Music Doesn’t Have to Please Everyone
Music Doesn't Have to Please Everyone One of the wonderful things about music is that we all hear it differently. Some people love traditional blues. Others prefer orchestral…
Notes from the studio.
The Factory Worker Who Became a Soul Legend
In the early 1970s, Bill Withers was doing something rather unusual for a man about to become a recording star. He was still working in a factory. After serving in the United…
Our Little Hive
I was thinking about a beehive today. It begins with almost nothing. Then, cell by perfect cell, it grows. Each new cell becomes part of something larger, something that…
The Record Label Change That Unleashed the Queen of Soul
By the mid-1960s, Aretha Franklin had already spent several years recording for Columbia Records. She had a magnificent voice, but the enormous success many believed she…
Our Cover Art Collection is now open
Over the past year we've created hundreds of pieces of cover artwork for Sessions on the Green®, and many of them have taken on a life of their own beyond the music. We've…
Adding Another Road
A little more rock is coming to Sessions on the Green®… We've been thinking about this for a while. Sessions on the Green® has always had its roots firmly in soul — music…
The Record Motown Thought Could Damage His Career
By 1970, Marvin Gaye was one of Motown's biggest stars. He had built his career on love songs and enormous hits such as I Heard It Through the Grapevine. But Marvin was…
The Microphones That Opened When Bowie Sang Louder
In 1977, David Bowie was recording “Heroes” at Hansa Studios in Berlin. Producer Tony Visconti wanted Bowie's vocal to begin close and intimate, but become enormous as the…
The Accident That Changed the Sound of the 1980s
In 1980, Phil Collins was playing drums during sessions for Peter Gabriel's third solo album at London's Townhouse Studios. Engineer Hugh Padgham was working on a new SSL…
A Little Note About Your Comments
We wanted to explain something about the comments you leave for us, because we never want anyone to think their words have disappeared unnoticed. We read every single…
The Deal Dolly Parton Refused to Make
In the 1970s, Dolly Parton received the sort of telephone call most young songwriters could only dream about. Elvis Presley wanted to record one of her songs. The song was I…
An Update from Sessions on the Green®
A little update from Sessions on the Green® We've continued creating and releasing music at much the same pace as always and, if anything, we believe the quality of what…
The Album That Nearly Wore Itself Out
In 1976, Fleetwood Mac were deep into recording what would become one of the most successful albums in music history — Rumours. The sessions went on for months. Songs were…
The Life We Nearly Had
Some songs are harder to create than others. Over the last few days, we've been developing a new Yara Washington song called “The Life We Nearly Had.” Even during the…
The Demo Tape That Changed a Band’s Future
In 1976, a little-known London band scraped together enough money to record a simple demo tape. It wasn’t made in a famous studio. It wasn’t backed by a major record company.…
The Piano That Almost Went to the Dump
In the early 1970s, the owners of a recording studio in Los Angeles were considering getting rid of an old upright piano. It wasn’t especially beautiful. It wasn’t…
A New Violette Valois Album — Les Heures Vagabondes
We’re delighted to announce the second Violette Valois album, Les Heures Vagabondes, now available to order on vinyl and CD. Unlike an album built around a single story or…
The Guitar That Changed Everything
In 1965, Bob Dylan walked onto the stage at the Newport Folk Festival carrying something many fans never expected to see. An electric guitar. Until then, Dylan had become the…
