Wow, Mark! I love your voice and your guitar so much. Miss you. Glad to hear you making magic again.

Just the guitar intro would have got my attention! A lovely song, performance and mix!

Beautiful song, Mark, and a beautiful record to boot!

Itasca
Imitation of War
PoB-073
LP/CD/digital
February 9, 2024

On Imitation of War, songwriter and guitarist Kayla Cohen advances Itasca into rockier terrain, with a suite of smoky nocturnes and uneasy idylls surveying, with refreshing urgency, mythologies and psychologies both classical and personal. Co-produced by Robbie Cody (Wand, Behavior), these ten sturdy set-pieces represent the loosest, leanest, and most smolderingly electric guitar-forward recordings of Cohen’s deepening catalog.

Cohen’s got a voice that glows like the sun at dusk, and plays guitar with a nimble yet intricate touch. – NPR

Simultaneously haunting and heavenly … shimmers with an eternal mystery. – MOJO

Cohen’s most salient talent is evocation—trapping place, weather, and physical presence like a butterfly pinned beneath glass. – Pitchfork

PoB Links
PoB Artist Page: paradiseofbachelors.com/itasca
PoB Album Page: paradiseofbachelors.com/shop/pob-073
Album smart link: lnk.to/PoB73

Itasca Links
Website: www.itascalosangeles.com/
Instagram: www.instagram.com/kayla_itasca/
YouTube: www.youtube.com/@itascamusic
Facebook: www.facebook.com/Itasca/
Twitter: twitter.com/kayla_itasca
Bandcamp: itasca.bandcamp.com/
Spotify: sptfy.com/Itasca

Imitation of War

LP/CD/digital

Itasca: El Dorado

Around the World

J'entends siffler le train

PALLE DI NATALE

IL TUO STUPORE

Janela - Delilah

A cover of The House Carpenter, a traditional folk song

House Carpenter

Calm The Waters

Lyrics:

Out of town but my thoughts are the same
I try to stop it but it’s stuck to my brain
Try to keep it from eating away
But I can’t seem to catch a break

You stayed home
For fear of change
I moved on
But you stayed the same
Sometimes I wonder who’s to blame
But its not my problem anyways

That’s why
You’re turning 18
Think you got it figured out
But you’re 18
All you know is how
To hate your parents
And want to move out
Leave your room looking worse than if you burned it down

It makes sense
It you think about it
But your 18
And all you think about
Is living inside out
While you’re turning the world upside down

Make a difference
By making your bed
You’re too busy
Thinking up in your head
I try my best
To ignore you instead
But I don’t know how long it will last

Cause you’re turning 18
Think you got it figured out
Well you’re 18
All you know is how
To hate your parents
And want to move out
Leave your room looking worse than if you burned it down

It makes sense
It you think about it
But your 18
And all you think about
Is living inside out
While you’re turning the world upside down

I don’t know you anymore
I don’t know you anymore
I don’t know you anymore
I don’t know you anymore
I don’t know you anymore
I don’t know you anymore
I don’t know you anymore
All I know is that you’re

Barely 18
But think you got it figured out
Well you’re 18
All you know is how
To hate your parents
And want to move out
Leave your room looking worse than if you burned it down

It makes sense
It you think about it
But your 18
And all you think about
Is living inside out
While you’re turning the world upside down

18 (Acoustic)

Waterline

A song I wrote with a great songwriter, Greg Barnhill. Sung by a great singer songwriter, Jim, Collins, I recently rediscovered it.

Every Single Time

LYRICS

V1
Henry is on the aux
And I am on the never-ending drive 
Eagerly pay my taxes 
And pray they all go 
To Highway 295
Cause that’s how I…

CH
Get to, get to you
Get to, get to you
Get to, get to you
Get to, get to you
The entire time
I am on that drive
I am thinking about what I’ll do when I
Get to, get to you
Get to, get to you

V2
Alexi was on your mind
And you’re on mine whenever the season blooms
My buttoned-up ego keeps me at the crash on Highway 422
I would’ve tried to…

BR
It’s the road that never ends
I’m just trying to be a friend
I can’t do it for myself
But for you, I’d ride through hell

Mastered by John Behrens
Artwork by David Altrogge

Get To You

Michael Jackson's Man in the Mirror

I'm gonna make a change
For once in my life
It's gonna feel real good
Gonna make a difference
Gonna make it right

As I, turn up the collar on
My favorite winter coat
This wind is blowing my mind

I see the kids in the streets
With not enough to eat
Who am I to be blind?
Pretending not to see their needs

A summer disregard, a broken bottle top
And a one man soul

They follow each other on the wind ya' know
'Cause they got nowhere to go
That's why I want you to know

I'm starting with the man in the mirror
I'm asking him to change his ways
And no message could have been any clearer
If you want to make the world a better place
Take a look at yourself, and then make a change

Ohhhh yeah 

I've been a victim of a selfish kind of love
It's time that I realize
That there are some with no home, not a nickel to loan
Could it be really me, pretending that they're not alone?

A willow deeply scarred, somebody's broken heart
And a washed-out dream
They follow the pattern of the wind ya' see
'Cause they got no place to be
That's why I'm starting with me

I'm starting with the man in the mirror
I'm asking him to change his ways
And no message could have been any clearer
If you want to make the world a better place
Take a look at yourself, and then make a change

I'm starting with the man in the mirror
I'm asking him to change his ways
And no message could've been any clearer
If you want to make the world a better place
Take a look at yourself and then make that
You gotta get it right, while you got the time
You can't close your, your mind!

I'm starting with the man in the mirror
I'm asking him to change his ways
And no message could have been any clearer
If you want to make the world a better place
Take a look at yourself, and then make a change

Na-na-na, na-na-na

mirror men

Man in the mirror

Professional musician, songwriter, producer now specializing in mixing and mastering.  Details at www.markhallmanmusic.com

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