“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

“Be strong. Live honorably and with dignity. When you don't think you can, hold on.” 
― James Frey, A Million Little Pieces

From me to you, I hope as always you enjoy listening, and thank you for doing so.

Playlist:
Denise Young – I’ll Smile
HAEVN – Where the Heart Is
Diana Krall – If I Take You Home Tonight
Oscar Lang – Million Little Reasons
Rose Cousins – Tender Is the Man
Hannah Georgas – Don’t Go
Oscar Lang – You.
Walking On Cars – Pieces of You
Roo Panes – Vanished Into Everything
Sam Brookes – Always Will
SAILR – Heartbeat
Vansire – Eleven Weeks 
Rosie Thomas – I Play Music
Ross Copperman – Stars Are on Your Side
EKKSTACY – then i met her
Dido – For One Day
Moby – Going Wrong

With all my love, until next time, take care.
Ms Skyrym

"Not from but towards grace
We fall down gravity’s well 
Deep age shedding shadows
Errors knocking clods free
That shrouded truer selves" - The Poet

It gives me the greatest of pleasure to welcome The Poet back to the Ms Skyrym airwaves, with the most delicately curated, and exquisite selection of music that I have ever had the luxury of listening to. Then, the most beautiful of words to add to what is already a music masterpiece.

Playlist:
Travis – All Fall Down
Sivan Talmor – I’ll Be
Philip LaRue – It All
Rosemary & Garlic – Blue Boy
The Slow Show – Low
Nick Lowe – I Read a Lot
Nick Cave – To Be by Your Side
Damien Rice – The Box
Nick Drake – Day Is Done
Nick Mulvey – Moment of Surrender
The Head and the Heart – Let’s Be Still
Luke Sital-Singh & Mahogany – Why Does It Always Rain on Me?
Billy Raffoul – Easy Tiger
Aisha Badru – The Way Back Home
Josiah Johnson – I Wish I Had
Patrick Watson – Here Comes the River

From The Poet and I, we hope you enjoy listening, and thank you very much for doing so.

Artwork: Fall of Icarus by DontDante

Until next time, with all our love, take care.
Ms Skyrym & The Poet

"The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists."- Charles Dickens

The Poet and I do so love our creations before they exist in this form, yet we love even more -- if that were possible -- to share them with our listeners, that they may also love.

This is Extraordinary Renditions, Vol 2 -- to all of you, we hope you love listening and until next time, take care.

Playlist:
Ane Brun & Linnéa Olsson – Halo

Lykke Li – Time in a Bottle

Rosie Carney – K.

Villagers – Wichita Lineman (Live at RAK)

Shelby Lynne – I Only Want to Be With You 

José James – Lovely Day (feat. Lalah Hathaway)

Carla Bruni – Enjoy the Silence

Kina Grannis – You Are My Sunshine

Mysha Didi – Take On Me (Acoustic)

Kwazi Mojo & Alun Richards – Catch a Falling Star (feat. Zolani Mahola)

Bat for Lashes – The Boys of Summer (Live at EartH, London, 2019)

Lucius – Right Down the Line

Hindi Zahra – The Man I Love (Unplugged)

Iron & Wine – Time After Time

My Brightest Diamond – Feeling Good

Mira Lu Kovacs – Only Time

M. Ward – Let’s Dance

The Poet and Ms Skyrym

Artwork: Pygmalion and Galatea - Jean-Léon Gérôme (1890)

“History Doesn't Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes” – Mark Twain

The Poet and I enjoyed our last collaboration so much that we decided to do more of them, and this time a series, each volume of which is devoted to the most beautiful, and extraordinary of music covers - a truly blissful selection of renditions that we have heard and just loved.

As always, we both hope you enjoy listening! Stay tuned for the next podcast episode.

Artwork: M C Escher (1948)

With all our love, until next time, take care.
The Poet & Ms Skyrym