Inspired by the poem of Rabindranath Tagore, this opening track acts as an invitation, a quiet message to set the right mindset for the journey ahead.

Rabindranath Tagore, Gitanjali 35:
Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high;
Where knowledge is free;
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls;
Where words come out from the depth of truth;
Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection;
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way into the dreary desert sand of dead habit;
Where the mind is led forward by thee into ever-widening thought and action
Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.

Before It Was Light

Gitanjali 35

Bandcamp

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Neon Depths Return #646

Mystical Dreams

Pink Martini’s fourth studio album – Splendor In The Grass – encapsulates the band’s history and spirit of global collaboration and inclusivity. Comprised of nine original songs and four covers (with songs in English, Neapolitan, Italian, French and Spanish), Splendor In The Grass was recorded in the band’s hometown of Portland, Oregon and produced by bandleader/pianist Thomas Lauderdale and longtime collaborator and muse Alex Marashian—a college cohort of Lauderdale and vocalist China Forbes.

1. Ninna nanna
2. Ohayoo Ohio
3. Splendor in the Grass
4. Oú est ma tête?
5. And Then You’re Gone
6. But Now I’m Back
7. Sunday Table
8. Over the Valley
9. Tuca tuca
10. Bitty Boppy Betty
11. Sing
12. Piensa en mi
13. New Amsterdam
14. Ninna nanna (reprise)


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On Top Of The Clouds

A Trip With The Stars

This is Barrios' Villancico de Navidad (Christmas Carol). It took many takes before I could get the recording down.

On Top Of The Clouds

P Pearson