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Dave Hoover on harp, recorded in his van while cruising around Big Island of Hawaii and just before an accident while snorkeling, watching whales, and a mean propeller mangling his ankle! Dave is recovering like a champ and plays harp way way beyond what we were able to record here. Flutes by master middle eastern music studier and player, the Welshman. Kansia Pritchard. My dear friend SaraTone on beautiful backing vocals. Birdies singing their own songs, just like the dawn.

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Song of Time

Jah guide I
Jah spirit keep me strong
Jah guide I
Jah spirit give me strength
and love

What is this whole is the universe
In my mind
What is this break in the holy verse
Of all time

There’s a pattern in my mind
I think it’s been there for all time
It’s like a geometric prayer
I can just barely sense it there
Under the layers of illusion
And all this colonized confusion
It’s so perfect that I see you now
You shimmering tree of life, I bow
You holy one, you ancestor
You song from where I still come from
You sparkling wave to cure my heart
Of violence that’s been a part
Of human history’s poisoned dart
Release this killing art
And come back to the song of time

Love love love love

Ancient ones that fill my body
Listen I to what you tell me
Sing that song of time that’s written
Only in a seed or cell
Only in migration of a sand hill crane,
A spiral shell
Seeds that whisper, seeds that grow
On sacred trees from masters sown
Ancient ones, I sit beside you
Silent in the fading light
Pull the poison from my brothers,
Sisters, lovers, human plight
Take the anger and the blaming
Take the shame that now lies slain
Sing us on and feed the fire
Healed up by the morning light
Come back to the song of time
By the morning light.

credits

from Teach, Inspire, Be Real, released April 8, 2016
Dave Hoover, harp, recorded by himself
Flutes, Kansia Pritchard, recorded by himself
SaraTone, backing vocals recorded by Jahred Namaste in Hawaii
Diane vocals and ukulele recorded by Peter Temple
Birdies singing their own songs, just like the dawn.
Mixed by Peter Temple, Temple Studio in Albion, CA

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Diane Patterson Ashland, Oregon

Folkgoddess Diane Patterson sings the world awake with powerful voice and revolutionary lyrics. Her sincere spirit and roots storytelling plant seeds of respect and justice. She’s fueled by music-as-activism and love-as-revolution. Made in New Orleans, Diane’s new 2018 album features Mike Napolitano and Ani DiFranco. ... more

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