There is no one like Aireene Espiritu. No one writes and sings as she does. I could relate to this song. I think we all can. These are vulnerable times. I have played everyinstrument and sung, engineered and produced this version in tribute to Aireene. Please buy her albums. She is a master.

BOOM AND BUST INSTR OPENAIREEN

LOVE VOODOO

HEAT ON HOLD

Janine Nichols - vocal, Tibetan prayer bowl
John Kruth - banjo

The New Fangled Banner

A gorgeous song I just had to cover. Happy Birthday, Fernando!

FILL MY SKY by Fernando Perdomo covered by Fjaere

I'm the one who's coming home with you. Says it all.  This was fun to cover.

I'M THE ONE WILL HAWKINS_1

Witches' Czardas

Lyrics by John Kruth, Music by Sigmund Snopek III

Shaman's Fiddle

Bill Funt: Lead and backing vocals
Allen Funt: Spoken interlude
Larry Cox: Piano, drums, guitar, bass
Tim King: Producer

Monster Mash

From the album, "Wisconsinsane" by Sigmund Snopek III

WisconsInsane

Call Me In Wisconsin

A story song  learning about life as ye go.

The Rondor-Universal Sessions

01-You Can't Go Back

She is not one of us. she is a zombie grrl and she is coming after you

Zombie Grrl

   John Kruth
A musician with ten solo albums to his credit, John leads the nine piece New York based world/jazz ensemble TriBeCaStan (check them out at www.tribecastan.tv). A multi-instrumentaist, (Kruth plays a variety of stringed instruments including guitar, mandolin, banjo and sitar as well as flute and harmonica) John has performed and recorded with a wide diversity of artists from Ornette Coleman, Allen Ginsberg and Sam Shepherd, to Laurie Anderson, John Cale, the Master Musicians of Jajouka, the Violent Femmes, Garth Hudson and Rick Danko (of the Band) and has worked with producers Joel Dorn and Hal Willner. A professor of music, Kruth is currently teaching at Mount Saint Vincent. Kruth’s writing has appeared in the New York Times, Rolling Stone, The Progressive, Wire, Wax Poetics and Sing Out! among others. His books include the recently published Rhapsody In Black: The Life & Music of Roy Orbison (Hal Leonard/BackBeat Books - 2013), To Live’s To Fly: The Ballad of the Late, Great Townes Van Zandt, published by Da Capo Press in 2007 (winner of the 2008 ASCAP Deems- Taylor Award) as well as his first biography Bright Moments – The Life and Legacy of Rahsaan Roland Kirk published by Welcome Rain in 2000, (and subsequently translated into French and Japanese). He divides his time between New York City and Split, Croatia.



The New Fangled Banner

John Kruth

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