
Violet Bell
10/3/2024 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
The ethereal folk duo performs live at Sonark Studios in Hillsborough, NC.
The Chapel Hill duo Violet Bell performs its ethereal folk music live at Sonark Studios in Hillsborough, North Carolina. The band’s haunting melodies and lyrical depth create an enchanting and memorable musical experience.
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Violet Bell
10/3/2024 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
The Chapel Hill duo Violet Bell performs its ethereal folk music live at Sonark Studios in Hillsborough, North Carolina. The band’s haunting melodies and lyrical depth create an enchanting and memorable musical experience.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship[piano intro] - [Announcer] Funding for "Sonark Sessions Live from the Barn" series is proudly provided by the Orange County and Chapel Hill Visitors Bureau.
If you're adventurous, inquisitive, hungry, thirsty, courageous, bored, spontaneous, and longing for a rewarding getaway minus the planning, let curiosity leads you here.
[upbeat music] - [Lizzie] One, two, three.
[chill upbeat folk music] [chill upbeat folk music continues] [chill upbeat folk music continues] ♪ Come on up to the house ♪ ♪ Have a cup of tea ♪ ♪ Sit out on the front porch ♪ ♪ Watch the sun with me ♪ ♪ Make its way back around ♪ ♪ To where it's gotta be ♪ ♪ In this world there's nothing going down predictably ♪ ♪ Come on up to the house ♪ ♪ House ♪ ♪ Come on up to the house ♪ ♪ Come on up to the house ♪ ♪ House ♪ ♪ House ♪ ♪ Ooo ♪ [chill upbeat folk music continues] ♪ Come on up to the house ♪ ♪ Lay your burdens down ♪ ♪ Those worries are too heavy to be ♪ ♪ Carried around ♪ ♪ Come on and fill your belly up ♪ ♪ And you can make it shake with laughter ♪ ♪ Have a drink, stay the night ♪ ♪ We'll do the dishes later ♪ ♪ Come on up to the house ♪ ♪ House ♪ ♪ Come on up to the house ♪ ♪ Come on up to the house ♪ ♪ House ♪ ♪ Come on up to the house ♪ ♪ Whoo, I dream about that crowded day when, woo ♪ ♪ One day I pray I'll be able to say ♪ ♪ Come on up to the house ♪ ♪ House ♪ ♪ Come on up to the house ♪ ♪ Come on up to the house ♪ ♪ House ♪ ♪ Come on up to the house ♪ ♪ Come on up to the house ♪ [upbeat chill folk music continues] ♪ Come on up to the house ♪ ♪ Come on up to the house ♪ ♪ House ♪ ♪ Come on up to the house ♪ [audience applauding] ♪ And everything about you is often luxurious ♪ ♪ That's what you said, but you don't even know me ♪ ♪ Baby, I'm a wild thing ♪ ♪ Do you know where I've been ♪ ♪ Out where the night air meets me sayin' ♪ ♪ Ever green, everything pine wind whistling ♪ ♪ Baby I'm a wild thing ♪ ♪ When you go where I've been ♪ ♪ Ooo ♪ ♪ Run with me in the night ♪ ♪ And woo ♪ ♪ Under the northern lights, woo ♪ ♪ Green in the sky, green in the soul ♪ ♪ Green in your eyes ♪ ♪ Woo ♪ ♪ I give you all of me ♪ ♪ Woo, canyons and mountain peaks ♪ ♪ Woo, tender and rough ♪ ♪ Fang, fur and claw ♪ ♪ Babe, I'm a wild thing ♪ ♪ Babe, I'm a wild thing ♪ ♪ Sweet loving, sweet grass crushed underneath us ♪ ♪ Both heart beats fast, jeans flash ♪ ♪ Baby I'm a wild thing ♪ ♪ Wanna show you everything ♪ ♪ Wait until you feel my teeth on your lip ♪ ♪ Wait until you feel my hands on your ♪ ♪ Baby I'm a wild thing ♪ ♪ Come into the wild with me ♪ ♪ Woo, run with me in the night ♪ ♪ Woo, under the northern lights ♪ ♪ Woo, green in the sky, green in my soul ♪ ♪ Green in your eyes ♪ ♪ Woo, I give you all of me ♪ ♪ Woo, canyons and mountain peaks ♪ ♪ Woo, tender and raw ♪ ♪ Fang, fur and claw ♪ ♪ Baby, I'm a wild thing ♪ ♪ Still we find ♪ ♪ 'Cause you know that I am ♪ ♪ Soft like you said ♪ ♪ In this riverbed of flowers flying ♪ ♪ Here comes the wind ♪ ♪ Your hands digging in ♪ ♪ My curves like a river, flowin' through timber ♪ ♪ Babe, I'm a wild thing ♪ ♪ Woo, run with me in the night ♪ ♪ Woo, under the northern lights ♪ ♪ Woo, green in the sky, green in my soul ♪ ♪ Green in your eyes ♪ ♪ Woo, I give you all of me ♪ ♪ Woo, canyons and mountain peaks ♪ ♪ Woo, tender and raw ♪ ♪ Fang, fur and claw ♪ ♪ Babe, I'm a wild ♪ ♪ Woo, run with me in the night ♪ ♪ Woo, under the northern lights ♪ ♪ Woo, green in the sky, green in your soul ♪ ♪ Green in your eyes ♪ ♪ Woo, I give you all of me ♪ ♪ Woo, canyons and mountain peaks ♪ ♪ Woo, tender and raw, fang, fur and claw ♪ ♪ Babe, I'm a wild thing ♪ [bright folk music] [bright folk music continues] [bright folk music continues] [bright folk music continues] [bright folk music continues] [bright folk music continues] ♪ The first time that I saw her ♪ ♪ I fell in love with the fisherman's daughter ♪ ♪ I fell in love with the fisherman's daughter ♪ ♪ Moves like wind, laughs like water ♪ ♪ Mind just like a wild nor'easter ♪ ♪ A wild nor'easter ♪ ♪ Saw her on the way to town ♪ ♪ Her hair pulled back and her shoulders down ♪ ♪ Heavy with her father's wares ♪ ♪ Sellin' down in market square ♪ [bright folk music continues] [bright folk music continues] [bright folk music continues] ♪ Got no coin, got no copper ♪ ♪ Give my days to the fisherman's daughter ♪ ♪ Work my hands for the fisherman's daughter ♪ ♪ All I have is all I offer ♪ ♪ Make my heart your holy altar ♪ ♪ Your holy altar ♪ ♪ Saw her standin' by the sea ♪ ♪ Black hair flowin' long and free ♪ ♪ Singin' some strange melody ♪ ♪ I saw her, but she didn't see me ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ [bright folk music continues] ♪ Ooh, ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh, aah, ooh ♪ [bright folk music continues] [bright folk music continues] [bright folk music continues] ♪ Love is strong, but the sea is stronger ♪ ♪ Some hearts were made to wander ♪ ♪ Made to wander ♪ ♪ From the first time that I saw her ♪ ♪ I fell in love with the fisherman's daughter ♪ ♪ I fell in love with the fisherman's daughter ♪ - This is one of those songs that started years ago.
Didn't need to finish it, but it was just itching back there, waiting to be completed.
And Lizzie and I came together a few weeks ago, I was like, "I wanna play it on this tour.
Let's finish it."
And we did and here it is.
It's called.
- It hatched.
- It's called "Deep Down".
[upbeat folk music] [upbeat folk music continues] [upbeat folk music continues] ♪ I can hear you in the noise ♪ ♪ Calling me through the night ♪ ♪ I can't stand the noise ♪ ♪ Shining all the city lights ♪ ♪ Wanna feel that desert wind ♪ ♪ Moving from my medicine ♪ ♪ Wanna taste you on my skin ♪ ♪ Down, down deep, deep, down ♪ ♪ Deep down, down deep, deep down ♪ ♪ Deep down, down deep, deep down ♪ ♪ Deep down, down deep, deep down ♪ ♪ And this soul it burns the sky ♪ ♪ Battle alive again ♪ ♪ And every road I'm on ♪ ♪ Takes me to this place again ♪ ♪ Buried inside ♪ ♪ Buried like you never hurt ♪ ♪ All the tears I never shed ♪ ♪ The heart's a dried up riverbed ♪ ♪ Deep down, down deep, deep down ♪ ♪ Deep down, down deep, deep down ♪ ♪ Deep down, down deep, deep down ♪ ♪ Deep down, down deep, deep down ♪ [upbeat folk music continues] [upbeat folk music continues] [upbeat folk music continues] [upbeat folk music continues] [upbeat folk music continues] [upbeat folk music continues] [upbeat folk music continues] ♪ Deep down, down deep, deep down ♪ ♪ Deep down, down deep, deep down ♪ ♪ Deep down, down deep, deep down ♪ ♪ Deep down, down deep, deep down ♪ ♪ Deep down, down deep, deep down ♪ ♪ Deep down, down deep, deep down ♪ ♪ Deep down, down deep, deep down ♪ ♪ Deep down, down deep, deep down ♪ [chill folk music] [chill folk music continues] [chill folk music continues] [chill folk music continues] ♪ Darling, tell me true ♪ ♪ How much can I ask of you ♪ ♪ I know you feel it too ♪ ♪ Coming down ♪ ♪ Those words we love to say ♪ ♪ Easy on a sunny day ♪ ♪ But now