Music from Brian Dyer Stewart

Dear family, friends, and fellow travelers,

    The song this cycle is Sasha's Waltz, recorded this morning in celebration of the birth of Sasha Sacco-Dyer.  Pammy and I are in upstate New York with our daughter and her husband, basking in the glow.  Sasha was born during a snow storm on the Wolf Moon, January's full moon on the 17th.  He's a most beautiful babe and we are ever so grateful for his presence in this world, this time. May 2022 continue to surprise us with its generosity and kindness, its solidarity and hope. 

Dear family, friends, and fellow travelers,

    The song this cycle is New Year's Wish, written and recorded this morning, my New Year's wish for each of you.  May 2022 surprise us with its generosity and kindness, its solidarity and hope. 

    Here's a playlist of all the songs from the newsletters.

Dear family, friends, and fellow travelers,

    The song this cycle is With You, recorded in the early 90s, an anniversary tune as I remember.  Pammy and I just celebrated our 41st anniversary and it was fun to bring this song up from the archives.  Our neighbor, Tim, had just gotten a reel-to-reel 8 track recorder back in the day and generously let me do some recording.  I was learning my way with the equipment and figuring how to add tracks doing this song.

The song this cycle is Holding on for Dear Life, recorded close to 25 years ago, written in the thick of family life when so many days were a blur with work and kids and making ends meet.  'Tis a happy tune.  There are so many darker, harder times that also find us Holding on for Dear Life, barely holding on or feeling ourselves flung into the roar and chaos of life and these times, with little to hold onto.  The joy and ease of the song is how wrapped up it is in the underlying connections and strength of love and family.  Hopefully we can give that connection to each other in the darker times when we might feel alone.  Time only tells us how much more we rely on and need each other.

Dear family, friends, and fellow travelers,

Dear family, friends, and fellow travelers,

    The song this cycle is Night Prayer, written some years ago at song writer's retreat - one of those middle-of-the-night songs when so much is on the table, uncertain, doubt and sorrow so near.

    Here's a playlist of all the songs from the newsletters.

Dear family, friends, and fellow travelers,

    I'm changing the frequency of the newsletter to once a month on the last Friday of the month.

    The song this cycle is Hymnal, written some years ago at song writer's retreat after waking from a dream about my dad on the anniversary of his death.  I recorded it at home a couple of years ago and love the blessing at the end...

    Here's a playlist of all the songs from the newsletters.

Dear family, friends, and fellow travelers,

    The song this cycle is Ida's Song, written after the birth of our granddaughter, Ida Mattea, a year ago. Happy Birthday, dearest Ida!

    Here's a playlist of all the songs from the newsletters.

Dear family, friends, and fellow travelers,

    It's been just a year since I started these bi-weekly music offerings.  The pandemic keeps changing, things are slowly opening, and we're re-learning our connections, making new ones.  My intent is to keep on with the bi-weekly publication of a new song.  I've heard from a great many folks over the year and it's helped me remember and cherish these connections and renew some friendships, deepen others.

Dear family, friends, and fellow travelers,