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Sacred

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Soul dilating and heart expanding, this collection of eight contemplative songs spirals you into your sacred core.

Yaxche Live

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1.	Invocation	Play
2.	Blossom	Play	Blossom BLOSSOM   I planted the words you said  they blossomed in brilliant reds  reminders of what’s ahead, the shape we might take.   Uprooted my fears like weeds, the fences I do not need  and walked with my tender feet over sacred ground.   In the roots and stems, the blooms and ash of my back yard  I see how letting go of where we’ve been  I discover where we are.   Beneath the layer of grass, the questions we dared to ask,  the answers that helped us pass  to a place unknown.    It’s all about faith, it’s all about trust, it’s all about believing that there’s more for the two of us  and how we love, how we love… Lyrics
3.	Unexpected	Play	Unexpected UNEXPECTED You don’t know that you got me shake, shake, shaking like a bridge that’s breaking like a heart that’s aching You don’t know that you got me dream, dream, dreaming like an engine steaming like a plan that’s scheming You came so unexpected, turned up when I least suspected You’re the flat, round stone that skipped across my smooth surface making me want what I didn’t know I missed Unexpected you are Unexpected you are Unexpected…. I was sure that I wasn’t look, look, looking I had lowered the curtain I was through with hurting What I noticed was so mislead, lead, leading like a slow ride speeding like a cool hand heating You came so unexpected, turned up when I least suspected you came so, you came so Unexpected you are, Unexpected Unexpected you are, Unexpected You’re the flat, round stone that skipped across my smooth surface making me want what I didn’t know I missed you came so, you came so you came so, you came so Unexpected you are, Unexpected Unexpected you are, Unexpected Unexpected you are, Unexpected you are, Unexpected you are Lyrics
4.	Besame	Play	Besame BESAME In the afternoon when the shadows stretch thin and long and the sweet smell of fruit gets lost in the salty breath of the sea that’s when I love to have you next to me. You’re my favorite story, my desire, my little crime You’re the instant that becomes infinite. Kiss me with the sky in your mouth With fire on your fingers With hunger on your skin. En la tarde cuando las sombras delgadas y largas se estiran Y el aroma dulce de fruta se pierde en el haliento salado del mar allí es cuando me encanta estar junto a ti. Eres mi cuento favorito mi deseo mi delito, eres el instante que se hace infinito. In the afternoon when the shadows stretch thin and long and the sweet smell of fruit gets lost in the salty breath of the sea that’s when I love to have you next to me. You’re my favorite story, my desire, my little crime You’re the instant that becomes infinite. Besame con el cielo en la boca, con el fuego en las manos con el hambre en tu piel…Besame Kiss me with the sky in your mouth , with fire on your fingers with hunger on your skin…kiss me. Luz serena, color de azucena Luz serena iluminame con claridad, claridad, claridad. Serene light, light the color of a lily Serene light illuminate me with your clarity. En la tarde cuando las sombras delgadas y largas se estiran Y el aroma dulce de fruta se pierde en el haliento salado del mar allí es cuando me encanta estar junto a ti. Eres mi cuento favorito mi deseo mi delito, eres el instante que se hace infinito. In the afternoon when the shadows stretch thin and long and the sweet smell of fruit gets lost in the salty breath of the sea that’s when I love to have you next to me. You’re my favorite story, my desire, my little crime You’re the instant that becomes infinite. Besame con el cielo en la boca, con el fuego en las manos con el hambre en tu piel…Besame Kiss me with the sky in your mouth , with fire on your fingers with hunger on your skin…kiss me. Lyrics
5.	Sunflower	Play	Sunflower SUNFLOWER A thousand drops of gold, a thousand drops of gold You’ve got a thousand drops of gold Oh sunflower Did you climb into a hive, taste the honey deep inside and then paint your petals bright? Oh sunflower, pretty sunflower A thousand dreams come true Each one a gift from you Is there nothing left to do, oh, sunflower? Shall I sit beneath the sun Tilt my head just like you’ve done and then smile on everyone? Oh, sunflower Pretty sunflower. I know the weight of gray. Felt the length of a yearlong December But when my eyes taste the sweetness at your core I can’t help, I can’t help but remember A thousand drops of gold, a thousand drops of gold You’ve got a thousand drops of gold Oh, sunflower Lyrics
