Forty Years in Babylon

by Paul Arendt

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1.	Incipimus 00:48	buy track
2.	Distance 02:52	buy track
3.	Forty Years in Babylon 04:38	buy track
4.	Theo 04:42	buy track
5.	Olly Olly 03:47	buy track
6.	Blockchain 04:12	buy track
7.	Ribbon of Light 04:25	buy track
8.	Never an Orphan Soul 06:29	buy track
9.	Mnemosyne and Lethe 06:38	buy track
10.	Ruina 03:58	buy track
11.	Weaver 05:52	buy track
12.	Ragbah 01:01	buy track
13.	The End of the World 03:16	buy track
14.	A Million Miles 00:41	buy track

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"Forty Years in Babylon" is a concept album that seeks to make sense of the separation we all feel, the division, the fracture, the forgetting, and the powerful forces I feel pressing down upon me. They are probably pressing down upon you, too.

Through these songs, I wonder and grieve, and love, and retrieve, and I explore my instrument, which is a Spanish guitar, a guide through world music traditions that are thrilling, and confounding, and distinct.

I'm glad you found this music. It's for you, and I hope it makes you feel something beautiful. We're all lost in Babylon now, but we can find each other, and remember, and in that remembering we can stay human. If you like it, I hope you will share it with someone else.

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released January 30, 2024

Guitar/Voice: Paul Arendt
Harmonium/Vibraphone: Tom Deis
Special Voices: Julia Finegan, Martha Finegan, Charlotte Finegan

Words and Music by Paul Arendt
"Weaver" by Paul Arendt and Julia Finegan

Produced by Peter Tramo
D Street Studios, Philadelphia PA

Mixed and Mastered by Tom Deis
Pineapple Room Studio, Kerhonkson NY

Design: Kate Moore
Photography: Glenn Richman and Samantha Richman

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Paul Arendt Newark, Delaware

Paul Arendt is a musician and professor who lives on an emu farm in Delaware.

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