Ms Skyrym Sounds

“Gentle storm Rage my way Fall in love with me Everyday” — Elbow The gentle storm is but one of love’s many forms that Ms Skyrym and I, The Poet, explore here musically. May the music move you like a storm, and may you remember that the dark clouds and rain bring forth beautiful blossoms of joy. In love and music, The Poet & Ms Skyrym. Playlist Elbow – Gentle Storm The Boxer Rebellion – Love Yourself Seal – Don’t Cry SYML – Lost Myself Aisha Badru – Water Matt Berninger – One More Second Foo Fighters – Home Philip LaRue – Colors Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Love Letter (2011 Remastered Version) Patrick Watson – Look at You Damien Rice – I Don’t Want To Change You Passenger – The Way That I Love You Roo Panes – Let It Be a Long Tim Katie Melua – Just Like Heaven The Cardigans – You’re the Storm

“She was, he knew- and had known very early, he supposed- one of those rare and always lovely humans whose moral nature was so delicate that it must be nourished and cared for that it might be fulfilled. Alien to the world, it had to live where it could not be at home; avid for tenderness and quiet, it had to feed upon indifference and callousness and noise. It was a nature that, even in the strange and inimical place where it had to live, had not the savagery to fight off the brutal forces that opposed it and could only withdraw to a quietness where it was forlorn and small and gently still.”  ― John Williams, Stoner   A delicate, lush playlist to replenish and soothe.  As always, I hope you enjoy listening. Playlist: Stuart Earl – The Letter   Stephen Weber – Authenticity Damien Rice – Delicate Tamino & Angèle – Sunflower Elbow – Kindling Fink – We Watch the Stars (Berlin Session) Old Sea Brigade & Luke Sital-Singh – Summertime Low Ainslie Wills – Two Strong Hearts OSKA & Stu Larsen – Wide Awake & Dreaming (Stripped Duet) The Paper Kites – Walk Above the City (feat. MARO) Sean Christopher – Indigo Blue Ane Brun – Trust Rosemary & Garlic – Midlands Roo Panes – Lullaby Love The Paper Kites – Arms Paul Weller – Aspects   With all my love, until next time, take care. Ms Skyrym

“It’s not Chicago’s fault no one came to see my show: You sing the best you can, and then you let it go…” - Josienne Clark All you beautifully creative, deeply vulnerable, soul-shining people out there, this collection of songs is for you with love for who you are and what you bring to the World.  Please keep taking the risk of showing up and letting yourself be seen: it’s the loveliest form of courage. May this musical offering give you strength and solace, whichever you may need.  With love and gratitude for sharing this musical moment with us,  The Poet and Ms Skyrym. Artwork: Guitar Sunset (2007) - Jeffrey Young (The Poet) Playlist: Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker – Chicago Dustin O’Halloran, Ane Brun – Horizons Karen Elson – Wonder Blind J.E. Sunde – I Don’t Care to Dance Red Moon – Dogma Victoria Canal – swan song Laura Gibson – Tenderness Stephin Merritt – One April Day Rosemary & Garlic – I’m Here – Spring Version  Kacey Johansing – Bow and Arrow Sinead O’Connor – Thank You for Hearing Me Voka Gentle – Branscombe Saint Saviour, Badly Drawn Boy – The Place I Want to Be  Matt Berninger – One More Second Miya Folick – I Will Follow You Into The Dark

“Go easy, kid — it’s only rock n’ roll.” — Monica Hope Martin New beginnings are bittersweet and tender, full of hope and vulnerability and the promise of what might be, haunted by the melancholy yearning for a lost home somewhere in the past. I’m that guy in Sentimental Teardrops, holding back a raincloud that needs to be released…and I’m guessing you are too. So, go easy, kid — it’s only rock n’ roll. Bittersweet New Year with Love, The Poet Art by Mamaru 2016 Playlist: Monica Martin – Go Easy Kid Sondre Lerche – Why Would I Let You Go Madison Cunningham – Something To Believe In Uwade – Nostalgia Takénobu – Nobody Said Stories – Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right (feat. Monica Martin) Madison Cunningham – The Age of Worry Jamie Drake – To My Love Billy Raffoul – Easy Tiger San Fermin – Run Away With Me Ethan Gruska – On the Outside Victoria Bigelow – Low Kathleen – Both Sides Now Allie Crow Buckley – As I Walk into the Sea Slow Leaves – Sentimental Teardrops

“For last year's words belong to last year's language  And next year's words await another voice.”  ― T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets A beautiful selection of music from my heart and soul to yours to celebrate the dawn and beginning of a New Year. As always, my deepest gratitude to you for listening, and I hope you enjoy listening as much as I delighted in creating this one. With all my love, until next time, take care. Ms Skyrym