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The Protest Songs

by Cordelia Stephens

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The Camera Lies 03:28
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The Camera Lies We see them rise and fall from grace. Fall way, way down. Working so very hard for the good of this town. For the good of this town. We know the camera lies. We know that portrait is framed. The lighting’s rigged but we’re entertained. We saw that sleight of hand, we know which news is fake. The stage is raked but we’re entertained. Truth loves the light. It's a moth to a flame. Me too includes you as well. Who’s to blame? Are we to blame? We know the camera lies. We know that portrait is framed. The lighting’s rigged but we’re entertained. We saw that sleight of hand. We know which news is fake. The stage is raked but we’re entertained. You’re abusing your power, you’ve nothing to offer so beat it. You can’t have it both ways though you may want your cake and to eat it. You can keep your advantage, I’m so disenchanted, Your fame and success brought you no happiness and you’re cruel. We know the camera lies. We know that portrait is framed. The lighting’s rigged but we’re entertained. We saw that sleight of hand. We know which news is fake. The stage is raked but we’re entertained. We're entertained.
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Perfect Storm 03:32
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First Reveal 04:15
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New Normal 03:16
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5.
Democracy 03:58
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"My new record -The Protest Songs- gives a direct and unsentimental voice to different issues affecting our society in the early 21st Century, from the Me Too movement, gun control, and war, to domestic violence, and inequality.

The songs were mainly tracked and mixed at producer Brandon Wilde’s Studio 76 in Kingston, NY with additional recording from collaborators Dylan Wissing (drums and percussion), and Tony Lauria (piano) who both played on my first two albums- Threshold and Wide Awake Dream.

Kingston, NY was the perfect area in which to record this project. North of New York City, it was prominent in the protest movement of the 1960s, not far from Woodstock, and Beacon where Pete Seeger made his home from 1949.

Despite the seriousness of the issues, I have tried to write songs which challenge the listener to understand them from new perspectives, to get involved, and ultimately to campaign for change."

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released October 14, 2023

The Protest Songs performed by:

Cordelia Stephens- Vocals, Acoustic Guitar

Brandon Wilde- Bass, Electric Guitar, Backup Vocals (3,5)

Dylan Wissing- Drums, Percussion

Tony Lauria- Piano (1,5)

All songs written by Cordelia Stephens

All songs produced by Brandon Wilde

Recorded and mixed by Brandon Wilde at Studio 76 in Kingston, NY

Drums and percussion were recorded by Dylan Wissing at Triple Colossal Studios in Hoboken, NJ

Additional recording of piano (1 and 5) by Len Monachello at Soundtronics Studio, Queens, NY

Mastered by Fred Kevorkian at Kevorkian Mastering, Brooklyn, NY

Cover photograph by Jonathan Grassi

For my daughter, Isla Rose, who makes the world a better place.

Special thanks to: Riley McMahon, Pemberton Roach and Keith Robinson for contributing so many ideas to these songs; to Mary Jennings and the Throwback to Cafe Vivaldi friends for the era we sang and played together, and to Niall Connolly and the Big City Folk, Song Club friends in whose company these songs were conceived, written, and debuted.

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Cordelia Stephens New York, New York

Cordelia Stephens is an Anglo-American singer-songwriter whose voice combines power and vulnerability, and whose incisive songwriting explores the contradictions of modern life and love drawing on her musical influences such as Aimee Mann, Gillian Welch and Brandie Carlisle. Her third record, an EP called "The Protest Songs" was released in October 2023. ... more

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