6.	Priceless	Play	Priceless Priceless     We’re two wandering paths that rarely coincide  sometimes we intersect sometimes we collide  We’re two orbiting worlds on separate sides of the sun  streak across each other’s sky and then we’re gone.   Is this priceless?  Is this worth fighting for?  Is this priceless?   My fingers are tired  My arms have grown weak  from trying to hold onto something I can’t keep.  When I look at you I can’t tell if you’re here or gone.  Are you just sticking around til the next best thing comes along?   Is this priceless?  Is this worth fighting for?  Is this priceless?. Lyrics
7.	Take It Easy	Play	Take It Easy TAKE IT EASY We can go out to the ocean, sit along the shore watch the waves crashing then watch them crash some more We can hear the seagulls cry We can see the seagulls soar So come on, baby We can hang out on the porch, watch the sun go down We can hear the hush of quiet settle over town We can feel the mist of dew blanketing the ground So come on, baby Let’s take it easy No need to rush no need to get complicated we’ll breath in the sweetness of the groove that we’ve created. Take it easy, take it easy We can head out for a walk on a crowded avenue We can feel the roar of traffic and know just what to do Cause in this crazy, crazy world you’ve got me and I’ve got you So come on, baby Let’s take it easy Move slow make it real oh, darling, I like how this feels Take it easy, take it easy Take it easy, take it easy Lyrics
8.	Danielle	Play	Danielle Danielle She likes to jump off cliffs 'cause the world is quiet when she's falling Things settle down when she's in the air. She calls on gravity to pull the world into view free falling makes time hold still like she wants it to. The roar of a beating heart in suspended animation is the kind of situation that makes the timid fall apart. Oh, Danielle child of Icarus, bravely make your way home Steely gray water and a whispering sky give away secrets to those who want to fly thrills and chills and the weary who stand tall those who climb the highest are the least afraid to fall. Safety for safety's sake is a dangerous proposition it keeps us in a position where fear defines each step we take. Oh, Danielle child of Icarus, bravely make your way home Won't you take a little jump, Danielle She likes to jump off cliffs 'cause the world is quiet when she's falling... Lyrics
9.	Cascada	Play
10.	Like You Mean It	Play	Like You Mean It Like You Mean It   You may think I’m just a pretty face  but I’m no porcelain doll  I’m not a trophy in a trophy case I’m not a plaque on your wall.   You like to talk about tenderness  You like to talk about love  but talking is all you seem to want to do what is it that you’re afraid of?   Love me like you mean it.  Love me like it’s something that you really want  Love me like you’ve got nothing to hide, like you can do no wrong.    Love me   I don’t need your noble intentions.  I want your words to move in three dimensions  I want to pull back from the abstract and feel the talk of skin on skin.    Love me like you mean it.  Love me like it’s something that you really want  Love me like you’ve got nothing to hide, like you can do no wrong.   Love me. Lyrics
11.	I Hear You Call	Play	I Hear You Call I Hear You Call Your smile whispered itself into my ear Left a song only I could hear Reminding me that you were near Though I could not see you Close my eyes and I feel you I ride the groove inside your fingertips Like a needle on an old forty-five I hear you, I feel you I know you are there The song you left inside of me echoes on and on and on like an ancient prayer I hear you, I feel you I carry your song It's not so much that I discovered you As I realized you've been there all along Your smile whispered itself into my ear Left a song only I could hear Reminding me that you were near Though I could not hear you I hear you calling I hear you calling I hear you call... Lyrics
12.	Medley: Ese Seu Olhar, La Vie en Rose, Moliendo Cafe	Play

“Yaxche Live” is an audio postcard, an evening captured with sparks and dynamic colors flying between this versatile, world infused artist and the vibrant community for whom she performed. You can hear the joy and excitement exuding from both Erika and the audience. This unique recording is a first for Erika Luckett: a live performance captured like a genie in a bottle. You can feel the sweat and hear the spontaneous spoken word poetry that hallmarks Erika’s live performance but which has never been commercially released. You can hear it now: new tracks (Sunflower, Cascada, I Hear You Call) as well as old favorites recorded with the distilled purity of voice and guitar. “Yaxche Live” is a study of intimate and high octane connection between artist and listener.

