featuring @4catsncoffee on violin
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You can throw away your past, but the devil gently finds ways to bring it back...  Devil's Timepiece is a guitar-based alternative folk tune with southern gothic echoes. The fourth tune off the d'ville EP >soundcloud.com/jh0st/sets/dville

Devil's Timepiece
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Traces of smoke
Lingering soft hope
Words spit like flames
under the up-town train
Together alone
through the heat summer storm

Yes it is…
faded away
No it ain't…
the way it should stay

Church bells of peace
The devil's timepiece
Once in a while
love speaks, to the right one
'Til then I pray at the station
Penn the hymn to the speeding train

Yes it is…
No place to stay.

I saw the city lights
turn dusty moon 

I saw the blue gas-light
split the summer sky

(Yes it is…)
Last place I'll stay
No it ain't…
the only doorway

Oh, gentle violence
Time will rewind it

Oh, blame the summer wind
Sound the sirens

Who will write this down?

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devil's timepiece [ft. 4catsncoffee]

Instrumental, Production & Mix by Garddwr Porffor: https://soundcloud.com/garddwrporffor
Vocals, Vocal Melody, Lyrics by Nadia Selvaggi

The Revolt of Owain Glyndŵr

A dormant fire inside him did catch wind
with the loss of his land and honor
decreed by the English King

Students, archers, soldiers and even nobility,
saw the raised banner
and joined the uprising

Armed with a vision only few will see,
the last Prince of Wales vowed to
set his country free


Barefoot rascals --
or heroes who won't bend the knee?
That all depends on the victors who write your history

Castles, castles --
internal enemy!
Signs of England's Imperial conquest over thee!

England, England --
your sovereign, our public enemy!

Possunt quia posse videntur
Hear Owain Glyndŵr's four gold and red lion's roar

Mist-cloaked hills and forests, artful strategy
won Owain's men countless battles,
gold, livestock and weaponry

Now, those triumphs, or fleeting fleeting victories,
light the desire inside us
that longs to be free

Castles, castles, centuries old enemy
signs of England's Imperial conquest over thee

Castles, castles, looming over the Irish sea
Eternal reminder of who rules over you and me

England, England --
wickedness with impunity!

England, England --
enemy of liberty!

Owain, Owain, Owain Glyndŵr
The man, the myth, the legend --
they never did capture thee!

The Revolt Of Owain Glyndŵr by Garddwr Porffor & Nadia Selvaggi

This is the 2nd version of Exhale , produced by an amazing Swiss guy called Bänz Steffen , you get to hear the song in a completely different style . Charlotte and I are thrilled to be working with Herr 
Bänz , check out his site , you will be impressed ! We look forward to many more collaborations , this'll get you dancing !

Exhale

Exhale - Herr Bänz Deephouse Remix ( Charlie and the Fox )

Back to good old Rock music , he's a boxer who will stop at nothing to get to the top , he's sold his soul to the devil , must be nuts !
The next song by myself is Taking back My Faith , falling out with the big man from up there somewhere , released on the 15th . In a couple of days time Charlotte and I release Time To Fly , a beautiful ballad we are very proud of . Thank you for taking the time to listen and support !

I Am Invincible

Back around 2015, I started taking guitar lessons from an instructor who was really into Bluegrass Music. I soon discovered that didn't have an aptitude for the guitar and didn't have a great desire to practice enough to make up for any natural ability. 
I did mention to my instructor that I had written a couple of songs and maybe our time would be better spent learning how to record these songs.
One day I tried to write a 'bluegrass" tune and titled it, "I've Done It Again." We recorded it. Years later, I wanted to revisit some of my earlier recordings and see what they might sound like with professional musicians. Nicky V. Hines, currently the lead guitarist with Shenandoah acted as musical director, guitarist, arranger, engineer, and producer for me on this finally finished new version. (Several versions have been posted on my SC page throughout the years. This will be the Spotify, Apple, Amazon etc version of which I shall make .002 of a penny every time it is played.) On bass is Martin Motnik currently a member of the popular European Heavy Metal Band "Accept." (Trust me, I have no idea how a country bumpkin like me ended up working with Heavy Metal - but I dig it.) On keyboards is the wonderful Tim McDonald , out of Nashville. On drums is another Nashvillian, Travis L.. Super people and very, very talented and experienced.
I like this version very much - musically. I think the mix is excellent (Nicky V. Hines) and I like how he took down the reverb on the vocal, it sounds a bit edgier, a little more vulnerable, and real. 
What's the song about? It's about not being able to take off the "masks" and take down the walls . Although "good lover" is sexual certainly sounding - we can mess up good love in other ways too - family, friends, etc. And, although we can deeply feel the pain of our actions, sometimes we just can't seem to get out of our own way. 
It is a song about being human. Thank you Nicky!

I've Done It Again

Battlefield

Downtown Lights

Awakening

I love good Country Music....and when Tennessee songwriter McTown gave me a call-out a few years ago, we decided to write one together.
Thanks David, this was fun :-)
https://soundcloud.com/mctown

Lyrics:     McTown (David L. Graham) 2016
Instrumental & vocal composition:   Chris Okunbor
Guitars, banjo, vox and beats: Chris O
Mix:   Blame me ;-)

You Mine ~ Chris O & McTown

Piano Solo 2

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

You Mine ~ Chris O & McTown

Chris O (2)