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Are You Satisfied? by Laurie Childers
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fave it Political | like Joni
13 tracks | 51 minutes
Released Jan 2004
on Laurie Childers
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:30 friendship lyrics BUY MP3 04:30 friendship lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:30 friendship
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:08 breathing on hope lyrics BUY MP3 04:08 breathing on hope lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:08 breathing on hope
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:51 completeness lyrics BUY MP3 03:51 completeness lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:51 completeness
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:53 lo que nos haga fuerte/what makes us strong lyrics BUY MP3 04:53 lo que nos haga fuerte/what makes us strong lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:53 lo que nos haga fuerte/what makes us strong
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:26 are you satisfied? lyrics BUY MP3 03:26 are you satisfied? lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:26 are you satisfied?
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:33 our grief is not a cry for war lyrics FREE 03:33 our grief is not a cry for war lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:33 our grief is not a cry for war
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:44 ode to the heart lyrics BUY MP3 04:44 ode to the heart lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:44 ode to the heart
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:32 this African land lyrics BUY MP3 03:32 this African land lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:32 this African land
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:48 dangerous lyrics BUY MP3 04:48 dangerous lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:48 dangerous
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:31 goddessmother lyrics BUY MP3 05:31 goddessmother lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:31 goddessmother
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:42 where love grows lyrics BUY MP3 02:42 where love grows lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:42 where love grows
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:28 modern day medicine woman lyrics BUY MP3 03:28 modern day medicine woman lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:28 modern day medicine woman
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 01:54 the phoenix lyrics BUY MP3 01:54 the phoenix lyrics "GIFT MP3" 01:54 the phoenix
Provocative yet soothing, this debut recording has lyrics that move to resolution and peace in both the personal and political. It's new folk with a touch of jazz.
Bio / Background
These songs were written over a period of 2+ decades, in different parts of the world, at different stages of my life. They came of their own accord, infrequently or in clusters, often as resolutions of dilemmas I found myself in or as attempts to understand difficult situations from a more universal perspective. I recognized each song as a gift, a guiding light from the nameless spiritual benevolence. I also felt a responsibility to be attentive to each song until it felt complete. Some were birthed smoothly, others over a longer time and with more struggle over details.
The spiritual dialogue of songwriting, and playing these songs, was mostly an internal affair until recently. Although I shared them occasionally, playing the piano was something I did when everyone left the house. It was a great pleasure. Although not normally shy, playing for others - especially my own songs - made me nervous and that was unpleasant.
↓ more ↓A few years ago my songs started to have a mid-life crisis. They insisted, "You're mortal. We don't have to be. Get over it." Any challenge that makes me grow usually proves worthwhile, and I have tried to confront that terror and venture out from my "cave." Around that time, my husband John said something at Quaker meeting about how we live by the cumulative grace of others. It suddenly occurred to me, what if nobody sang, ever? What if we were all too self-critical and no one in the past 100,000 years had ever sung or played music?
So, I offer up these sound sculptures, with endless gratitude to the gift of song, and blessings of hope for the human race.
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