The Ballad of Joe & Irene (Bonus)

by TOKUNBO

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Bonus track to my album 'Queendom Come'

'The Ballad of Joe & Irene' is a tale of a love through the decades. When I wrote the song, strong visual images came to my mind;
a movie was playing in my head already.

The video I created for the song unravels its poetic beauty through original photo portraits of black people of the Victorian era. I instantly fell in love with the regality of the photographs. Finding them was a dream come true, presenting me with the opportunity to break with clichés about black people widely spread and to show an aspect of black culture that is not commonly associated with it here in Europe.

lyrics

Lyrics:
...
The summer passed
she told him yes
when he took her down the aisle
her sister sat and cried
...

credits

released October 23, 2015
'The Ballad of Joe & Irene'
Written by Tokunbo Akinro
Produced by Matthias Meusel & Ulrich Rode
Mastering by Marc Ebermann
Bonus track for the album 'Queendom Come'

Tokunbo Akinro (vocals)
Ulrich Rode (guitar)
Christian Flohr (bass)
Matthias Meusel (drums)
Anne de Wolff (accordion)
Michael Nass (piano)

View video at www.youtube.com/tokunbomusic

Video credits:
Created by Tokunbo Akinro
All photos creative commons

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TOKUNBO Berlin, Germany

TOKUNBO

The Voice of
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Jazz and folk noir singer songwriter.

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