My 4Culture grant-funded full-length album "The Canary Collective: Vol 1" is my contribution to the dialogue amongst humans on this planet about who deserves to be able to afford healthcare, clean air, water, food, and shelter. It's me singing my sensitive soul song in the coal mine. I collaborated with other "womxn and queers" such as Luz Elena Mendoza of band Y La Bamba and Nataly Dawn of Pomplamoose to make a Cat Power and Sufjan Stevens-inspired collage of poetry, songs, and TED Talk quotes. I hope to continue to use my music and unique performance style to get people talking and singing about the ties between our healing bodies and our healing ecosystems on this planet.
lyrics
We should have expected this to happen somehow
I guess the question is: what do we do now?
Well what have the lovers who held up the struggle so long before us done?
What have the others, our sisters and brothers, done to make sure love won?
They had a mission, they had a vision, they kept their eyes on the prize
If that is lost and the means become ends then the people’s permission dies.
If they could speak now, whisper in our ear, as we face today
I can’t imagine but if I imagined, I still believe they’d say:
Go forth in love
Show em what you got
Offer a new way
Go shake things up
Make it look fun
If he orders hate, disobey
Remember a chair is only as sturdy as one of four legs that hold
And an office and cabinet only so strong until all the walls they fold
You’ve got the power, don’t play by their games, use your own better rules
They may have money, tanks and tall towers but we’ve still got stronger tools
Go, now’s the time
Convict the crime
Expose greed in the light of day
Go shake things up
We’ve had enough
When he orders shoot, disobey
When he orders hate, disobey
Love is the only way
Love
Love is the only way
Music, Lyrics, Vocals, Banjo, Baritone Ukulele, Organ, Thigh slaps, Charango, Harpsichord, Synthesizer, Piano, some home recording by Kaeley Pruitt-Hamm Electric Guitar, Charango, Percussion (tambourine, shaker), Bass, Synthesizer, at home recording and arrangement assistance by Conor Whelan Drums by Christopher Icasiano Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, and Lyrics in Spanish Adapated from KPH's "Believe Her" by Luz Elena Mendoza on "Creer/Believe Her" Vocals on "One Sided Glass" by Nataly Dawn Cello by David Balatero
Recorded and mixed by Ryan Oxford at The Center for Light and Color Therapy in Portland, Oregon Mastered by Amy Dragon at Telegraph Mastering
Album Art and Design by Hannah Hamavid
Special thanks to King County 4Culture and my patrons on patreon.com/kph for helping fund the album
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