shut out the moonman soundtrack

JUST BECAUSE...

Accordion and Vocals - Susanne Kozo
Guitar and Vocals-        Terry Brooks

Accordion.... 1960's Weltmeister

Mamas Got A Squeeze Box (cover by The Who)

dark folk / lo-fi / gauzy 
James Bracken cut his teeth as a sideman lending his soulful vibrato and rhythm playing to Ian Hilmer’s Stagefright, an alternative string band from southern MN. The band performed extensively regionally, steadily gaining grassroots momentum circulating live bootlegs but never releasing an album, which ultimately ended the band and each of the members went on to front their own project.  

Several hundred bar gigs later a fortuitous connection with Rochester producer Fires of Denmark led to a productive series of recording sessions documenting Bracken’s expansive catalog and tracking a brand new batch of songs set to be released as Echo Messenger.

From the Mountaintop (acoustic)

Here's a live video the song, introduced by Christian. 
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJkdo0Pcmlw




I was 16 when I arrived in Liverpool, in 1955
I knew no one, thought no one knew me
Till I heard someone call out my name


At the port I was ordered to sign papers
but I could not read or write
Ashamed and weighed down
It said with me all through my life

Leaving Ireland, is my way back to you
I will return very soon
Over the sea that separates you and me

Part of a three track EP, Where lines meet, featuring Dónal Lunny 
Mastered by Ivan O'Shea live sound engineer for Danú. 
Bouzouki, guitar, bass and drum programming Dónal Lunny
All vocals, acoustic, ukulele Suzanne Ledwith
Music, lyrics and photograph by Suzanne Ledwith
Vocals, guitar and ukulele recorded by Suzanne Ledwith
All songs copywritten.

Leaving Ireland

Leaving Ireland feat: Dónal Lunny

Music Video - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8kjYKRi1YI

From A Time

Lyrics:

If I had company, I would be happy.
But I’d prefer time with you.
Though I’ve no enemies, those people scared me,
But now I feel things anew.
Cedars swaying, softly praying,
These are things we knew,
We have asked but no one answered,
Revealing what is true.

We seldom read poetry, but now we both see
We share a beautiful soul.
The greatest discovery we made in this century,
Was the desire to be whole.
Pines are swaying, creatures praying,
Finding their way through,
We have asked but no one answered,
Revealing what is true.
 
I have permission, I have no more wishes. 
We have each other, it appears.
Surrounded by grandeur we don’t want a saviour,
Only some calm through the years.
Meditation, rumination,
Gives me rest with you,
We both ask but, we need no answers,
Feeling what is true.

What Is True

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