Mirel Wagner ...

Mirel Wagner

 Genres:
Folk music, blues

 Instruments:
Vocals, guitar

- '''' Journalists who have listened closely are full of praise for this unique young talent who has appeared, seemingly out of the blue, with her otherworldly gloomy folk. This debut is quiet and intimate. It's a minimalist record, in the best sense: stoicly picked, almost trance-inducing acoustic guitar, a voice you wouldn't expect to hear from a 23 year old, and songs that mostly avoid classical folk song structure (they're "lonely prayers in expressionistic language", writes another German critic). Everything is stripped to the bone and maintains a beautiful, strangely fragile tension, even more so during Mirel's live performances. "The singer is majestic in her sobriety," a French critic has written of Mirel. "She will literally knock you down with her candor and tenderness, captivating with her melodic charisma, wonderful and quiet... It's music from another time, fabulous and elusive."''

-Mirel Wagner, born 3 December 1987, is a Finnish singer-songwriter. She was born in Ethiopia and raised in Espoo, Finland.

 Artist Biography by Chrysta Cherrie

Singer/songwriter Mirel Wagner's gothic folk recalls a rich tradition of brooding lyricists from Billie Holiday to Leonard Cohen to Hope Sandoval while crafting a sound uniquely her own. Born in Ethiopia and raised in Espoo, Finland, Wagner first took up music at age seven, learning to play violin; by 13 she switched to guitar and three years later began writing songs. "To the Bone," the opening track from her debut record, represents one of those early works. Jean Ramsay, an American journalist based in Finland, discovered Wagner at an open-mike night in Helsinki, and his rave reviews led the artist to the recording studio, where in two days she laid down 12 songs. Her self-titled full-length debut arrived in Europe in February 2011 (and stateside by March 2012), introducing listeners to her poetic, darkly romantic lyrics, weary yet sensual vocals, and minimalist trance-like guitar playing. Wagner's second album ''When the Cellar Children See the Light of Day'' was released in August 2014. The album peaked number one at the Finnish Album Chart. It was a nominee for the 2014 Nordic Music Prize which is an annual award for the Best Nordic Album Of The Year. She won the prize. On 21 April 2015, Wagner performed on the music television show Later... with Jools Holland.

 Discography 
Albums:
Mirel Wagner (2011)
When the Cellar Children See the Light of Day (2014)
Singles:
No Death (2011)
Lean (2012)
Oak Tree (2014)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirel_Wagner

ΕΠΙΛΕΓΜΕΝΑ ΜΟΥΣΙΚΑ VIDEOS

1.Mirel Wagner - Oak Tree - Later… with Jools Holland - BBC Two

Lady left me here underneath this old oak tree
She made me a bed of roots and leaves
With a trembling voice she sung me to sleep
Said dream, dream, dream, dream, sweet dreams

Dream, dream, dream, dream sweet dreams

Dark was the night, cold the ground
I heard voices all around
Sign of storm, fallen in dawn
My little soul is now free and unbound

And I dream, dream, dream, dream sweet dreams
I dream, dream, dream, dream sweet dreams

So if you walk in the woods and you see
A big old oak tree
Thread carefully, please
Cause I'm dreaming underneath

And I dream, dream, dream, dream sweet dreams
And I dream, dream, dream, dream sweet dreams

2.Mirel Wagner - Dreamt of a Wave

Dreamt of a wave
Washing over me
Dreamt of a wave
I think I thought I did

The wave was a torture
The flesh and blood and bone
Came into me and out of me
Forsaken every law

Dreamt of a wave
Washing over me
Dreamt of a wave
I dare and speak its name

The wave was a torture
Of flesh and blood and bone
Came into me and out of me
Forsaken every law

Father can you teach your child?
Teach what love can do
Mother can you hold this child?
Hold me to I hate 

3.Mirel Wagner - 1, 2, 3, 4

 1,2,3,4 what's underneath the floor?
1,2,3,4 what's underneath the floor?
Pretty little face, pretty little eyes
Big fat belly, birthing out flies
1,2,3,4

1,2,3,4 what's underneath the floor?
1,2,3,4 won't you tell us more?
Chewed up lips, milky milk teeth
Little bit of pain and a whole lot of meat

1,2,3,4 what's underneath the floor?
1,2,3,4 I can tell you more
A pretty little dream that locked your old scream
I never had to beg then come to me

I got a big, big heart and lots of love
I got a big, big heart and lots of love
I got a big, big heart and lots of love
I got a big, big heart and lots of love

And it's hard, and it's hard
And it's hard, and it's hard
And it's hard, and it's hard
And it's hard, and it's hard

4.Mirel Wagner - The Dirt [OFFICIAL VIDEO]

Momma, I know the well is dry
Sing me a song one more time
The wind is raging and the birds won't fly
Nothing to eat and nowhere to hide

Momma it's gonna be alright
Tell me the story just one more time
Where the grass is green and the water runs wild
Where forever is forever and no-one has to die

Because you can't drink the dirt even if you wanna
You can't eat the dirt even if you wanna
You can't breathe the dirt even if you wanna
But you'll be in the dirt, you'll be the dirt

Momma, I know I'm ready now
I'm not afraid, and you don't need to cry
Just close my eyes and wake up into a new life
Momma, there's no need to cry

Because you can't drink the dirt even if you wanna
You can't eat the dirt even if you wanna
You can't breathe the dirt even if you wanna
But you'll be in the dirt, you'll be the dirt

5.Mirel Wagner - Ellipsis

Well, speaking of a heartache, he were hiding in plain sight
Laughing the loudest but your smile don't reach your eyes
Come home, come home now
You know that's where you want to be
And time will bring you to your knees

Waiting is a long time, not all for you to die
You're laughing the loudest but your smile don't reach your eyes
Come home, come home now
You know it won't be long
To grin against this senseless moods?