The Song With the Nonsense Title
Long before Yesterday became one of the world’s best-loved songs, Paul McCartney had another problem. He couldn’t think of the right words. The melody had come to him in a…
Yara Washington — Always on Vinyl & CD
Now Available on Vinyl & CD There's something special about holding music in your hands. Always, the new album from Yara Washington, is now available on beautifully produced…
Parichad — Beyond Tomorrow on Vinyl & CD
🌸 Now Available on CD & Vinyl We're delighted to announce the release of Beyond Tomorrow, the newest album from Parichad, now available on 12" vinyl and CD. Beautifully…
The Song That Taught the Studio a New Trick
Some of the greatest moments in music aren’t written. They’re discovered. When David Bowie recorded Heroes in Berlin in 1977, producer Tony Visconti wanted Bowie’s voice to…
Isaac B. Cole — More Than Yesterday on Vinyl & CD
🎵 Now Available on CD & Vinyl We're delighted to announce the release of More Than Yesterday, the latest album from Isaac B. Cole, now available on 12" vinyl and CD. This…
Ordinary People, Ordinary Lives
Watching the movie A Man Called Otto reminded us that not every story needs heroes, explosions or special effects. Sometimes the most powerful stories are simply about…
When Something Unexpected Happens
Sometimes, something unexpected happens... Every now and then, usually long after midnight, in the wee hours when we should really be at home, tucked up in bed, we'll try…
The Band You Never Knew You’d Been Listening To
You may never have heard of The Wrecking Crew. But chances are you’ve heard them hundreds—perhaps thousands—of times. During the 1960s and early 1970s, this remarkable group…
A New Look for Sessions on the Green
If you've been with us for a while, you may have noticed that Sessions on the Green® has a new logo. For our first year, we used a simple microphone emblem. It served us well…
A Note to Our Wonderful Community
Over the past year we've made it a point to read and reply to every comment we saw on our YouTube channel. Those conversations with you have become one of the most rewarding…
The Beatles’ Biggest Gamble
It’s difficult to imagine now, but one of the most famous songs ever written was once considered a risk. When Paul McCartney introduced Yesterday in 1965, it sounded nothing…
Bringing the Catalogue to Vinyl & CD
Many of you have been asking whether our music will be available on CD and vinyl... The answer is yes! 😊 Over the past few weeks we've been quietly preparing a growing…
Now Available – Blue Notes & Quiet Nights by Lucius Bluenote Carter
There’s something timeless about listening to jazz from a physical record or CD. The ritual slows you down, the music breathes, and every note seems to matter just a little…
The Whistle That Was Never Meant to Stay
Some of the most unforgettable moments in music happen completely by accident. When Otis Redding recorded (Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay in late 1967, he knew the song…
Why Does Some Music Move Us?
People often ask what makes a great song. Is it the melody? The lyrics? The singer? The production? After spending, what seems like an eternity, immersed in Sessions on the…
One Year Later
A year ago, Sessions on the Green® quietly released its very first piece of music. There was no grand launch, no marketing campaign, no expectation that it would become…
About Clouds Over Isaan
If you’ve already listened to Clouds Over Isaan, you may be surprised to learn how the song came into being. Some songs arrive after months of planning. Others appear…
Enough Listeners to Fill Wembley
A curious thought occurred to me today. One of our Isaac B. Cole songs has now been listened to by enough people to fill Wembley Stadium around eleven times over. Not because…
What Does the Music Mean to You?
