Category Archives: Michael Leon

Boy in Wolf’s Clothing, an album by velvel

Posted on Saturday, January 25th, 2020 12:31 pm by

  Vevel (the fine singer/songwriter and sound designer Michael Leon) has finally released his album Boy in Wolf’s Clothing of angry, sad, and beautiful songs. I wrote the lyrics to one of them, I’m proud to say, and it’s not … Continue reading →

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Brightest At Night (a country song for Mike Leon)

Posted on Thursday, November 30th, 2017 11:39 am by

I don’t know about you But I’m a country star at heart In the smoky spaces of my brain The old standards are always About to start Each morning I shake off Sequins—they fall like dust from my dreams— And … Continue reading →

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The Moon Turns Over and Over—As a Song

Posted on Wednesday, March 18th, 2015 11:24 am by

Michael Leon occasionally puts to music my attempts at writing songlike things, as he’s done with this piece I wrote last fall (lyrics here). The simple (but perhaps overly busy) video portion must be blamed solely on me as I … Continue reading →

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Midnight Finds Me Digging (a country tanka noir for Michael Leon)

Posted on Friday, March 7th, 2014 11:39 am by

Midnight Finds Me Digging (a country tanka noir for Michael Leon) What I plant tonight blossomed in red sprays today, the scent thin and sharp— waves of it in my nostrils, salt and copper as the sea We left the … Continue reading →

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