Singing with my daughter Ava fills my heart with love!

We traded places this time, that’s me on electric and Ava on acoustic :-) I was going to try to save this one for last but I just couldn’t ❤️😍

Silent Night with Ava Callery

What is Christmas without the Ramones!? Thanks so much to my dear friend & Cosirecords label-mate Ryan Lee Crosby￼ for bringing the rock!!

One of the sweetest guys in the world, he sure plays a mean guitar .
Check out his music at https://ryanleecrosby.com/

Merry Christmas I Don’t Want to Fight Tonight-with Ryan Lee Crosby

“The first take, the fairies, imps, and elves carry you. After that, you’re on your own.”- Peter Riccio (The Sawtelles, Lys Guillorn & The Void Kittens)

Another first take magic take, & Lys told me the quote from her band mate which is absolutely how I feel.

I drove to Connecticut to record with Lys on a beautiful Sunday , road trips are fun for me , especially when you get to play music & eat some of Lys’s homemade bread & stew.

Lys had given me a whole playlist of songs to choose from, but I heard Holy Ghost from Low & fell in love.
I hope Mimi can hear , wherever she is ❤️

Holy Ghost -(Low cover) with Lys Guillorn

Day 11 of 12 Covers for Christmas is another close friend, the incredible Heather Rose .
She’s been the front woman over half her life, forming The Stereobirds /later called The Mockingbirds as a teen & winning all kinds of awards when I was just starting out! Late as usual ;)

Heather believed in me & connected me with Myles Baer, both without whom I’d probably still be playing songs alone in my bedroom that only my cats would hear ❤️

Heather learned painful new chords for this tune , I’m very grateful to her for so much , but also doing all the heavy lifting learning this song!
Heather Rose in Clover is her current band, with her wife on bass she is living the dream ❤️

Blue- with Heather Rose

PRECIPICE (by Lazerbeak)

Merry Krampus

The Cherry Tree Carol , requested by my good friend & patron member Jacob H is number 9 of my 12 Covers for Christmas.

I learned this song by listening to Shirley Collins's version, but my friends Arborea also did a very nice moody version , worth checking out.
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I will be singing this song live online this Saturday at my friend Jacob's holiday twitch live stream, and there's a very good chance I will ugly cry because this song really destroys me  ❤️❤️ it took me several times to get through it for this version!
A very beautiful song filled with the Holy Spirit.

The Cherry Tree Carol

One of my favorite traditions for Halloween is to watch  Over the Garden Wall 🎃

It's super charming and sweet, with just the right amount of creepy. My favorite song is this one so I wanted to sing it for you !

Allysen Callery's Album

The Highway Man ( Over the Garden Wall)

I started writing this song the day after the election, and finished writing it about a week later. The lyrics are:

I want to shout out that everyone matters
But why would anyone even care?
I want to deny that the system is rigged,
But I haven't ever seen it ever be fair.
I want to say something deep and insightful
But I can't think of just what to say.
I want to stand up for immediate action,
But I know I won't get to it today.

I want to say that you can tell me your secrets.
But why should you give me your trust?
I want to say I have hope for the future,
But now all that hope's turned to dust.
I want to say that I'm working to get better,
Maybe someday I might even try.
I want to say that I'll always be there,
But I know that you know that's a lie.

I don't know if there's anything I could say to you,
That would make you forgive me again.
I guess all I can say is I miss what we had.
I miss having you as a friend.

I Want To Say

This was written and recorded in 2005 for the Interrobang Cartel online musical collaborative, and remastered in 2015 by Machines with Magnets. It is one of a vanishingly small number of attempts at a spoken word song and was vaguely inspired by the Brooklyn Funk Essentials. It is, naturally, recorded in the key of B flat. 

There's also a radio safe version of this song called 'Swat The Bees' which will be on my album 'Cabin Fever', which should be out in a couple of weeks.

Recording this taught me that, given the opportunity, I will pretty much want to always use a cowbell in a song, so I pretty much gave up using that instrument after that, for my own good.

I think the whistled solo is pretty good.

F*** The Bees

This Rhode Island-based singer/songwriter keeps audiences entertained, be it at an intimate coffee shop or a 200-seat venue. His eclectic original songs cover topics ranging from robots to knitting to substance abuse to kittens and resulted in him getting nominated for best singer/songwriter in 2010 in the Providence Phoenix.


I Want To Say

Jacob Haller

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