recorded by Pat McCusker in Eric's old living room

Emily Elbert & Eric Robertson- Cupid (Sam Cooke cover demo)

Keep On Pushing (Impressions cover from Mason Jar Music's "Decoration Day Vol. 2)

From the "Evolve" EP, 2014.  Video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeuH8vU83ps

Co-produced, engineered & mixed by Dan Knobler at Mason Jar Music 
http://masonjarmusic.com
Guitar, vocals - Emily Elbert
http://emilyelbert.com
Drums - Jon Nellen
Bass - Josh Hari-Brozosky
Keys/organ - Jake Sherman
http://jakesherman.bandcamp.com

Lyrics:

Walking toward the changing blue
Every step feels a little bit better
Sun and moon are both in view
Feel the light left sink in through my skin

In the distance there's a radio
Someone's listening as they're washing the dishes
Singing sounds that I've never known
Feel the love seep in through all my ears

I can't stop smiling
The love I've been searching for's
Alive and
It's been here all the time
And inside I've
Still got some work to do
But right now it's
Time for in with the new

Silhouettes of our shifting earth
See the sun floating past the horizon
Each breath is a new rebirth
Feel my lungs fill up with life and light

And I thought I was alone before
But now I know I'll never be
All this time love's been here at my door
And I held the key

Sounds of twilight settling in
Turn back towards the place I'll rest my head tonight
Close my eyes, I know I'll dream
Of a place where love pours down like rain

I can't stop smiling
The love I've been searching for's
Alive and
It's been here all the time
And inside I've
Still got some work to do
But right now it's
Time for in with the new

In With The New

From the "Evolve" EP, 2014

Co-produced, engineered & mixed by Dan Knobler at Mason Jar Music 
masonjarmusic.com
Guitar, vocals - Emily Elbert
emilyelbert.com
Drums - Jon Nellen
Bass - Josh Hari-Brozosky
Keys/organ - Jake Sherman
jakesherman.bandcamp.com

Evolve

from the "Evolve" EP, 2014

Co-produced, engineered & mixed by Dan Knobler at Mason Jar Music 
masonjarmusic.com
Guitar, vocals - Emily Elbert
emilyelbert.com
Drums - Jon Nellen
Bass - Josh Hari-Brozosky
Keys/organ - Jake Sherman
jakesherman.bandcamp.com

World Without Your Love

I’d tell you all my secrets
But you already know
About the whole and all its pieces
I’m a sea without a shore

Every story has a moral
The marrow and the bone
And every path leads to a portal
Where the code is etched in stone

Eye to eye
And hand to heart
To soul
To be alive means never to be alone
We’re not alone

We’re matter reassembled
From millions of stars
And through time and space and splendor
Arrived at where we are

Both complex and simple
The whole and just a part
As we grow we will remember
How we got this far

Eye to eye
And hand to heart
To soul
To be alive means never to be alone
We’re not alone

Though at times it seems the road we’re on is lonely, know
Every stranger seeks the feeling of belonging, oh

The trip of being in a body
And that body flying through space
Among the billions of others
All different but the same
Can freak you out
But with a deep breath
Our shared atmosphere whispers to our stardust bodies
You have nothing to fear

Eye to eye
And hand to heart
To soul
To be alive means never to be alone
We’re not alone

--

Guitar and voice: Emily Elbert
Drums: Abe Rounds
Bass: Solomon Dorsey
Guitar: Dylan Day
Woodwinds: Hailey Niswanger

Words and music by: Emily Elbert
Produced by: Alex Krispin and Emily Elbert
Engineering by: Alex Krispin
Addl. Engineering by: Kevin Ratterman
Mixed by: Alex Krispin
Mastered by: Jonas Karlsson
Recorded at Forever Island and Invisible Creature
Los Angeles, CA, 2021

Photo by Jayden Becker
Art by Andrew McGranahan

Not Alone

To feel the pulse in the ground beneath your feet
Staring up at the sky in sweet reverie
Well it don’t cost a dollar
No mansions and no machines
Cause they can’t compare to what you get for free

When the water’s like wine and the wind blows you clean
When the loving’s so good there’s no need for sleep
If we give up the game
Money’s just energy
And it can’t compare to what you get for free

You can buy what you want
Forget what you need
Take three of these and go back to sleep
It’s easy
But if what you seek is feeling complete
It don’t cost a thing to take a beat
And breathe in

If you dare to glimpse eternity
Nothing compares to what you get for free
Nothing compares to what you get for free
credits
released July 20, 2022
Guitar and voice: Emily Elbert
Guitar: Dylan Day
Drums: Abe Rounds
Bass: Solomon Dorsey

Words and music by: Emily Elbert
Produced by: Alex Krispin and Emily Elbert
Engineering by: Alex Krispin
Addl. Engineering by: Kevin Ratterman
Mixed by: Alex Krispin
Mastered by: Jonas Karlsson
Recorded at Forever Island and Invisible Creature
Los Angeles, CA, 2021

