Songs by Leslie Mandoki Mandoki Soulmates and #WeSayThankYou w/ Ian Anderson

Wake Up by Mandoki Soulmates  Male-fronted version.  Powerful, funky, reconnecting with early rebellious roots.  

Note: we also have a version that starts with a female. 

 

Torch  by Mandoki Soulmates a slow and gentle song about idealism and passing our fight on to the next generation. Vocals seem like Peter Gabriel.  Bruce Hornsby influence. Passing on the Torch. Be strong, be brave. Leslie Mandoki says, 

" We must stand up for a peaceful, free world and we have to pass on the „The Torch“ to the next generation!!!"

Old Rebels by Mandoki Soulmates lead vocalists have rough voices, like Smokie and Bret Michaels, chime-y keyboards and bongo, Hammond B3, and Udu. Leslie says, :“The explosion of military spending on the scale of the cold war shows a catastrophically wrongheaded development, and we need to be much, much louder against racism!”'

 #WeSayThankYou  Thoughtful Piano song about the pandemic virus, paying tribute to the frontline workers, first responders, the doctors, nurses, grocery workers, to anyone who took care of our daily needs and kept the world turning for all of us. Pretty flute parts. Ian stands up to the speculators in the lyrics.  

Living In the Gap by Mandoki Soulmates Tower of Power, Blood, Sweat & Tears and Chicago-ish, horns and Quincy Jones style electric Moog bass. A song about how to bridge over the division with music as the greatest unifier, “we need a revenge of analog, we're living in the great divide.” It's a plea for communication and against disunion through the destructive nature of our echo chambers and filter bubbles. Incredible Hammond B3 solo by Cory Henry, bass solo by Richard Bona, guitar solo by Al Di Meola and Saxophone solo by Supertramp´s John Helliwell.

Young Rebels by Mandoki Soulmates Letters to the new kids, 1970s influence, jazz and rock, an old song with a new beat--the young rebels are angry, and don't know how to deal with it.  “Are we old rebels with a new dream, or are we young rebels with an old dream.”