My interview with Joe Viglione, a multi-talented artist fighting against bullying in senior housing, goes live on YouTube at 6 pm, March 25.
3/20/25
Five Days Of Christmas
Five Days Of Christmas by Elliott Murphy, one of this year’s holiday songs I’m working. If you are looking to cover or sync holiday music for Christmas, Kwanzaa, New Years, Hanukkah, send me an email at LeightonMedia@aol.com and Anne@AnneLeighton.com #performers, #ChristmasMusic #musicmanager, #PostProduction #SyncLicensing #Superhero #songwriters #SuperheroSongwriters
Holiday Songs - Christmas, New Years & a Sarcastic Birthday Tune
Every Little Light, The Slambovian Circus of Dreams For covers and radio only as this song lifts “Do You Hear What I Hear?” male vocal, Christmas folk-rock, with bells and electric guitar, open hearts, "wish the whole world were friends" celebration of lights on Christmas night, the importance of individuals, thinking like a child, peace, love for the whole world.
Robeone Christmas (instrumental) Robeone triumphant Christmas instrumental, all keyboards Used: Korg Karma. Mellotron 4000D, Roli Seaboard, Expressive E Osmose, Yamaha S80, Technics KN7000, Moog Sub 37, Kurtzweil K2000, ASM Hydrasynth
Santa’s My Mum Tony Moore thoughtful anthem ballad w/ bells, male vocal, this song pays tribute to his mom, keeping alive her tradition of perfect childhood Christmases, and he snuck down the stairs early in the morning and she was there, keeping him quiet.
New Year Izzy Meth tenor young voice, Kind of Mumford meets Lumineers meets Bob Dylan melody, about New Years, hopeful lyrics that could be about untapped potential or sticking to resolutions even though we know we should, seeking goodness in the new year, mentions "g-d"
Just Another Birthday Song Dean Friedman music hall meets pop, tenor, witty, fun jabs at the birthday boy, "give thanks that your dad wasn't shooting blanks." "thank your mom for pushing you out." Mentions “isolation” from the Pandemic era
Glory to the Newborn King Erin Hannon / Stephen Melillo classical music with a full lyric soprano that rolls her rrrrs, and "Sleep In Heavenly Peace"
Five Days of Christmas Elliott Murphy The
story of Linear coming off his meds and coming to visit an easy-to-anger
brother over the holidays. Bad boys, gangster, visual lyrical storytelling.
3/11/25
April 1: Bronx Historical Society Presents The Kindness Session, a Poetry Workshop
Bronx
Historical Society is presenting "The Kindness Session," a poetry
workshop on recognizing the difference between kindness and cruelty to channel
that in our writing on April 1 at 6 PM till approximately 7:45. The Poetry
Workshop takes place at Poe Cottage, 2640 Grand Concourse, in the Bronx.
Subways near the Visitors Center are the 4, B, and D train at the
Kingsbridge stop. Buses to the Center are Bx9, Bx22, Bx28, Bx38, and
BxM4 (Express bus). The Poe Visitors Center is up the Hill from
the Fordham Metro North train stop.
Led by
area poet Anne Leighton, the Kindness Session will include sharing works
from classic and contemporary including Edgar Allen Poe, Naomi Shihab
Nye, Muhammad Ali, as well as selected poems from attendees.
Once the
attendees discuss poems, they’ll be encouraged to think of incidents where they
recognize kindness from life experiences, friends and acquaintances, and
how it affected their lives. From there, writers will be encouraged to create a
first draft of poetry. Writers will read their poems, and be encouraged to
revise a first draft by the first week of May.
3/3/25
Doug Odell talks Cobra Kai & Prog Rock on The Anne Leighton inclusion In...
Doug Odell talks Cobra Kai & Prog Rock on The Anne Leighton inclusion Interview Show on YouTube
Premiere is Tuesday, March 4, at 6 PM ET. Doug’s the bassist for Ice Age, who I worked with in the early 2000s. The group is still recording.
"One Man's Meat" by Gary Lucas & David Johansen
Gary Lucas co-wrote “One Man’s Meat” with David Johansen, who sang it for Gary’s Gods and Monsters’ 2006 release, “Coming Clean,” and it reappeared on 2022’s “The Essential Gods and Monsters.” Rob Tannenbaum included the song in this past Saturday’s New York Times Playlist at https://bit.ly/41ECGhm
Rob cites David’s “Buddhist-adjacent philosophy through a series of riddles and paradoxes delivered at breakneck speed over Gary Lucas’s careening guitar.” It's uptempo, frenetic, lucid song with a double entendre and waffles on the fine line of flow versus fear.
