close or Esc KeyThe Dutchman (Michael Smith)
Time: 4:56 slow

Levine’s arrangement of this classic is a duet with Si Kahn. Instead of hearing the song as a narrative, we experience the poignant relationship between the elderly Dutch couple as if in their own words. 

Written by Michael Peter Smith

Mara Levine: Lead vocal
Si Kahn: Lead and harmony Vocals
Bob Harris: Guitar
Chad Hammer: Cello


"Dear Mara, Thank you for letting me hear your lovely recording(Of The Dutchman), which I enjoyed immensely. You and Si(Kahn) sound great together and the interpretation is honest and sincere and tuneful. Plus the sound is very clear: I listened on headphones and the cello and guitar and voices filled the space beautifully. I'm proud to be associated with your work. Much success. 
Michael Smith, Author of The Dutchman



The Dutchman

By My Side (Jay Hamburger and Peggy Gordon)
Time: 2:48 mid-tempo

A song from the Godspell soundtrack sung as a duet with Mark Torres, Levine’s first singing partner, also features Torres and Bob Harris on guitar, Jan Alba on flute, and Cheryl Prashker on percussion. 

"I like your version [of 'By My Side']. It did give me goose bumps in the beginning and I also think that you have given it a different interpretation than what I have normally heard. Bringing in a male voice for the accompaniment/echo is innovative and new."                       

Jay Hamburger, lyricist  "By My Side" from the Broadway musical Godspell



By My Side

Immigrant Dream (Bob Wright)
Time: 3:49 mid tempo

Although personal, this Irish-themed song about the writer’s great, great grandmother, who emigrated from Ireland, universally encapsulates the immigrant experience and addresses coming to America and assimilating in an empathetic way. 

Caroline Cutroneo, harmony vocals, guitar
Shannon Lambert -Ryan(Runa), harmony vocals
Bob Wright, lead guitar
Bill Doerge, upright bass
Andrew MaGill low tin whistle. 

Immigrant Dream

Fiddle Medley

All My Friends

Help me make it  With cellist Yoomi Kwon

I am your one 2017-Shawn Would with Brenda Lee

“By My Silence” by Mara Levine, with Gathering Time (Ellen Bukstel & Nick Annis, © 2008(Polyrhythm, ASCAP)) - Preview from Facets of Folk

Written by award winning Florida singer-songwriters Ellen Bukstel and Nick Annis, “By My Silence” has been called “a powerful gut-wrenching song about the regret of keeping a fearful silence during the Holocaust.”(Jonathan Widran) Their lyric was inspired by a poem attributed to Rev. Martin Niemöller, a German Protestant Minister imprisoned for seven years in two concentration camps for his anti-Nazi activities. When asked how he, a Christian Pastor, became incarcerated, his famous answer mentioned many groups that had been taken before him noting that lack of action had allowed the atrocities continue. 2008 Music to Life Song Competition Grand Prize Winner; 2010 Int’l New Zealand Peace Song Comp, Winner; 2009 John Lennon Song Competition, Folk Finalist; #4 song, May 2010 Folk DJ chart.

Facets of Folk

By My Silence

By My Silence(Bukstel/Annis (c)2008) Mara Levine with Gathering Time

I'll Be a Calling two

A new song based on interpretation of Hafiz, in honor of a dear friend who has departed.
Lyrics:
The Rose has risen from the earth 
she stands upon the emerald lawn.
Singing is the courage that she feels
as her lips kiss the cup of Dawn.

In the short time that Roses bloom
May you never be without love. 
Wine and song and Bliss remain 
for only as long as a bird song, 

The Heavens and the Earth 
compete for our eye:
See gardens of flowers 
see stars in the sky
We are tulip flames 
unquenched by these showers
living our lives 
in precious few hours.


Lovers of leaving, our garden is set 
with the fragrance of flowers and the wine, that we cherish. 
Mark with scent 
on sweetened breath; 
pilgrims, who’ve long-since departed. 

In the short time that Roses bloom
May you never be without love. 
Wine and song and the Bliss remain 
for only as long as a bird song, 

The Rose has risen from the earth 
she stands upon the emerald lawn.

The Rose Has Risen

The Mendicants of Paradise
Ken Richard © 2021
Influence: Ode 14 , from Hafiz, in  “Odes from the Divan of Hafiz, 1905” translated by Richard Le Gallienne

How can you conceal your face. 
Hiding for each lost and listening day,
O moon that blesses only some other place
While hiding from your watchers, in the firmament.
For these unfed and hungry eyes
Won ‘t you Shine a silvery light  
Take pity on our case
We are lovers; 
we are the mendicants of Paradise.

We are torn with love from midnight to morning
We are burning so deeply with a fire of longing
Standing in the sand with our eyes to the sky
We are wholly consumed with love’s sacred fire. 

How can you conceal your face. 
Hiding for each lost and listening day,
O moon that blesses only some other place
While hiding from your watchers, in the firmament.
For these unfed and hungry eyes
Won ‘t you Shine a silvery light  
Take pity on our case
We are lovers; 
we are the mendicants of Paradise.

Scatter the clouds of your absence 
from these loving and faithful hearts.
We have waited through the day for this moment
while the dew carried your scent from the rosebud’s bosom.

Verse 1.