Unexpected

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1.	Were I	Play	Were I WERE I Were I stone I’d be still I’d feel quiet seep through every cell But there’d be fire and lightning in my core Were I river I would flow rubbing mountainsides to delta shores and I’d carry the stories of the stones Sinew and bones I am bedrock and valley Were I tree I’d stand tall leaves would push through my skin ‘til the Fall when I’d bare myself naked to the Winter wind Sinew and bones I am bedrock and valley Were I sun, were I sky, were I wind I would hold I would hold my ground Sinew and bones I am bedrock and valley Lyrics
2.	Si Volverá	Play	Si Volverá Si Volverá Se sienta al lado de la ventana , un cielo pesado y gris pinta con Amarillo y rojo para sentirse feliz. Una mesa, dos sillas, un hombre perdido dentro de una casa vacía He sits next to a window, the sky heavy and gray He paints with yellow and red to help him feel happy. A table, two chairs and a man lost inside an empty house No sabe si volverá, si volverá nadie podra decir si ella volverá. Si volvera, , si volverá nadie podra decir si ella volverá. He doesn’t know if she’ll come back, if she’ll come back No one can say if she’ll come back. Pinta su sonrisa, sus ojos y el cuento que se perdió el cuento de un hombre enamorado y la mujer que lo dejó Día y noche, noche y día acaricia con su pincel a la mujer perdida He paints her smile, her eyes, and the story that was lost The story of a man in love and the woman who left him. Day and night, night and day, y caresses her with his paintbrush. No sabe si volverá, si volverá nadie podra decir si ella volverá. Si volvera, , si volverá nadie podra decir si ella volverá. He doesn’t know if she’ll come back, if she’ll come back No one can say if she’ll come back. No sabe si volverá, si volverá nadie podra decir si ella volverá. Si volvera, , si volverá nadie podra decir si ella volverá. Si volvera, , si volverá nadie podra decir si ella volverá. Si volvera, , si volverá nadie podra decir si ella volverá. He doesn’t know if she’ll come back, if she’ll come back No one can say if she’ll come back. Lyrics
3.	Take It Easy	Play	Take It Easy TAKE IT EASY We can go out to the ocean, sit along the shore watch the waves crashing then watch them crash some more We can hear the seagulls cry We can see the seagulls soar So come on, baby We can hang out on the porch, watch the sun go down We can hear the hush of quiet settle over town We can feel the mist of dew blanketing the ground So come on, baby Let’s take it easy No need to rush no need to get complicated we’ll breath in the sweetness of the groove that we’ve created. Take it easy, take it easy We can head out for a walk on a crowded avenue We can feel the roar of traffic and know just what to do Cause in this crazy, crazy world you’ve got me and I’ve got you So come on, baby Let’s take it easy Move slow make it real oh, darling, I like how this feels Take it easy, take it easy Take it easy, take it easy Lyrics
4.	Unexpected	Play	Unexpected UNEXPECTED You don’t know that you got me shake, shake, shaking like a bridge that’s breaking like a heart that’s aching You don’t know that you got me dream, dream, dreaming like an engine steaming like a plan that’s scheming You came so unexpected, turned up when I least suspected You’re the flat, round stone that skipped across my smooth surface making me want what I didn’t know I missed Unexpected you are Unexpected you are Unexpected…. I was sure that I wasn’t look, look, looking I had lowered the curtain I was through with hurting What I noticed was so mislead, lead, leading like a slow ride speeding like a cool hand heating You came so unexpected, turned up when I least suspected you came so, you came so Unexpected you are, Unexpected Unexpected you are, Unexpected You’re the flat, round stone that skipped across my smooth surface making me want what I didn’t know I missed you came so, you came so you came so, you came so Unexpected you are, Unexpected Unexpected you are, Unexpected Unexpected you are, Unexpected you are, Unexpected you are Lyrics
5.	Deepest Deep	Play	Deepest Deep DEEPEST DEEP I’ll find your deepest deep wrapped in your softest soft I’ll curl my hands around your fragile bones and jagged rocks I’ll hold you there in the quiet still with cries that won’t and cries that will with steady feet and a compass true I promise I will walk this road with you. INSTRUMENTAL I’ll hold you there in the quiet still with cries that won’t and cries that will with steady feet and a compass true I promise I will walk this road with you. Lyrics
6.	Deixa	Play	Deixa DEIXA (Let Go) What happens to the leaves that burn to gold and fall from vibrant green? Do they long for what they were or do they let go? They just let go Doing cartwheels in the sky they let go watching branches pass them by they let go, let go The clouds that hang with grey what do they do when they dissolve to rain? a thousand drops of sighs that let go They just let go a million times reflected they let go each one perfectly selected they let go, let go Deixa, deixou porque nada fica igual deixa, deixou Deixa, deixou porque nada fica igual deixa, deixou Crashing waves bursting in foam rise and fall the rolling walls of water blue that let go they just let go It’s the breathing of the ocean They let go breathing, breathing… Deixa, deixou porque nada fica igual deixa, deixou Deixa, deixou porque nada fica igual deixa, deixou Lyrics
