so much soul in your singing. Love it River.

I really love what you do ...great...dujhan

Standout writing and vocal timbre, nuance and pitch that moves the soul:)

remarkable songwriting and vocal expression Ms F, you have such command of your voice - love it :)

Collaborations

Written By: Will Walton
Produced By: Tommy Hellsten

Will Walton: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Lead Guitar, Bass Guitar, Harmonica

Sukhwinder Flora: Vocals

Jacob Robson: Drums


G                                                                        Cadd9
Never been a pawn in the game of the ways of the world
G                                                                    Cadd9
Never been a diamond, always been a coal; wouldn’t know what to do with a pearl 
G                                                               Cadd9
Never been one to ride on the coats of a lie
          G                                                                  Cadd9
So I’ll tell you in the words of a beating heart that longs to hold you tonight


C                                        D                      G                                                      C
Ride me like a riverboat, rolling away - Never ever knowing where we’re going today
C                                      D                              G
Ride me like a riverboat, I want to be your man
               C                                    D                          G                                             C
We’ll be living like a child, just having our way - Splashing in the water on a beautiful day
C                                      D                             Em
Ride me like a riverboat, I want to be your man

(1 Bar Break)

Never been a gambler who waits for his cards to be dealt 
Always been the one with my hands on the wheel; never been a notch on a belt

Never been one to tell the world how I feel
But I’ve never met another quite like you, and I don’t ever believe that I will

(CHORUS)

(2 Bar Break)

Never been an open book anyone could read
Never been one to follow in the steps; always been the one in the lead

Never been one to put my heart on the line
Never put myself in someone else’s shoes, I’m thinking that maybe it’s time

(CHORUS) 

(SOLO)

G                                                                     Cadd9
We’re in the mouth of our rivulet, what say we see open water
G                                                                         Cadd9
Come into current, lay back our head, let the motion float us farther
G                                                                    Cadd9
Drift downriver to find new land, or take it far as it will flow
G                                                                     Cadd9                                       G
Reach the ocean, where that’s our cue to, now with room to grow, let it go

Riverboat

quietly

So fortunate to work with Sukhwinder, an amazing vocalist from the UK.
Sukhwinder Flora: Lead vocals and harmonies
Greg Hurley : instrumentation / Slide guitar, Acoustic guitar, Synth, bass and drum programing. Mix and Mastering
Written by Bob Dylan

Video on YouTube.
  https://youtu.be/zaWJD0NyYRQ

Please visit Sukhwinder's Sound Cloud page! link below
https://soundcloud.com/floras-1

All Along The Watchtower / featuring Sukhwinder Flora / Video link below

Track 1 from disc 2 of The Durutti Column 'Chronicle XL'

Written by Caoilfhionn Rose and Vini Reilly

1. Free From All The Chaos

Matrix
Are you sure this line is clean ? 
Welcome  Neo.
As you know doubt of guest, I 'am Morpheus.
I imagine, that right now you're feeling,  a bit like Alice. 
Trembling down, in the rabbit role, I can see it in your eyes.
I you have a look of a man, how excepts what he sees, because   he is expecting to wake up.
I know exactly what you mean, there's something wrong in the world, you don't know what it is, but is there, like a splinter in your mind, driving you mad.  
It is this feeling that has brought you to me, the Matrix is everywhere, it's all around us, even now, in this very room, you can, feel it ! 

It is the world, that's been pulled into your eyes, to blind you from the truth. What truth ?

Morpheus believes he is the one.

Do you believe in faith ?  No ...
Do you know what I'm talking about ?  He is the one!
Let me tell you why you are here.
 You are here because you know something. He is the one!
What you know you can't explain.  No...
Do you want to know?  He is the one!
What it is ?  Matrix !  He is the one!

You are a slave Neo, like everyone else you were born into bondage.
Born into a prison that you cannot smell or taste or touch. 
A prison for you mind. You have to let it all go Neo.
I'm trying to free your mind, but I can only show you the door !   
Unfortunately no one can be told what the Matrix is.
You have to see it for yourself !
I can't go back.  No. 
 But if you could, would you really want ?

Morpheus believes he is the one.

Do you believe in faith ?  No ...
Do you know what I'm talking about ?  He is the one!
Let me tell you why you are here.
 You are here because you know something. He is the one!
What you know you can't explain.  No...
Do you want to know?  He is the one!
What it is ?  Matrix !  

What is this place ?
More important that what, is when. 
I can't tell you exactly what year it is, because we honestly don't know.
There's nothing I can say that will explain it for you Neo.
I thought it was real !
What is real ?  How you define real ? 

Morpheus believes he is the one.

I know you're out there. 
I can feel you now. 
There's something wrong !
I know that you're afraid.
He is the One.
You're afraid of us.
you're afraid of change.
I don't know the future. 
Matrix !
There's something wrong !
He is the One !

Where do we go from now, it's a choice that I leave to you..


