sharon van etten (vocals, guitar)
myisha battle (of forest fire)
Influences
Vashti Bunyan, Sibylle Baier, Low, Neil Young, Antony & The Johnsons, Meg Baird, Mariee Sioux, Diane Cluck, Forest Fire, Scary Mansion, M Ward, Anne Briggs, Shirley Collins, Flora/Fauna, David Israel, Joe Allen, Karrie Hopper, Airwaves, Michael Leviton, Ichabod's Crane, Kyp Malone, The Finches, Picastro, Matt Bauer, Sean Travers, Emilie Rose Bishop, Jared Micah and Hats, Amy Wilson, Alison Vuocolo, Rebekah Kolp, Jusania, She Keeps Bees, Essie Jane, Lavender Diamond, Gillian Welch, the Carpenters, Karen Dalton, PJ Harvey, Betty Wright, Hello Lovers - more and more...
To be nobody-but-yourself -- in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else -- means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.
- e e cummings
hey sharon. hope its as bright in brooklyn as it is here in London today.
just a quick one to say there's a couple of new tunes on the black crow morning page, and the 'songs of the crow' EP will be available from August 4th, via my page...
Hope you're well up there in NYC. Just posted a demo of an unrecorded tune. Hope you like it.
Much Love - ab
is there any end to the vastness that i feel or is it just a furnace built on a heart of steel is there any sense in burning a man who’s done you wrong when the only hope that’s given, lies in the days to come the hour is at hand to make a little noise for your fellow man
the vagrants and the tramps are whispering in the night if you never give up hope everything will turn out fine or maybe fade away into a neon blinking dawn syndicated but forgotten, like the truthes we used to hold get on your feet and stand, make a little noise for your fellow man
is there any space between a sinner and a saint or is it just a strand of the sun’s golden ray is it any use in crying a lake of unseen tears when the only motion needed, is just to cast away your fear do what it is you can to make a little noise for your fellow man
somewhere beneath the excess you’ll find the working class clinging to what’s left of a dream they thought would last now the only trace that’s left is shimmering in the night bought and sold everyday at fraction of the price if what you see demands, make a little noise for your fellowman
when you look into the face of a fool gone too far don’t let the senselessness cloud the bleeding in your heart when he speaks of virtue to mask his cruelty gather in the twilight, where the spirit is still free strike up the band and make a little noise for your fellowman
Wonderful meeting (and hearing) you and Noa last Thursday night. Hope you enjoyed the visit to Albany and Troy. Best wishes on the rest of the tour, and lets keep in touch!
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