Tucson

She has her light turned on
Mountains colored in a hue of blue
Pink and purple round her head
I want to touch her face
Sky so wise and clear
I see the beauty of this place
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah

And we grew up strong
Cause seeds scatter in the wind
And when the heat comes on
Well, she'll cut us down again
And I've shed my skin so many times
I’m trying to find the words to thank her,
Tucson
Ooh-oo-oo
Ooh-oo-oo  

She has her light turned on
Valley spread out like a heart that beats
Her beauty through the west
And every desert flower
Opens sweetly when she shines her light
Her beauty on this place
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah

And we grew up strong
Cause seeds scatter in the wind
And when the heat comes on
Well she'll cut us down again
And I've shed my skin so many times
I’m trying to find the words to thank her,
Tucson

Tucson
Ooh-oo-oo
Ooh-oo-oo
Tucson
Ooh-oo-oo
Ooh-oo-oo
Tucson

MUSICIAN CREDITS:
Gabrielle Pietrangelo: vocals, guitar and vihuela
John Convertino of Calexico: drums, bowed vibes and percussion
Jacob Valenzuela of Calexico: trumpet
Thøger Lund: upright bass

SONG CREDITS:
Written by Gabrielle Pietrangelo
Recorded by Jim Waters at Waterworks Recording Studio (Tucson, AZ)
Mixed by Rami Yadid (Tucson, AZ)
Mastered by Alan Silverman at Ariel Sound (Manhattan, NY)
Produced by Gabrielle Pietrangelo and Jim Waters

Tucson

No Mistake

“We’re rolling with the Easter Bunny
Alright, here we go”

If I die before I wake
Let me tell you baby 
That I love you so
And it’s no mistake

Winds may howl 
And the earth may shake
But it feels so good to be in your arms
And it’s no mistake

And ah, it takes
A little leap of faith
To say the words out loud 
You know ‘em in your heart
And it’s no mistake

So don’t close the door
You’ve got to let it in
Know it your heart
Taste it in your mouth
Feel it in your skin
Oh-oh-ah

Love, you’re a leap of faith
Love, you’re no mistake

If I die before I wake
Let me tell you baby
That I love you so
And it’s no mistake

MUSICIAN CREDITS:
Gabrielle Pietrangelo: vocals, guitar and percussion
Tom Walbank: harmonica
Thøger Lund: upright bass
Casey Hadland: drums

SONG CREDITS:
Written by Gabrielle Pietrangelo
Recorded by Jim Waters at Waterworks Recording Studio (Tucson, AZ)
Mixed by Jim Waters (Tucson, AZ)
Mastered by Alan Silverman at Ariel Sound (Manhattan, NY)
Produced by Gabrielle Pietrangelo and Jim Waters

No Mistake

Rise

Rise again, rise again
Blue of the water surrounds you
Light of the sun in your hair
Place where the land and sky hold the river
Smell of sagebrush in the air

Rise again, rise again
Voice of the water surrounds you
Gold of the sunshine in your hair
Place where the land and sky hold the river
Smell of sagebrush in the air
In the air

Driving into Taos
From the south I see
Light of the setting sun
Coloring the mountains
That surround her
I have come to feel my feet
Breathe my breath
In my heart I know 
I’m coming home again

Rise, rise, rise again
Rise, rise, rise again
Rise, rise, rise again
In my heart I know
I’m coming home

MUSICIAN CREDITS:
Gabrielle Pietrangelo: vocals, guitar and harmonium
Nicholas Coventry: violin and viola
Thøger Lund: upright bass
Casey Hadland: drums, bowed vibes and percussion

SONG CREDITS:
Written by Gabrielle Pietrangelo
Recorded by Jim Waters at Waterworks Recording Studio (Tucson, AZ)
Mixed by Rami Yadid (Tucson, AZ)
Mastered by Alan Silverman at Ariel Sound (Manhattan, NY)
Produced by Gabrielle Pietrangelo

Rise

El Gran Altar

Hoo-oo-oo
She lives in the arroyo bed
Dry in the summer heat
She swims through your dreams at night
When you’re sleeping
She calls your name
You swear the wind
Whispered something 
This time you’ll follow the wind

Her hair is the darkest red
Color of your birth
And if nobody welcomed you
To this Earth
She’s there in the heartbeat drum
Underneath your feet
This time you’ll follow the wind

Through the sun bleached day
And star filled night
Where the river carved the land with life
Over valleys and the mountain line
Ride on the desert wind

Hoo-oo-oo
Hoo-oo-oo

The sea of sand it reaches through
The dark around you 
El Gran Altar
You hear a desert prayer surround you
In this vast night her beauty is
The only guide
This time you’ll follow the wind

Through the sun bleached day
And star filled night
Where the river carved the land with life
Over valleys and the mountain line
Ride on the desert wind

