“Bloom where you are planted, be the gladdest thing under the Sun!

OneKind- Bloom

The idea behind 'Ancestry' was to explore the stories from my family history, including my great, great grandfather: a black minister who married a white woman in Jamaica in 1880;  his son, the conservator of forestry on the island, who planted the trees that are now under threat from the extreme weather and flooding of the climate crisis; and the living and future children in our family, all framing the expression of themes of climate justice, dual heritage identity and generational healing.
 
The album was funded by Arts Council England and the MOBO fund of Help Musicians UK. I worked with producer Doug Cave, whose music features regularly on BBC Radio 1, BBC 6 Music, Worldwide FM and has frequent rotation on Spotify's jazz/leftfield Playlists, as well as some of Bristol's finest new wave jazz musicians from Snazzback, No Go Stop and Cousin Kula. 

The sound was inspired by classic artists like Marvin Gaye, Carole King and Minnie Riperton as well as Robert Glasper-esque RnB and jazz, and contemporary artists like of Cleo Sol, Sault, Michael Kiwanuka and Jordan Rakei, as well as spoken word of Arlo Parks and Kae Tempest.

Like Family

again

This song was written and produced in one day.

Speak up, turn the radio down
Now we're just talking
We're just talking

I can't hear little voices now
No, it's just yours and mine alone
And it feels like home

Now I've been crying in public
When I hear that song
And I don't even know it
But it sounds like all my feelings for you
And something I never knew

Feels like I could be enough

Get lost in the middle of thoughts
'Cause it feels so heavy
To be this steady 

Stay up til the moon fucks off
And when it's over
We'll be closer

Now I've been crying in public
When I hear that song
And I don't even know it
But it sounds like all my feelings for you
And something I never knew

Feels like I could be enough
(Feels like I could be in love)

Naked in the moonlight
Dancing with the red wine
It was almost heaven
Looking into your eyes
Knowing for the first time
I was not alone

Crying In Public (Demo)

First track of the forthcoming vinyl release of Sun Dial's brand new album!
Limited to 300 (!!) copies on black 180 gr. recycling vinyl made in Germany! CD out too, also limited to 300 copies!
Out September 22, 2023.

messages from the mothership

SUN DIAL - Echoes All Around

Maze Path

BB 58 The Final Frontier, hosted by @celaenooo
Theme: The Final Frontier / Genre: any

BB submissions start: September 1
BB submissions end: September 10
Voting: September 11-13

discord.com/channels/1075579383…1147155280786890824

BB 58 The Final Frontier

Samhain

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Feng Gong: Leonor Viseu

Photo of Mariana taken by Leonor in Spain/Portugal.
Foto de Mariana tirada por Leonor em Espanha/Portugal.

Zaphir, soprano voice, recording & editing / Zaphir, voz soprano, gravação e edição: Mariana Alves Soprano.
21/09/2023.

The Goddess Temple / O Templo da Deusa
30/03/2024, Portugal.

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forevermore..featuring some music from an album of the year for the cosmic brother/sisterhood..keep the faith..

Eternal Light

My Cover of Nine Inch Nails Heresy. Hope you dig my take on it... Lots of love and respect to Trent and the boys!

Cryptocaine - Heresy (NIN Cover)

Mariana é poliglota, escritora, fotógrafa, compositora, pianista, actriz, professora de canto, cantora e Mestre Terapeuta de Reiki / Medicinas Holísticas.

Mariana is a polyglot, writer, photographer, composer, pianist, actress, Voice Teacher, Singer and a Reiki Master Therapist/Holistic Healer.

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Mariana Alves Soprano

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