This is one of my new songs, it's called "Holy Life". Enjoy!

Music & lyrics, all instruments and voices by Rudolf Könen

Holy Life

You see that life is holy
You see how fragile it can be, you feel there is the need to save and protect
To heal what is hurt and to give it back
To open your eyes to the beauty and the grace
To everything there floating through time and space

You see: your life is holy
You see how tender it can be the more that you care
Shaking off the rules that keep you down – they made you feel so small
Shaking off all the barriers you’ve learned, this holy life is giving you a call

O holy, holy life, we’re going to the limits – at the edges we arrive

Holy Life

"Clouds Of Nepal" is written, produced and performed by Rudolf Könen. Thanks to Sitara Schmitz who sings the vocal melody and to Michael Schäfers who plays the double bass.

Clouds Of Nepal

You can have a listen to my very new album HARVEST SUN: here you can find a snippet to each of the ten songs. If you are interested in the full album, please visit my homepage and write me!

01 Prelude
02 Only the sky is the limit
03 Americans
04 Make the pieces fit
05 Welcome to my moon
06 Go!
07 The world outside
08 Sleepless nights
09 Anything like that
10 Twin headed sunflower

All songs (except "Prelude") were written, arranged and  produced by Rudolf Könen. "Prelude" was written by Rudolf Könen, Martin Weber and Sitara Schmitz.

Rudolf Könen: lead & harmony vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, bass, synthesizer, cello, flute, kalimba, glockenspiel & percussion. 
Sitara Schmitz: bansuri flute on "Prelude". 
Aleksandra Prodanovic : harmony vocals on "Only the sky is the limit" and on "Sleepless nights". 
Martin Weber: violin on "Prelude", on "Sleepless nights"  and on "Anything like that".

Cover painting “Strahlend“ by Aleksandra Prodanovic
Graphic design by Rudolf Könen.
CHRASS Records (LC 01504)/ catalogue no. chr cd 014

Special thanks to Aleksandra Prodanovic (www.sichtweisen.jimdosite.com) for creating this wonderful cover picture! And special thanks to Sitara Schmitz and Martin Weber for wonderful instrumental contribution!

HARVEST SUN: Song snippets

The new single SLEEPLESS NIGHTS. Also available on Spotify, Deezer, Napster, Bandcamp etc.

Cover painting “Strahlend“ by Aleksandra Prodanovic
Rudolf Könen: lead & harmony vocals, acoustic guitars, bass etc.
Aleksandra Prodanovic: harmony vocals
Martin Weber: violin

And special thanks to Aleksandra Prodanovic www.sichtweisen.jimdosite.com for creating this wonderful cover picture!

Official release on January 23, 2022
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Sleepless Nights

As The Night Grew Older

THEMA is an old instrumental music theme on my new album OHRENWEIDE. I wrote it back in the eighties and often returned to it when I was playing my guitar. This is a new recording and I've added some warm synthesizer sounds to the melody.

Thema

MOMENTS MARKING TIME
(Text & Musik: Rudolf Könen)
an der Violine: Martin Weber (Cats'n'Fruits)

MOMENTS MARKING TIME

Mein Album UNDER THE SURFACE als Songmix: 
01. Your words // 02. Less than a minute // 03. vocal introduction to: // 04. Crying // 05. Running // 06. No weather // 07. You and I // 08. Even strange // 09. Stranger // 10. Beyond compare (a love song) // 11. Haymaker // 12. Under the surface // 13. 1978

UNDER THE SURFACE: komplettes Album als Songmix (in snippets)

This is my first solo album: each song as a snippet. Enjoy!

A LIFE IN ALL COLOURS (album songs in snippets)

Homerecording-Demoversion eines winterlichen Stücks zum Jahreswechsel 2017/2018.

WinterSong

A new edit of a cover version of MANY TOO MANY, one of my favourite Genesis songs // Eine neue Version meines Covers von MANY TOO MANY, eines meiner Lieblingssongs von Genesis

Many Too Many

Die ewige Frage danach, wo wir Menschen stehen, wo unser Weg hingeht, wie es weiter geht. The eternal question of where mankind is leading to and where's the right way to go...

God, If We Only Knew The Way (Prayer For Life)

Ich bin Melodienmacher, Liederschreiber, Sänger und Akustikgitarrist.
Meine Musik bewegt sich zwischen locker-leichtem Folk und weiten harmonischen Klanglandschaften, zwischen Songs, Instrumentals und Liedern.

Auf meinen Soloalben A Life In All Colours, Under The Surface und The Secret Of Nature Is Patience präsentiere ich melodiöse Eigenkompositionen in einem harmonisch-warmen Klangbild ähnlich der Popmusik der Siebziger Jahre. 

Songs gibt es auf Bandcamp und auf Soundcloud zu hören. 
Ich bin außerdem Sänger und Gitarrist im Songwriterduo SIT'n'RUDI. 

I am a melodymaker, songwriter, singer and acoustic guitarist.
My music moves between easy going folk and wide harmonic sound scapes,betweensongs in English, instrumental pieces and songs in German.

On my solo albums, A Life In All Colours, Under The Surface and The Secret Of Nature Is Patience I present melodic original compositions in a harmonious, warm sound similar to the pop music of the seventies. 
You can listen to my songs on Bandcamp and on Soundcloud. 
I'm also a singer and guitarist in the songwriting duo SIT'n'RUDI.

Rudolf Könen

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