2/17/25
John Poveromo on the Anne Leighton Inclusion Interview Show
John Poveromo is the next guest on the Anne Leighton
Inclusion Interview Show. Which goes live Tuesday evening 6 pm ET/3 pm
PT/midnight (Wed. morning Cape Town time.
I fell in love with the range of musicians, comedians, and
health experts that John has on his podcast, "Dystopia Tonight.” John's a working comedian with a wide range of
talent including cartoon art, writing, filmmaking, organizing, and creating
projects.
We talk about personal experiences with depression, mental
health, and the challenges of navigating the current political and social
climate. The interview also shares our experiences with social media,
creativity, and travel, with a focus on the importance of empathy,
understanding different perspectives, and supporting those who are struggling. He
created an indie movie, "Duppet," a short that visualizes depression.
Two other deep topics were our love for the TV show, "Supernatural" and John's hair care routine!
Everyone should tune in to John's M.S. Telethon happening
this March 26-27. Type up this link for
the Telethon broadcast page: bit.ly/dystopiaallnight25
2/1/25
Love & Valentines
Love We Need You Here Tony Moore slow, acoustic with ambient sound, keyboards, electric guitar build up, like a Pink Floyd ballad, It's a prayer to a higher power, "love remove the fear... don't leave us lost and alone."
Love Will Blind a Woman Suzahn Fiering gentle acoustic song, sort of young Joni Mitchell tones, "Love will blind a woman though she knows it ain't right" about a gal smitten by a charming guy, 'even tho' she knows it ain't right" https://open.spotify.com/track/3SPPgUVPHOGOoCSC2l9ahE?si=ae6bb27a0f4b43a4
Tell Me, Elliott Murphy rock, song, electric guitar, male vocals like Lou Reed, "tell me" is the hook. The guy is fighting not to end a relationship, and find ways to stay close to his soon-to-be- ex lover
Made for You Phoebe Legere upbeat female vocal, made for you, can't you see I was made for you. From "Toxic Avenger"
Fallin’ In Love Jenn Cristy seductive female vocals, R&B, funky bass & drums, has majestic piano solo, similar rhythms to "Tighten Up" foreplay, losing myself in the music of love, "baby we could fall in love"
A Rose for Your Stone The Kings male vocals, Americana with horns and accordion, spaghetti western sounding, a winning gunslinger returns home to find his true love is dead, all he can give her is a rose for her (tomb) stone
Love Killer Jaclyn Bradley lush, slow tempo, dream pop alto female vocals, ambient, Madonna tones, theme of loving and losing, love killer, let it all hang out, I'm here for the dream of love.
Love the Bodies We’re In Jaclyn Bradley female vocals, acoustic guitar, gentle tempo, intimacy, song on self-love and intimate connection
"love the bodies we're in" "crawl into my bones, give me your
skin"
1/21/25
New Radio Single “A Rose for Your Stone” by The Kings
The Kings’ “The Longest Story Ever Told” continues to build. After months on regional radio stations and finding support even internationally, the group’s song “A Rose for Your Stone” is finding support on AAA/Americana radio. The music video features Western imagery and lead singer David Diamond performing solo on acoustic guitar. The idea behind the song is about a gunfighter returning home after hearing his former girlfriend has died. He left her because he wanted to seek fame with his gun, but he never forgot her. He’s chosen to not regret the choice he made, despite the tragedy. All he can give her is a rose to put on her headstone.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAfx_HbH9bc
The Kings, originally formed in Vancouver, British
Columbia, and Oakville, Ontario, are a Canadian rock band. The original lineup
was David Diamond (lead vocals, bass, songwriter), Sonny Keyes (vocals,
keyboards, songwriter), Max Styles (currently Todd Reynolds) (drums), and
Mister Zero (guitar, songwriter).
Before their breakthrough, they spent over three years as WhistleKing, refining
their skills through rehearsals, club gigs, and songwriting, always with
recording as the goal. Their journey led them to Nimbus 9 Studio in Toronto,
where renowned producer Bob Ezrin (Pink Floyd, Alice Cooper, KISS) joined the
story.
Ezrin's involvement led to a worldwide major label deal with Elektra Records in
Los Angeles. Their debut project, "The Kings Are Here," featured the
smash hit 'This Beat Goes On/Switchin' To Glide,' which received extensive
major market airplay all over the USA and Canada, spending 23 weeks in the
Billboard Hot 100, earning them a Canadian Juno Award nomination, Platinum
album and Gold single status and induction into the Canadian Songwriters Hall
of Fame.
The Kings continued their musical journey with the albums "Amazon
Beach," "RSVP," "Unstoppable," "Party Live in
'85", "The Lost Tapes of a Seventies Bar Band" and "Because
of You," all of which showcase their energy and songwriting prowess. They
also released a captivating documentary titled "Anatomy of a One-Hit
Wonder”, as well as the incredible concert film "Live at Heatwave".
