joseph and folks

A Tribute Song to Lou Reed

Written by Joseph Arthur

Happy Birthday Lou

2013-11-09 
Gleis22 , Münster - Germany
with Rene Lopez (bass and backing vocals) & Bill Dobrow (drums)

King of Cleveland
Still Life Honey Rose
The Ballad of Boogie Christ
Saint of Impossible Causes
I Used to Know How to Walk on Water
Black Flowers
I Miss the Zoo
A Smile That Explodes
Chicago
In the Sun
Travel as Equals
Blue Lights in the Rear View
I Am the Witness
Honey and the Moon
Black Lexus
Akron Skies
It's OK to be Young/Gone
Currency of Love 

King of Cleveland

Still Life Honey Rose

The Ballad of Boogie Christ

Saint of Impossible Causes

I Used to Know How to Walk on Water

Black Flowers

Travel as Equals

Honey and the Moon

Black Lexus

2013-12-05

Sellersville Theatre, Sellersville, PA - USA 
with Mike Mills (bass and backing vocals) & Bill Dobrow (drums)

Recorded by Patrick Higgins and Brian Svedberg on 'The Ballad of Boogie Christ' USA Tour 
Tour Manager - Patrick Higgins

Still Life Honey Rose 
The Ballad Of Boogie Christ 
Saint Of Impossible Causes 
I Used To Know How To Walk On Water 
Black Flowers 
Akron Skies 
Donnamomma's Birthday 
I Am The Witness 
Invisible Hands 
I Miss The Zoo 
(Don't Go Back To) Rockville (REM) 
Blue Lights In The Rear View 
It's Ok To Be Young/Gone 
Currency Of Love

Joseph Arthur And the New Professionals Live At The Sellersville Theater 12/05/13

‘Nothing to Talk About’
by Joseph Arthur

Episode 3 with Joan as Police Woman

Recorded by Joseph Arthur
Edited by Merritt Jacob

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Signed to Peter Gabriel’s record label in 1997, Joseph Arthur is a singer, songwriter, poet, and artist from Akron, OH. He has toured the world with shows filled with a mixture of live painting, music, and spoken word poetry. Joseph has released over 20 albums, ranging from solo records to collaborations with Dhani Harrison and Ben Harper of Fistful of Mercy, and RNDM with Pearl Jam’s Jeff Ament. He has collaborated with Peter Gabriel, Brian Eno, Michael Stipe and Coldplay, to name but a few. His latest releases are The Ballad of Boogie Christ Acts 1 & 2, part of a planned trilogy, and his new book, I Miss the Zoo and Other Poetry Selections (EM Press). 

"A ‘triple threat’ artist since the mid-'90s, bridging music, poetry and painting with prolific creativity and unyielding inventiveness." - NPR


Nothing to Talk About :: ep. #3 Joan As Police Woman

‘Nothing to Talk About’
by Joseph Arthur

Episode 4 with Willie Nile

Recorded by Joseph Arthur
Edited by Merritt Jacob

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Signed to Peter Gabriel’s record label in 1997, Joseph Arthur is a singer, songwriter, poet, and artist from Akron, OH. He has toured the world with shows filled with a mixture of live painting, music, and spoken word poetry. Joseph has released over 20 albums, ranging from solo records to collaborations with Dhani Harrison and Ben Harper of Fistful of Mercy, and RNDM with Pearl Jam’s Jeff Ament. He has collaborated with Peter Gabriel, Brian Eno, Michael Stipe and Coldplay, to name but a few. His latest releases are The Ballad of Boogie Christ Acts 1 & 2, part of a planned trilogy, and his new book, I Miss the Zoo and Other Poetry Selections (EM Press).

"A ‘triple threat’ artist since the mid-'90s, bridging music, poetry and painting with prolific creativity and unyielding inventiveness." - NPR

Nothing to Talk About :: ep. #4 Willie Nile

‘Nothing to Talk About’
by Joseph Arthur

Episode 6 with Chuck Prophet

Recorded by Joseph Arthur
Edited by Merritt Jacob

IF YOU LIKE THIS PODCAST AND CARE TO CONTRIBUTE TO ITS FUNDING SO WE CAN DO MORE, PLEASE MAKE A DONATION.

www.josepharthur.com/podcasts/

Signed to Peter Gabriel’s record label in 1997, Joseph Arthur is a singer, songwriter, poet, and artist from Akron, OH. He has toured the world with shows filled with a mixture of live painting, music, and spoken word poetry. Joseph has released over 20 albums, ranging from solo records to collaborations with Dhani Harrison and Ben Harper of Fistful of Mercy, and RNDM with Pearl Jam’s Jeff Ament. He has collaborated with Peter Gabriel, Brian Eno, Michael Stipe and Coldplay, to name but a few. His latest releases are The Ballad of Boogie Christ Acts 1 & 2, part of a planned trilogy, and his new book, I Miss the Zoo and Other Poetry Selections (EM Press).

"A ‘triple threat’ artist since the mid-'90s, bridging music, poetry and painting with prolific creativity and unyielding inventiveness." - NPR

Nothing to Talk About :: ep. #6 feat. Chuck Prophet

http://www.antimusic.com/reviews/12/Joseph_Arthur_-_Redemption_City.shtml#.U7SiWRYszRo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geh-vKRpLpE

SURRENDER TO THE STORM

View the video here: http://youtu.be/MBCEL2Bj9n0

Words and Music by Joseph Arthur 
August 12th, 2014

You started out on Ork
A cosmic jet fueled dork
And I would love it when you 
Visited us on happy days
Only you could know
The witness of your show
A brain made up of sadness
And electric rays
Good morning Vietnam
Must've been your truest song
For in you was a war you'd always wage
The hunting of good will
The laughs would never fill
Your hunger for the dream
To turn the page

Oh Robin you flew
And now robin you fly
To places we can't see or yet conceive 
The joy that you gave
We know now was brave
To be free and yet 
remain still a slave

The fisher king was you
Those of us never knew
That your demons hadn't yet been tamed
You hid in the storm
Of laughter so warm
Hard to see that the source
Was still maimed 
Awakenings will come
But the sadness goes on
And age will come down on us all
The dead poets you loved
Wrote of it as they shoved
Light into the darkness of the fall

Oh Robin you flew
And now robin you fly
To places we can't see or yet conceive 
The joy that you gave
We know now was brave
To be free and yet remain 
still a slave

Robin (A Tribute to Robin Williams 1951-2014)

Words and Music by Joseph Arthur

Where Is Our Freedom

The cops in Missouri
Are in a fury
They shot a teenager
Who wasn't  breaking the law
Dressed like the army
Someone better warn me
Waging a war
On the streets of America

Where is our freedom
Who can we trust
When the police
We pay for protection
Are turning their guns
Back on us
Where is our freedom
Who's protecting the law
When the cops are the thugs
We need to escape from
When the night falls

The people all riot
Cops come in droves
Shooting gas at our own
While wearing military clothes
Reporters arrested
For reporting the truth
Big brother is hiding
And destroying the proof

Where is our freedom
Who can we trust
When the police
We pay for protection
Are turning their guns
Back on us
Where is our freedom
Who's protecting the law
When the cops are the thugs
We need to escape from
When the night falls

In America

Where Is Our Freedom

01 TRAVEL AS EQUALS

Wake Up (namaste third eye)


Made by Joseph Arthur
All Songs by Joseph Arthur
Done at Rebel Country, Brooklyn New York
Mastered by Gavin Lurssen 

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