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Not so long ago
The whiskey and wine
I saw you dancing colours round the room

You were my eyes of the open road
Where the red kites fly
The crimson sun goes down as the night comes in

We went south to the sea
To find the way
The restless night gave in to the asking


The sail billows black
At the edge of the sea
A storm coming on
Adrift and unseen

Lain on the grass
Beneath a reeling sky
We did not seem to see the falling

For now the cold wind just blows
Our love away
We’ve got nothing, nowhere and no one to hang on to

The sail billows black
Where the sea meets the sky
I'm not coming back
I’d be a fool to try

Maybe I love you still
I always will
A refuge and regret to know each day

I’ll head north to San Jose
With the road stretched out
The stars will sing to sleep the aching

The sail billows black
At the edge of the sea
The wind cries out
For the miles between

Miles Between

BANDANA_Rocks& Stones

Dreams of A Dreamer

The ultimate 90s Hip-Hop, old school classic college tune, about the empowerment that is needed in the current political climate and how to use negativity and turn it into a movement.

Speak Up Ladies

Alessandro Ciminata - Over and Over

Instrumental from the fourth LB album of the Buttness band

Opera

Change Drums

The actual album is released on 20 Jan 2020

Difficult

Medicate Me

Come over tonight
Bring your weapons 
Bring your rage
I can hold them all
Come over tonight
Bring your fire
Bring your hate
I can hold it all
Bring yourself
The parts you cannot love
I will kiss them

Come over tonight
Bring your body
Bring your mind
I can hold them all
Come over tonight
Bring your chaos
Bring your fear
I will touch it
Bring your heart
The tender and the hard
No matter who you are
I'll be there for you

All of you
All of me
No past no future
Come over tonight
We can lie outside
Under the stars
And feel it all
Just as it is

Come Over Tonight

Rhythm Feels Like Home

City

Traveller

Play my part
Live day to day 
Could be your last  
That’s what they say 

I wish that I could find a way to motivate   

I keep learning 
that life is what you make 	
Just break away 

I want to live until my life’s enough
I want to breathe until my lungs give up 
And I know now 
I ain’t gonna give this up ain’t gonna give this up 

So much Ive missed 
Kept my head down 
Keep blending in 
amongst the crowd 

It’s Time I really look at what’s in front me 
 
I’m slowly waking up 
I say I’m happy but 
I need to get unstuck 
Kick down the door that’s shut 
Use each trick in the book 
This thought I haven’t shuck  

Is what I’ve got enough 
Is what I’ve got enough
Is what I’ve got enough
Is what I’ve got enough

Is What I've Got Enough

elec

day 2: break up

Public Service

Released on the 5th of March 2020 via Eggy Records.

Recorded and mixed in Fresh Good Studios, Birkenhead by Daniel Fox and Matthew Freeman in Summer 2019. Mastered in Chicago by Carl Saff, Autumn 2020.

Artwork by Mat Greaves.

Words and music by Eyesore & the Jinx.

Nightlife

Taken from the Album Salt catch Michael Baker on tour
March 19th The Brunswick Brighton
http://bit.ly/39wJpfG
March 29th The Duke Whitstable
free admission
March 30th The Finsbury London 
http://bit.ly/3awkRUf
April 5th The Loft (Above The Kings) Portsmouth

LYRICS:
Hello my unbelievable sense to
Call when nobody gets who you are
Say hello to all the people surrounding
Who’d call to see if your landing came in smooth

With little waves of doubt
To pad the evenings out

To throw to
To gently patter your bones you
You came when nobody told you
Though we’ll never give up our names 
We’ll pace this through

With some dancing
A strangely patient answer
For Sunday evenings after

With little waves of doubt
To cast the evenings out

It’s turning it’s turning it’s turning me now
Like a big moon
Its turning it’s turning it’s turning me now

When a big moons coming out someones gonna figure you out
and I hear you brother just don’t let the dream die now
When a big moons coming out someones gonna figure you out
and I hear you brother just don’t let the dream die now

Oh the better words are left unsaid
Well babe I hear them now
and babe they’re getting loud
These little waves of doubt
To pad the evenings out

Big Moon

The debut single from Blokeacola.

Check out the music video premiere on hiapop's site:

https://gcygnus.blogspot.com/2020/03/pemiere-blokeacola-make-it-on-your-own.html

Make It On Your Own (Single)

Make It On Your Own

taken from the debut album 'sky burial' available late april 2020 https://ghostbirdband.bandcamp.com/album/sky-burial

Ghostbird - If I Could

Stars

Looking up watching the snow descending down
A blanket covering the ground
Waiting for the stars to turn around
And shine...

Standing underneath a clear night sky
You can see every breath and feel each sigh
As the moon bounces it's glow in your eyes
Reflecting the light of the stars...

You're reflecting the light of the stars...

You're reflecting the light of the stars...
You're reflecting the light of the stars...

An indecipherable silent sound
A quietened mind locked underground
A recovering heart pulsates abound
This gentle hum...

Standing underneath a clear night sky
You can see every breath and feel each sigh
As the moon bounces it's glow in your eyes
Reflecting the light of the stars...

You're reflecting the light of the stars...

You're reflecting the light of the stars...
You're reflecting the light of the stars...

Written, Produced, Mixed and Mastered by Pete Guy / FEATHER HOUSE

Pete Guy - Vocals, Guitars, Bass Guitar and Violin
Andy Theakstone - Drums
Nick Kozuch - Additional Percussion

Recorded on Zoom H4N by Pete Guy in Baldock UK, except Drums and Persussion by Nick Kozuch at Unit Studios, Letchworth Garden City UK

Stars

Jamie Boyd - Vocals, Guitar
Matt Adkins - Bass
Kees Toft - Guitar
Helen Weeks - Vocals

Recorded 2020

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