Now, in 2024, "The Longest Story Ever Told," reaffirms the Kings’
status as a rock band with songwriting depth. With a history of hits, over 2000
North American shows and a devoted fan base, The Kings remain a hungry band
with something to prove.
1/9/25
Other Mothers
One of the songs I'm plugging this week (and for the rest of the year). "Other Mother" by Emily Hurd
12/22/24
Days Between Stations’ “Perpetual Motion Machines” and Music Video “Being"
Los Angeles’ Days Between Stations have released their fourth album, “Perpetual Motion Machines (Music For A Film).”
“Perpetual Motion Machines” is the result of
DBS founding members keyboardist Oscar Fuentes Bills and guitarist Sepand
Samzadeh working on the music for a documentary film about Jean-Paul Bourdier in
the mid-2010s. As the music reached completion, the group was offered the
opportunity to release their music as a “proper” album. Sepand says, “Jean
Paul’s artwork was our muse, and we scored the music to pictures and to
existing films.” Ultimately the changing roster of film producers developed new
goals for their project, and the band focused on turning “Perpetual Motion
Machines” into an album now available digitally, on CD, and vinyl.
There are two music videos for the album. The latest (was released on November 29) is a performance video “Being” which features the band and vocalist Durga McBroom (Pink Floyd, Flashdance).
"Being" felt unfinished when the group
decided to release this music as an album. Oscar had written a melody that
lent itself to vocals, and “we based them around the general concept of
existence and trying to inject Jean Paul’s poetic philosophy.” Ultimately, the
lyrics came from a more personal place, “this is what Jean-Paul’s art inspired
us to do, and we let the music speak for itself. Pink Floyd backup
vocalist Durga McBroom sings on “Being,” which will be released as a video on
November 29, the same day as the album.
The first video “Seeds” features artist Jean-Paul
Bourdier at work, painting models, was a favorite on prog radio and won “Track
of the Week” by Prog Magazine when it was released this past September.
Produced by Navon Weisberg, who helmed the project “as
a fan. I removed the technical hurdles and allowed Sepand and Oscar to focus
their energy on the music, allowing their emotions to be captured.”
The album is dedicated to the memory of
"Big" Bill Kaylor who engineered early sessions of “Perpetual
Motion Machines” and worked on the group’s second album, “In Extremis.”
Formed exactly 20 years ago in Los Angeles, Sepand and
Oscar named the band after Steve Erickson’s novel “Days Between
Stations.” The Pineapple Thief’s Bruce Soord inspired the band to work on
their music after he used some of Sepand and Oscar’s musical experiments as the
basis for “Saturday” on The Pineapple Thief’s “12 Stories Down” album.
The duo continued to work with a range of musicians on what became their
first release, “Days Between Stations,” in 2007. Their 2012
recording “In Extremis” was produced by Yes’ Billy Sherwood. In 2020
they released “Giants,” which included vocals from Durga McBroom on
“Witness the End of the World” and voted as Prog Magazine’s Track of the Week.
The band has a history of music in films-dating back
to “Radio Song” (from the debut album) licensed in the independent film
“Young, Single & Angry” in 2006 and then in 2023 in “Paul & Trisha: The
Art of Fluidity,” now featured on Apple Movies. They created the score for a
short Mexican movie, “Y Recibir Tu Aliento” in 2017.
Perpetual Motion Machines (Music For A Film)
1. Waltz for the Dead (1:53)
2. Proof of Life (2:49)
3. Seeds (2:39)
4. Unearth (4:21)
5. Intermission 3 (0:52)
6. Stone Faces (3:15)
7. Paradigm Lost (6:24)
8. Ascend (3:14)
9. Being (featuring Durga McBroom) (9:00)
12/6/24
Richard Skipper on The Anne Leighton Inclusion Interview Show
I enjoyed this interview with Richard Skipper for my show. He'll be performing at New York City's Green Room 42 on Dec. 27.
12/2/24
Richard Skipper on The Anne Leighton Inclusion Interview Show
I'm thrilled that Richard.Skipper will be joining my #YouTube #podcast, The Anne Leighton Inclusion Interview show, broadcasting starting 6 pm ET/3 pm #PalmSprings time/11 pm UK time on Tuesday, December 3, and the two became friends. She encouraged him to work on creating his "Hello Dolly" show.
I discovered Richard in 2023 from a friend Princess Wow, who still leads a podcast on #Facebook. Richard used to run a podcast on YouTube. He interviewed two of my artists (Elliott Murphy and Sharon Katz). All of us were blown away by how well he prepared for their interviews.
