Claire, the magic in this world, is it evenly spread? It could be hidden in easter eggs, or carefree like dandelions when scattered. I hope it looks after us from time to time. I’m in the cloudforest of Monteverde, nursing a heartbreak that should have been gone by now. I think it will become a part of me, because we’re friends and we’re stubborn. A stalled romance can’t stop her or me. I can keep the hurt inside, and no one will know, unless they cut me open, and read my tree rings.

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This song comes from being severed from the source.

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If hearing this song evokes for you any memories, or fantasies, or other stories, I would love to know -- just message me here, or at eric@travelpoems.com. The live Travel Poems show features immersive storytelling, so it may be possible to weave your story into the musical experience.

“Travel Poems . Chapter 1 . Secret towns” also featured in two longform interviews:

* JAZZIZ Magazine: https://www.jazziz.com/qa-eric-pan-travel-poems/
* National radio on PRI’s The World: https://www.pri.org/stories/2020-08-31/travel-takes-new-meaning-jazz-pianist-s-latest-album

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Solo piano by Eric Pan, recorded in Liberia, Costa Rica.
Production and mix with Brian Trahan.
Mastering by Ruairi O’Flaherty.

Scored with found sounds — credited to these curators:
reinsamba (Karlsruhe) freesound.org/people/reinsamba/sounds/120829/
JonathanTremblay freesound.org/people/JonathanTremblay/sounds/254799/
elliotrambach (Detroit, MI) freesound.org/people/elliotrambach/sounds/341809/

Travel Poems . Chapter 1 . Secret towns

Hamstrung

beat 1

Explore

prod. by Illuid Haller

Mixed and Mastered by Whoosh Gang Records

Cinderella In A Garden (prod. by Illuid Haller)

This week we talk to Saleem Hue Penny, a self-described "rural hip-hop blues" artist who explores youth, rural/urban life, history and humanity in his work.

This interview was first aired live on WHPK 88.5 FM.  Tune in every week, Tuesdays from 10-11am on whpk.org, for more content.

Episode 5: Saleem Hue Penny

Second single from
'Recurring Dream: The Roughest Hue Revisited'

all lyrics: jar-e (c) 2001
vocals + music: h.u.e (c) 2012

*disposable camera photo credit: h.u.e (c) 2005, MS River, NOLA
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In January 2012,
h.u.e began the ambitious task of covering
jar-e's 2001 debut cassette 'The Roughest Hue'.

Digging through crates to find the original liner notes and dusty collage artwork,
h.u.e committed to re-interpret one of jar-e's most under-appreciated releases.

Slated for Winter 2021 release,
this project will also mark the 20th anniversary of
the duo's Processions collaboration.

Eclipses/Ellipses->Consummation

Pete Weiss - French Horn
Steve Gravelle - Guitar
Ray Clemens - other stuff

Sebastian Tonk

Names

Francesca

Grizwald

Daisy

Saleem Hue Penny (him/friend) is a Black, disabled poet expanding the pastoral tradition of the Southern Black Belt using a "rural hip-hop blues" aesthetic. 

He punctuates his hybrid/mixed media work with drum loops, gouache paint, Jim Crow artifacts, walnut ink, field sounds, & birch bark. 

Across poetic mediums, he explores how young people of color traverse wild spaces and define freedom on their own terms.

https://saleemhue.me

Eclipses/Ellipses->Consummation

huedotart

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