A Little Bit Folkie

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A collection of songs related to Berlin - a colorful atmospheric picture of the capital that unfolds in the voices and visions of various artists.

Berlin - soundscape of the city

Rafael maurell

An old folk song written by Blind Alfred Reed. There have been some famous cover versions by artists like Ry Cooder and Bruce Springsteen. I think my acoustic version is closest to Ry Cooder's though obviously not in the same stratosphere when it comes to ability.

How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live? (by Ry Cooder, written by Blind Alfred Reed)

You Can't Take It With You (by Paul Kelly)

10 Neue Songs Von KlexifuchsThePianist4

Voici le deuxième single de mon album « Chronicle » qui arrive le 15 mars. Je le sors uniquement sur SoundCloud. Ceci est une version piano solo de la chanson inspirée par la période juste après la Seconde Guerre mondiale en Europe et aux États-Unis, marquée de l'éclat retrouvé et de l'envie de vivre qui faisait presque mourir de beauté dont elle était la source. La version complète sera présente sur l’album. Merci d’avoir écouté !

Broadway (Piano Version)

Piano Book

The Stars and Your Smile

The Stars And Your Smile

Bella Emma

Movie (Covered by UINONE)

Elixía

Grunewald

A track about finding yourself in new circumstances and finding an ability to keep going.

Better Days [DEMO]

Six chords, a 6/8 time signature and the truth!

There have been a number of excellent ballad versions of this classic. I have tried to take it back to its rootsy roots. I feel like Leonard Cohen's original would have been at home in a seedy jazz blues bar. Hope you enjoy!

Hallelujah (by Leonard Cohen)

Written, produced and performed by Enijs Maiks
Elektrikana Rekordz, 2024

April (2024) ER TK-224

Threw a shadow wild and thin
A leather jacket that smelled like gin
A tattoo of Frida Kahlo on her skin 
Sang folk and blues and bet it all 
Her voice like a summer squall 
Songs tumbled down like a concrete wall
In the thunder
Over Berlin tonight

Played Odetta lit her smoke
Her laugh caught up in an inside joke
A heart that wore the night just like a coat
She chased the moon just so far
Silhouettes and empty bars
Burned up her past like a shooting star
Like a comet
Over Berlin tonight

Once met Cohen in ’75
10 feet tall a bird on a wire
The lights over Berlin were on fire
A couple of chords a serenade
Her voice like dusk on the longest day
Old poets only slip out and fade to grey
In a whisper 
In the city tonight
In a whisper
In the city tonight
In a whisper 
Over Berlin tonight

Whisper Over Berlin (with Joliz)

The sequel to "Whisper Over Berlin"...

Midnight flies over Brandenburg
10 hours on a redeye plane
Flood the runway lights
In the Berlin rain

Found a jacket second hand shop
The leather cracked against the grain
Just a hint of gin
Feel the Berlin rain

C’mon play me, play me, play me, those old folk songs
You can take me, take me, shake me, take me along

The bars are empty and Cohen’s gone
Her voice still hangs on that old refrain
In the key of A
Hear the Berlin rain

C’mon play me, play me, play me, those old folk songs
You can take me, take me, shake me, take me along

The autumn wind is blowing cold
Left JFK for an eastbound train
Her sound comes down
Like the Berlin rain

The sound comes down
In the Berlin rain
Her sound comes down
In the Berlin rain

Berlin Rain (with Joliz)

The latest Bleep and joerxworx collaboration   - we hope you will enjoy it !
      Bleep - bass, guitar, keys, drums, various percussions and arrangement
      joerxworx - EWI (Electronic Wind Instrument) trumpet, tenor sax
* check out: @bleep64

From Berlin With Love (A Bleep & joerxworx collab)

Session 12

four keys

Deep Stain

Burns for You

11 rafael maurell  Ashes of Remains

She’s got a soft heart
But is Berlin tough
She was 7 years old
When the wall opened up

Her mother lit candles
For the ones who fled
Her brother played Bowie
On an old cassette

Oh, the city remembers
The last border patrols
Checkpoints and seasons
The last days of the wall

She turned 21
In the east side bars
With the ghosts of poets
And their old guitars

These days she’s a writer
And she carries the sound
Of that early November
When the wall came down

Oh, the city remembers
The last border patrols
Checkpoints and seasons
The last days of the wall

Oh, the city remembers
The last border patrols
Checkpoints and seasons
The last days of the wall

Last Days Of The Wall (with Joliz)

All songs written by Brooke Russell and arranged by Brooke Russell and The Mean Reds 
Produced and mixed by Joshua Barber 
Engineered by Fraser Montgomery and Joshua Barber at The Aviary Recording Studio, Abbotsford 
Mastered by Lachlin Carrick 
Design by Ben Mastwyk. Photo by Tajette O'Halloran 
Printed by Replicat 

Brooke Russell - Voice, Guitars and Mandolin
Grant Taylor - Guitars 
Ben Franz - Pedal Steel 
Luke Richardson - Double Bass and Vocals 
Joshua Barber - Drums, Vocals, Keys and everything else 
with special guests Ryan Brewer on drums and piano and Emilee South, Leah Senior and Matthew Colin on backing vocals. 

01 - Never's Gonna Take Too Long

Live, February 16th, 1998 performance recorded at Shooters on the Water, West Bank Flats, Cleveland, Ohio.

Lisa Loeb - Stay (Live @ 'Shooters', Cleveland, OH, USA 2/16/1998)

Music lover & singer-songwriter. Many thanks for taking the time to listen.

Unless noted, all songs Copyright © Robert S. Dean.