My new song ‘Cistercian Grey’. This is a dreamy alternative folk track that I made with my acoustic guitar, an 80s synth keyboard (and a drum beat from the internet). I wrote, recorded and produced this track myself I hope you like it. Lately, I have been really enjoying making tracks that are a bit softer with less heavy production to really bring out the melodies and instrumentation. It’s funny, as I get more knowledgeable about production and more confident in my writing and recording, I actually want to add less elements to my songs; I guess it’s because I don’t feel the need to hide anything with lots of production and heavy sounds. Also, this gentle melody just didn’t require lots of other elements. Lyrically, it has lots of similar themes to many of my other songs; kinda dark and melancholic. Many of my new releases contain lyrics and metaphors that have been floating around in my head for years and this song is no exception. I hope you enjoy!

Lyrics:
Oh, once Cistercian grey
Smothered everything
It howled and bayed
But now that’s all gone away
Seasons they do change
Like crystal tidal waves

Shine your light if you may
Won’t turn the night into day
Still if you abide within me
We’ll get there by foul or folly

For you, boy it’s always you
That I turn to
Your Chartres blue
All misery you will undo
I know it is true
Like Christ born anew

Reach your hands in devotion
Will never placate the ocean
Still we take our idle notions
And bound down the path we have chosen

As sure as green grass grows
As sure as high winds blow
I will with you go
In the rich black of the crows

And pure white of the snow
The sweetness of the rose

The night traffic on the road
Like a stream of blood and gold
Only Heaven knows
He’s a true sight to behold
Bright like marigolds
Handsome, fair and bold

Down in the ashen valley
That is where you will find me
By the gated cemetery
Clutching at memories of him

As sure as green grass grows
As sure as high winds blow
I will with you go
In the rich black of the crows
And pure white of the snow
The sweetness of the rose

Yeah as sure as green grass grows
As sure as high winds blow
I will with you go
In the rich black of the crows
And pure white of the snow
The sweetness of the rose

Cistercian Grey

I'm throwing away the words you say
Embraced the haunting melody
Watching the time evaporate
Leaving me unafraid

I've listened time and time again
I'm foolish now, was more so then
Watching life disintegrate
Everything is erased

I've thrown away the words you say
Sweet melodies of yesterday
Whispers fade, the silence calls
No longer bound within these walls

We dream, we chase, and we consume
But in our minds we know it looms
Wait for me, I'll wait for you
Wait for me, I'll wait for you

Writing Wednesday Sessions

wait

song from the first album but now with full band. A song about overcoming depression
lyrics
So sleep tight little demons off to sleep now off to sleep now don’t you cry.
So sleep tight little demons, hear my demon lullabye

I think I’ll sing to my demons, gotta keep ‘em safe inside
I think I’ll swim through this nightmare and not drown in the night
I think I’ll mock all my monsters. I think I’ll flirt with my fear
She is my favourite ally and I like to keep her near

So sleep tight little demons, off to sleep now, don’t you cry. So sleep tight little demons, hear my demon lullabye

I think I’ll dance with my demons but think I’ll call the tune
I think I’ll move through dark forests see the light not the gloom
I think I’ll joke with the devil, wear my angel’s sovereign shield
I think I’ll cast out the temptress and no longer shall I yield

So sleep tight little demons off to sleep now, don’t you cry, so sleep tight little demons hear my demon lullabye

I think I’ll laugh at my demons till they can’t stand the sound
I think I’ll last through this onslaught: the joke’s on you
I’m still safe and sound
I think I’ll hug all my demons till they panic till they freak!
They start off oh so awesome they end up oh so weak, weak, weak!

So sleep tight little demon off to sleep now, don’t you cry, so sleep tight little demon hear my demon lullabye
So sleep tight little demon off to sleep now, don’t you cry, so sleep tight little demon hear my demon lullabye
Hear my demon lullabye hear my demon lullabye

I got demons lots of demons they come to get me in the night
I got demons lots of demons they come to get me when the sun is shining bright

I got demons lots of demons they come to get me in the night
I got demons lots of demons they come to get me when the sun is shining bright, bright, bright!

I think I’ll sing to my demons got to keep them safe and warm
They’re my best friends forever and they’ll do me, oh, no harm

So sleep tight little demon off to sleep now don’t you cry, so sleep tight little demon hear my demon lullabye, lullabye, lulla- BYE!
credits
released March 3, 2024
Ken Parsons- lead vocals, guitar, Celtic-harp, song-writing and comedy-writing

Anna Roosje de Blecourt- vocals, Celtic harp, saxophone and banjo

Jurgen Houwers- vocals, electric and acoustic violin, tin whistles and arrangements

Nino Munzer- drums and percussion, vocals

Kasper Vogelzang- bass guitar, double bass, cello, vocals

‘Bakfiets Mama’ and ‘Demon Lullabye’
Recorded by Leendert Korstanje and Jan Dubbe in their wonderful ‘stable studio’, near Deventer on 27th January, 2024 .

Many thanks.

Mixed by Jurgen Houwers Mastered by Erik Spanjers
All music and lyrics.

‘Demon Lullabye’ ©K.P. Parsons 2015, ©LittleElfRecords 2015 and ©K.P. Parsons 2024 and ©LittleElfRecords 2024

All rights reserved.

Thanks to all our friends, fans and colleagues in the music and comedy worlds and of course all the demons everywhere. We love you, really!
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Clutching at the coattails of gothic folk, Rosa Lavenne delivers a dreamy sound with melancholic lyricism. Heavy on reverbed synths, as well as the folk traditions of fingerstyle guitar and melodic harmonies, mean that Rosa stands at the crossroads between tradition and modernism. The intricate fingerstyle guitar and natural vibrato of Joan Baez combined with the ethereal sadness and dreampop inclinations of Marissa Nadler is one way to describe the sound of Rosa Lavenne. Under the influence of the acoustic masters such as Leonard Cohen, Townes Van Zandt, Sandy Denny and Bob Dylan, Rosa Lavenne adds her unique twist on folk pop melancholia. 

Rosa has been played multiple times on national radio (BBC Wales) and has been featured in the British folk magazine Folk Radio UK. She has been compared to folk greats such as Joni Mitchell, Stevie Nicks and Sandy Denny. 

It is important to Rosa that her art is entirely her own which is why she writes, records and produces all the sounds entirely herself. She frequently sings about the loneliness and hopelessness of youth as well as heartbreak, love loss and a longing to return to the past. Like herself, Rosa’s music is introspective, pensive and, at times, pretty gothic. She hopes listeners will come and explore this world with her.

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