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Plums and Smoke (Instrumental)

by Daniel Cherniske

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This song is a song of seasonal turnings. Of the grief and the exhilaration that comes with the loss of summer, with starring into the coming winter and feeling the crisp air on your neck, with the taste of apples and the smell of chamomile tea lingering on your tongue.

This is a song for the vulnerability and the intimacy this time is cultivating within me. The heartbreak and the blessing of realness. My partner got me a banjo for my 28th birthday, an instrument which has roots in the deepest pains and the highest joys of our musical sounds. An instrument which emerged out of the raw barbarity and insanity of chattel slavery, those wounds never healed, restitution and reconciliation never entertained by those who built a nation on the abuse and desecration of the sacred.

We are all still sick from it.

And yet, the banjo, being crafted from the African resonator instruments and emerging in the Caribbean in the 17th century, elicits wide smiles, rushing rhythm, euphoric provocations.

This song is a prayer to the parts of me who are frayed and withered, a soothing balm and calming warm hand to the frantic mind. For me, this song embodies some of the closeness and intimacy I so deeply miss from the hugs and the closeness of bodies and breath we will one day receive again.

I am diving into the realm of instrumental musical play, feeling ease and fluidity entwined in this venture. I borrowed my younger sister’s cello for the depth of sound it brings. What fun! In listening, I pray this song meets you where you are at, and simply aides you in feeling it all.

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released September 12, 2020

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Daniel Cherniske Olympia, Washington

My name is Daniel Cherniske. I am a teacher, student, and musician among many things. I sing from my heart, from the joy and deep pain I feel, I sing.

Thank you for listening and caring.

You inspire me and I am excited and grateful for our further connection.

Take care, and breathe deep. ... more

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