being
After having shed some tears
About another "no", about some other "no"
From the ocean (you're nothing but a pond, man!)

And the moon knock-knocked on shaded glasses
But the look behind them didn't notice her
So the moon went and tried "knock-knock-knock-knock-knock" on a pool party
"Strictly members only, no exception for moons!"
So she rolled over champagne and caviar and she went to find and see

To find and do something for the time being
After having shed some tears
About another "no", about some other "no"
From a waiter
Oh no

But then down there, almost by chance
Closer to the sidewalk, where what you see is real
But then down there, where no moon needs to knock
Between the lashes of a child, to let him fall asleep
And then down there, between tatters, tears and love
Where luck is luxury: there we need you, moon!
And yes down there, almost by chance
Closer to the sidewalk, where what you see is real
Between the lashes of a child, to let him fall asleep
Between tatters, tears and rags, to let us fall in love:
there we need you, moon!

(ad libs)
Sidewalk boogie
(more ad libs)

And The Moon Knock-Knocked

Taken from the EP 'Promyvion' https://crestofthesyndicate.bandcamp.com/album/promyvion

Promyvion

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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

Troubles In The Kitchen ~ Chris O & John Laurence (Video link in notes)

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