Mary Kelley's latest song, “One Last Moment,“ was released recently and is now available on all the usual outlets for digital music, including iTunes, Amazon and Spotify. The song is part of an audio triptych Mary and I have produced on the subject of the earth’s impending ecological crisis. Fear not, for we have endeavored to avoid pedantics in favor of pithy drama…
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Mary Kelley's song "John Donne's Song" was released on November 4, and is now available on all the usual outlets for digital music, including iTunes, Amazon and Spotify. We had some fine contributions on this recording: from regular collaborator, Dave Lebolt on harmonium, tiple and dulcimer; Factrix guitar ace Bond Bergland on mandolin; vintage instrument aficionado Edmond Badoux on hurdy gurdy; and from harmony vocalist Katherine Wethington…
Mary Kelley's song "Epilogue" was released a couple of days ago, and is now available on all the usual outlets for digital music, including iTunes, Amazon and Spotify. I played multiple guitars, produced and mixed the track, in addition to doing the graphic design. The song is the first of a trilogy of songs we have planned on the subject of the Earth's likely impending ecological disaster…
The latest track from singer-songwriter Mary Kelley, entitled "I Wonder Why" is now available for download on iTunes, Amazon, and other major sources of digital music. It can also be streamed on Spotify, YouTube, and other streaming music services. This is the latest in a series of songs I produced for Mary, who is a long-time friend and collaborator. Mary's blog post on the development of the piece can be viewed here. Links to other singles…
Another Mary Kelley track, titled "Deep Sleep", was released to all the major digital music outlets on October 6, 2014. I would describe the song as a spooky psychedelic lullaby. The instruments used were electric guitar, a Kurzweil synthesizer, various guitar loops, and a chorus of multiple Marys behind the lead voice. Mary also plays a solo on her 1980s-era wind synthesizer, called "the Steiner." Strange and wonderful. "Deep Sleep" is now available…
About six weeks ago, another Mary Kelley single was released, a re-make of one of the best songs in her repertoire, "Praying Hands". There are a number of versions of this song available, as it was recorded for her EP Greetings Five, and it was part of the set of songs recorded live and unplugged on the CD "Harrogate." The song was ripe for a 21st Century reinterpretation, so Mary, Dave Lebolt and I made this hard-charging version…
The second single release by Mary Kelley is now available online on most digital music outlets, both downloadable and streaming. The song, "Here I Am", is an original composition by Mary. The recording was co-produced by myself and independent film composer and producer Dave Lebolt. Dave also arranged and mixed the track, and Dave and Mark both played on the recording. The song can be heard in its entirety for free, either…
In the effort to make the music of San Francisco singer-songwriter Mary Kelley more widely known and available, I have been playing a key role. Her new web site, which I designed and produced, has been live for a few months now. The web site contains links to Mary's archive of recorded music, a blog that Mary is keeping up monthly herself, and a few other links to videos and photos from her career as a solo artist, and as a member of one of the original all-female punk bands…
We recently launched a new web site for San Francisco-based singer-songwriter Mary Kelley, officially titled "Mary Kelley Music." We have been working together for a few years now, producing recordings, arranging tunes, playing instruments and even co-writing some songs with her. The Tumblr-based web site finally gives Mary an anchor for her material, a place for her to show what she can do and for people interested in her work to find out more…
Here's a preliminary mix of new song that San Francisco singer-songwriter Mary Kelley and I have been working on, entitled "John Donne's Song," an adaptation of a poem of that name by 16th century English poet John Donne. This all-acoustic piece is a bit of a departure for us, much more traditional and spare than the majority of our pieces. But it's got a great feel and still fits in well with Mary's other work. Aside from Mary and myself, the piece features…