PIRATE XMAS Slambovian Circus of Dreams male vocalist, pirate march, Christmas song
magic comparisons feels like a song Mr. Hook would sing! "childhood dreams
at the realm" "Ring the Bells and Break the Spells that traps us in
reality"
IF I WAS A DREIDEL by Dean Friedman singalong with lyrics: “If I was a Dreidel, gee, how I would spin…… I might be made of plastic, or wood or clay or tin…… And you could pick my letters, Nun, Gimmel, Hay or Shin…… And if your letter landed, the Chanukah Gelt you’d win, Oh….” https://soundcloud.com/deanfriedman/if-i-was-a-dreidel
CHILDREN BELIEVE Emily Hurdfemale vocals, jazzy-pop, keyboards,
“children believe” is the hook.the
singer finds the comparison between children and grownups that connect w/ them.
"we need the magic too"
CHRISTMAS TIME Jon MullaneUpbeat! Baritone version of Adam Levine, song in the same tempo as USA for Africa’s “Do They Know it’s Christmastime” About the joys of Christmas, and getting ready for it.
CHRISTMAS LULLABY Leo Schaff Haunted or gothic or mystical song. No two
snowflakes are the same. Mystical melody. Orchestrated For covers only Christmas traditions, gentle
magic. Pagan stylings. Fill our hearts,
fill our dreams, fill us with love and peace.”
CHRISTMAS IS COMING Leo Schaff Beach Boys meets Shins. Male vocals. His true love ran around the world, and said she’d make it home for the holidays. A year has gone by, and he’s singing, “Christmas is coming, New Years is coming,” sand “Will you make it home for the holidays?” https://soundcloud.com/leightonmedia/christmas-is-coming-by-leo-schaff
"Mama" is a thoughtful song about the wisdom Mama taught this reflective songwriter.
Phoebe is on the road.Tonight she plays Abilene in Rochester.Here is a link to her interview w/ WHAM-Rochester TV’s
Norma Holland.They talk how her Acadian
and Native American ancestors created Cajun (or Acadian music) in America, plus
how families got together to make music in the kitchen… which she still does
with her friends.
Stay close to PhoebeLegere.com for news
and events:
May 2 Morning Radio
WRUR Rochester, NY
ABILENE, Rochester, NY Thursday
at 8pm WITH the world famous Crawdiddies: (Jay Chaffee, Washboard Dave &
Banjo Ben Haravitch and Bernie Haveron on Fiddle)
May 4 Afternoon Radio,
WKZE-Red Hook, NY
THE FALCON, 1348 Route
9W, Marlboro, New York Tribal Roots of Rock N Roll w Joakim Lartey
May 7 Lincoln Center Film Society, Portrait of A
Game Changer (Phoebe and two of her songs in this film about Barney Rosset)
May 30 WICN-Worcester,
MA Radio
May 31 Sunapee Coffee
House, Sunapee, New Hampshire
June 6 Gulu Gulu, Salem, MA
June 7WOMR Radio-Provincetown, MA
June 8 Brick House Concerts, Orleans, MA
June 23 East Rock
Concert Series in New Haven, CT
July 5 Saugerties Sunset Series, Saugerties, NY July 19 The Ladybug Festival, Wilmington, DE
July TBA Bryant Park
Accordion Festival
August 17 Legere
Reunion, Congres Mondial Acadien!
August 20 Frantastic
Festival of Experimental & Improvised Music! Auburn, Maine
Rebecca's latest album GIVE UP YOUR GHOSTS (on Austin's Blue Corn Records) features GROWING UP, a collection of poignant observations on how things change. Sounding like one of Ed Sheeran's waltzes, GROWING UP''s hook "growing old, getting over it."
P.S. Rebecca's looking forward to opening for Suzzy Roche & Lucy Wainwright Roche Cookout Concerts in Novato CA 6/2! http://tinyurl.com/yytveyra
ROLLING STONE loves Rebecca’s album, comparing her “coffeehouse Americana and light folk-pop” to Norah Jones.
Rachael Sage has been an inspiration to friends for years.
"Alive" is such an upbeat song, listing topical possibilities "including microfilm being pulled out of the archive," " the olympics where nobody ever cheats!" She mentions Frida Kahlo, and the hook "IT’S GOOD TO BE ALIVE."
Dean Friedman's perfect Love Pop song: PUT YOU IN MY POCKET
Dean has a great Easter song "The Ducks of St. Stephens Green."
PUT YOU IN MY POCKET and other Valentine & Love songs are at
AMAZING LOVE by Phoebe Legere is a LOVE song. Someone was that self-centered until YOU came along! Enjoy the beauty of the video—Phoebe strutting and playing with her squeeze box on an enchanted tropical island.
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UNFINISHED by Lisa Sniderman / aka Aoede
Unfinished is from an album Lisa created (but hasn't released) while writing a book, "A Light in the Darkness", about how she is able to write and record music, score plays, win awards, and many other things while living with a debilitating disease.
UNFINISHED is chamber pop, and about reconnecting with lost love, growing up. It could be used for themes of either Optimism (with a Hollywood Ending) OR Toxic Optimism. Heartfelt, Yearning, Wishful, Poignant, Questioning.
Lisa interviews me about how I've been songwriting to share insight on healing and abuse.
Lisa Sniderman (AKA Aoede): a quirky folk winner of the IMA, John Lennon Songwriting Contest, and also playwriting contest. She also writes children songs.
