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Clouds of Age

by Kim Oehme

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1.
Take me back to where I belong I remember my roots in the Strath of the Don I hear the spring and the sound of her song Take me home to my roots, hold my hand, I don't have long (chorus) I will remember you before the clouds of age Took your memory out of reach, off the page In this final chapter, we hold your heart in our hearts And in this way, we will never be apart Oh my love the memories strong Of those days and the dance of the land we live on I see the hills and the sight of the thaw Take me home to my roots, hold my hand, I don't have long (Chorus x 2)
2.
When the moon shows me my shadow I smell the pine and I hear the night sing When the moon shows you your shadow Hear the sound I'm sending you in the wind Come around to the house in the garden Follow the path to the big white door Running light will lead and guide us To the warmth of the glowing stove When you see the stars all above you The ground is dusted with the diamonds of the snow Your wee hand in my hand, I watch you Year on year you bloom and grow When the moon shows me my shadow I smell the pine and I hear the night sing When the moon shows you your shadow Hear the sound I'm sending you in the wind
3.
The Whisky 02:54
Dark skies hug the hills of home White houses stick out against the brown As quiet people connect in silence At peace, the hills, the sky, the Whisky The water reflects the clouds back to the sky Grey boulders exposed to the rain Moss clinging rooted to the spot At peace, the red, the brown, the autumn I've been looking for a place to call my own And here I've found it Living with he land, planting seeds with muddy hands Planting seeds with muddy hands Dark skies lift o'er the hills of home The glow warms contended little hearts And we stay there in silence At peace, the dew, the thaw, the spring time At peace, the hills, the sky, the whisky
4.
Burning Blue 04:08
How can it be the strangers I see remind me of you? Well, let me begin at the start of our sins and tell our story true I met you in May, on a bright sunny day Your eyes lit up so blue Your eyes are burning blue Your eyes, your eyes and you Life whisked me away but I wanted to stay home in your arms with you So I took to the night on a blue travelling light more than a time or two Packed suitcase and wine, one last time And chased the northern star to you To go home to you To get home, my home is you Well the years passed in days and our minds became a haze Of troubles passed their dues The next thing I see, you're looking at me But your burning eyes stare through We screamed, we cried, we tried I thought you'd never lie It's the end of me and you It's the start of something new I love you, but I love me too I love you, but I love me too

about

This EP was recorded in a little cabin by the woods which I built and spent many a wonderful year in.
Designed and built by myself in 2013 through 2015, with help of family and friends (special thanks to my Dad here), this off-grid cabin became a home by the woods where these songs were born.
This was a space to create freely, uninterrupted, and playfully. Building this is so far is the hardest thing I’ve done. I didn’t know how to put up a shelf prior to the build, so I had to learn on the job. I ended up gaining much more than I had intended. I learned to write in this place.

When the property the cabin sits on was to be put up for sale, I knew the best way to say goodbye was to capture the sounds of this cabin chapter and allow the recording to carry me through and to collect a few of the songs and the space for an audio memory book.

Here it is.

You can hear the crackling and ticking of the hot stove, the never-ending presence of the birds and the quietness of the space. I am so happy to have these unique sound memories recorded and am proud of the work done during recording to make these songs into what they are.
Thanks for listening.

credits

released September 8, 2021

Produced by Ewan MacPherson, Cahalen Morrison and Kim Oehme

Recorded at Kim’s Cabin in Cushnie
Recording engineer - Ewan MacPherson
Mixing - Barry Reid at Rose Croft Studio. www.spad.org.uk
Mastered by Denis Blackham at Skye Mastering. www.skyemastering.com

Photography Artwork & Layout - Claire Duquesne

Thank you to;
Ewan MacPherson, Cahalen Morrison, Jonny Hardie, Barry Reid, Denis Blackham, Claire Duquesne, Alex and Jackie Templeton, Christine Jones, Mary Nairn, Steve Cameron and Shirley Smith, Simon Gall, Kym Hardie, Jenny Sturgeon, Wendy Simpson, and all friends and family for your continued support.
Special shout out to Glenbuchat Community for being lovely and amazing, for providing endless dancing opportunities and musical inspiration.
Special thanks to Cahalen Morrison for providing a much-needed light in one of my hardest years, as well as incredible skills to this project. You elevated it, no doubt. Endless gratitude for your presence in my life.

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Kim Oehme Scotland, UK

Kim Oehme is a songwriter and Folk musician from the Northeast of Scotland. Oehme’s style and music is rooted in personal experience; her songs are reflective and poignant with elements of traditional acoustic folk and Americana. An accomplished guitarist, she moves her audience with honest and contemplative songs delivered with steady and soulful precision. ... more

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