I wrote this song after an in-depth conversation with my mother who spent years searching for her mother.  It's in 7/8; perhaps reflecting the irregularity of relationships.

Bouzouki, harp, bass and drum programming, mixed and premastered by Dónal Lunny
Mastered by Ivan O'Shea
Editing/Vocals/BV/guitar/photo of my mum by SuZanne

(Because you asked Jeff.  When my Ma met her mother she commented on the colour of her eyes and said, "They're brilliant blue..." and it's the way she said it and looked that stuck in my mind)

Brilliant Blue
Her eyes are brilliant blue, mine are brown
I take after my father, they say he was a farmer
My mother's at the window as I say goodbye
I've only just met her, she is 84 0r 85

Refrain: Brilliant blue eyes, greet my brown
I've waited all my life, for this

2lb 4oz wrapped in cotton wool, placed in a cardboard shoebox
given to nuns in Bloom Street
Manchester in 1940, I was one of many a child and mother
sent from Catholic Ireland

Refrain      Lahlahlahs

Sixty-two years since we met, mother
I just wanted to see you one time, if you want me too
Your eyes are brilliant blue, mine are brown
as I leave the white-haired woman
It was dead of winter I was found

Lahlahlahs   Refrain

Brillinat Blue Master         

Brilliant Blue feat: Dónal Lunny

Written, Arranged, Produced & Engineered by Mike Luv

ML- Semi-Generative Patching in VCV Rack

Urgency

This one is from my dear friend Ken Karasek.
Great guy with a great personality. 

The Station

Composer: Jacob Van Eyck (1590-1657)

Recorder arrangement: Sarah Jeffery (from her book: My favourite melodies)

Bastacho: Soprano recorder solo + fx.

Enjoy!

Artwork from Pinterest:
https://pin.it/2DJG5G7

Echoes  (Doen Daphne)

Here's the latest collaboration with 
Joerxworx: https://soundcloud.com/joerxworx
Please Enjoy and leave a comment...
He added his amazingly spirited Sax to this composition. Thank you Jorg, your addition is nothing less than greatness.

Some information about this track processing: it was processed with “ The Pulsar Echorec” VST, so it should sound more analog. the Echorec disk involving magnetic saturation and hysteresis…I wanted a warped warm sound so there will be areas on the track where there are dropouts coloring and artifacts. I love the way it adds grit musically. It’s basically an old fashion tape machine. In other word, it dirties up the track, and adds saturation and character…I love it!
I’m not paid or endorsed by Pulsar.

The Same Circle By Lou Osiavo-Joerxworx Sax Remix

kevin wrote your best work

A little something from the archives. Hope you all enjoy

Doorways 

You Will Kill

A simple open tuning acoustic guitar improvisation, the kind of music I play when I'm just lounging around the house. This time I'm playing the Epiphone Masterbilt AJ-500R (in the photo).

It's in a Nick Drake modal open C [CGCFCE] capo'd III, so that it sounds in Eb.  Enjoy!


Hemlock Cliffs

2023 - For the past few months I've been working with Public Resource, a California based non-profit to release an extensive collection of older music for free use. In addition to audio, we'll be releasing the music as MIDI and musicxml. Last week we started posting a new featured piece every week on the Public Resource Soundcloud page (@PublicResource). Follow there, or look for frequent reposts here. It'll include classical music, pop music before 1927, ragtime, folk songs, and more. The main collection will be at the Internet Archive, and will be called the "Internet Jukebox". I'll post more about it as it grows.

Hemlock Cliffs

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