Enjoy this interview. We talk about preparation, his work as a Carol Channing imitator, inclusion, and--of course-- Dolly. here's a lot I've learned from him; you will too!
RichardSkipper.com
CallonDolly.com
I discovered Richard in 2023 from a friend Princess Wow, who still leads a podcast on #Facebook. Richard used to run a podcast on YouTube. He interviewed two of my artists (Elliott Murphy and Sharon Katz). All of us were blown away by how well he prepared for their interviews.
Enjoy this interview. We talk about preparation, his work as a Carol Channing imitator, inclusion, and--of course-- Dolly. here's a lot I've learned from him; you will too!
RichardSkipper.com
CallonDolly.com
11/30/24
Christmas Music, 2024
The Light Elliott Murphy acoustic, Christmas sounds melding with chime-y guitars, male vocalist kindred to Tom Waits, "seeing the light at the end of the tunnel" living in hope, "break from the news" "this world is so transitional," "metaphysical." "cross over that mystical boundary."
I Ruined Christmas Refestramus Contemporary art-rock band, female fronted-vocals like Miley Cyrus, bells, "I ruined Christmas this year...It's like I told you before, it won't happen again, my dear." This is a list of things she's done to reindeer, family members, and the eggnog!
Today and All The New Year Dan Berggren “Greensleeves,” acoustic guitar and tambourine, sung by a tenor and backup voices with updated lyrics for the New Year, “may we all of humanity live in harmony and find strength in diversity….”, aiming for good deeds Today and All the New Year | Dan Berggren
Joy to The World Rachael Sage gentle soprano like a young Olivia Newton John’s delivery, music like Regina Spektor’s “Joy to the world” with pulse, cello is rhythm instrument and strings, guitar, light accordion “Joy!Joy!”
Joy to the World I Guess Rebecca Loebe and Findlay Napier This song is about people’s arguments through during the holiday season, and the resolutions we make to fight less, “Joy to the world I guess…. There are friends we no longer will see in the holidays, because they’re shadows in the moonlight on the lawn.”
loebenapier.bandcamp.com/track/joy-to-the-world-i-guess-2
Why Can’t Everyday Be Like Christmas? - Tang female vocals. Pop: Denny Colt sings in a sweet, girl-next door voice and range similar to Cassadee Pope’s or Emma Roberts. (We have punk hard rock and pop versios of the song, too!)https://soundcloud.com/bad-pacrecords/why-cant-everyday-be-like-christmas_ballad?si=250657e72707477eaa94e926ed06ba38&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
Christmas in My Pocket Lillias White, vocals theatrical pop, declarative female vocals (proclaiming and belting) that all the gems of Christmas in her pocket. "Fill your pockets" "dig in dig in, what do you see? Santa wants what's in her pocket! "A Christmas wish for all mankind!"
One Wish Michael Veitch w/ Kirsti Gholson male & female duet, midtempo, light pop, one wish for Christmas day is peace.
11/27/24
ProgGiving with Robeone
“Optimistica”
Where do I Begin?
I am thankful for so many things: my wonderful wife and children and to be blessed to share music. I have been so honored to have been part of ProgStock every year and to have so many wonderful music collaborations.
I’m thankful to be able to support the wonderful Bob Moog Foundation with giving them 100% of my music income. I’m thankful for the contributions people are giving this Asheville-based organization that teaches music and math to children.
Here are a few of the wonderful musicians that I have been so honored to be able to play with at a number of Progressive rock festivals that have supported my work since the release of my Robeone albums: Dave Bainbridge, Martin Schnella, Rachel Flowers, Erik Norlander, Ronald Bienstock, Matthew Parmenter, Mike Visaggio, Christina Burbano-Jeffrey, Joe Deninzon, Dyanne Potter Voegtlin, Mike Keneally, Gregg Bendian, Lee Sebel, Mark Truey Trueack, Andrew Colyer, Fernando Perdomo, & Dave Kerzner.
I’m incredibly thankful for being able to be part of a wonderful music project called Red 32 with my great friends Tony Romero, Steve Bonino, & Eric Confer.
For this holiday season please help me support the Bob Moog Foundation
They have the wonderful Bob Moog school, the Moogseum and the Bob Moog archives keeping the legacy of Bob Moog alive. This is done with an innovative, experiential 10-week curriculum that teaches second-grade students the physics of sound using both acoustic and electronic musical instruments.
Sales of my music goes to the Bob Moog Foundation at: https://thebandwagonusa.com/collections/robeone
and
I also give the Foundation, what little there is of any streaming income. All my music is available on all streaming services so please add me to your playlists. It would be greatly appreciated “Robeone”
Have an absolutely wonderful holiday season and a wonderful new year.
Keep the music flowing,
Robeone
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