A traditional song with words adapted by Eli Dworkin.
Performed by Brooke La Ruche on tenor banjo and vocals. 
Accompaniment with Simon Fonteyn and Nils on gypsy jazz guitar.
Performed at a secret forest party in Leuven, Belgium.

Full version can be heard at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aSHaISCcuc


"It rains, it pours. It rains so hard, it rains so hard all day.
That all the boys in our school, went outside to play.
They tossed a ball again so high, then again so low.
They tossed into a flower garden, where no one was allowed to go.
Out stepped this gypsy lady, all dressed in yellow and green.
Come in, come in my pretty little boy, and get your ball from me.

And the children our dancing, but they don't know why
And the grasshopper is soaring, never knew how to fly
And we all may be roaring, but we don't know how to die
And it certainly wouldn't hurt to try.

At first she showed him an appleseed, then a gold ring
Then she showed him a diamond and that enticed him in.
She took him by his lilly white hands, she led him down the hall.
She took him to an upper room, where no one could hear him call."

Fatal Flower Garden

Demo of "The Levee Song" written by Brooke LaRuche. 
January 2016

Levee Song

"Borderline" An original composition written by Brooke LaRuche.

Borderline

"Dreaming Is Vain" written by Brooke LaRuche.

Dreaming Is Vain

O, what a noble mind is here o'erthrown!
The courtier's, soldier's, scholar's, eye, tongue, sword;
The expectancy and rose of the fair state,
The glass of fashion and the mould of form,
The observed of all observers, quite, quite down!
And I, of ladies most deject and wretched,
That suck'd the honey of his music vows,
Now see that noble and most sovereign reason,
Like sweet bells jangled, out of tune and harsh;
That unmatch'd form and feature of blown youth
Blasted with ecstasy: O, woe is me,
To have seen what I have seen, see what I see!



OPHELIA'S RUE

Original song written by Brooke La Ruche. 

Brooke La Ruche- Tenor guitar & vocals
Salvatore Geloso- Guitar & vocals
Aaron Goldsmith- Guitarrón

Buffalo Song

Mystics

A sacred love song, for the eternal wanderers. 

Written and  Performed by Brooke La Ruche
Vocal accompaniment with Salvatore Geloso.
Bass accompaniment with Aaron Goldsmith.

Recorded at the House of Yes. Brooklyn, NY
Mastered by Aaron Goldsmith.



Through your eyes

A composition written for the summer hues and icy blues of the Olympic Peninsula. 
With wild emphasis on migration of birds and the evolution of beasts.
An environment ordained by the tide's rise and fall. 
The moon's call. 

Brooke Ruche - Tenor Guitar. Vocals

Salvatore Geloso (Up Up We Go) - Guitar. Vocals

Taylor Smith (Up Up We Go) - Banjo. Stand-up Bass

Recorded @ Gay Gardens in Boston Massachusettes. September 2011
eight trac wanderlust.


Original Poem.
Seattle. September 2008.

It was something in the air,
the sea brought us here with the stinging of salt water entering pores.
An aching came upon, stricken with the night.
"Your home," they screamed, "lead us there!"

Confined to wheels, and to smoke,  
streamed a whirlwind of unconscious knowing.
To hold back this rush of love,
to not reveal this parallous flight.

It confines you to me and me to the world
Sit quiet above a fire pit that glows red in the eyes.
Let the waves wash 
every ounce of alcohol into the pit of filtering sand and stone

Voices speaking voices.

Stumble up the cliff to find you, to leave me.
All poured out, frantic sickness leaves the body.
Do not see the glowing eyes of a beast 
staring at the rising chest.

The voices keep on voicing. Losses keep lossing.
The heart sits still, as dawn approaches, 
Hear the subtle beating of the new day 
creep in solemnly.

...it was something in the air

Sitting high up in the trees. Daylight fading behind the limbs. The sky ignites and becomes the colour of passion. in that moment.. where do you find yourself?

Recorded (analog) at Gay Gardens. Boston. September 2011.

Brooke La Ruche on tenor guitar.
Taylor Smith on stand up bass.
kia Ochun on banjo.

RED SUN

A game of follow the leader, where will they take you, down a path you want to go?

Recorded at Gay Gardens in Boston, MA September 2011

Brooke Ruche on tenor guitar and vocals.

Salvatore Geloso on guitar and vocals.

Taylor Smith on stand up bass, banjo and glockenspiel. 

FOLLOW THE LEADER

A tinny musical revealing of a journey from the depths of the belly of the beast to fresh water freedom. Brooke La Ruche on tenor banjo and Bradley Bailey on guitar. September 2012. 

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