7.	Dust	Play	Dust DUST It’s like stepping off a hundred foot pole it’s like holding your breath, holding your breath then letting go. It’s like giving in to the bottom giving out it’s like giving up, giving up precious doubt. How does it feel skipping rope with your fears laughing as you fall can you see it all intertwined, tangled vines twisted lines? We are handfuls of dust. We are pieces of sky We are thundering silence answering why we are. We are zeros we are ones we’re everything, everything and everyone We are silence we are storms We die and we are born we’re emptiness we are form We are handfuls of dust. We are pieces of sky We are thundering silence answering why we’re gods in ruins, gods in the making, we are… We are handfuls of dust. We are pieces of sky We are thundering silence answering why we’re gods in ruins, gods in the making, we are… Lyrics	Dust Credits music and lyrics by E. Luckett & A. Hutto Info
8.	Siete Rios	Play	Siete Rios Siete Rios Caminando, Caminando Voy 2X Walking, walking on I go Detrás de la mañana, detrás del sol detrás de los cuatro vientos hay una pasión susurrando noche y día siete llaves en la voz, y me pregunta adonde voy , adonde voy. Behind the morning, behind the sun behind the four winds there’s a passion with seven keys in its voice that whispers to me night and day and asks me where I’m going. Siete ríos llevan a siete mares y siete mares son mi destino. En la mano tengo las siete llaves que abrirán las puertas en mi camino. Algunas de piedra y otras hedchas de carton y me pregunto, ¿cuales son, cuales son? Seven rivers lead to seven seas and seven seas are my destiny. In my hand I carry the keys that will open the doors along my path. Some of those doors are made of stone and others of paper. I wonder, “which one is which”? Caminando, Caminando Voy 2X Walking, walking I go Caminos abiertos, posibilidades y encuentros. Luz y la esperanza, el riesgo y la confianza Caminando, caminando voy. Open roads, possibilities and encounters Light and hope, risk and confidence Walking, walking on I go. Yo no sé pero me dicen que habrán paredes por mi camino... algunas de piedra y otras hechas de carton,y me pregunto, ¿cuales son, cuales son? I don’t know but they tell me that there will be walls along my path Some of them of stone, others of paper and I ask myself, which one is which? Detrás de la mañana, detrás del sol detrás de los cuatro vientos hay una pasión susurrando noche y día siete llaves en la voz, y me pregunta adonde voy , adonde voy. Behind the morning, behind the sun behind the four winds there’s a passion with seven keys in its voice that whispers to me night and day and asks me where I’m going. Caminando, Caminando Voy 2X Walking, walking on I go Lyrics
9.	Shine	Play	Shine Shine The earth darked out the moon in a circumstantial cross of lines Some say it came too soon while others swear it happened just in time. The sun watched the show from afar and it did what it does…it’s a star Shine, shine, shine Shine, shine, shine Spinning spheres and shadows tossed making sense of this senseless loss I saw you looming bright when the big moon faded in the dead of night With darkness closing my eyes I could see who you are…you’re a Star Shine, shine, shine shine, shine, shine, shine, shine, shine Sometimes it happens just that way maybe you’re lost or maybe you’ve strayed you’ve fallen in the shadows you’ve fallen from view but you’ve gotta know, you’ve gotta know someone’s shining for you You shine, I shine, We shine You shine, I shine, We shine You shine, I shine, We shine Lyrics
10.	Translations	Play	Translations TRANSLATIONS Talk to me in dreams talk to me in dreams never mind the words just paint a picture and let me know what it means let me know what it means The space between the words holds endless possibilities endless possibilities so let’s stretch it wide. Toss out translations climb inside my mind awaits you Toss out translations climb inside my eyes await you Toss out translations climb inside my arms await you Talk to me in green talk to me in bright red I want to feel the truth of your intentions by what you’ve done, not what you’ve said You say that you adore me but what does that mean? what does that mean? Is it how you act or how I’m seen? Toss out translations clime inside my mind awaits you Toss out translations clime inside my eyes await you Toss out translations clime inside my arms await you Toss out translations Toss out translations Toss out translations Lyrics
11.	Une Profonde Douceur	Play	Une Profonde Douceur Une Profonde Douceur Une profonde douceur je trouverai en toi Tes os fragiles je tiendrai dans mes tendres bras Je serai avec toi la dans le calme silence Rempli de pleurs qui crient et des pleurs qui chantent Avec pour certitude la boussole du coeur Je marcherai avec toi sans peur du lendemain Lyrics