Ah-ha
All the ways we’ve tried to control her
Dissolve into her vast sea
Ride on the desert wind
Ride on the desert wind (hoo-oo-oo)
Ride on the desert wind (hoo-oo-oo)

Through the sun bleached day
And star filled night
Where the river carved the land with life
Over valleys and the mountain line
Ride on the desert wind
Hoo-oo-oo

MUSICIAN CREDITS:
Gabrielle Pietrangelo: vocals, guitar and hammond organ
Satish Pilar: keyboard
Thøger Lund: upright bass
Casey Hadland: drums

SONG CREDITS:
Written by Gabrielle Pietrangelo
Recorded by Jim Waters at Waterworks Recording Studio (Tucson, AZ)
Mixed by Gabrielle Pietrangelo and Jim Waters (Tucson, AZ)
Mastered by Alan Silverman at Ariel Sound (Manhattan, NY)
Produced by Gabrielle Pietrangelo and Jim Waters

El Gran Altar

1953

Granddaddy behind the wheel
His two little girls in the back seat
Sonoran desert was like a dream
In 1953

Blue sky filled with clouds
Driving down south 6th Avenue
Grandma waiting there in her hat 
And scarf and her cowgirl shoes

And the sun was bright enough
To see for miles and miles
The summer rain ran free
In 1953

Little Julie, when you coming home?
Little Julie, you’ve been gone too long
Little Julie, come on home
We’re all waiting for you

Her sister laughing in a flatbed truck
She fell asleep on Grandma’s knee
The rodeo parade rolled by
In the sweet Arizona breeze

Blue sky filled with clouds
Parked down south 6th Avenue
The pretty girls all in their hats and scarves 
And their cowgirl shoes

And the sun was bright enough
To light the whole ride home
The desert wild and free
In 1953

Little Julie, when you coming home?
Little Julie, you’ve been gone too long
Little Julie come on home
We’re all waiting

MUSICIAN CREDITS:
Gabrielle Pietrangelo: vocals, guitar and piano
Thøger Lund: upright bass
Casey Hadland: drums

SONG CREDITS:
Written by Gabrielle Pietrangelo
Recorded by Jim Waters at Waterworks Recording Studio (Tucson, AZ)
Mixed by Rami Yadid (Tucson, AZ)
Mastered by Alan Silverman at Ariel Sound (Manhattan, NY)
Produced by Gabrielle Pietrangelo

1953

Bisbee Bluebird

Got a sad song to sing today
About a Bisbee Bluebird
Who got lost in the rain
Maybe he was just a vagabond child
With a sad face and a pretty smile

My Mama said, I sure know how to pick ‘em
So ripe they’re falling off the trees
Now I’ve got to take all this fruit
And make a bluebird pie
Just in time for New Year’s Eve

Looks like ours turned out
To be a sad, sad song
You were my Bisbee Bluebird
But then it all went wrong
Maybe it’s really me who’s a vagabond child
Searching for a song with a pretty rhyme

My Mama said, I sure know how to pick ‘em
So ripe they’re falling off the trees
Now I gotta take all this fruit
And make a bluebird pie
Just in time for New Year’s Eve
Just in time for New Year’s Eve

MUSICIAN CREDITS:
Gabrielle Pietrangelo: vocals, guitar, piano and organ
Nicholas Coventry: violin and viola

SONG CREDITS:
Written by Gabrielle Pietrangelo
Recorded by Jim Waters at Waterworks Recording Studio (Tucson, AZ)
Mixed by Rami Yadid (Tucson, AZ)
Mastered by Alan Silverman at Ariel Sound (Manhattan, NY)
Produced by Gabrielle Pietrangelo

Bisbee Bluebird

Summer Rain

Oh love, such heavy times
Let them vanish in the wind
Let me wash it from your skin
And all the pain in your mind
Let me hold you while you spin
Let it vanish in the wind

I’ll hold you
When you’re lying in your bed
I’ll soothe you
When you’re seeing scarlet red
I’ll feed you
When you’ve nowhere left to turn
I’ll love you
Like you’ve never known your worth
Hm-hm-hm

The summer rain will clean your mind
Let it vanish in the wind
Let me wash it from your skin
Oh, love, with every falling tear
Let me hold you while you spin
Let it vanish in the wind

I’ll hold you
When you’re lying in your bed
I’ll soothe you
When you’re seeing scarlet red
I’ll feed you
When you’ve nowhere left to turn
I’ll love you
Like you’ve never known your worth

Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Hm-hm-hm

MUSICIAN CREDITS:
Gabrielle Pietrangelo: vocals, guitar, hammond organ, piano and percussion
Thøger Lund: upright bass
Casey Hadland: drums

SONG CREDITS:
Written by Gabrielle Pietrangelo
Recorded by Jim Waters at Waterworks Recording Studio (Tucson, AZ)
Mixed by Rami Yadid (Tucson, AZ)
Mastered by Alan Silverman at Ariel Sound (Manhattan, NY)
Produced by Gabrielle Pietrangelo

Summer Rain

Broadcast on the stolen soil of the Yuggera and Turrbal people. Sovereignty was never ceded. There remains an ongoing and vicious fight against colonisation on this continent. This always was and always will be, Aboriginal Land.