Music means different things to different people. One listener hears a memory. Another hears a love story. Someone else hears a place they once knew. What is the one Sessions…
A Thoughtful Comparison with Windham Hill
A thoughtful comment appeared here a few days ago comparing Sessions on the Green to the old Windham Hill label from the late 1970s and 1980s. That one stopped me for a…
Where the Sessions on the Green Name Began
“Sessions on the Green”, where did the name actually come from? Many have asked. Long before it became a registered name, or even a serious business idea, I simply imagined…
Some Songs Drift Through Generations
Some songs don’t really belong to anybody anymore. They drift through generations like ghosts. “House of the Rising Sun” began life long before rock music existed. Fragments…
The Search for Emotional Truth
A few people have asked recently how Sessions on the Green creates music and visuals that seem to connect emotionally with listeners. The truth is… none of it is random.…
How a Walk with Noodee Became Those Nights
A few people have asked where the idea for Isaac B. Cole’s new release “Those Nights” came from, and strangely enough it began during a morning walk with Noodee. She loves…
The Stillness After the Music
There’s a moment after a piece finishes where nothing happens. No sound. No continuation. Just a brief stillness. That moment matters more than it might seem. Because…
A Sound People Didn’t Know They Knew
Every now and then, a sound comes forward that feels unfamiliar at first, but then settles into something recognisable. Not because you’ve heard it often, but because it…
She Said, “Write That”
Some pieces don’t start as ideas. They start as something you can’t quite explain. This one came from a conversation while we were working from different studios across…
The In-Between Light
There’s a particular time of day that seems to sit behind a lot of what’s made here. Not quite early morning, not quite evening. That in-between moment where the light shifts…
Leaving Room for Your Own Story
A lot of people ask why so much of the music here is instrumental, or why the vocals are often restrained, almost conversational. The simple answer is that words tend to…
Where the Music Travels
There’s something slightly surreal about seeing where people are listening from. Places you’ve never been. Cities you’ve only heard of. Languages you don’t speak. And yet…
A Space for Your Own Story
There are moments when a piece of music doesn’t ask for attention… it simply asks you to sit with it. Not everything is meant to be reacted to. Some things are meant to be…
How It Started (without really starting)
There wasn’t a moment where Sessions on the Green began. No grand plan, no announcement, no sense of building something for an audience. It was more a case of following a…
Sometimes You Have to Step Away
This morning got away from me a bit. I spent hours inside one line of a song. The kind of detail that probably doesn’t matter to anyone else… but somehow matters completely…
Gentle as a Promise Reaches Durban Radio
We received some lovely news today — Lucius Bluenote Carter’s Gentle as a Promise is now being played on Izwe Lomzansi FM in Durban, South Africa. It’s a long way from where…
What the River Knew — Roots and Return
Some songs arrive fully formed. This one arrived slowly, like the place it’s about. What the River Knew came from the idea of a river as a quiet witness — something that sees…
Mon Ami, La Mer — The Meaning Behind the Words
Quite a few people have asked what Mon Ami, La Mer is about, so here is a gentle English translation for those who are curious. It isn’t a literal, line-by-line translation —…
The Big Secret Your Favourite Artists Won’t Tell You
(And why it might change the way you listen to music.) As this community has grown, and as we’ve watched Sessions on the Green quietly travel further than we ever expected,…
Echoes of a Man — A Reflection on Legacy
Every now and then I revisit an earlier Sessions on the Green track and remember why it was written. This morning it was “Echoes of a Man” — Isaac B. Cole. It’s a song about…
From 200 Subscribers to 66 Years of Listening
Eight months ago, I stepped away from the screen to make a coffee and a seafood roll… and when I came back, we’d quietly crossed 200 subscribers. That moment stopped me. It…
Violette Valois — Fragments d’un Même Souffle
🎶 New release — now on vinyl & CD Today we’re pleased to release Fragments d’un Même Souffle, the debut album by Violette Valois, available now on vinyl and CD. This album…
A Quiet Moment of Gratitude
A quiet moment of gratitude. Over the last 28 days, Sessions on the Green passed 2 million views — something we honestly didn’t expect when we started this journey. And since…
Hold You Right Here — A Place to Rest
This morning, listening again to Isaac’s new song Hold You Right Here — releasing 20 January — I was completely undone by it. Not in a dramatic way. In a quiet, physical way.…
