I COULD SING OF YOU LOVE FOREVER

SHANE & SHANE

SONGWRITER: MARTIN SMITH

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: VINTAGE

LABEL: SHANE & SHANE

GENRE: POP

YEAR: 2020

 

    Barnard was born Shane Corey Barnard on January 14, 1976, in Placerville, California, to father James David Barnard and mother Margaret Ann Barnard (née, Gardner), and later grew up in Lubbock, Texas, where he attended Texas Tech University and later Texas A&M University. It was there that he led worship at the popular Christian student gathering Breakaway, and where he met Everett. Barnard is also known for his unique style of strumming the acoustic guitar and his high vocal range.

     During his junior year as a student at Texas A&M University, Barnard began a recording career. Prior to joining Everett, Barnard teamed up with friend Caleb Carruth to release an album. Entitled Salvation Still Remains, it was released in limited numbers. Barnard and Carruth later agreed to end their partnership amicably, stating that they "were just moving in different directions."

       Barnard is married to fellow CCM artist Bethany Dillon.

    Shane & Shane is a Texas-based contemporary worship music band known for acoustic praise and worship music. The band consists of Shane Barnard (vocals, acoustic guitar) and Shane Everett (vocals). They are often joined by their drummer and manager, Joey Parish. 

Over the mountains and the sea

Your river runs with love for me

And I will open up my heart

And let The Healer set me free

 

I'm happy to be in the truth

And I will daily lift my hands

For I will always sing

Of when Your love came down

 

Over the mountains and the sea

Your river runs with love for me

And I will open up my heart

And let The Healer set me free

 

I'm happy to be in the truth

And I will daily lift my hands

For I will always sing

Of when Your love came down

 

I could sing of your love forever

I could sing of your love forever

I could sing of your love forever

I could sing of your love forever

 

Over the mountains and the sea

Your river runs with love for me

And I will open up my heart

And let The Healer set me free

 

I'm happy to be in the truth

And I will daily lift my hands

For I will always sing

Of when Your love came down

 

I could sing of your love forever

I could sing of your love forever

I could sing of your love forever

I could sing of your love forever

 

Oh, I feel like dancing

It's foolishness, I know

But when the world has seen the light

They will dance with joy

Like we're dancing now

We will sing

 

I will sing of your love forever

I could sing of your love forever

I could sing of your love forever

I could sing of your love

 

I could sing (oh, I could sing)

Oh, I could sing (oh, I could sing)

Oh, I could sing of your love forever

Oh, I could sing of your love forever

I could sing of your love forever.

I could sing

I could sing.

THE END OF LOVE

FLORENCE WELCH

SONGWRITERS: FLORENCE WELCH & TOBIAS MACDONALD JESSO

COUNTRY: U. K.

ALBUM: HIGH AS HOPE

LABEL: REPUBLIC RECORDS

GENRE: INDIE

YEAR: 2018

 

       Florence Leontine Mary Welch (born 28 August 1986) is an English singer, the lead vocalist and primary songwriter of the indie rock band Florence and the Machine. The band's debut studio album, Lungs(2009), topped the UK Albums Chart after charting for 28 consecutive weeks and won the BRIT Award for Best British Album. The band's second album, Ceremonials(2011), debuted at number one in the UK and number six on the US Billboard 200. Their third album, How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful(2015), received positive reviews and topped the UK and US albums chart. The band's fourth album, High as Hope, was released in June 2018 and has sold over one million copies worldwide. In 2018, Welch also released a book titled Useless Magic, a collection of lyrics and poems written by her, along with illustrations.

     In 2022, the band announced their fifth studio álbum Dance Fever set to be released on 13 May 2022.

     High as Hope is the fourth studio album by English indie rock band Florence and the Machine. It was released on 29 June 2018, by Republic and Virgin EMI Records. It was preceded by the singles "Sky Full of Song" and "Hunger". "Patricia" was released as the third and final single on 10 August 2018.

       The album was executively produced by Florence Welch herself, along with Emile Haynie. Following How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful(2015), High as Hope features more minimalist, stripped-down productions and explores themes of heartache, loss, family, and finding comfort in loneliness. The album received positive reviews upon release, with music critics lauding Welch's vocal delivery and personal lyricism.

I feel nervous in a way that can't be named

I dreamt last night of a sign that read, "The end of love"

And I remember thinking even in my dreaming

It was a good line for a song

 

We were a family pulled from a flood

You tore the floorboards up

And let the river rush in

Not wash away, wash away

 

We were reaching in the dark

That summer in New York

And it was so far to fall

But it didn't hurt at all

You let it wash away, wash away

 

And in a moment of joy and fury I threw myself

From the balcony like my grandmother some years before me

I've always been in love with you

Could you tell it from the moment that I met you?

 

And we were a family pulled from a flood

You tore the floorboards up

And let the river rush in

Not wash away, wash away

 

We were reaching in the dark (wash away)

That summer in New York (wash away)

And was it so far to fall (wash away)

Said it didn't hurt at all

I let it wash away, wash away

 

And Joshua came down from the mountain

With a tablet in his hands

Told me that he loved me, yeah

And then ghosted me again

 

We were reaching in the dark

That summer in New York

And it was so far to fall

But it didn't hurt at all

I let it wash away, wash away

 

Reaching in the dark (wash away)

That summer in New York (wash away)

And was it so far to fall? (wash away)

But it didn't hurt at all

I let it wash away, wash away.

