Permaculture Music

The New Restaurant and God Bless The Grass by Malvina Reynolds

Check out 'Matthew Human and the Human Revolution' (I think he also used to go by 'Matthew Human and the Other Humans'

He's a singer-songwriter into all things permaculture. I met him at a fruit festival in Costa Rica about 10 years ago. He's since moved there and started a permaculture village.

'Breathe' is my favorite song by him:


'The Farm' is another song a lot of permie people would probably resonate with.

His website links to some free tracks on Soundcloud (under 'listen') as well as some videos:
https://matthewhuman.com/

This is not quite a permaculture song but I think people here may relate to it in a way.

I just saw the Stillhouse Junkies (great band, BTW), perform a cover of this song:

A while ago I looked for songs about morels on a whim. Are there any? Apparently! It came up in “91 acres” by Emily Higgins, a bluegrass album which celebrates homesteading in Missouri.

This is the song “91 acres” lyrics:

NINETY-ONE ACRES
By Emily Higgins

Waiting in the overgrowth
For new life to begin
Ninety-one acres
That would become his life-long friend

Tangled up in the wild grape vines
Beneath box elder trees
Was the scrap iron, old tires, junk piles and ghost cars
And possibilities

He hauled away over 20 loads
With the help of a brother’s hand
Turned the brown to green again
Healed the wounded land

CHORUS
And the old farm started over
Now the bees feed on the clover
And the sun shines on the homestead
And the fields
And ninety-one acres

Sitting by the country road
Just beyond the gate
A vision, a story
History and fate

It waited in the overgrowth
For new life to begin
Ninety-one acres
His life-long friend

REPEAT CHORUS
And the old farm started over
Now the bees feed on the clover
And the sun shines on the homestead
And the fields
And ninety-one acres

https://emilyhigginsmusic.com/91-acres

https://themammals.bandcamp.com/track/rolling-stone-refugee

Rolling Stone Refugee (The Mammals)

I’m a rolling stone refugee
I guess I ain’t welcome in the big city
But I got my friends and my friends got me
I got my friends and my friends got me

I’m a rolling stone, I’m stuck at home
But I caught that fox with a chicken bone
I think the new world order’s in the new iPhone
The new world order’s in the new iPhone

I’m a rolling stone, it’s pissin’ rain
I got a few too many podcasts in my brain
If you come sit by my fire pit I’ll try to explain
Come sit by my fire pit I’ll try to explain

I’m a rolling stone, I’m lucky as hell
Cause I got my own garden and I’ve got my own well
And I got a little secret I ain’t ever gonna tell
I got a little secret I ain’t ever gonna tell

I’m a rolling stone, been around the world
Somehow I won the love of a beautiful girl
If you come sit by our fire pit we’ll sing you a little pearl
Come sit by our fire pit we’ll sing you a little pearl

I’m a rolling stone, got a family of four
You know yr always welcome at our front door
If you come sit by our fire pit we’ll try to keep you warm
Come sit by our fire pit we’ll try to keep you warm

I got my friends and my friends got me
I got my friends and my friends got me
I got my friends and my friends got me
I got my friends and my friends got me  

This song by my friend Tom Shindler came to mind:



As did this amazing Beck Conducted performance of Bowie’s Sound and Vision: