Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

here’s a song by ella jaz, the video was compiled and created by patrice, lyrics and chords below transcribed and adapted by josh and jessa;  enjoy it; sing it; play it! Romeo and Juliet D Romeo met Juliet, bound by hatred and bound by death. G                  D             A                F#m                    A Bound by ancient loyalties before… Read more

Canyon Lands,    2009

Canyon Lands, 2009

Darkness blanketed us with sleepiness; I tried not to heed it. We got dressed and collected our things, started the car and drove to Arches as the sky lightened.  Mom was grumbling because it was 6 am and she hadn’t had coffee. She said we would miss something but I was bundled up and ready.… Read more

Paradigm Shift

Paradigm Shift

It is time for society to start adopting more sustainable ways of living, and water is at the heart of that. Wild rivers are being destroyed, and some governments, agencies, and people still fail to see water as anything more than a commodity. Floods and droughts grip the land, and still society belies the idea… Read more

I am Grateful for Rain

I am Grateful for Rain

I am grateful for rain. Yesterday the clouds gathered, pushing up from the horizon, their bellies darkening.  I stood on my roof, the soles of my feet cold on the white metal and felt the first raindrops fall on my lips and eyebrows.  The air seemed to ache as thunder rumbled across it. I can… Read more

What is Anything, Anyway?       ella jaz kirk

What is Anything, Anyway? ella jaz kirk

I am obsessed with succeeding and knowledge, worried most about  squandering this heightened awareness.  I think this obsession of mine is born from my failure in other ways; failure in friendships, in adventure, in beauty. That’s why it hurts so much when I can’t succeed though learning because I often feel I have come up… Read more

I love you like…..ella jaz kirk

I love you like…..ella jaz kirk

  I love you like I chapped smile on a winter’s day, like 5 bursts of staccato laughter, like 10 simple melodies, like 12 dozen heads of clover, 20 butterfly wings and 50 strokes of that pen. My love is like 100 rays of petrified sunshine, 300 shards of silver 1,000 drops of rain, like… Read more

“Music Alone Shall Live”

“Music Alone Shall Live”

Ella Jaz played fiddle from the age of 6 with Jeanie and Ken of Bayou Seco and her many fiddling friends. Click on the soundtrack below the slides and listen to songs from the CD, “Rio Libre” with Ken Keppler on accordian, Ella J, Jeanie McLerie, Joe Bruemmer on fiddles and Patrice Mutchnick on guitar.… Read more