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Bar/None Newsletter, 31 May 2001
A Letter from Luka Bloom
Ever since I recorded LL Cool J's "I Need Love", fans have been asking for an album of covers.
I had never really been drawn to the idea until last year. To mark the new millennium, I decided to go back
to "song school", as it were, and study the work of artists and writers I admired. Rather than simply
create a collection of my own favorite songs, I wanted to investigate worlds other than my own.
It's been quite a little adventure - trying to find great songs in different styles, trying to learn them, and trying to
bring something of myself to the songs. After all, I had to end up with a Luka Bloom record. I had already been playing
"Keeper of the Flame" which I knew from Nina Simone's recording and I had learned Bob Marley's
"Natural Mystic". But as a performer the rest of the songs on this disc were all new to me. I was
pleasantly surprised at how easily I connected with Cure songs, Radiohead songs... On the other hand, I was
disappointed I couldn't seem to find a Van Morrison song that suited me.
In making this CD, I have once more found new areas to explore, and it made me realize yet again that the only barriers
in music exist in our minds. I truly never imagined I would one day record an ABBA song; now I love to perform it...
Bar/None Records
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Keeper Of The Flame
Limited Edition Bonus Disk
Live CD only available from Shock Records (Australia)
and Warner Music (Switzerland)
Recorded live at the State Theater, Sydney, 1998
1. Exploring The Blue
2. Gone To Pablo
3. Hungry Ghost
4. Blackberry Time |
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Make You Feel My Love
Taken from the forthcoming album Keeper Of The Flame
© 2000 Luka Bloom licensed to Cog Communications
1. Make You Feel My Love
2. Wishing On A Star |
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In Between Days
Taken from the album Keeper Of The Flame
© 2001 Luka Bloom licensed to Cog Communications
1. In Between Days
2. If I Were A Carpenter |
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