Time Knows

Carry

The Way Back

When We Dreamed

Pacific

Mzansi Afrika

My grandmother loved Nelson Mandela. She took me to Robben Island (where Mandela spent 27 years in prison) when I was a young boy. My only lasting memory of that visit is of Mandela's match-box sized jailcell. Our tour guide (a former inmate) explained how prisoners would have to curl their legs to sleep at night as the cells couldn't accommodate their outstretched limbs. 

Madiba is my tribute to my hero, the man who laid down his life for racial equality in South Africa.

Madiba

The Light Is Coming

To Never See The Light

Smooth Black River

The Blessed And The Damned

Ride Suzy Ride

Pain Like A River

Nightbirds

A Stone In The Mouth Of The Ocean

I wrote Pearl in the Tide for the glue-sniffing, paper-bag-drinking bum, unsure where he'll find his next meal. The older I get, it seems, the harder it is to break free from my 401K, two-fisted, insulate-my-future self. The poor will always be among us; may we always be among them.

Pearl In The Tide

The Light Is Coming (Demo Version)

Produced and Mixed by Tyler Fortier @ little orange room
Mastered by Thaddeus Moore

Luke Beling: vocal, acoustic guitar
Tyler Fortier: piano, keys, percussion, bass, vocals
Erin Flood Fortier: vocals

The streetlights shine tonight shine like diamonds in the sky
There's a fire burning low evening's glow in your eyes
We've made this place our home roots of love deep we've grown
All these branches turning white you and I we both know

There's a reason to believe in
Something good to be feeling
It's the season to be dreaming
More than a moment for you and me 
And I'll hold you in my arms when the lights disappear
Into this new year

There's a cold moon on the rise all the rivers turned to ice
And the town's wrapped in snow nowhere to go tonight

There's a reason to believe in
Something good to be feeling
It's the season to be dreaming
More than a moment for you and me 
And I'll hold you in my arms when the lights disappear
Into this new year

Into This New Year

Produced and mixed by Tyler Fortier @ little orange room.
Mastered by Thaddeus Moore

Luke Beling: vocal, acoustic guitar, banjo
Bryan Daste: pedal steel
Erin Flood Fortier: vocals
Tyler Fortier: keys, piano
Sam Howard: bowed upright

Hard To Bleed A Winter

Released February 2, 2024

Written by Luke Beling
Artwork by Luke Beling

Produced and mixed by Tyler Fortier @ little orange room.
Mastered by Thaddeus Moore

Luke Beling: vocal, acoustic guitar
Erin Flood Fortier: vocals
Tyler Fortier: keys, piano, percussion, nashville high-strung
Glen Yoder: electric guitar

Let Tomorrow Come

Luke Beling: vocal, acoustic guitar, banjo
Erin Flood Fortier: vocals
Tyler Fortier: keys, piano, percussion, electric guitar
Joseph Pennell: vocals

Sydney’s Eyes

Originally written and performed by Kim Wilde.

Credits:

Artwork by Eric Hurtgen
Produced and mixed by Tyler Fortier @ little orange room.
Mastered by Thaddeus Moore

Luke Beling: vocal, acoustic guitar, banjo
Phillipe Bronchtein: pedal steel
Erin Flood Fortier: vocals
Tyler Fortier: keys, percussion, piano

Kids In America

South African-born singer-songwriter, Luke Beling, grew up listening to music from the 60s and 70s, influenced by records his father played and the surrounding struggle of his native country. Beling believes that music should embody both the miracle and labor of life. Everyday stories borne from world wandering, Beling’s folk songs hope to impart to listeners deep pockets of truth.

Luke Beling

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