6.Mirel Wagner - In My Father's House

In my fathers house everything is nice
In my fathers house everything is right
We play our part, we know it by heart
We play out part, we know it by heart

The pictures on the wall
Never look into your eyes
The pictures on the wall
Never look in the eyes

The children are polite
You never hear them cry
The children are polite
You never hear them cry

The wind and our kind
They work their time
They change your sheets
You don't have to say please
In my fathers house

Up in the chimney
Down in the cellar
Up in the chimney
Down in the cellar
Theres a terror and it hides
In my fathers house
You're in my fathers house
My fathers house
You're in my fathers house

7.Mirel Wagner - The Devil's Tongue

The devil's tongue is long and rotten
Do you remember or have you forgotten?
The games we played, it's all the same
It's all the same

I was a child
Not long ago
The stairs were steep
Too steep to follow

I'll go
Where, I don't know
But I'll go

With kindness and grace
You brought what I paid
It was just a game
It's all the same anyway

I'll go
Where, I don't know
But I'll go

I'll go
Where, I don't know
But I'll go

8.Mirel Wagner - Taller Than Tall Trees

See a girl dressed as a woman
Here is a man who loves her eyes
See that girl fall apart
Soon as his shadow touches her heart

I climbed a thousand stairs just to give you a kiss
Got your soul tall,taller than tall trees
I wanna make babies with you
Fall under that big,big blue

See a boy walk like a lover
Here is a hound that dies
And that shadow that leads him under
Will die of kindness you pay with our soul

I climbed a thousand stairs just to give you a kiss
Got your soul tall,taller than tall trees
I wanna lay down with you
Fall under that big,big blue


See a girl dressed as a woman
Here is a man who loves her eyes
See that girl fall apart
Soon as his shadow touches her heart

I climbed a thousand stairs just to give you a kiss
Got your soul tall,taller than tall trees
I wanna lay down with you
Fall under that big,big blue

I climbed a thousand stairs just to give you a kiss
Got your soul tall,taller than tall trees
I wanna lay down with you
Fall under that big,big blue

See a girl dressed as a lover
See a hand that guides
See that girl fall apart
Soon as his shadow touches her heart 

9.Mirel Wagner - What Love Looks Like

Through thick and thin
That's what they say
Forgive and forget
Well it's me that has to change
Is this what love looks like?
Is this what love looks like?

Your endless needs
My breaking grieves
You look this way
But you don't see
Is this what love looks like?
Is this what love looks like?

My body is framed
My soul is stained
All things good
Will be washed away
Is this what love looks like?
Is this what love looks like?

This pain I breathe
Has poisened me
Dreamt a dream
Now I'm spitting bitter tears

Through thick and thin
That's what they say
Forgive and forget
Well it's me that has to change
Is this what love looks like?
Is this what love looks like?

This is what love looks like
Is this what love looks like?
This is what love looks like
Is this what love looks like?

10.Mirel Wagner -  Goodnight 

Hmm, goodnight, I love you, darling, goodnight
Goodnight, goodnight, may the stars shine bright
Hmm, goodnight, darling, goodnight
I'll push down the pillow with all of my might
Goodnight, goodnight, the stars are so bright
And I'll hold down the pillow with all of my might
Tomorrow, tomorrow, will be alright

Together, forever, now and through time

Da dadadada ladadadadada
Da dadadada ladadadadada


11. Mirel Wagner - The Road

The hay hung low
where the road leads I will go
and it’s a hard and a crooked life
when you’re a dead man’s unwedded bride

the hay moves slow
where the road leads no one knows
and it’s a hard and a crooked life
when you’re a dead man’s unwedded bride

down by the road sits a man
who’s gray and old
says the hardest thing I know
is to see your loved ones go

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down goes the road
where the wildflowers grow
there’s a lake that’s dark deep and cold
there I shall lay my bones

down I go
gonna lay my bruised bones
and the hardest thing they’ll know

is just letting go

12. Mirel Wagner - No Death

My baby has a swollen face

long stiff limbs

them eyes are black pits

of a place where I’ve been

her hair is long

still smells like mud

she answered to my kiss

with a rotten tongue

no death can

tear us apart

her body is cold

well its gonna get colder

but my love will ignite

what was left to smoulder

I move my hips

in her I am home

I’ll keep on loving

till the marrow dries from her bones

no death

can tear us apart 

all day

I stay by her side

but death has a claim

and a right to my bride

I shut the doors

pull the curtains and hide

I heard something moving

somewhere outside

no death can

tear us apart

but death comes a sneaking in

trough the keyholes

he’s clever and he knows

what’s beneath the floorboards

death comes to feast

like a greedy hungry beast

he wants it all

and here he crawls

and here he crawls

and here he crawls...