Wishing Chair
Wishing Chair is the folk-roots partnership of Miriam Davidson and Kiya Hea… Read Full Bio ↴Wishing Chair is the folk-roots partnership of Miriam Davidson and Kiya Heartwood.
"...a songwriting, accordion playing, harmony singing, storytelling,
hand drumming, banjo strumming, soul stirring,
two woman tour-de-force."
With award-winning songwriting and musicianship, Wishing Chair, "never fails to create that exhilarating sense one gets when great melodies, strong harmonies, and superb execution come together," says The Performing Songwriter Magazine. The 6th CD and latest offering from this roots/folk duo is no exception. Produced by Grammy nominated producer Mark Hallman, Underdog is "folk to the core," (Lexington Herald-Leader) delivering a rich collection of stories and clear-eyed diatribes, outlaw weddings, love songs, and an anti-Bush circus for good measure.
Since 1995, the folk and soul partnership of multi-instrumentalist Miriam Davidson and songwriter Kiya Heartwood has become well regarded for their engaging performances, passionate activism, stirring harmonies and award winning songs. With any subject being fair game, they have earned high honors from Kerrville (Political Songwriting Finalist 2003), Falcon Ridge (Emerging Artist Finalist 2002), Outmusic (double Winner 2003, Finalist 2004) to The South Florida Folk Festival (double Winner 2003).
Throughout the U.S and Canada, they have won over audiences and presenters alike performing in venues ranging from The Bluebird Cafe in Nashville to The Ark in Ann Arbor, Uncle Calvin's in Dallas and Club Passim in Cambridge, and at festivals including the National Women's Music Festival, the Kerrville Folk Festival, the Clearwater Folk Festival, the South Florida Folk Festival and the Philadelphia Folk Festival.
"...a songwriting, accordion playing, harmony singing, storytelling,
hand drumming, banjo strumming, soul stirring,
two woman tour-de-force."
With award-winning songwriting and musicianship, Wishing Chair, "never fails to create that exhilarating sense one gets when great melodies, strong harmonies, and superb execution come together," says The Performing Songwriter Magazine. The 6th CD and latest offering from this roots/folk duo is no exception. Produced by Grammy nominated producer Mark Hallman, Underdog is "folk to the core," (Lexington Herald-Leader) delivering a rich collection of stories and clear-eyed diatribes, outlaw weddings, love songs, and an anti-Bush circus for good measure.
Since 1995, the folk and soul partnership of multi-instrumentalist Miriam Davidson and songwriter Kiya Heartwood has become well regarded for their engaging performances, passionate activism, stirring harmonies and award winning songs. With any subject being fair game, they have earned high honors from Kerrville (Political Songwriting Finalist 2003), Falcon Ridge (Emerging Artist Finalist 2002), Outmusic (double Winner 2003, Finalist 2004) to The South Florida Folk Festival (double Winner 2003).
Throughout the U.S and Canada, they have won over audiences and presenters alike performing in venues ranging from The Bluebird Cafe in Nashville to The Ark in Ann Arbor, Uncle Calvin's in Dallas and Club Passim in Cambridge, and at festivals including the National Women's Music Festival, the Kerrville Folk Festival, the Clearwater Folk Festival, the South Florida Folk Festival and the Philadelphia Folk Festival.
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Wishing Chair Lyrics
99 You can read it in the paper Maybe get it online Hear…
Adagio Adagio …
Be BE ©2/24/04 Kiya Heartwood What you keep in held so…
Better Friends tell me I'm crazy That I've lost my mind I keep…
Bonny Lass of Anglesey There he sits and there he stands Oh, what a frightend…
Boston I walk the streets with cobblestones Headphones, hood up, a…
Breathe I am a stranger here We're all strangers here Standing equ…
Bully Circus Bully Circus …
Calamity Jane Calamity Jane Kiya Heartwood…
Copernicus Middle south, middle class, middle child I ran the fields a…
Crow A storm is coming Can't you smell the rain Won't you go…
Don't Wait I am just a pilgrim But I am so afraid To lay…
Family Man Driving past the Lorraine in Memphis My mind flashed back t…
Fiddlin' On How can love be so close yet stand so far…
Fieldtown Road Construction Fieldtown Road Construction Kiya Heartwwood © 2002 Mayb…
Goody Hallett They took the last man from the sea But I swore…
Handmade We'll build our small house With our own hands We'll plant…
Heartland Today I walked a thousand miles And held you every step He…
Higher Ground The waters are rising I can feel it Where oh where can…
Highway Lullaby Highway Lullaby …
If Wishes Were Horses If wishes were horses Beggars would ride I'm livin' on not…
It's All I Need When you tell me that you love me When you hold…
Keep Me Simple We drove 500 miles of prairie The sky's gone green with…
Love Won't Let Me Love Won’t Let Me Music by Kiya Heartwood and Greg Fulkerso…
Meditation 23 I was writing in my diary And the X-File rerun was…
Middle Age Take a look at yourself What can you mean And you can't…
Now She wants all the toys in the big wide world The…
One Real Song Another day in another motel room I was dreaming of crayola…
Open Range Let's sit on a fence and talk about it Watching the…
Ordinary Day When I trace the pattern of my days I always stumble…
Outlaw Wedding Outlaw Wedding © 2005 Kiya Heartwood You see…
Oz OZ Kiya Heartwood ©2005 Here I am Without a blindfold …
Poem Why I became a drummer Late spring Still light Sent …
Precious Ruby Reds Oh you precious ruby reds Won't you have pity on me…
Rainin Rainin' Released 07/20/2009 …
Robert's Waltz It's a winter's night, the stars are bright And the world…
Rose of Sharon Rose of Sharon blooms Sing another tune We go 'round and '…
Sago His work shirts are folded on the chair by the…
Sail Away I will tell you a story. Its sad, but its true. How…
September Maybe God's at the river playing with jacks When you're up…
She's Everything It's not the way that you hold me The way that…
Si Se Puede Si Se Puede © 2008 Kiya Heartwood Am…
Sidewalks Sidewalks © 2005 Kiya Heartwood Slip on the sidewalk th…
Singing with the Red Wolves When I wake up theres a question in my eyes What…
Soldiers Reel Sing a soldiers reel Ride the spinning wheel Another game …
Solitary Way Solitary way Don't leave me lonely Won't you walk through …
Sometimes What's the matter girl Is it something that we lack We got…
Sue Mundy Sue Mundy …
The Ghost of Will Harbut I found the ghost of Will Harbut on the Huffman…
Thief of Hearts I'm a thief of hearts A guaranteed spark And I'm gonna fin…
This House This house is built of oak and stone Here I make…
Three Doors In a worn photograph On the table in the hall Proud and…
Traveler I'm the daughter of my father Though a poor one it…
Underdog Underdog © 2004 Kiya Heartwood Hiding out Sleeping …
Undisputed Country In our undisputed country A land of love and dreams Where …
Victoria Her spurs were Spanish silver She wore a Crow braid in…
Washed Away Washed Away Lyrics and music by Kiya Heartwood…
Weave and Spin The part of me that's Frieda Loves the smell of bougainvill…
Wheatfields of South Dakota Driving through the wheat fields of South Dakota Full tank …
Whitman My name it is Whitman I am only a man Though my…
Wyoming Wind It seems that I have lost myself Beneath the clever strains…
You're the One Lying here thinking in that traitorous dark All I can think…
Don.
The song was recorded ny Martin Cathy in 1976