Looking Back on 2025
As 2025 draws to a close, we wanted to pause for a moment — not to measure, not to count, but simply to acknowledge the year as it was. This has been a year of finding our…
Music Used to Make You Wait
🎶 A thought from the studio… Music didn’t always arrive instantly. It used to make you wait a little. You’d sit with it. Let it unfold. Let a song finish before deciding how…
We’re Not a Factory
Every so often, I return to one of our older tracks just to listen with fresh ears. And every time, without fail, I’m reminded of something important: Sessions on the Green…
How a Track Chooses Its Own Voice
People sometimes ask: “Do you decide in advance whether a track belongs to Lucius, VIXN, Isaac, or someone else?” The truth? No — the music decides. A smoky chord progression…
Music Moves Through Us
Sometimes I’m reminded that music isn’t just something we make — it’s something that moves through us. Every day I read your comments, or watch the way a song reaches people…
An Unforgettable Gabriel La Voz Studio Moment
We’ve been working on a new Gabriel La Voz track over the past few days, and it finally came together today in one of those unforgettable studio moments. Henri-Philippe’s…
Music Lives in the Places We Don’t Rush Through
The older I get, the more I realise that the most meaningful moments in life don’t happen during achievements or milestones — they happen in the quiet seconds in between. A…
What You Don’t See Behind a Finished Track
By the time a track goes public, it looks clean and polished… but you should see the chaos behind the scenes. There’s me auditioning 27 versions of the same chord voicing.…
The Truth About Inspiration (Spoiler: It Has Terrible Timing)
Ever notice how inspiration never shows up when you’re ready for it? You sit at the desk — nothing. You pick up the instrument — silence. You lie down in bed — BOOM, a full…
My First Attempt at the Music Industry… and the Phone Call I’ll Never Forget
Let me tell you a story — my very first brush with the music industry. It wasn’t recent. Not last year, not ten years ago… Try the early 1980s. Yes, apparently that’s 45…
Je reviens à moi — Meaning and Translation
✨ About This Song Some listeners have asked for an English translation of Violette’s piece “Je reviens à moi.” It’s a song about losing yourself in the noise of the world……
The Quiet Joy of Anonymity
There’s a kind of joy that comes with anonymity — a peace most people don’t think about until it’s gone. No photographers in your face. No paparazzi hiding in the bushes. No…
Violette Valois — Back in the Studio
🇫🇷 Violette Valois — back in the studio, back in Paris (at least in spirit) It’s been a little while since we last heard from Violette Valois, our enigmatic Parisian…
33 Years of Listening — and Counting
When we first started Sessions on the Green, the dream of becoming a YouTube partner felt like climbing Everest. A thousand subscribers. Four thousand watch hours. Those were…
A Note from Sessions on the Green
When we started this channel on 8 April, it was meant to be a small window into our world — a way to share the music we love creating. We had no advertising, no budget, no…
ANNOUNCEMENT — “FIELDS OF MERCY” HAS ARRIVED
Every once in a while, a song comes along that feels bigger than the notes, the words, or even the people behind it. This is one of those moments. Isaac B. Cole — Fields of…
A Heartbeat Across the World
Just now, while watching the real-time analytics for Sessions on the Green, I noticed something incredible. Every second, another view appears — somewhere in the world,…
In the Shadows, the Voices Still Shine
When The Greatest Showman swept through cinemas, it was Rebecca Ferguson we saw on screen — but it was Loren Allred’s voice that carried the world away with “Never Enough.”…
A Kiss Before I Go — When a Listener Changes the Story
Sometimes a single comment can make you see your own work in a completely different light. @rodolfobuzzatto1239 recently wrote under A Kiss Before I Go: “Estive com ela nesse…
Independent Doesn’t Mean Alone
There’s something quietly powerful about being independent. It doesn’t mean being isolated — it means creating without asking permission. It means trusting your instincts,…
Behind 'Echoes of a Man' — The Truth in the Making
At Sessions on the Green, moments like this aren’t rare. Nearly every time we create a soul track — whether it’s Isaac, Parichad, or any of the voices that live within this…
The Artists Who Don’t Chase the Spotlight
Some of the greatest artists in history never chased the spotlight. Enya is known worldwide, yet she’s never toured or played the fame game. Kate Bush stayed off the stage…
We’ve reached 4 MILLION views!
In such a short time, Sessions on the Green has grown into something truly special. Together, you’ve watched nearly 200,000 hours of our music — that’s more than 22 years of…
What does “indie” really mean?
We’re what’s called an indie channel — short for independent. Just to be clear, that doesn’t mean Indian, Hindi, or Bollywood. It means we’re not part of the big industry…
A Note from Us to You
💚 A note from us to you Every song, every video you see here has a piece of our heart in it. 🌿 We read every single comment you leave and reply to each one — your words,…
When the Lyrics Don’t Quite Match the Song
Years ago, while I was living in Kuala Lumpur, I’d often wander into the hotel lounges at night. One in particular had a Filipino band that never failed to stop me in my…
A watershed moment for Parichad
For those who’ve followed Parichad’s journey, you’ll remember her earlier work in the soft, whispery style — delicate, restrained, almost Billie Eilish-like in its intimacy.…
A New Chapter for Isaac B. Cole
The red light flicked on in the booth. Isaac leaned into the mic, velvet voice ready, while Henri-Philippe set the new chart on the stand. The room held its breath. What…
Ego, Cost, and the Real Value of Music
I watched a story recently about an independent artist who spent over $100,000 making her debut album — hiring a full team of “professionals” to handle every tiny detail,…
The Story of Silk and Secrets
Some songs arrive in a rush, fully formed. Others take their time, waiting for the right moment, the right people, the right voice. Silk and Secrets belongs to that second…
Introducing Darius Lamar Brown
You’ve probably noticed some recent releases from Darius Lamar Brown — and there are more on the way. What you’re hearing now is just the beginning of his new album, which…
The Fire We Hide – What’s It Really About?
🔥 The Fire We Hide has become one of the most talked-about tracks — the comments say it all. But what do the lyrics really reveal? From the opening lines — “Late hours,…
Café Lumière — Back to Where It Began
🕯️ Back to Where It Began… When we uploaded Café Lumière Vol. 1, it was our very first post on YouTube. At the time, we didn’t yet know the “rules” of thumbnails, tags, or…
From the Heart
Something I’ve noticed lately in the comments — and it’s quietly moved me — is how often your words echo the very same feelings we had when these songs were written. It’s as…
A Voice That Stayed with Me
A voice that stayed with me… and still does. Back in the day, I used to spend a lot of time in Singapore. One memory never left me — the cocktail lounge at the Dynasty Hotel,…
Real Music. Real People. Real Stories
We were recently asked a simple, honest question by a listener who said she hoped we wouldn’t “burst her bubble”… She wanted to know if the music she was hearing from us was…
Joining the YouTube Partner Program
🟢 We did it! 🎉 As of Thursday 17th July, Sessions on the Green is officially part of the YouTube Partner Program! Your support — the listening, the watching, the sharing, the…
Quietly Bubbling Away Behind the Scenes
Hello everyone — just a little note since our last update, but things are quietly bubbling away behind the scenes. Over the past few weeks we’ve been working on new pieces —…
A Hello from Sessions on the Green
Hey everyone — just a quick hello from Sessions on the Green! It’s so good to see more of you here, leaving comments, sharing your thoughts, and drifting along with the…
Sometimes the Quietest Songs Say the Most
“Sometimes I wonder if these songs mean as much to you as they do to me. Last night I sat with a cup of tea, re-listening to She Don’t Need Words — and it reminded me:…
Cello Tears — Piano and Sorrowful Cello
Just released. Cello Tears — a whispered confession carried on piano and sorrowful cello. Bonny Wilde’s voice barely rises above a breath. Elena Mireille’s cello weeps behind…
591 Subscribers — Real, Felt, Listened, Stayed
591 subscribers. Not a flashy number. Not viral. Not bought. But real. Felt. Listened. Stayed. Every view, every comment, every quiet watch in the middle of the night — I see…
A Coffee, a Seafood Roll… and 200 Subscribers
So I made a coffee… and a seafood roll… and now we have 200 subscribers?! I stepped away from the screen for thirty minutes — just long enough for a caffeine hit and a prawn…