Silje Nergaard

Yes! Back from Krabi, well rested and hopefully I have returned with new energy and resolve for the new year, God willing. Anyway the pictures of my trip are not ready yet and I will post them out ASAP. Meanwhile please allow me to introduce you to another jazz singer/song writer. There are 2 sets of lyrics I like you to compare.

Lyrics 1
East of the sun and west of the moon
We'll build a dream house of love dear
Near to the sun in the day Near to the moon at night
We'll live in a heavenly way dear
Living and loving in pale moonlight

Lyrics 2
I won't disown
Those things my heart has sown
The pain is mine alone
I made this fickle heart my own
But how am I suppose to see the stars?
How am I suppose to see that far?

I am sure you can see the difference. Lyrics 1 is the typical jazz lyric. It has a premise, a love story behind it. It does not matter if it is happy or sad, the typical jazz lyric is outward looking, mostly when hearing the music and lyrics together it is like you are from the outside looking in.

Lyrics 2 is the direct opposite, it is inward looking. Instead of looking in from the outside, you get to feel what the writer is feeling first hand. That is what makes Silje Nergaard special. She pours her heart out to you in both the music and the lyrics and in turn, she might even help you find the words you need pour your own heart out as well. The way Silje writes her music compliments her lyrics beautifully. The mood and tone of her music never failed to enhance the message of her lyrics.

Some say that Jazz enables musicans to express their feelings as no other music genre can, unfortunately I feel that the lyrics have not gotten the same treatment. Not that I dislike the typical jazz lyric, I love it. But I feel that Silje fills up a nice niche in my music collection, whereby both the music and lyrics enables the expression of the feelings of the heart first hand.


Be Still My Heart, Silje Nergaard