Music from Brian Dyer Stewart

Dear family, friends, and fellow travelers,

Dear family, friends, and fellow travelers,

   As promised, here is last week's instrumental with its lyrics, recorded just now in Clinton, NY - By River's Shore.  Pammy and I live on seventeen acres along the Harrington River.  The river is tidal where we are, with tidal swings of nearly fifteen feet, depending on the moon.  We look across what we can the Marsh hill, old pasture that goes down to salt marsh flats that stretch out to the main river, filling on the big tides of the month and emptying to the community of plants that love the rise and fall of the rich salty waters.  Pammy and I often walk down to the marsh after dinner when the sun is low and everything is lit in golds and reds and sky and marsh and river seem to stretch forever.  Such wonders...

Dear family, friends, and fellow travelers,

Dear family, friends, and fellow travelers,

Dear family, friends, and fellow travelers,

    The song this cycle is Morning Will Come, a love song of souls passing in the night.  Leonore Hildebrandt is on percussion and vocals. We recorded it a couple years ago for our CD Market Day.

    Over the years I have a small collection of kids' songs that have grown from time with grandkids.  There's now a Kids tab on the main menu, if you're interested.

Dear family, friends, and fellow travelers,

Dear family, friends, and fellow travelers,

    I'm resending the music emails - the mail server had some issues and a lot of folks didn't receive the newsletter.  So a second round.  My apologies if you're getting two of these.

Dear family, friends, and fellow travelers,

    The song this cycle is How Do You Love Me Now, written last month during a mini songwriter's retreat I had for myself while Pammy was at the Common Ground Fair with the Wedneasday Spinners.  A love song that wonders aloud at how our love changes with time.  Change and Love - the two great certainties!

Dear family, friends, and fellow travelers,

Dear family, friends, and fellow travelers,

The song this cycle is Promise of the Sun, written for my daughter when she turned 18.  Before becoming a parent, I could never have truly imagined the depth of the tides that would run between us.  I am ever grateful to our four children for the abundance of life and love that they bring into this world, just as we so need it...

This was a live recording of Joyful Trio - Kenny Pierce on cello, Leonore Hildebrandt on percussion and harmony vocals, and me on piano and vocals.