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CD Release Event!
I'm thrilled to invite everyone to my CD release party at the Trinity House Theatre on Friday, January 13, 2017, 8 PM! I’ve even created a poster to tickle your palate and lure you to come. Accompanied by stellar crew of musicians - Dan Hazlett, Annie and Rod Capps,...
Finally! The Whistleblower CD is out!
Finally, the Whistleblower CD is out! After 16 months, during which many distractions took me away from the recording, the project is complete. The person to whom I am grateful most is my recording engineer Dan Hazlet. With an amazing ear and musical sensibility, Dan...
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ABOUT LUTI
“A deft touch with social justice themes, Luti is a writer of love songs to humanity.”
Luti performs solo and with fellow artists in the Greater Detroit area. With his solo albums Half a Century Later (2010) and the recently released Whistleblower, Luti brings us the vibrant rhythms and surprising chord progressions of southeastern European folk. His engaging voice, accompanied by melodic guitars and rich percussion, returns us to nature, awakens our social consciousness, and affirms the possibility of universal love. His song How Many Years won the 1st prize in the Huron Valley Martin Luther King Jr. Art Contest in 2015. His songs Be the Proud and Place Called Home have been included in Neil Young’s “500 Anti-War Songs” website. Luti is a full-time biology professor at Oakland Community College in Waterford, Michigan, where he lives with his wife, Leslie and two cats.
Across The Ocean
(©2007, Luti Erbežnik)
Our mother-tongues were not that different
From a single tribe most of us descended
We were taught to guard our brotherhood and unity
Visit a stranger’s home and you were befriended
Rivers and mountaintops, seaside, lakes and valleys,
This land between two worlds seemed like a heaven to me
But when the ethnic pride grew stronger than togetherness
Harmony began to fade and soon it was crumbling
Fear led to anger, and anger led to violence
Distinctions were dug out and coated with weapons and rage
The ignorant obeyed their leaders and went against their neighbor
Once again human folly took over the stage
And my life
In the land across the ocean
Flows with new freedom
Like a river of emotions
Home away from home
In the land across the ocean
Immersed in the melting pot
Finding true devotion
And when I think about my friends from the place I left
Sometimes I wonder where is it that I truly belong
Do they teach their children that you can’t be happy when you hate
Do they smile like in my dreams? Are they still as strong?
And my life…
FEATURED VIDEO & MUSIC SAMPLER
How Many Years
Performed during the “Whistleblower” CD release concert at the Trinity House Theatre, Livonia, MI, Jan 13, 2017. The band: Luti (guitar, lead vocals), Dan Hazlett (trumpet), Tracy Kash (flute, vocals), Bobby Pennock (vocals), Annie Capps (vocals), Sharon Tse (percussion), Rod Capps (bass), John Finan (guitar) and Scott Williams (drums).
The song won the first place in the Huron Valley Martin Luther King art contest in 2014.
– Annie Capps
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