A stirring and gentle ballad to say goodbye to Mandela and a challenge to carry his lessons forward. (pronounced HAM-BA-KAH-LE MANDELA) (H=soft sound)
She continues to lead multi-racial choir performances and marches.
HER OWN LAGOON by Josh Lewis is part Aerosmith/Cheap Trick/Black Crowes: The song is about an abused person now in the hospital, and a million miles from the truth.She’s sending him postcards from her room.
AMERICAN HEART: Jaclyn Bradley Palmer
dark patriotic pop, inspired by her love for America, yet sadness over it's current state. The song is still hopeful.
Sounds like pop Halsey mixed with the dark folk pop of Phoebe Bridgers. Jaclyn had an amazing time, performing both pop and opera on Ireland's Got Talent this Spring.
JOY TO THE WORLD I GUESS by Rebecca Loebe and Findlay Napier is topical, 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.”
Artist Explains How she Uses Photos and Moving Pictures in Creating Music Videos for Gary Lucas & Jann Klose, plus other Artists, Entrepreneurs, and—of course—Organizations!
Dr. Mike Friedman’s BRICK BY BRICK July 19th column in PSYCHOLOGY TODAY features a look at the creator of Gary Lucas & Jann Klose’s latest music video, NOBODY’S TALKING from their album STEREOPTICON.
Dr. Friedman says, ”I think DeAngela Napier’s approach to visual storytelling gives us a window into how we can develop open-minded approach to our lives."
DeAngela Napier is the digital strategist and visual storyteller who is responsible for STEREOPTICON’s music videos (“Secret Wings” and “Fair Weather”). She explores how carefully selected imagery conveys a powerful message above and beyond music videos. Gary Lucas and Jann Klose’s first two videos offer an insider’s view of New York City while NOBODY’S TALKING’s visuals are comprised of stock footage, selected and edited by DeAngela to convey the tongue-in-cheek lyrical message about everybody talking on their cellphones while they’re surrounded by real people in the real world.
“My work consist of producing content and collaborating with organizations and entrepreneurs on marketing and media strategies. These strategies often include visual storytelling to convey meaning that resonate longer with the listener/viewer.” Her collaborations include producing projects, creating imagery with photography/video and editing digital assets for multi-media projects. In NOBODY’S TALKING, she combines her personal love of music and background in production to craft an entertaining peak at mobile obsession in 2016. View NOBODY’S TALKING at www.youtube.com/watch?v=mr9TDnt65Ag.
Her visuals are worth a million words! For more information on her company’s services visit www.thenapiernetwork.com.
Dr. Michael Friedman, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist who has been studying how psychological processes impact us as individuals and as a society for over 20 years. In addition to co-authoring a number of academic papers, he’s shared insight on CNN, NPR, Fox News, Wall Street Journal Radio, and in his Psychology Today column, BRICK BY BRICK… Currently he’s working with Vegan Publishers on a book about vegan musicians.
Sloth from BEACHSLOTH writes of “Nobody’s Talking,” “Without talking, without communication, life could become so boring, unaware of all the potential people a person could meet on any given day…Tasteful and elegant to its very core, Gary Lucas & Jann Klose create a timeless piece of chamber pop”
PREMIER GUITAR is currently streaming STEREOPTICON, coinciding with an intensive article by Ted Drozdowski: Gary Lucas: Sincerely Strange. Read this study of Gary Lucas’ guitar history including how working on Captain Beefheart’s song “Flavor Bud Living” stretched the limits of Gary’s fingerpicking technique, which he uses so deftly on STEREOPTICON. www.premierguitar.com/articles/24209-gary-lucas-sincerely-strange.
Both Gary & Jann’s talents are noted in the 4 star review in MOJO, “Klose has a fabulous wide-ranging voice with an individual style, while Lucas’s luminous chord work and mesmeric fingerpicking is a joy throughout.”
Friends in Long Island should be aware of an upcoming TV appearance from Gary & Jann on WLNY’s LIVE IT UP w/ Donna Drake.
Gary received a Grammy nomination for co-writing “Spider Web” with Joan Osborne from her triple platinum album, RELISH. He co-wrote Jeff Buckley’s signature songs “Grace” and “Mojo Pin” from the singer’s double platinum album, GRACE. ROLLING STONE says Gary is “One of the best and most original guitarists in America…a modern guitar miracle.” Some of his collaborations with Jeff are now on Showtime’s ROADIES by Cameron Crowe, and their song “Grace” recently on YOU AND I, which charted on BILLBOARD at 57. Current releases: FLEISCHEREI: MUSIC FROM MAX FLEISCHER CARTOONS and PEARLY CLOUDS. Gary & Nona Hendryx will release THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART, whom Gary worked with very closely.
Born in Germany and raised in Kenya, South Africa and the United States, Jann Klose is writing with Ann Hampton Callaway, Renaissance’s Annie Haslam, and The Yardbirds’ Jim McCarty. He appears in the award-winning Australian feature documentary A VENUE FOR THE END OF THE WORLD (BrinkVision, USA). Most recently Jann scored the music for the award-winning short film THE BEAUTY OF DISASTER. His most recent album, MOSAIC won three 2014 Independent Music Awards and charted for several months on the AMA and Roots Rock charts. Jann will tour Germany, South Africa, and North America this year.
Gary and Jann both worked on the movie GREETINGS FROM TIM BUCKLEY (Tribeca Film/Focus/Universal). Jann is the singing voice of Tim Buckley, while Gary consulted and played guitar. Tony Award winner Frank Wood plays Gary in the film.
