Rock Me Slow - A choir song in 3 parts.Rock me Slow was written on the way home from a solo retreat in the Brceon Beacons in 2019 and has become a firm choir favourite.
It is a song meditation on finding Peace through acknowledging Power and Purpose. This song was taught for SONGLINE from Singing Mamas Choir on 23rd October 2020 and features in the SONGLINE songbook - see below for purchase details. |
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This song was inspired by this beautiful artwork by the lovely and talented Stu McLellan which I have up next to my computer at home.
Check out his work and his etsy shop, where you can also buy the print that inspired this song! Stu kindly gave permission to use his words as lyrics for BORN TO SING. This is song medicine for the earth and for our voices interwoven into the fabric of nature. I will record a full video soon but for a flavour see: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqO5j8-6x3k |
This song was written for Vera Maria Mensinga, a shining light and Brazilian goddess of mischief who left this world on 19th July 2020. Vera and I sang together in the Heart of London Threshold Choir. She was a kindred spirit and lover of life, and when she was dying she shared her journey with us, staying connected online and allowing us to sing with and for her.
Whilst trying to process her process I sat down to write, imagining a soothing threshold choir song would emerge but Vera seems to have had other ideas and danced me along the road of discovering this song! She heard this song in life before she died and I sang it to her in the chapel of rest. She continues to dance with me whenever I sing it now! This song will be taught for SONGLINE from Singing Mamas Choir on 16th November, 2020. |
I am a big fan of the creepy lullaby and my arrangement of this traditional Cossack lullaby definitely has the 'beware the judder man my dear when the moon is fat!' vibe!
Lyrics: Go to sleep my darling baby Bayoushka Bayou See the moon is shining on you Bayoushka Bayou... I will tell you many stories if you close your eyes Go to sleep my darling baby Bayoushka Bayou... |