An evening of elegant music for the Armadale Arts Festival. Lee Buddle’s haunting horns complimented Sam Ray’s sublime soprano and !an L!lburne’s warm baritone in this new rendition of the Mystery of the Rose song cycle. The evening was rounded out with a set of standards from the modern songbook cut with L!lburne originals. The […]
The highlight of L!lburne|Ray’s Great Southern tour was the ‘soft’ launch of the song cycle Mystery of the Rose at Albany’s premiere music club, Six Degrees. A Covid capacity audience in the Gold Room was wowed by the moving premiere of these songs, eerily relevant to the Covid world. As one wag put it, ‘a […]
The invasion of the body snatchers It carried me away One too many Martinis and D-g knows what I’ll say Always a strong drinker, can hold my tongue Rarely sloppy, never overhung But one too many Martinis and I’ll spend the day in bed Having spilt without thinking everything that’s in my head No […]
The mystery of the rose The emperor has new clothes The King is on the road again We’ll watch him on TV Download the app for free Pretend he’ll always be our friend But I want to hear the angels singing All the busted doorbells ringing The tired and huddled clinging on and on Who […]
In foam-crested wavelets the ocean heaves Rolls, billows, surges to the heavens from the deep Shadowfall – edge of darkness Shadowfall – frail fit of green Shadowfall – winds of madness Shadowfall – the narcisscene Comprized of atoms Composed in time Exposed to nature Sublime Shadowfall – winds of madness Shadowfall – […]
Crystal towers on a limestone plain A meandering river with a double name The pastel colours of a lazy port The terminal terminus at the end of the world Unreal city * Virtual town All the money’s made underground Everything new Little built to last A city that always reinvents its past But […]
Ain’t it just like luck Trust me to fuck it all up Things were lining up so well Then one dumb word sent it all to hell What can I say? Such is life What can I do? Go to sleep at night What can I think but Ain’t it just like life […]
The old is not gone And the new yet to be born Stuck in these middling years What strange symptoms do appear Holdin’ on to the past In the hope it just might last Even though the die is cast It’s not over The fire burns bright And the smoke clusters tight While the […]
It was a cool clear djeran day We climbed into Sylvia’s car and headed into the country There was a hidden forest she wanted to show me A private place, special to her An hour’s drive from town, it sat just at that point where The city passes into the country One of those […]
Can any good come of this? We’re acting out an ancient script It’s compelling and deep I just wish that I could sleep Oh Medea you’re in my blood What is this poison that makes me feel young? Oh Medea it’s way too much I want you I need you Can any good […]