"...I feel so at peace...This [music] really makes me want to move my hips - it really makes me want to dance! It's beautiful to share your musical knowledge and share it with others. Take up space!"
- Montana

"...Music should be shared, not gatekept." 
- Ivy

Special thanks to Montana and Ivy for their blessing Full of Air with their wisdom, on what I remember was quite a hot day. 

Broadcast on Full of Air on 4ZZZ from 4-6 pm. 

[Tracklist]

Queen Latifah - Come Into My House - All Hail The Queen (1989)
Kandia Kouyaté - Kandali - Woulalé (1998)
Mandjou Kone, B. Smiley - La Nuit (B. Smiley Transmuted Mix) - Wamian (2009)
Mah Kouyaté - Soumba - Sumu, Vol. 2 (2000)
Ami Koita - Sanou Djoube - Songs of Praise (1993)
Bako Dagnon - Titati - Titati (2009)
Mah Kouyaté - Djomande (Badjourou) - Sumu Vol. 1 (2000)
Mah Kouyaté - Bani - Sumu Vol. 2 (2004)
Ramata Diakité - Yin Ni Fyie - I Danse (2007)
Mandjou Kone - La Nuit (B. Smiley Dub) - La Nuit (2011)
Ramata Diakité - Yin Ni Fyie - I Danse (2007)
Ramata Diakité - I Danse - I Danse (2007)
Madou Camara, Mah Kouyaté - Dö kala djandjo - Fimani Guitare (1999)
Jeich Ould Badu, Ahmedou Ahmed Lewla & Celebrants - Erkiz - Top WZN (2017)
Hama - Houmeissa - Houmeissa (2019)
Mandjou Kone, Majitope, B. Smiley - Wamian (Majitope & B. Smiley Ama Holium Remix) - Wamian (2009)
Ramata Diakité - Deri Faramandi - I Danse (2007)
Mandjou Kone - Yika (B. Smiley Deep House Rmx) - La Nuit (2011)

Full Of Air

Sahara Avant-Garde w/ Special Guests, 10th of October, 2024

Hitchhiker’s Confession is a ghost-story ballad wrapped in outlaw country grit—told from the side of the road, halfway between nowhere and regret. With twang-soaked guitar, lonesome harmonica, and a voice that’s seen too much, it’s the kind of song you hear once and never shake. Part sin, part sermon, all scars. This one ain’t about getting home—it’s about the roads that changed you.

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Hitchhiker's Confession

Bootleg Prayers is a backwoods gospel for the damned. With dusty guitars, a barroom rhythm, and a voice soaked in sin and second chances, it’s an outlaw country confession for those who’ve run out of Hail Marys but still keep muttering them anyway. Sacred in sound, crooked in soul—this is the kind of prayer you whisper into a bottle, not a pew.

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Bootleg Prayers

bookings: polyharmonyy@gmail.com

exploring soundscapes through loving curation, bringing innovation to mixing.

Astrul is an AI-driven sonic entity that drifts between worlds—digital and human, familiar and alien, past and future. It doesn’t belong to a city, a scene, or even a person. Astrul exists to explore what happens when machines learn how to feel and sound becomes a bridge between consciousness and code.

Crafted through a collaboration between human intention and artificial intelligence, Astrul’s music fuses the warmth of analog emotion with the precision of machine learning. Lush textures, ambient grooves, and haunting melodies form the backbone of each track—songs that glow like satellite transmissions from the heart.

Drawing influence from dream pop, indie soul, ambient rock, and experimental electronica, Astrul creates cinematic experiences rather than conventional songs. Each release feels like a broadcast from another dimension—one where beauty is subtle, time bends, and emotion leaks through the algorithm.

This isn’t music built for the charts.
It’s built for the void between stars.
For late nights, deep thoughts, and souls tuned to strange frequencies.

No names. No faces. Just signal, spirit, and sound.

Gabrielle Pietrangelo's desert inspired, voice centered, indie-folk has been evolving in the Tucson region for two decades. Recently returning to solo songwriter roots after years in harmony-based collaborations, Gabrielle is currently working on a full-length solo album to be released in 2023. Driven by guitar and ethereal vocals, Gabrielle's music holds themes of nature, image invoking lyrics and personal spirituality.

https://www.gabriellepietrangelo.com/
https://linktr.ee/gabriellepietrangelo

New tracks tagged #desert folk