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I think about the first person I would want to touch and kiss after this lockdown ends. I think about what I want to feel, the music or silence surrounding… This isn’t a meditation on the great sex I intend having. No, instead my entire being looks forward to the kinds of reconnecting and rewiring […]
After writing my second album, Call It Love and getting divorced,going on stage with all those sad songs seemed rather….daunting. I recall that clearly. And the big argument with my daughter that ensued. I am singing away my sadness girl, I said. Not out in town dancing and having my way with men. So let […]
At the end of the day – that’s what it comes down to. Your heart, who and what you find lingering there. I asked a friend why I find it so hard to navigate this pandemic on certain days. Facing fear, whether it is my own, those of people I love or the collective snakes […]
Random thoughts in my notebook. Some become music while others just float around waiting. * This is the one true thing I heard as you drove away. Tell people how you feel you said. Don’t leave it for someone to pick up In a notebook, a letter or song. I have been telling them and […]
Ben Harper released his new single Don’t Let Me Disappear today. On Venus Retrograde. Damn Ben, why do you have to go mess with people’s emotions eh? I cried when I heard him perform this song live. I cried when I watched the music video and I cried when I read the lyrics. So why […]
Why am I still dreaming of this man? A few minutes ago I awoke from a dream where he told me about a particular kind of meat he likes and why a certain sauce tastes so good with it. I swear it’s as though I am seeing into his life, his heart. Good lawd man, […]
This is…beautiful and my favorite track off the new album. I wrote this after attending Afrika Burn. Rodney was responsible for the instrumentation of this track. Recorded at home with a USB microphone, not mixed or mastered. So yeah, it will sound a great deal better when I get into studio. But he did a […]
Listen man, I need my friends around as I am starting to weird myself out during this Lockdown. I became aware of this when we had a zoom meeting and I was interviewed about new music and my trip to India. I thought…oh my God Auriol, you are a fuckin weirdo. You need to get […]
‘You realise that you will always be needed by your family don’t you? Not only by them but by others….’ A friend said this to me and it was echoed by my sister who finally returned to her home. The house is not as noisy anymore and we all miss them terribly, especially the boys. […]
The album deals with Love, Murder and Myth. This falls into the Myth category and it have a epic feel, plenty of orchestration is needed. In fact Rodney did a great job in producing this track. Yet, this is how it sounds when Rodney and I play it live. I use myth to wrap stories […]