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Shelter

by Yani Martinelli

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illa38 Amo este disco de principio a fin porque es un viaje al interior de mí misma contemplando más allá de los horizontes exteriores de los bordes de objetos y paisajes...me encanta sumergirme en las melodías y leer las letras como eternos poemas porque hablan de cosas eternas. Creo que Shelter es una obra que se convertirá en un clásico de la artista Yani Martinelli. Mis preferidas son especialmente: Wind horses; RUSTY STRINGS ; Straberry Train.
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1.
Boots 02:55
wearing my pair of boots i travel far and i walk on across this land. weaving my pair of hands i said goodbye to the ones i left behind. sometimes the world seems too big for me and sometimes it seems rather small. i don't know what side i'm on from this ocean's sandy shores. guess i´ll have to see the stars just to find a way to sail on wearing my pair of boots, these heavy boots in them i could walk on the moon but i put 'em on instead to walk on mud and on rain and on dusty roads
2.
lemon on the ground fell with no sound, you no one has found. see you here again, silently, you wait to be taken away. you still shine with pride yellow inside like a distant star. lemon on the ground waits to be found. God's gift unseen, gonna take you with me.
3.
green and green, red and red, have to join the dots again you must try 'till the end. blue and blue, white and white, can you see the dotted line? 'till the end you must try when the moody day bring you down count your blessings in this misty town count the wonders in a drop of rain count the planets and the stars up there when you don't know what else you can find paint your world with a free design, play with bubbles and then you will fly, play with color dots to join and tie.
4.
Dark Park 03:05
where is the song that i sang? buried in the sand or up where the wind blows i'm lost in a dark park today, surrounded by walls so tall and so gray. let it dream alone, it dream alone. where is my friend from the sparks? up in a hill or down where the boat sails? i'm hiding in a dark park today, i can't get back home. let it dream alone it be alone.
5.
Clay Wheel 02:56
clay wheel,tararara... going round and round, tararara... tell my fingers not to go away clay wheel, pottery wheel. help me make a jar, a very nice one, where to keep in the memories of my love i'll paint it with watercolor, with crayon and chalk. then i can do lots and lots more, just to get by.
6.
The Sweeper 02:54
have you seen the sweeper on this sunday afternoon, he's a young man with a curly hair he turn on his radio, he listens to some blues while he's sweeping all the leaves away i think he wants to start learning guitar or maybe drums, i just saw him at the music store the other day when i wave goodbye to him he always waves me back and he shows to me a gentle smile.
7.
Rain Field 03:46
rainfield... this is where i come from this is where i belong this is where my true dreams all belong. never seemed to notice i was a part of you, now i guess i know what i can do see the lonely river in the summer time, hoping to bring relief to the thirsty ones. all these little pebbles they don't know how lucky they are, clothed by crystal waters day and night. rainfield... where the clouds they all turn blue and where the church bells sing your you and there is nothing better and pure than...
8.
John C 02:29
his face in the picture, soul hickory-made. seen the strangest creatures, sailor of big fame, john c. andromeda smiled to him every night while he dreamed of treasures and the tide he believed in Jesus, he believed in God, captain of the ocean, help me to be strong, john c. even in the day time his eyes were full of moon, now his bones lie underneath the blue andromeda smiled to him every night while he dreamed of treasures and the tide.
9.
these are my rusty strings i just want to play them 'til they break, these are my rusty strings i just want to play 'em 'til they vanish in the haze and when the day is done will i ever find the time to change and when the day is done will i ever find the time to look the other way don't take me now to downtown i don't want to go outside, stay with me here for dinner and don't you ever leave my side these are my rusty strings i just want to play them 'til they break these are my rusty strings i just want to play 'em 'til they vanish in the haze.
10.
strawberry train, i am willing to leave... so will you let me get in 'cause the last time you didn't, 'cause i didn't have the money but now i really need to go what if i help at the chimney with the coal? i won't care if i get hungry or get burned so will you let me get in 'cause the last time you didn't, 'cause i didn't have the money but now i really need to go... i can gladly wash the dishes, sweep the floor. i could surely clean the window from the dust. so will you let me get in 'cause the last time you didn't, 'cause i didn't have the money but now i really need to go... strawberry train, i am willing to leave strawberry train, please have mercy of me
11.
strange flowers expelled spores that covered spock at planet omicron, he turned funny and romantic to layla his new love spock was in love, spock was in love there everyone was confused but strangely feeling great about it all. but radiation in that planet, from its sun was very strong spock was in love, spock was in love there kirk managed to end it, with a subsonic signal that made all the crew to come to their senses. and once in the big ship, spock told kirk that for the first time in his life he was happy. spock was in love, spock was in love once...
12.
suddenly i couldn't hear any sound kindly you ask me to sit by your side, yes i will, yes. yes i will, yes. yes but i'm not really here. maybe the planets are going to meet, maybe i shouldn’t drink so much tea yes, i must sleep. yes, i must sleep, take me home so i can sleep.
13.
The Window 03:15
bricks and windows, bricks and rooftops and a little sky. that's what i see from my window as i peer outside all of the blankets are drying away in the sunshine. they dance with the afternoon breeze and they just make me feel fine i want to stay home all the evening, singing with my cats. all i need's my little window, just to peer outside you suddenly appear all of the blankets are drying away in the sunshine. they dance with the afternoon breeze and they just make me feel fine you suddenly appeared…
14.
Endor 03:13
planisphere in my room's wall hides the key to another world. i never knew that and i never been told you were there to be unfold dusty knives in my kitchen wait in line to be melted, their metal could be used for making some beautiful jewelry hold the door, to a hidden poem that your eyes once told me but your mouth kept silent. we said goodbye after singing songs that came out like bubbles. will they never burst. i'll see you in endor, by the tall tree. in the forest, of the moon of endor. hold the door, to a hidden feeling that your eyes once told me but your mouth kept silent. we said goodbye after singing songs that came out like bubbles, will they never burst. i'll see you in endor, by the tall tree. in the forest of the moon of endor.
15.
lia and allegro they were two close friends they spent nights singing by the fire and danced lia and allegro they talked to each other in a language that is sacred, words they flow free like endless rainbows on a river sing by the fire again they read books about the winter and the leaves that fell before in autumn time, their favorite season was the season of chimes sing by the fire again. lia and allegro sing by the fire again.
16.
Clouds Pink 02:55
tell me why the clouds are so pink tonight, what it is that makes them so sweet tonight what is the color of that sound? why is it always so down? i wanna go anywhere i can climb up a hill of pink clouds tell me why the sea is purple tonight, what it is that makes it purple tonight what is the taste of that song? why is it always so low? i wanna go anywhere i can swim in a violet sea.
17.
throwing down pebbles from a landfill terrace, wonder where you're going to be? exploring the darkness of an old discotheque, wonder where you're going to be? these are the things that we did at 3. picking up garlic from a dry land, wonder where you're going to be? feeding the birds and feeding the cats, wonder where you're going to be? these are the things that we did at 5. you said the fruit of the cactus will be fine by august, wonder where you're going to be? i'll wave bye-bye to you when i pass your door, wonder where you're going to be?
18.
old little books my old little books, help me now from feeling dark and blue old little friends my old little friends, please, tell me your stories once again. thru your pages i have travelled across a wonderland, when i was a child was the only place to find in your drawings i could live free without a care and if i was alone you where always there now i keep you on a shelf i see you in the distance every day. but there's no way i can deny or forget your magic universe. thru your pages i have grown in a land so far, where the broken road lies down for the poor. i could never understand the misery i saw, wish my land was like a story that you told.
19.
Fortress 03:03
This is my fortress, i would like to go where the sun is going now this is my fortress, sadness turns to song every time i'm here alone fear turns to beauty in a photograph i made when evening was getting dark, i just longing to see you smile, know you happy no matter how this is my shelter, i see the world from here, like a dove on a high branch when it gets windy i'll find a place to rest in my golden heather nest fear turns to beauty in a photograph i made when evening was getting late, i just longing to see you smile, know you happy no matter where.
20.
Four Goats 02:18
landing on an empty field where flowers don't grow. i will get to see my friend with love in my soul don't hide and leave me waiting i won't stay here forever yesterday you took me walking thru your green valley, though we didn't say a word we kept on smiling four goats of glittering eyes they look at us and they just kept on walking uh and now i'm on my own someday i'll have a home. and silently i sing my song and put off my coat and remember of the four goats of glittering eyes they look at us and they just kept on walking.
21.
SF96 04:35
1996, that was the year i was living by the sea and wishing upon stars played my guitar, i played it night and day. my soul smiled at the golden gate i got the feeling it won't be long got the feeling it won't be long, 'til i be back in those sunny roads with my mind full of dreams and hopes we had a backyard it was full of flowers and moles my friends were two cats my very best friends in the world i got the feeling it won't be long got the feeling it won't be long, 'til i be back in those sunny streets with my mind full of hopes and dreams feeling it won't be long 'til life begins to ease again.
22.
Wind Horses 04:22
Wind horses prayers in the air in the morning early watch them run, galloping near the sun In the misty hour when the moon is full play this tired notes there's nothing left to do. In the misty hour when the moon is you, in the iris notes there’s nothing left to do. Oh, little song I wonder Oh little song i see between the shadows Oh little song I'm leaving, oh little song of mine.

