Forgive me

This was recorded in the early 90's at Triad Studios with Nick Moore on piano. This version has the original lyrics that T.R. gifted to me. 

"The sky is bluer 
For the brave — for the brave and 
Happy comrades and for the 
Lonely brave retreating warriors. 
You had a good life. Even all 
Its sorrows and defeats and 
Disillusionments were good, 
Met with courage and a gay heart. 
You are gone and we are that 
Much more alone. We are one fewer..."
—Kenneth Rexroth 

White Bark written by T.R. Ritchie

Wrestle with an Angel

I saw you wrestle with an angel
As I stood out on the porch
Two bodies tangled in a single star's light
I loved you very much
But I let you go
Didn't let you down
I've come to know 
The different sounds 
of the ones who fall
And the ones who fly
And the goodness 
in giving each their time

I listened for an echo
Walked down those wooden stairs
But all I heard was the wind blow
It whispered “Take us as we are”
So I let you go
Didn't let you down
I've come to know
The different sounds 
of the ones who fall
And the ones who fly
And the goodness 
in giving each their time

	Some creatures need a wider berth
	Than that which is given here on earth

I saw you wrestle with an angel
You disappeared beyond the trees
And then I saw that silver ladder
Oh, you were bound to leave
I let you go
Didn't let you down
I've come to know
The different sounds 
of the ones who fall
And the ones who fly
And the goodness 
in goodbye

© 1999 Judith-Kate Friedman
Patience & Adventure Musicworks (BMI)
from “Bigger Things” CD
Available on cdbaby.com

Judith-Kate Friedman: vocals, acoustic guitar
Julie Wolf: hammond B3 organ
Eric Matsuno: fretless bass
Deb Lane: drums
Jami Sieber: cello, backing vocals
Jamie Byrd, Megan McLaughlin: backing vocals
Produced by Judith-Kate Friedman and Jami Sieber





Wrestle With An Angel (from the album Bigger Things)

Prison In My Head

42 Degree's
Lyrics:

Sun went down 42 degrees
We drove down in the darkness to the edge of sea
While the music played
Still the music played
The Lunatics muttered to imaginary friends
Developed their schemes to defeat us in the end 
While the music played
Still the music played
We looked up to the flicker of the galaxy
It's just too damn big not sure we'll mean a thing
But the music played
Still the music played
Ah you gotta get your shit together it's just two more miles at the end of the road where the moonlight shadow of the big oak lays
Where the music plays
The wine was the poison
It riddled our bodies with false hope and big talk that never breathes
Choke down the acid to flush out your bad dreams
Fuck all the judgement
What are we?
The Lunatics muttered to imaginary friends
Developed their schemes to defeat us in the end 
While the music played
Still the music played
Sun went down 42 degrees

42 Degree's

Two refugees of 1938 nazi germany, a World War One veteran, and a friend who'd been living in the US during WWII, co-wrote this song to share truth with young people so that history not repeat itself. This mix takes their original folk-hymn melody and adds beats with support from Ill Chemist.  
We can't let it happen to anyone ever again.

Can't Let It Happen Again - (Let Love Win Remix)

SynthMaster Song Contest by RC Major

A song for walking and marching to unite women and all people who believe in the rights and well-being of women and children.  Share and sing on Saturday January 21st - let's sing this around the world!

Women Uniting
   
Forward together
Stronger together
Women uniting
Love in our hands
 
Raising our voices
Praising our choices
Women uniting 
Across the land
  
	for the children
	for our children		
	for all children
	for ALL children! 
	Women uniting across the land

Forward together
Stronger than ever
Women uniting
Women and girls 
   
Raising our voices
Praising our choices
Women uniting 
Around the world
   
	for our sisters
	and our mothers
	and our fathers
	and our brothers
	 
	for the elders 
	and the youngers
	for all dreamers
	and all lovers!
	We are uniting around the world

Forward together -  Stronger together
Women uniting -  Life in our hands
Raising our voices - Praising our choices
Women uniting - Across all lands!

	for the future of our planet
	for all creatures who live on it
	for the fresh air and the waters
	earth and fire - sons and daughters	
	We are uniting across all lands! 
	We are uniting - hand in hand! 	  