Matrix (FOLLOW THE WHITE RABBIT)

Vocal https://soundcloud.com/floras-1
Sukhwinder Flora 
Manchester
Please visit her site, amazing music and spoken words.
I was so happy to be part of this track, Fever is classic track. There is many versions for this track, but we hope you find something new for this one :)

Fever - River Soul & Moon Dust ( Cover )

The River  - Version 2 with Graeme Clark on guitar

Our live performance of new song Second Sight at The Castle Hotel 6/3/16

Second Sight (live at The Castle Hotel 6/3/16)

Thinkin Of A Chance W You

Recorded at The Universe in Verse 2018: https://www.brainpickings.org/the-universe-in-verse/

For poem text, context, and the story of how Carl Sagan may have inspired Angelou's poem, go here: https://www.brainpickings.org/2018/05/09/a-brave-and-startling-truth-maya-angelou/

CONTEXT / POEM TEXT

The Universe in Verse: Janna Levin reads "A Brave and Startling Truth" by Maya Angelou

Skin -  a bit of my new song

Written By: Will Walton

Will Walton: Vocals, Piano, Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar

Flora Sukhwinder: Vocals

Thierry Santacana: Electric Guitar, Organ

Mix and Master By: Tommy Hellsten

"Battleships" was originally written on the acoustic guitar in 2008, but never recorded with a full band, only as a bootleg. The song was brought back to life a few months ago when, by chance, I picked out the piano part while fooling around. I then recruited Flora and Thierry to perform on it. And as always, Tommy Hellsten did all the mixing and mastering for the song. This is mine and Flora's first collaboration together, and what an amazing talent she is. We have since done others that will be released shortly. The remaking of this song was something that just kind of happened, and this is the end result.


(WHOLE STEP DOWN)

C                   G                  Am                  F            
Not on prowl, not on point, not expecting anyone 
    C                  G              F
To wake me, or shake me up
C                    G                     Am                                 F
Slow burning mellow flames, though coals aren’t the brightest thing
            C                  G                  F
They’ll burn you the moment you touch


Dm      G                    Dm           G        Am             C                F
Battleships couldn’t sink this thrill I feel up on top of your wake
Dm           G                     Dm       G            Am             C                    F
Armored tanks couldn’t blow away, the safety you drape on my day


Blonde as a hay-grass field, tough like a wagon wheel 
Your strength, it pushes me forward
Calm like a glassy lake, essential as a firebreak 
You’re foremost, but always support


(CHORUS)


Tomorrow will never tell, our fortune’s for us to shell 
And crumble around the insight
I can’t promise you a thing, and nor can you to me 
But only how hard I will try

(CHORUS)

iTunes

Battleships (w/ Flora Sukhwinder)

Autonomy

Written By: Will Walton

Produced By: Tommy Hellsten


Will Walton: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Piano

Flora Sukhwinder: Vocals

Thierry Santacana: General Instrumentation


(WHOLE-STEP DOWN)

D                           F#m    Bm                      G    
There’s little I can answer of what I can’t explain
D                        A        G               
So, how am I to cypher or ever ascertain 
D                           A        Bm                            G
Bakers have their dozen, accountants have a sum
D                        A       G
To understand addition, you must subtract it from the one


Forgetting I am empty, I blink and rev it up 
Somehow keep right on going, don’t know where it comin’ from

A round for every slumber, another day between
‘For long you learn to measure before taking liberty  -  Even when it’s free

A        G               Bm            D
I was joking, no go for the time
G                D                A
Taking my bull to the ground for the last lie 
G                                      Bm                       
If I can stay, (If I can say) then I can say (If I can stroll)
D                                              A
If I can stroll, (I’ll stroll away) I’ll stroll away
                                  G 
	All because I won’t holler mayday-mayday


Befriending all who open, the time has come to chance
There will be none to squander, it’s all if to advance

A puzzle for the monkey, for me a piece of sky
If so I beg to differ, then so I take a try  -  where I like

(CHORUS)

    D                                                A
It rings so loud, must be the way The tone is changing every day
G                                                    Bm                    G
Guiding through a foreign place, if only to get out
   D                                               A
I finally picked a different page, and read aloud from A to B
G
Put together every piece of me                                                            ©  08 / 24 / 2012

Mayday

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All recordings are done on my iphone upto Feb 2015 and iPad after,  Enjoy xx 


‘..Sukhwinder Flora exposes realms of existence that are trapped between yesterday and the present. Her Poetry has the authority of urban legends that have been carried on the wind for centuries. Flora's verse is ripe with borrowed wisdom and discernment about a crumbling - yet still intact - humanity. And in between each line is the very breath of the individual in isolation who walks through the realms, collecting the lost artifacts that connect the self of yesterday, today and tomorrow to the spirits who paved the way.' 
Pink Panther Magazine 

'Sukhwinder Flora's poetry feature, "Carried in the Wind" exposes realms of existence trapped between the past and present. In the spirit of an urban legend storyteller, Flora writes with discernment and wisdom beyond her years.' 

Jenifer DeBellis, Executive Editor, Pink Panther Magazine, Issue 21, 

'Folklore meets the supernatural connection is the rhythm of Flora's poetry and art. Her ability to borrow from the wisdom within legend, while unveiling her own discernment of humanity manages to pull a reader into the very heartbeat of a dismantled human condition from a fascinating perspective' - Jenifer DeBellis, Executive Editor, Pink Panther Magazine 2011 and 2012

Issue 21 weaves together a disparate collection of art and writing that give testimony to the universal spirit of woman.

The River - Version 2 with Graeme Clark on guitar

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