Here are some of our new tracks for your listening pleasure!

Evening Rise 1.11.16

My loop pedal version of a Bernice Reagan Johnson (Sweet Honey and the Rock) protest song that she wrote for Ella Baker.

Ella's Song Live At Ashkenaz

A beautiful combination of clawhammer banjo, haunting harmonies, and fiddle lines, this song is in dedication to all genders of the world learning to heal our collective culture by keeping women safe. Featuring environmental activist, Buddhist scholar, and Rilke translator Joanna Macy. 
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Keep Her Safe (feat. Joanna Macy)

Lydia Violet's debut album, "Already Free," inspired by traditions of roots, folk, and protest music. 

Lullaby

Freight Train

Sanctuary

Black As Night

Free Our Fathers

Claim My Limbs

Freedom

Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me 'Round

Keep Her Safe

Sing To The Mountain

Walk With My Love

Walk Out Walk On

A song that I wrote for my mama, after midwifing her into her passing 3 years ago. An invigorating blend of blues and stomp clap with keys, fiddle, harmonica, bass, and percussion, this song celebrates the mysteries of returning to Earth. 

Lydia Violet's version of the Persian/Armenian lullaby, "Gol Leili," melody written by Iranian treasured vocalist Mahsa Vahdat. 

Translation:
"Your lips smile pomegranate seed by seed
Bring on the scale beam, your lips are of a different breed
The grace of a lotus
a dove's feather
Thinner than the petal of a flower
The hope of a mother
The flower that is Leili
The being that is Leili
The flower that is Leili
The being that is Leili"

Recorded and engineered by Michael Lepiere

Gol Leili

Written while on the "Salish Sea Revival Tour" in 2017.

written by: Lydia Violet
vocals & violin: Lydia Violet
guitar & vocals: Julie Indelicato
stand up bass & vocals: Melissa Leigh
Cajon & percussion: Kele Nitoto

Recorded and engineered by George S. Rosenthal @ The ComplexSF in San Francisco 
Mastered by Piper Payne

Revival

This song is my anthem for healing in the diaspora. An expression of being an Armenian-American fiddler searching for connection to my ancestry, through studying myths and stories from Armenian culture. Combined with a vision for #fiddletronica, in collaboration with eO, I am so excited for this song!

Singing Over The Bones (feat.eO)

Lydia is deeply inspired by inspired by folk, blues, and protest traditions. She also plays with singer/songwriter Ayla Nereo, west coast electronic music group Wildlight (a collaboration between The Polish Ambassador & Ayla Nereo), and gospel blues group Reverend Sekou and the Holy Ghost. She uses her stunning violin sounds and soulful voice to bring her listeners into deep communion with the beauty of our world. Lydia’s musical inspiration arises from her experience in ecological and social justice activism, participating in the great work of restoring peace and dignity to our world. In the past year she has performed alongside Ayla Nereo, the Polish Ambassador, Wildlight, Rising Appalachia, MaMuse, Elephant Revival, Joanna Macy, HAANA, and several others. From electronic funk and Tennessee bluegrass, to old-fashioned blues and classical, Lydia delights in sharing the medicinal power of music.


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