you turn away ♪ ♪ And turn me out ♪ ♪ Meet me in the garden ♪ ♪ Midnight at the fountain ♪ ♪ I'm leaving in the morning ♪ ♪ Going up the mountain ♪ ♪ Older than the winter ♪ ♪ Buried like a splinter ♪ ♪ Only love can win ♪ ♪ Only love ♪ [chill folk music continues] [chill folk music continues] ♪ That question never sleeps ♪ ♪ Every night it comes for me ♪ ♪ Singing at my balcony ♪ ♪ Calling out ♪ ♪ My name in water song ♪ ♪ Melodies a river long ♪ ♪ Says it knows where I belong ♪ ♪ If I come down ♪ ♪ Meet me in the garden ♪ ♪ Midnight at the fountain ♪ ♪ I'm leaving in the morning ♪ ♪ Going up the mountain ♪ ♪ Older than the winter ♪ ♪ Buried like a splinter ♪ ♪ Only love can win ♪ ♪ Only love ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ [chill folk music continues] [chill folk music continues] [chill folk music continues] [chill folk music continues] [chill folk music continues] [chill folk music continues] ♪ Meet me in the garden ♪ ♪ Midnight at the fountain ♪ ♪ I'm leaving in the morning ♪ ♪ Going up the mountain ♪ ♪ Older than the winter ♪ ♪ Buried like a splinter ♪ ♪ Only love can win ♪ ♪ Only love ♪ - I want to say thank you again to Steven and everyone here at Sonark for putting so much skill and intelligence and vision and heart and generosity into what they're doing.
We're so grateful to be a part of it and so grateful that they've created a space for us to come together and do this magic thing that humans have been doing since before electricity or even instruments existed.
So thank you.
[audience applauding] ♪ Take all the sweet ♪ ♪ Whisper the sin ♪ ♪ The afternoon sunlight alone on your skin ♪ ♪ Take all the time ♪ ♪ We thought we would have ♪ ♪ You on my mind and me on my back ♪ ♪ And let's call it even ♪ ♪ And set ourselves free, yeah ♪ ♪ Let's call it even ♪ ♪ Even if it's not ♪ ♪ Move the parcel out of my heart ♪ ♪ Let's call it even ♪ ♪ Let's call it even ♪ [slow folk music] [slow folk music continues] ♪ Where did I end ♪ ♪ Where did you begin ♪ ♪ Why we pick fights that nobody could win ♪ ♪ I won't spend my days, wearing rings, splitting hairs ♪ ♪ And I wouldn't trade all the lovin' we shared ♪ ♪ Wait for the sacred to talk ♪ ♪ And what would it take ♪ ♪ To move on ♪ ♪ Let's call it even ♪ ♪ Set ourselves free, yeah ♪ ♪ Let's call it even ♪ ♪ Even if it's not ♪ ♪ Move that parcel out of my heart ♪ ♪ So let's call it even ♪ ♪ Let's call it even ♪ ♪ Let's call it even ♪ ♪ Let's call it even ♪ ♪ I was part of you and part of me ♪ ♪ Love is never ever gonna leave your heart ♪ ♪ And I was never really incomplete ♪ ♪ Maybe love is letting something fall apart ♪ ♪ Let's call it even ♪ ♪ And set ourselves free, yeah ♪ ♪ Let's call it even ♪ ♪ Even if it's not ♪ ♪ Move the parcel outta my heart ♪ ♪ Let's call it even ♪ ♪ And set ourselves free, yeah ♪ ♪ Let's call it even ♪ ♪ Even if it's not ♪ ♪ Move the parcel out my heart ♪ ♪ Let's call it even ♪ ♪ Let's call it even ♪ ♪ Let's call it even ♪ ♪ Let's call it even ♪ ♪ Let's call it even ♪ ♪ Let's call it even ♪ ♪ Let's call it even ♪ ♪ Let's call it even ♪ [audience applauding] - Emily Mann on upright bass and fiddle.
[audience cheering] - Lizzie Ross.
[audience cheering and applauding] - And Mr Omar Ruiz-Lopez.
Together we are Violet Bell, thank you so much for coming out, you're the reason we're here.
Love you guys, thank you!
[audience applauding and cheering] ♪ Fly ♪ ♪ Fly ♪ ♪ I fly ♪ [upbeat folk music] ♪ Fly ♪ [upbeat folk music continues] ♪ See those campfires in the sky ♪ - [Announcer] Funding for "Sonark Sessions, Live from the Barn" series is proudly provided by the Orange County and Chapel Hill Visitors Bureau.
If you are adventurous, inquisitive, hungry, thirsty, courageous, bored, spontaneous, and longing for a rewarding getaway minus the planning, let curiosity lead you here.
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