Precious 2

Excerpt from J.S. Bach's Violin Sonata 1 (Third Movement )transcribed for guitar . Sacred geometry design by Eric Reagan Studio .

Violin Sonata 1 (Third movement)

Celtic folk song meets 6/8 African groove

Greensleeves

Ochosi

Cover (interpretation ?) of a piece by the great Rodney Jones .

1978

Oju Elegba was a traffic junction in Lagos Nigeria that was notorious for confusion and chaos due to an absence of traffic lights and police .This music incorporates the sacred ancient rhythms of Elegba the Gatekeeper and Messenger Orisha of Yoruba tradition . Written performed and produced by Fenibo Kalaiwo .

Oju Elegba

Jimi Hendrix jamming with Fela Kuti & George Clinton is how a friend described this track.You be the judge as always .This is from a time in my life of very vivid dreams about all kinds of symmetries, fractals and mirror configurations.The music has four distinct sections of afrobeat,funk, jazz-funk  & ''almost classical ''.It is an early work from my pre-computer days .Music was recorded entirely on a portable hard disk recorder made by Roland that died shortly after !

Afiano

This is a traditional English folk song I learned as a child while attending international schools in Nigeria .I have arranged it with contrasting intro/end sections which are in a minor key . The melody is beautiful and probably more art song than folk song as it moves through different sections .

Cherry Ripe

Oshun is a city , a river , & the Orisha of Yoruba tradition for  love ,beauty ,grace,luxury ,intuition & divination .This music incorporates her sacred ancient rhythms . Oshun is Love or the reconciliation of opposites . This music also employs the Lydian Augmented scale .This is a major scale with a sharped fourth  & a sharped fifth . When melodies are harmonized  in three parts with the Lydian Augmented scale,the two outer notes are dissonant to each other but the middle note is always in harmony with both ! It also reminded me of an ancient Chinese saying : '' The evolving person achieves unity by making use of differences .'' It seems to be a timely message for our fragmented and intolerant times '' . There were all kinds of synchronicity that transpired while working on this track .                                                            

Oshun

Excerpt from Cantata # 4 by J.S. Bach . 3rd Movement . Arranged for three guitars. Happy Easter ! This excerpt is from Cantata #4 . "Christ Lay In The Bonds Of Death " . Pat Metheny the great musician/guitarist famously remarked : "Compared to Bach we all suck " .Musicians all through the years return to Bach (Back to Bach ? ) as his achievements tower and inspire generations . Bach's last words were : "Do not weep for me for I go to where music is born " .

Cantata 4 Mvt. 3 J S Bach

All acoustic! Every culture has a tradition about inter-dimensional little people . In Burkina Faso , they are called the Kontomble .

Kontomble

"All these years & I still remember your song " . This was the message that accompanied a video post of a friend singing an a capella version of this song . I promised her I would record it . So finally , here it is ...after all these years .

When We Need Love

For some reason , this track stretched my poor computer's resources . Processing "Armaggedon" kicked it's binary butt & crashes were annoyingly frequent .This is an edited version --   a definitive version would have to be at least 20 minutes long . Time to reject an invitation...To another global malfunction.

Nothing 2 Wear 2 Armaggedon

A re-mix of an earlier upload. This music incorporates the sacred ancient rhythms of Oshun .


Oshun Remix ( She's Got The River In Her Hips )

For absence and the absent ones that we cherish for ever in our hearts... Cover of standard tune written by Van Heusen and Mercer in 1939... A necessary deviation from my usual .

I Thought About You

The Children Of Freedom transcend the boundaries of race , religion, color , time , gender and even age , They are the gate keepers of Earth's future . This is a guitar driven work.

Children Of Freedom (Extended Mix )

Probably due to the subject matter , the guitars tones are well, dirtier than my usual...so consider yourself warned .

Dirt  Parts 1 & 2

A memorable night of stars and fireflies and love and mangoes . Earth and Sky were apart no more .

Mango

Earth Responder

Justice, morality and purity are some of the attributes celebrated here .

Obatala

Plants , herbs and healing medicine are celebrated here .

Osain

Are you awake ? Consensus among friends who previewed this track was to release it as is . This is not to rule out a future version with vocals..The rain and snow have come and gone ...the river flows by swollen in promise ...touch the ground , it's wet with secrets...feel the wind's unspoken caress ... but you must wake up...wake up...wake up .

Awakening Part 1

Reflecting with a friend about life and recent tough times... Photo by Mark Mynott .

Riverside Salvation

Both a childhood flashback and a tribute to the late great Nigerian guitarist Celestine Ukwu . Sleeping under the stars with my dogs for security , I used to speculate about space/time travel .

( C. U . On ) Another Planet

A tribute to Elliot Street  and good times shared in our beautiful town of Brattleboro , Vermont USA .

The Elliot Street March

Scattering a thousand graces , He passed through these groves in haste , And left them by His glance alone...clothed in beauty . Written by St. John of the Cross . Dedicated to the memory of my father who recently passed on .

Yeshua Morning

This music celebrates fishing and the responsible farming of the finite resources of our oceans ,waterways ,rivers and lakes . Dedicated to all who fearlessly and tirelessly work to preserve clean water for future generations .

Inle

A " vocals " re-mix of an earlier upload . L.O.Y.L stands for Live Out Your Life .

L.O.Y.L  Re-mix

Globlandization Constriction

Two contrasting scenarios are connected and ultimately resolved by a repeating guitar melody .

Another Answer

Acoustic and electronic contemporary African music Written performed and produced by Fenibo Kalaiwo .

Fenibo Kalaiwo

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