2006 Album of the Year- JP Folks - World Inspired Singer/Songwriter. Music that sounds like it was born from a weekend adventure with Sting, Annie Lennox, Carlos Santana and Bebel Gilberto.

The album steers across genres, with Erika's voice, guitars and songwriting serving as the steady keel, the connective tissue that ties this adventurous and compelling course together. There are numerous gems that contribute to the sparkle of the production: the presence of a luscious string quartet on "Deepest Deep" and "Une Profonde Douceur" (the French version of the same tune), the electric guitar that lays down the slinky montuno on "Siete Ríos" (a rich melody that sounds like a meeting of Carlos Santana and Bebel Gilberto), the powerful and intuitive rhythm section, and the ever present intimacy of Erika's voice. In "Unexpected" we experience the artist, her music, and a bold step outside the ordinary. Let the joy begin!

New Orleans Sessions

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1.	Kindness	Play
2.	Blossom	Play	Blossom BLOSSOM   I planted the words you said  they blossomed in brilliant reds  reminders of what’s ahead, the shape we might take.   Uprooted my fears like weeds, the fences I do not need  and walked with my tender feet over sacred ground.   In the roots and stems, the blooms and ash of my back yard  I see how letting go of where we’ve been  I discover where we are.   Beneath the layer of grass, the questions we dared to ask,  the answers that helped us pass  to a place unknown.    It’s all about faith, it’s all about trust, it’s all about believing that there’s more for the two of us  and how we love, how we love… Lyrics
3.	Hold On	Play
4.	Ghosty	Play	Ghosty <h3>GHOSTY</h3> You left your fingerprints where they did not belong <br> You left your smile stuck on my back door. <br> You and your ghosty ways, your not-so-subtle, wiley ways<br>  you rang my doorbell and then you ran away.  <br><br> Are you gonna show up and be mine? <br> Are you gonna tease me, never please me send confusing signs? <br> Make up your mind. Make up your mind  <br><br> Twine and brown paper lined with exotic stamps <br> You’re a suspicious package that fell into my lap.<br>  Alluring and exciting, a little bit frightening <br> part pandora’s box, part genie in a lamp.  <br><br> Are you gonna show up and be mine? <br> Are you gonna tease me, never please me send confusing signs? <br> Make up your mind. Make up your mind.  <br><br> Between hesitating and choosing, between gaining and losing<br> lies the great, gray zone of indecision.<br> I’m seduced by possibility and frozen by inaction.<br> A perpetual parade of distractions keeps me right where I am<br> - sitting on my hands, glassy eyed and waiting. <br> Waiting for you to decide if you’re gonna show up, if you’re gonna hide.<br> Are you the one I want to stand beside when night turns the corner into day, <br> day turns the corner into night? <br><br> I better make up my mind. <br> Lyrics