Photo by Jayden Becker
Art by Andrew McGranahan

For Free

Health in the body
In the spirit
Feel it
This that I wish for you 
And all who hear this
Loving as praxis

Krishnamurti said that the truth is pathless
Maybe a question is the answer we’re asking for

Dancing towards the open door
All waves reaching for the shore

Building a bridge between the past and future
Listening for the song of Mahamudra
Calling onward

Ancestors chanting up from underground
Blood, bone, and breath buzzing with the sound
Of calling onward

All a dream made manifest
Afloat in the stream of consciousness

--

Voice: Emily Elbert
Drums: Abe Rounds
Bass: Solomon Dorsey
Slide Guitar: Dylan Day

Words and music by: Emily Elbert
Produced by: Alex Krispin and Emily Elbert
Engineering by: Alex Krispin
Addl. Engineering by: Kevin Ratterman
Mixed by: Alex Krispin
Mastered by: Jonas Karlsson
Recorded at Forever Island and Invisible Creature
Los Angeles, CA, 2021

Photo by Jayden Becker
Art by Andrew McGranahan

Woven Together

Stream of Consciousness

Stream Of Consciousness

Guitar and voice: Emily Elbert
Drums: Abe Rounds
Bass: Solomon Dorsey
Guitar: Dylan Day
Woodwinds: Hailey Niswanger

Words and music by: Emily Elbert
Produced by: Alex Krispin and Emily Elbert
Engineering by: Alex Krispin
Addl. Engineering by: Kevin Ratterman
Mixed by: Alex Krispin
Mastered by: Jonas Karlsson
Recorded at Forever Island and Invisible Creature
Los Angeles, CA, 2021

Photo by Jayden Becker
Art by Andrew McGranahan

A Thousand Ways

Inside Your Heart

Holding Onto You

from "Proof", released September 2010

Vocals, guitar: Emily Elbert
Bass: Noam Wiesenberg
Drums: Bruno Esrubilsky
Percussion: Noriko Terada
Piano: Roland Elbert
Cello: Eugene Friesen 

Proof

our darkness is important, to be treated with respect
for us to be reborn, then we must also honor death
only illusion keeps us seperate, moon in east and sun in west
soon we'll leave these bodies, releasing all that we thought we possessed

letting go, letting go
a return to what the soul already knows

through the softened edge of sorrow, though the patches, frays, and pulls
with life seeping through the cracks of every fracture, every hole
through what loves and leaves us, though we grieve it, mystery calls us close
finding solace in these bodies, how our heartbeat guides us home

letting go, letting go
learning to embrace the ebb and flow

oh, great spirit
formless dancer
teach us to trust
love beyond fear
oh, i hear your call

through dark and light, our shadows can remind us we're alive
yet our mind's eye takes to worry when the sunset's done each night
and just as fire tears through treetops, burning each down to the bone
after that tragedy, our sacred earth still remembers how to grow

letting go, letting go
strip the layers so the spirit shows

Letting Go (rough demo)

In the dark
I formed a tight grip on my heart
I had gotten used to false starts
had learned to hide from love

Now, sweet release
soft reminders to breathe deep
let the light in, tend the seeds
and soak my soul in love
root down and grow in love

And oh, I'd forgotten what it was
to let go, to let the walls come down
After all this time spent out there searching for my home
I've found it in the here and now

Rapt in awe 
fireside in the backyard
search the source, sing to the stars 
inside the mystery of love

Heart in hands
pilgrimage to desert sands
pray to the Gods, pray to the land
each step a deepening in trust
that all we are is enough

And oh, I'd forgotten what it was
to let go, to let the walls come down
After all this time spent out there searching for my home
I've found it in the here and now

Kneeling at the altar
candlelight like dawn
blessed breath flows through the body
whispering "all is life, is truth, is one"

Now
Just a glimpse
of every past life, present tense
heal the heart, drop the defense, offer it all to love
dive deep and fall in love

And oh, I'd forgotten what it was
to let go, to let the walls come down
After all this time spent out there searching for my home
Love's within me in the here and now

Emily Elbert - voice, guitar
Josh Hari - bass
Dylan Day - slide guitar
Abe Rounds - drums
Alex Krispin - engineering, mixing, mastering
art by Ines Gurovich - inesgurovich.com
photo by Taiga Kunii - taigakunii.com
co-produced by Emily Elbert, Josh Hari, and Alex Krispin

Here and Now

Our darkness is important, to be treated with respect
For us to be reborn, then we must also honor death
Only illusion keeps us separate, moon in east and sun in west
Soon we'll leave these bodies, releasing all that we thought we possessed

Letting go, letting go
A return to what the soul already knows

Through the softened edge of sorrow, though the patches, frays, and pulls
With life seeping through the cracks of every fracture, every hole
Through what loves and leaves us, though we grieve it, mystery calls us close
Finding solace in these bodies, how our heartbeat guides us home

Letting go, letting go
Learning to embrace the ebb and flow

Oh, great spirit
Formless dancer
Teach us to trust
Love beyond fear
Oh, i hear your call

