Upbeat, Motown-inspired Hanukkah song featuring soulful vocals, horns, doo-wop background vocals, and a live band rhythm section. 

Music and Lyrics by Layla Frankel and Joel Frankel 
Motor & Mind Music ASCAP and Chief Earth Music ASCAP
2021

Produced by Wilson Harwood at Elevated Music
Lead, background vocals, vocal arrangement: Layla Frankel
Keys: Alex DeVor
Bass: Nicholas Wells
Drums: Junior Padilla

Hanukkah Honey

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Blues Run The Game (Jackson C. Frank)

additional production by @prodbylilhouse

Vocals by @wowtashawow

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On My Mind ft. TASHA

b forrest - guitar and vocals
jake dylan hawrylak - upright bass
molly rife - cello

recorded live and mixed by noam wallenberg at rax trax recording

Lyrics:

you thought you’d had 
all you’d need
but when she left
you couldn’t leave

now without her
by your side 
you can’t hide 
from yourself

even with fame or wealth
you can’t sing your way out of hell

so go seek again what you sought
way back when - many moons ago

don’t give a second thought
of how it goes, you never know - you never know

the soul can’t be bought
yeah the truth can’t be taught
cause in your bones
it’s known

your on your own
you and you alone
the open road
now go

dreams and waking life elide
which way to go?
you can’t decide 
you stumble
but you’re still standing

the city yeah she calls your name
but the country air keeps you sane
you try to find a reason
but there’s no explaining

even when you think that you won’t
it’s not a matter of do or don’t 
there’s no choice
but to forge ahead

on your your own
you and you alone

you’ve all you need...
you got me

© ℗ 2017 BRENDAN FORREST. All rights reserved.

on your own

MOANINN

"Hurricane Love"

Original single by Nashville-based indie artists Layla Frankel and Alex DeVor.  

Music and lyrics by Layla Frankel and Alex DeVor

Feat:
Vocals - Layla Frankel, Alec DeVor
Keys/ Organ - Alex DeVor
Guitar - Adam Mcphail
Bass - Nicholas Wells
Drums - Joe Morin
Horns - David Williford, Kyle Gunlefinger
Horn arrangement - David Williford

Lady, go on and leave if you want to.
If you need some time to yourself,
I’d rather be put out than up on the shelf.
Oh, lady, go one and leave if you have to,
Don’t be kept up all night wasting your time on this hurricane love, Hurricane love, hurricane love
Looking back on the first time that I met you, you filled up my cup with your whole lives plan. But everything changes with time, love.
Were we sipping on vinegar or wine, love? Whichever it was got me too drunk to stand.
Oh, lady, go on and leave if you want to.
If you need some time to yourself,
I’d rather be put out than up on the shelf.
Oh, lady, go one and leave if you have to.
Don’t be kept up all night wasting your time on this hurricane love, hurricane love, hurricane love
One day, I know, we’ll find shelter in another’s arms, but I’m still caught under your storm,
And when it rains it pours.
Honey, I don’t want to dwell on our yesterdays, Gotta move ahead when the time is right
So go on and be brave, love.
I’m grateful for all that you gave, love.
You can’t go on coloring your future in black and white.
Oh, lady, go on and leave if you want to.
If you need some time to yourself,
I’d rather be put out than up on the shelf.
Oh, lady, go one and leave if you have to.
Don’t be kept up all night wasting your time on this hurricane love, Hurricane love, hurricane love,
Hurricane love, hurricane love.

Production and mixing by Alex DeVor
Audio Engineering by Mat Poole at the Amber Sound in Nashville, TN

Hurricane Love

Layla Frankel doesn’t fit in a box.
			
When she moved to Nashville she tried. She sought out musical standing in the neatly defined singer-songwriter scene and the cliques of wannabe country stars. But she was too bluesy for the country artists. Too poppy for folk. And she had more soul on stage than most Nashville audiences had seen before.

Raised in a musical family in Chicago, Layla began performing on stage when she was just four years old. Her involvement in the internationally acclaimed Chicago Children’s Choir gave her a foundation in music theory that she still draws on today. The city itself gave her a soundtrack of hip-hop, R&B, and Latin beats. Even her favorite rock station played folk, pop, and blues. That accessibility to so many genres shaped her outlook on what music should be: unbound by labels, and free to experiment with form, sound and musicality.

Over the years, Layla’s music has developed into a form all of its own, with a genre that might be best described as “Soulcana.” It integrates the vocal style of Bonnie Rait and the sophisticated pop sound of Sheryl Crow. It pays homage to the cryptic, poetic lyricism of Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan. Most notably, it plays with melodies and unexpected chord structures, learned from studying jazz, and showcases her stunning vocal power and agility.  Every song is written with intentional artistry and the mission to tell a story that fans can relate to on some level. From activist-fueled folk song “TLC,” to retro-soul slow jam “Without Suffering,” to a ballad serenading her inner muse, “Josephine, Layla delivers dynamic, genre-bending songs that push the envelope of the traditional love song. 

Layla’s R&B single, “You Can’t Love Me Like I Loved You,” was a finalist in both the 2020 John Lennon Songwriting Contest, and The Great American Song Contest, and “Josephine” was a semi-finalist in the Music City Song Star songwriting contest.

Her latest single, Motown-inspired holiday pop song, “Hanukkah Honey,” is set for release in November 2023.

Hanukkah Honey

Layla Frankel

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