Butterfly (Acoustic)

Laidu-Rokia Traore

An intimate ritual ballad about love, caretaking, and release—paper birds as memory vessels. Fingerpicked guitar, felted piano, subtle strings, and a chantable vow: “I keep folding you back into the world.”

Paper Birds

This isn’t a song built for radio.
It’s not dressed up to impress.
It doesn’t try to “win” an argument or pick a side.

These are just the words I grew up with.
The way respect sounded in a kitchen.
The way disagreement felt when it didn’t break anything.
The way family, neighbors, and country used to overlap.

My parents didn’t wear party colors when they raised us.
They didn’t need to “own” anybody.
We could disagree and still share the same table.
We could listen.
We could laugh.
We could stay human.

Somewhere along the way, we forgot how to do that.

This song is just my way of remembering 
and maybe reminding someone else who remembers too.

It isn’t perfect.
It doesn’t always rhyme.
But it’s my truth.
And maybe it’s yours too.

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[Verse 1]
One thing I remember clearly from childhood:
My parents never wore their “colors” they raised us good

Looking back, Dad probably was Republican.
Mom had her own mind thoughtful, respectful, 
Kept the family shoulder to shoulder at one table.

But they didn’t raise us in tribes.
They raised us in discipline and love.
You ate what was on your plate.
You showed respect.
You didn’t have to agree 
but you didn’t get to disrespect either.

[Chorus]
We don’t have to match to matter.
We don’t have to think the same to belong.
Pull up a chair, the table’s still open.
We’ve been family all along.

[Verse 2 ]
They didn’t call people names for thinking differently.
They didn’t need to win every argument.
They didn’t need to “own” anyone.

We could disagree and still sit at the same table.
Still laugh in the same kitchen.
Still love each other by the time the lights went out.

[Chorus ]
We don’t have to match to matter.
We don’t have to think the same to belong.
Pull up a chair, the table’s still open.
We’ve been family all along.

[Verse 3]
Somewhere along the line, we lost that.
We turned differences into teams.
We turned opinions into identities.
We started treating each other like opponents, not neighbors.

And that’s not how I was raised.
And it’s not how we have to live.

Respect doesn’t mean we agree.
Respect means we remember the human in front of us.

I believe we can get back to that 
because I’ve seen it.
I grew up in it.

[Final Chorus]
We don’t have to match to matter.
We don’t have to think the same to belong.
Pull up a chair, the table’s still open.
We’ve been family all along.

[Outro - gentle guitar fade]

One Family, One Country, One Table

Internationally-acclaimed for his Western interpretations of northern India's classical music, Stevin McNamara offers you this entrancing journey called Prana Groove. His signature acoustic stylings flow freely on a current of meditative percussion. A great addition to your yoga or bodywork playlist!

Prana = the Sanskrit word for basic primal vital energy which sustains and energizes the body. It moves through the breath.
Groove = rhythmic patterns which motivate the body to move.

The melodic element of Prana Groove is based on Rag Malkauns – a profound raga which is to be played late at night (usually midnight) – based on a pentatonic (5 note) scale. The large intervals between the notes create an intense emotional effect on the listener.

The tempo is 108 beats per minute, chosen for it's sacred Sanskrit value and effect. There are 108 different yet interwoven musical phrases presented throughout the piece.

"I created this music as an adventure into the realm of energy and movement," Stevin McNamara explains. "I used the ancient musical form of raga coupled with pulse and drum patterns found in trance and other traditions, such as Sufi Dervish ecstatic dance. I offer it as a celebration of life, of our connection to the earth and all living beings."

Prana Groove

Dance of the Midnight Moon

Obiero, by Ayub Ogada

This is not only the Mind-Quieting tune, but the Soul-Melting as well.... Get the entire CD - just click buy from Amazon tab

Gnossienne 3 from Music To Quiet The Mind (E. Tolle compilation)

Discover more about 'Gifted' Voices' (Out 11th Nov) - http://realworldrecords.com/gold/3/?id=121

This album brings together eight extraordinary women singers from around the globe to celebrate and explore the themes of woman's experience - from the contemporary day-to-day to that of the all-powerful goddess.

Women of the World - Baro (Real World Gold)

Album: Far&Near (feat. Vladiswar Nadishana, Armin Metz & Steve Shehan)
2011

Nadishana Trio - Vita Brevis Ars Longa

This was our Burning Man 2019 soundtrack.  We performed it at sunsets and saw love unfold deeply, time and time again, so I named it "Love Song".

Thank you all for lending us your ears, hearts, and souls.

Art: Michael Benisty

Love Song

LOVE SONG

An improv loop from the Tanuki Lounge sessions with Paulie B that ended up on the album 'Sound Sketches Vol. 2' available via:
www.shannonsolcarroll.bandcamp.com

Obiero, by Ayub Ogada

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