leaping | in balance

I've committed myself to a sport activity two times in a row now. It makes me feel like a very responsible adult. Also talked about cello and revisited works of Zoë Keating. And that always makes me feel in balance.

Ain't I A Woman?

I hesitated for a long while. I thought that this time I'd prepared myself but you can't simply do that. I knew that the moment I press the play button something unearthly beautiful would fill the space around me. Like it was last time. Well, and so it did this time as well. Turn off everything that may disturb you and channel Ayanna's stories towards your zone.



Read more about Sojourner Truth here. For more info about WEYA Festival click here.



That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere. Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud-puddles, or gives me any best place! And ain't I a woman? Look at me! Look at my arm! I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! And ain't I a woman? I could work as much and eat as much as a man - when I could get it - and bear the lash as well! And ain't I a woman? Sojourner Truth, read the whole speech here.

o que c'est beau schön prittie prittie

"Zoe Keating playing her cello in the middle of San Francisco International Airport. On her way to play, Zoe opens up about the places she's been fortunate enough to visit and play, because of her music. A cello festival in Beauvais, the opera house in Sydney, Zurich, the New Mexico desert for the gasoline-laden simulation of a nuclear bomb, the list goes on." Read more on the story here. 



under the counter it's dark and the lady the nice Dutch lady who loves Americans and has relations in Trenton shows you postcards that shine in the dark pretty hotels and palaces    O que c'est beau schön prittie prittie and the mooonlight ripple ripple under the bridge and the little reverbères are alight in the dark under the counter and little windows of hotels around the harbour    O que c'est beau la lune
     and the big moon (...)
   we hurry wallowing like in a boat  (...) J.D. Passos The 42nd Parallel

sweet sweet song from sweet sweet moon

String instruments are in fashion. I truly don't mind. Sweet Sweet Moon is truly sweet sweet. And isn't this title simply perfect? I See Things That You Don´t See And That Is Blue, Blue, Black And Dylan. It's going to be a good day after such a start! :)



Sweet Sweet Moon is released by Siluh Records.

escape

Zoë Keating shared today this absolutely stunning live performance of "Escape Artist" recorded at the ABC Radio National. She describes pretty well my attitude towards the forest and the city. That's precisely what I feel whenever I run into the woods: I can't wait to be back in the city again. And once there, then I wish to run away somewhere else almost immediately. Always in between. Zoë blends this duality unmistakably. As usual.



To experience more such great tales, purchase Zoë's album Into The Trees from here.

sun will set...

eventually some time soon I suppose. Zoë depicts this state beautifully. Good. Night.

double rainbowness

I have seen two double rainbows two days in a row. Wonderfulness. And also had an inspiring conversation on the beauty of art. Both things brought me the post Zoë Keating shared on her Twitter. Please meet Adam Wolpert and his works. 



I don't relate to ugly, repulsive images that decribe our times. 
(...) there is still an enourmous amount of beauty.

truthfully & unconditionally

On this rainy Midsummer day chilly London serves truthfully mesmerizing sounds of Ayanna Witter-Johnson. Cherish the first time you are going to listen to this performance as it will stay within you and then it will start growing (as it has started within me). Unconditionally.



To get the EP of Ayanna click here.

confused

Confusion continues with the weekend consisting from four days and me being two days out of town. But how much I wish such weekends were even longer! Those wonderful days had a fantastic kick off with an absolutely brilliant performance of Elifantree in Korjaamo on Wednesday. Being a hopeless case of a sound sponge and bombarding myself with numerous music press I can't escape this danger tendency of comparing bands with other musical acts. But with Elifantree it doesn't work. They are just what they are. And they are a sonic feast! Three people who passionately engage themselves on the stage are a true pleasure for the ear and eye. All of them captivating and crafty with Anni Elif Egecioglu driving special attention due to her rich voice and stage presence. Without any hesitation, I can say this was one of the best live music acts I have ever seen. And all that with great people around me.  

The video was directed by Vilhelmiina Vilhunen.

a good tune from Zoë Keating