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ClarOscuro Rose

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A collaboration with Kevin Connelly in the USA, Kevin provided the lyrics, and I set them to music. For FAWM 2024

Photo by Anna Oates

Don't Play House with my Heart (without drums) lyrics by Kevin Connelly

written and performed by: andrew vogt

“Red Letter Day"

I woke up this morning
That’s a red letter day
There’s still water left in the ocean,
Sun when the clouds roll away
I don’t need anybody else to tell me
It’s a red letter day

The new girl down the street got married
That’s a red letter day
But I got up before my third alarm clock rang
I didn’t lose a day
If you open up your mind just maybe
You’d think the same

I stopped to smell the roses
It’s a red letter day
Your best friend’s baby just took their first steps
And they’ve got another on the way
Although our situation’s different
Its still a red letter day


Red letter day, don’t need no calendar
Red letter day, don’t need no words on a page
Red letter day, I know exactly what it is I wanna say
And I don’t need anybody else to tell me
It’s a red letter day


Well your mother won the lottery
mmm, Red letter day
But I remembered to do my laundry
That machine didn’t break
No matter how you cut it
Its still a red letter day

Your wife finally got promoted
It’s a red letter day
I still haven’t burned the house down
Despite what my friends all say 
Don’t know what tomorrow brings but I know
Todays a red letter day


Red letter day, don’t need no calendar
Red letter day, don’t need words on a page
Red letter day, I know exactly what it is I wanna say
And I don’t need anybody else to tell me
It’s a red letter day

If you don’t stop and take a breath
If you don’t think you’re always blessed
If you don’t open up your mind, you’re missing
Another red letter day

FAWM 2024 #8 Red Letter Day

A song about grudges, missed opportunities, trains not boarded, inertia ... that kind of thing.

Old Scores

I guess I was trying to settle
Old scores
But the people that need taught
Don’t live here any more

I guess I was waiting to give it
One final shot
But the targets have been moved
They told me, I forgot

I wish that I had been faster on my feet
I just stood there proving I could stand the heat
And now the last train is leaving with an empty seat

I guess I was hanging on to see
If the skies would clear
But the forecast didn’t lie
It was raining all year

You come to depend on those rhythms
That familiar drill
And you think you’re on a journey
You’re really standing still

I know I should have been planning for this day
But I thought that the tougher thing to do was stay
Now the last train in the station is pulling away

I guess what we’re saying is it’s much
Much too late
Someone told me to hurry
Something told me to wait

If I could go back I would drag me
Screaming and scratching
Clear of this invidious fate

Old Scores

The Lord Is On My Side

We are pleased to present Ten Thousand Tiny Fingers, a Music Network commission by Bróna McVittie for our February 2024 Tour. Bróna wanted to create something in memoriam of all the innocent civilians killed in the Israel-Gaza conflict, particularly the children. The song is also born of her own experience of conflict growing up in a segregated society during the troubles in Northern Ireland. Speaking to Bróna about the commission, she said the song was born of her own experience of conflict growing up in a segregated society.

The track was recorded at Station House Theatre, Clifden, Co. Galway on 6 February 2024. 
Performed by Niamh Dunne, Bróna McVittie, Cormac Breatnach & Seán Óg Graham and recorded by Donnacha Moynihan.

Ten Thousand Tiny Fingers

10,000 Tiny Fingers - Brona McVittie - Music Network Commission (2024)

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This is a cover of a song by the incomparable Joanna Sternberg, from their 2021 album "Then I Try Some More". Music & lyrics by Joanna Sternberg.

Vocals here by Morgan Armstrong.
Guitar by Kit Bland.

This is Not Who I Want to Be (acoustic mix)

Dear Soul,

Love doesn’t have to all make sense, or even make sense at all. It’s love! Let it be… love.

Perhaps it’s time to get out of your head and into your heart. What would happen if you followed your heart for a change? Sure it could end up hurting you, but you’re hurting anyway. And what if it hurts and it’s worth it? 

Maybe if you let love lead, it would take you places you can’t even imagine, because you’ll be a different kind of person. You’ll be guided more by love than by logic.

Be magical dear soul and let love work its magic on you. 

Love, Yourself.

Phenomenal

Don't Think Twice, It's Alright

/CAVALRY/ LYRICS


Living a hopeful dream
Standing in the caves they’re deep 
I’ll be coming
I’ll coming around
Again

Fighting with a mystery
Working all hours 
Delivery
I’m owed 
more than this 

No one’s even at the show 
Flowers on the tables
Alone 
Not picked for
One another 

Every little while you’ll be
Out there 
running with 
the cavalry
Once in a while you’ll see
You’re out there
Running ahead 
of the cavalry

No one’s even at the show 
Flowers on the tables
Alone 
Can’t be picked for one another 

Every little while you’ll See
Out there running with the cavalry
One in a while you’ll be
Running ahead of that cavalry
You’ll see

Every little while you’ll see
You’re out there 
running with 
the cavalry
Once in a while you’ll be
Out there
Running ahead 
of the
Cavalry

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/CAVALRY/ Acoustic rough (IPhone)

Kit Bland, Brooklyn, NY.
Individual or combined stems available upon request.
DM for licensing inquiries.
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"...like drinking a glass of water without the glass."

This is Not Who I Want to Be (acoustic mix)

The Merry Olivers

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