(c) 2017 Judith-Kate Friedman

Feel free to sing and share this song freely and royalty-free.  
If you do, please let me know.  Each voice lifts up others.  
And knowing you're singing this will lift me to write and sing more. :-) 
Comment on the page and/or contact me directly at:
judelsings at gmail dot com     Sing on!  -- jk

Words and Music by Judith-Kate Friedman 
Singers: 
Judith-Kate Friedman (vocals, frame drum)
Aimée Ringle
Oma Landstra
Laura Martin
Nichola M. Russell
Leslie Aickin
Caroline K. Wildflower
Pilar Grau
Matt Ready
Paul Ferriz

Recorded by George Rezendes @ ToolShed Soundlab, Port Townsend, WA

Many thanks to PT Songlines - a community-based choir with which 8 of the 10 singers on this recording(all but Friedman and Ringle) sing.  More info on PT Songlines choir here: https://sites.google.com/site/ptsonglines/home

Thanks to Kate Deciccio for her graphic "Embracing Each Other" and to the amplifierfoundation dot org for putting out the call for art to accompany the March.

WOMEN UNITING - for the Women's March 2017

Women Uniting (2017 March on Washington)

Here Still
(Written for the 50th Anniversary of Ben Lomond Quaker Center, near Santa Cruz, California)

‘The forest breathes. Listen. It answers. I have made this place around you.  
If you leave it you may come back again saying Here….  Stand still. 
The forest knows where you are.  You must let it find you’  
–David Wagoner, from his poem Lost, 
based on a NorthWest Indian Elder teaching

Here I am
Still -- With All there Is
Here	Still

Alive in One place
Fall open and receive Grace
Take in All that Is
Be still in the Light that lives

If you’re lost on your Way
and Night has recovered Day
Stand still, heed the Dark
Til you feel the Light of the Stars

Here I am
Still -- With All there Is
Here	Still

And when Silence breaks
A ripple of Spirit quakes
Come clear, speak Peace
Be still like the redwood trees

Here I am
Still -- With All there Is
Here	Still

Each Heart, every Soul
All glorious to the Whole
In turn, among Friends
Discern All that never ends...

Here I am	
Still -- With All there Is
Here	Still

Here I am	
Still -- With All there Is
Here	Still

c 2018 Judith-Kate Friedman
Patience & Adventure Musicworks (BMI)

Judith-Kate Friedman, Lead Vocal
Aimée Ringle, Harmony/Descant Vocal, Bodhran
Gwen Franz, Viola

Recorded 2018 by CJ Lazenby at ToolShed SoundLab, Port Townsend, WA

Here Still -- Judith-Kate Friedman (demo)

Words and Music: Judith-Kate Friedman.  All rights reserved. 

A song of celebration and reflection, Start Fresh describes a personal journey through the Jewish High Holy Days of Rosh Hashanah(New Year), Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement), and Sukkot (Harvest Festival). This song is published in Mishkan HaNefesh (CCAR Press, 2016), the Reform Movement machzor (prayerbook). 

Vocals: Judith-Kate Friedman
Piano and backing vocals: Laura Berkson
Recorded at Dance Home studio, Emeryville, CA
Mixed and Mastered by Alan Friedman at Audiolifer, Maplewood, NJ
With special thanks to Alan, Laura, Daniel Deardorff, Rabbi Sheldon Marder and all at CCAR Press, and Randall Craig, for your work to bring this song to life and into the wide world.  

The single of this recording will be released on Sunday Sept 9, 2018.  Sheet music is available through Patience & Adventure Musicworks.  
To order in advance, or learn more about the song and the artist, contact us through the website at judithkate dot com   
Look for the lyric video this week on YouTube!  

Please add your comments on the soundcloud track.
And let us know if you are singing and sharing this song -- our hope is that it will travel widely and serve to support your own reflection and meaningful experience of the High Holy Days.

With gratitude, song, and best wishes for a healthy, joyful new year.
May we all be inscribed for a year of well-being and increase peace and equity on earth.

Photo credit: Robert Simmons

Start Fresh (c) Judith-Kate Friedman

Daniel Duane Deardorff or 3D is a life long songwriter and multi instrumentalist. In the early years of his recording career (then called Danny) he worked with the best musicians in Los Angeles, including Louie Shelton, Jeff Pocaro, and David Hungate. Deardorff later worked in Seattle as a producer and arranger. From there he went on to author a book “The Other Within: the Genius of Deformity in Myth, Culture, & Psyche” and spent another decade as a storyteller and mythologist.  On 9/19/19, when he left this world, he left a legacy of published and yet to be released music and myth-telling recordings, teachings, writings and artwork including Polio: A Blues Album and two more albums’ worth of recorded new songs.  To learn more about 3D’s Mythsinger Legacy Project and to support these future releases, contact: Judith-Kate Friedman at innernestmusic at gmail

White Bark written by T.R. Ritchie

Daniel "3D" Deardorff