Through dark and light, our shadows can remind us we're alive
Yet our mind's eye takes to worry when the sunset's done each night
And just as fire tears through treetops, burning each down to the bone
After that tragedy, our sacred earth still remembers how to grow

Letting go, letting go
Strip the layers so the spirit shows

Emily Elbert - voice, guitar
Josh Hari - bass
Dylan Day - slide guitar
Abe Rounds - drums
Alex Krispin - engineering, mixing, mastering
art by Ines Gurovich - inesgurovich.com
photo by Taiga Kunii - taigakunii.com
co-produced by Emily Elbert, Josh Hari, and Alex Krispin

Letting Go

All proceeds to the ACLU 

Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain 
Soak up the scandals, honey, drink up the diversion 
Ignore the voices of the poor and sick and hurting 
Here's to the one percent, we’re clearly more deserving 

Almighty dollar is my lover and my savior 
Transport my golden throne to 16 Pennsylvania 
Do not believe a thing you’re reading in the papers 
The only truth is what is written in my favor 

True power can’t be bought or stolen 
If you build a wall of hatred, prepare to watch it crumble 
We will not be silent, no, can’t you hear the thunder 
So listen fear monger, your days are numbered 

My daddy told me if I want it I can get it 
The world’s my oyster and your body is my business 
I put my tiny hands wherever I can fit them 
Do not dissent or you’ll be fired like The Apprentice 

I’m nothing if I’m not a man of family values 
But poor kids go get your education in the drive thru 
Don’t drink the water, or see the doctor - you can’t afford to 
If you’re not rich, white, cis, and straight, then I don’t serve you 

True power can’t be bought or stolen 
If you build a wall of hatred, prepare to watch it crumble 
We will not be silent, hear our voices roar like thunder 
So listen fear monger, your days are numbered 

Silence the scientists; I’m sick of their sad opinions 
Who needs clean air or soil when you’ve got bigly billions 
That Mother Earth’s like all those other nasty women 
I try to repress; nevertheless, they are persisting 

True power can’t be bought or stolen 
If you build a wall of hatred, prepare to watch it crumble 
We will not be silent, hear our voices roar like thunder 
So listen fear monger, your days are numbered 

Words & music by Emily Elbert 
Guitar, vocals - Emily Elbert 
Bass, vocals - Solomon Dorsey 
Drums - Abe Rounds 

Engineered and mixed by Mitchell Haeuszer at Haus Music
Album art by Hayes Design Studio

True Power

Produced by Emily Elbert & Dillan Witherow 
Engineered by Dillan Witherow 
Recorded at Emily’s home in Los Angeles, California 
Mixed and mastered by Alex Krispin in Atlanta, Georgia 

Emily Elbert - guitar, voice 
Jessica Childress - voice (1, 2, 6) 
Raquel Rodriquez - voice (1, 2, 6) 
Ric Robertson - voice, mandolin (4) 
Amber Lily - voice (8) 
Tubby Love - voice (8) 

“The Healing,” “True Power,” and “Service” written by Emily Elbert 
“Ella’s Song” written by Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon 
“Turn, Turn, Turn” written by Pete Seeger 
“The Times They are A-Changin’” written by Bob Dylan 
“We Shall Overcome” written by Pete Seeger 
“You Go to Your Church and I’ll Go to Mine” written by Phillips H. Lord
“What’s Going On” written by Al Cleveland, Renaldo Benson, and Marvin Gaye 
“Manifiesto” written by Victor Jara 
“Holy War” written by Billy Walsh, Illangelo, and Alicia Keys 

Illustration by Maggie Lochtenberg 
Additional design by Jesse Hayes/Hayes Design Studio

Service

Holy War (feat. Amber Lily & Tubby Love)

Manifiesto

What's Going On

You Go to Your Church and I’ll Go to Mine (feat. Ric Robertson)

Turn, Turn, Turn/Times They are A-Changin’/We Shall Overcome

Ella's Song (feat. Jessica Childress & Raquel Rodriguez)

The Healing

How can I best be of service
To help this hurting world heal
To feel the depth of my privilege
Acting from love, not from fear

To stand firm on the shoulders
Of wise ones who’ve sacrificed
Cause Lord knows that there’s a long road ahead
If we’re gonna carry on their work and make things right

How can I best be of service
Dissolve the distance between
To heed the teachings of history
Become the change that I seek

Our Earth is crying out for allies
Singing, justice is love you can see
Break through the borders and divides
To find how life itself can be a prayer for peace

Vocals, guitar - Emily Elbert
Bass - Solomon Dorsey
Drums - Abe Rounds
Keys - Jake Sherman
Produced by Dillan Witherow and Emily Elbert
Additional engineering by Sam Brawner at Blue Dream Studios
Mixed by Ben Kane
Mastered by Alex De Turk
Art by Ines Gurovich

reveling, remembering :: music as nature
‘woven together’ out aug 19 🌀
✨ info, tunes, and tour dates :: emilyelbert.com

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