5.	Between The Lines	Play
6.	Already Fallen	Play
7.	Not A Love Song	Play
8.	Carinhoso	Play
9.	Recognized	Play

“The New Orleans Sessions,“ Erika Luckett's latest release, reveals a powerfully distilled and authentic voice. Capturing the intimacy and directness of live performance, this work offers a sparse simplicity, proof that “less is more“. The richness comes through one voice, one guitar and a collection of fifteen songs.

Recording in New Orleans with mardi gras beads dangling on microphone stands and candles glowing on ochre walls, this album provides the space to revel in the nuances of Luckett's voice, the intricacy of her guitarwork, and the depth of her songwriting. From the bluesy, funk opener, “Kindness,“ to the jazz-tinged “Hold On“ and the flamenco influenced “Si Volvera,“ Luckett's writing continues to demonstrate a vast palette of elements and flavors.

A city where music flows effortlessly and musical traditions mix as smoothly as whiskey and water, New Orleans provides fertile ground for Erika Luckett's latest musical offering.

My Little Crime

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“My Little Crime” released on BirdFish Records in collaboration with Indiegrrl Records brings together a stellar group of accomplices. Co-produced by Erika and Ethan Allen (Better Than Ezra, Patty Griffin, Emmylou Harris, Luscious Jackson), engineered by Grammy award winning Jim Watts (Emmylou Harris) and loaded with talented side players including keyboardist/vocalist Julie Wolf (Ani DiFranco band), Mark Mullins on trombone (Harry Connick Jr. band), Ches Smith on drums (Mr. Bungle), Devin Hoff on Bass (Lavay Smith) and Jami Sieber on cello (Ferron, Rhiannon).

“With gorgeous production, a wide range of instruments and styles, and a voice that wraps around you like melted butterscotch, “My Little Crime” is a great album that showcases Erika’s influences and abilities in an infectious CD you’ll find hard to take out of your CD player.”

-Susanne Millsaps, KRCL

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Erika Luckett

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BLOSSOM

UNEXPECTED

BESAME

SUNFLOWER

Priceless

TAKE IT EASY

Danielle

Like You Mean It

I Hear You Call

WERE I

Si Volverá

TAKE IT EASY

UNEXPECTED

DEEPEST DEEP

DEIXA
(Let Go)

DUST

Siete Rios

Shine

TRANSLATIONS

Une Profonde Douceur

BLOSSOM

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Erika Luckett

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BLOSSOM

UNEXPECTED

BESAME

SUNFLOWER

Priceless

TAKE IT EASY

Danielle

Like You Mean It

I Hear You Call

WERE I

Si Volverá

TAKE IT EASY

UNEXPECTED

DEEPEST DEEP

DEIXA (Let Go)

DUST

Siete Rios

Shine

TRANSLATIONS

Une Profonde Douceur

BLOSSOM

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DEIXA
(Let Go)