SUBLIME YOU

KOOL & KLEAN(KONSTANTIN KLASHTORNI)

SONGWRITER: KONSTANTIN KLASHTORNI

COUNTRY: GERMANY/UKRAIN

ALBUM:VOLUME VIII (*THE SMOOTHJAZZ LOFT*)

LABEL: KVK MUSIC

GENRE: JAZZ

YEAR: 2019

 

           A crossover jazz and electronica project, Kool & Klean is the studio creation of Ukrainian-born/Germany-based saxophonist Konstantin Klashtorni. Since he debuted the project in 2010, Klashtorni has issued a steady stream of Kool & Klean albums including 2011's Volume II, 2014's Volume V, and 2017's Volume VII.

       Born in 1971 in Korosten in northern Ukraine, Klashtorni grew up with three older siblings, the son of an engineer father and music teacher mother. At age nine, his mother enrolled him in the local music school, where he started on clarinet. By his early teens, he had switched to saxophone and eventually enrolled at the R. Glier Kiev Institute of Music. It was there that he first discovered jazz. After graduating, he traveled Venezuela, where he developed a love for Latin traditions, playing with performers like Soledad Bravo, Andres Briceno, Gilberto Santa Rosa, and more. Returning to Europe, he furthered his studies at the Rotterdam Conservatory and eventually earned his Masters of Music Arts from the Royal Conservatory of the Hague. From there he moved to Germany, where -- influenced by artists like David Sanborn, Gerald Albright, and Kenny Garrett-- he made his solo debut with 2003's Downtown. The similarly inclined crossover álbum Led by You followed in 2006.

         After building his home studio, Klashtorni began looking for ways to diversify his recorded output and create more avenues by which to explore different sounds. He launched his own YouTube channel, Smooth Jazz Loft, and realized the potential for issuing albums under different names. In 2010, he released his first album under the Kool & Klean moniker, Volume I, drawing upon the influence of artists like Paul Hardcastle, Brian Culbertson, Dave Koz, and others. More well-received volumes followed including 2012's Volume III, 2014's Volume V, and 2017's Volume VII. Along with Kool & Klean, Klashtorni has issued albums under his own name in the Smooth Jazz series, and under the Groove Jazz N Chill title series. In 2019, he returned to the Kool & Klean series with Volume VIII.

PERFECT LIFE

LEVINA

SONGWRITERS: LINDY ROBBINS; DAVE BASSETT & LINDSEY RAY

COUNTRY: GERMANY

ALBUM: UNEXPECTED

LABEL: UNSER SONG

GENRE: POP

YEAR: 2017

 

       Isabella Levina Lueen(born 1 May 1991), better known mononymously as Levina(German pronunciation:[lɛˈviːna]) or Izza after a rebranding in 2020, is a German singer-songwriter. She represented Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in Kyiv with the song "Perfect Life" and finished in 25th place with 6 points in the final, thus becoming the first German entrant in two years not to have placed last.

     Levina was born in Bonn, and was raised in Chemnitz. She attended the Dr.-Wilhelm-André-Gymnasium, and graduated with na International Baccalaureate degree from the Impington Village College in Cambridge(UK) in 2009. She then moved to London where she earned her bachelor's degree from King's College London. She splits her time between Berlin and London, where she studies music management at the London College of Music.

         Unexpected is the debut studio album by German recording artist Levina. It was released on 28 April 2017 by Unser Song Records in association with RCA Records and Sony Music.

       "Perfect Life" was released as the lead single from the album on 10 February 2017. The song peaked at number 28 on the German Singles Chart. In January 2017, Levina was confirmed to be one of the five finalists competing in Unser Song 2017, Germany's national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2017. On 9 February 2017, the night of the final, she advanced to the final round with the songs "Wildfire" and "Perfect Life". The German public then chose "Perfect Life" as the winning song. As Germany is a member of the "Big Five", she will automatically advance to the final, held on 13 May 2017 in Kyiv, Ukraine. 

I come alive inside the light of the unexpected

Maybe I thrive outside the comfort zone

What is a prize without a fight? Yeah, I got addicted

To what I thought I wanted, and all along...

 

I've been walking asleep, dreaming awake

Finding I bend but I don't break

I'm almost a sinner, nearly a saint

Finding with every breath I take

I'm not afraid of making mistakes

Sometimes it's wrong before it's right

That's what you call a perfect life

 

Gathering thorns from the stems of a thousand roses

Weathering storms on the long way home

I look for the sweet in every bitter moment tasted

In every last mistake I see the other side

 

I've been walking asleep, dreaming awake

Finding I bend but I don't break

I'm almost a sinner, nearly a saint

Finding with every breath I take

I'm not afraid of making mistakes

Sometimes it's wrong before it's right

That's what you call a perfect

And that's what you call a perfect

And that's what you call a perfect life

 

I've been walking asleep, dreaming awake

Finding I bend but I don't break

I'm almost a sinner, nearly a saint

Finding with every breath I take

I'm not afraid of making mistakes

Sometimes it's wrong before it's right

And that's what you call a perfect

That's what you call a perfect

That's what you call a perfect life.