Shimmer

 Shimmer (2010) - Free Download of selected tracks

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Robin's note (from the album sleeve):

Shimmer is a collection of songs inspired by the sounds of the West Coast of California that transformed my Austin A 40 in the 70’s into a cruisy Cadillac convertible simply by my placing a ragged and dusty Byrds tape into that discovery of the decade, the car radio cassette player.

The damp foggy roads of North London then by magic became the dusty endless highways of mid west USA. Little did they know it but on one occasion the alchemy of Bob Dylan and Roger McGuinn instantly metamorphosed the two soggy uneasy riders of Honda 50s I was following (resplendent in their transparent his and her’s plastic macs, matching helmets and bicycle clips), into the legendary figures of Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper, riding high and free into the setting sun astride their Harleys from heaven.

There were others of course, from closer to home. Ray Davies, Lennon, McCartney, and the young Van the Man from across the water; one by one their voices all passed through my old car’s battered speakers into my vacant being, and on into these songs gratefully received a generation later on the other side of the world.

Within this my third album, you may find stories of fulfilled and unfulfilled love; the deep love of a mother for her daughter running wild from violence, or the unresolved grief of a widowed lady across the way whose eager visitor could have been such friends with her husband. You may also recognize the struggles we all have respecting our partner’s unique spiritual path, staying so close yet, at the same time, setting each other free. It seems love is ultimately a mix of knowing and unknowing. And yes too, those oh- so-sad attempts we make at the game of seduction under clear celestial skies.

You may even, like myself, suspect the shimmer we see and feel on the surface is somehow a reflection of a more dazzling light shining from somewhere deep within.

But enough of all this. It really is quite enough for me if this CD makes you smile, tap your feet and even dance a little. Keep really well

Robin Kelly. Auckland, Aotearoa/ NZ. 2006.

Tracks:  Free Downloads selected tracks. Use Windows Media Player.

1. No More than Lovers Ever Know 3.29
2. The Lady Across The Way 3.32 *
3. Running Wild 5.38
4. Tears from Wells Run Dry 2.50
5. Somehow 3.36
6. Bridal Bed 3.19
7. I'm Not Slipping Away 3.05
8. Time we were Friends 3.02
9. You Lucky Man 3.23
10.Something That I Said 3.14 *
11. By Your Side 2.35
12. Watching Life (Passing You By) 3.55

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