Affirmations

Bags By Dana Rice

Orbital. (Live in South Memphis)

Hypothetically. (feat. Noah & Tiffany Evans)

Why Is It So Hard feat. Bex and Justin JPaul Miller

A voice lost in the blur of the city.
“The Shade I Wear” is a melancholic reflection on invisibility, belonging, and drifting through life unseen.
A dreamlike blend of isolation and muted hope, caught between what is and what’s slipping away.

For anyone who’s ever felt like the missing piece in a puzzle that never needed them.

The Shade I Wear

Behind the mask, a voice aches to be heard.
"Invisible Veil" is a haunting dive into emotional invisibility, the longing to be seen beneath the surface, the quiet desperation hidden behind smiles, and the fragile hope that someone might care enough to look closer.

This song speaks to the ones who feel everything and show nothing. To those falling silently. You’re not alone.

Invisible Veil

A song of affirmation. Sometimes you have to remind yourself how dope you are.

TMF by Mr. Lyrical Groove

This 5-track GLOWsutra EP is a loving tribute to Lucille Clifton’s iconic poem “What the Mirror Said.”, en Français. It's like a bouquet arrangement of spoken word and minimal jazz celebrating clarity, grace, and unapologetic feminine truth. Rather than reinterpret the poem, I respond to it—in my native language... mirroring its message in sound, with subtle keys, hushed harmonies, and soul-deep phrasing, finding radiance in my shadows.

GLOWsutra is the chapter of BananaSutra dedicated to gratitude, grace, and the brilliance of being, and this EP a quiet celebration of all who remember who they are.

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@bananasutra lyrics: 

[Verse 1]
C’est vrai,
Tu sais ?
On est tous des p’tites merveilles,
Des âmes perdues, mais sans pareil.

En fait,
On a tous des cartes en soi,
Des trésors que personne ne voit.

[Pre-Chorus]
Une histoire de femme dévouée,
Une boussole pour mieux se trouver.
Une chanson pour aller danser,
Un humour discret, mais prêt à briller.

Toujours prête à rigoler,
Pour effacer le mystère à oublier.
T’es un feu, un fleuve, une immensité,
Un éclat que personne ne peut dompter.

[Chorus]
Écoute bien,
Même au loin,
Reste lucide,
(Envole-toi) dans le vide.

Ne joue pas la pose, laisse éclater ta voix.
Un homme qui pose ses mains sur toi
Touche une reine, un trésor, une foi.
Dis-leur bien, femme géographie :
Ils se perdront sans ta lumière, ta vie.




What the Mirror Said (Reste Lucide) • Lucille Clifton • GLOWsutra Lucide French JAZZ

What the Mirror Said (Reste Lucide) • Lucille Clifton • GLOWsutra Miroir Oh Miroir French BURLESQUE

What the Mirror Said (Reste Lucide) • Lucille Clifton • GLOWsutra Radiance French JAZZ

What the Mirror Said (Reste Lucide) • Lucille Clifton • GLOWsutra Believe French INDIE

What the Mirror Said (Reste Lucide) • Lucille Clifton • GLOWsutra This Light French JAZZ

The quiet has a voice if you learn how to listen.

Midnight Gospel

… because life on earth is a psychedelic cabaret, and “music is the only religion that delivers the goods” (like Frank said). 

To be clear, all I really know is I dunno shit about fck (like Socrates said:)—music and songwriting included. But(t) I feel it, the music, so damn deeep in my soul! I’m just a humble existential fool, a silly banana who likes to play and share, to question and learn. Words are my oldest best friends, hearing myself sing is a freaking miracle (trust me on that lol), and I believe curiosity and #gratitude are the keys to happiness… So voilà, there’s that.

Also, (if you’re curious) BananaSutra is not just a made up BS brand kinda word, it’s actually the name of my DIY Bible—a collection of songs telling true stories of faith, to help me (and perhaps you) make sense of a world gone wild, like bananas gone foul in shallow ignorance and deadly malevolence… Think of it as an agnostic testament of sorts, an audio book of songs with quirky lyrics about things that matter, like the definition of right and wrong, and the meaning of truth, joy, justice, peace, grace, and awe 🕊️

Some call it Artificial Intelligence, but(t) I call Authentic Imagination, Alternative Ideas, Augmented Innuendos, Abstract Illogisms… hopefully, you get the gist? The point being, life is the story we tell ourselves and LYRICS matter—each @bananasutra song has a wondering root and a loving purpose, guided by one of (my) 7 (bananas) sutras: 
- KNOWsutra : is it fair?
- BLOWsutra : is it foul?
- SHOWsutra : is it fun?
- GROWsutra : is it fear?
- FLOWsutra : is it free?
- GLOWsutra : is it fab?
- BOWsutra : is it awe?

"Purple. Shiny objects. Whimsical designs. Funky fashions. These are a few of my favorite things!”
When you need to calm your soul and just “chill”, that’s a good time to click on a Dana Rice song. I use music to give you that comforting feeling of finally being home. So sit back, relax and let the message and the music breathe so you can experience what’s going on inside your soul. From Gospel to Jazz, Motown to Neo Soul; there are so many artists whose music is interwoven into the tapestry of Dana’s music; Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, BeBe & CeCe Winans, Stevie Wonder, Natalie Cole, Sam Cooke, Patti LaBelle, John Legend, Alicia Keys, Ella Fitzgerald.

I’m a 42-year-old IT Project Manager turned late-night songwriter — born in Louisiana, now rooted in Moore, Oklahoma. The South raised me, and it still hums through everything I make.

These songs are me learning to breathe again — stories pulled from the static, built with a little help from AI and a lot of heart. I’m not chasing fame, just trying to get the noise out of my head and turn it into something honest.

Solive Raye is the sound of solitude given form, quiet thoughts turned into raw, melodic truths. An engineer and lifelong observer, Solive Raye writes for those who feel alone in crowded rooms, where silence speaks louder than words.


Blending dark, atmospheric tones with flickers of hope, his music lives in the in-between: not quite despair, not quite light, but something honest.


Raised in movement, from football fields to refereeing lines, he now wanders more internal landscapes, shaping every lyric with the precision of an outsider looking in.


Solive Raye doesn’t shout. He resonates.

"... it's 'Ri from Miami, Mississippi, East Memphis..." | Kori Wallace is a musician and writer known for his heavy, baritone voice that floats over jazz and hip-hop styled musical depictions of his roots in the South. An instrumentalist first, Kori performs mainly on the sax, keys, and produces all of the music for his spoken word projects. His most notable work comes from leading the Memphis-based collective "Southland", which features artists Kengdom, A.D.U.B.B., A. Wal Da Producer, ANTE, and Kem Gray. He has also had the fortune of working with Justin Timberlake, Tower of Power, Tiffany Evans, Timbaland, among many others. Kori has also published an anthology, "The Letter", available for purchase on Amazon.

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