about

All 22 songs written and performed by Yani Martinelli ©
This is my 3rd studio album, recorded in Madrid in the summer 2017, with producer, great musician and friend, Pepe Bermejo, at his Village Green Studios. Produced by Pepe Bermejo and Yani Martinelli.

Thanks to every one who has helped, encouraged and supported me to make this long album possible. Love to you all.

* I believe in the sincerity of music. Music is sacred. My songs are something beyond myself. Every song I write I sing it as a prayer *

credits

released March 17, 2018

Pepe Bermejo: bass, drums
Óscar Granero: electric guitars and keyboards
Omar Acosta: flute on track 2
Yani Martinelli: vocals, nylon and metal string guitars, synths, drums and percussion.
Cover painting: Caterina Martinelli.
Cover design: Carmen Ros.

Review from wonderful songwriter, collaborator and friend,
Scott Brookman:

"Yani has put together an all-time classic.

I'm not sure how she can ever top this. Everything is perfect. I can hear development of her already world-class vocal harmony.

Everything here is just stunning and it so clearly HER vision.
I haven't picked favorites yet because everything sits together so well.

I knew I'd be stunned when I finally bothered to listen, and I am. Yani is one of the best people making music on planet Earth today."

-Scott Brookman
scottbrookman.bandcamp.com

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Born in Caracas, Venezuela in 1981. Musician, songwriter, music teacher, cat lady ^^

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