Name: Beirut
Duration: P00H04M05S
Description: Words and music by Amy Denio. A song about parallel universes. During the summer of 2006 I was wishing for someone to bring me coffee in the morning when I heard a field recording of musicians improvising in Beirut while bombs were falling very close. So many experiences happen all in the same instant. The second verse was inspired by a conversation with a US soldier leaving Guatanamo.

Beirut

from Prodigal Light by Amy Denio / Spoot Music

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Amy Denio's whimsical and beautiful 2013 recording, featuring her compositions with the help of 23 friends and one dog. Cover artwork by Danijel Zezelj. Design and photography by Omar Trujillo.

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Words and music by Amy Denio. A song about parallel universes. During the summer of 2006 I was wishing for someone to bring me coffee in the morning when I heard a field recording of musicians improvising in Beirut while bombs were falling very close. So many experiences happen all in the same instant. The second verse was inspired by a conversation with a US soldier leaving Guatanamo.

lyrics

Beirut's under seige again and I'm lost in the Target
with a sale on Aisle 4
I'll pick up some more
of those things that I need
I'm doing my deed

But some day I'll get breakfast in bed
Some day I'll stop counting the dead
And then I'll lie back down

Baghdad's under seige again and I'm lost in the target
But I'm on my way home
they just don't know
all the things that I've seen
of death and its glow

credits

from Prodigal Light, released November 12, 2013
Amy Denio: accordion, voice
Madeleine Sosin: bombo, voice
Abel Rocha: guitar, voice

Bombo recorded at Spoot Studios, everything else recorded by Scott Colburn at Gravelvoice Studios in Seattle.

Remixed by Amy Denio at Spoot Studios, West Seattle
Mastered by Mell Dettmer at Soli Sound, West Seattle.

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Amy Denio / Spoot Music Hansville, Washington

Home taper since high school, Denio has composed & recorded 600+ songs ~ solo & with artists all over the world. .

She's received awards, fellowships & commissions for her soundtracks for modern dance, film, TV, theater, websites.

She founded Tone Dogs (1987-1991),Tiptons Sax Quartet (1988-present) plays in Kultur Shock (1999-present) and Correo Aereo (2004-present).

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