Silence is Rising

Words and music by Elisabeth Cutler

Produced and arranged by Filippo De Laura
Recorded and mixed by Filippo De Laura at Telepe Studio, New York
Drums, acoustic bass and additional guitars recorded at Delta-Top Studio, Rome
Vocals mixed by Ari Takahashi at Studio118, Rome
Mastering by Federico Pelle at Basement Studio, Vicenza
Artwork by Rita Giacalone, BitBazar, Rome
Photos by Ari Takahashi
Social media management by Adriano Natale – Capture Studio, Rome

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Published by TASAL (Take a Seat and Listen) www.cpl-music.de
(p) & (c) Hole in the Donut Music (BMI) 2019
Distribution by Galileo Music Communication GmbH

No One’s Woman

Elisabeth acoustic guitar, vocals
Filippo De Laura bass, electric guitar, banjola, the root, frame drum, darabouka, shakers, vocals
Andy Bartolucci drums

I look around my house
At all the things I don’t need or want
Broken parts, old telephones
Single earrings and clothes I’ve never worn

I’m no one’s woman
I flow around the people like water
A river searching for its source
An endless ocean to explore

I’m packing up my hopes and dreams
And getting on the next train
To somewhere that I’ve never been
I’ll take a chance to make a change
I’m curious and I’m not afraid
Of the future that starts today

I’m walking down a roman road
I’m climbing over the Berlin wall
I navigate my great escape
Then I contemplate my mistakes

I got holes in my pockets
Where friends and lovers slip away
My mouth is full of words unspoken
That someday I will say

Chorus

I’m no one’s woman
I got no debts and no regrets
I’m no one’s woman
What you see is what you get
I’m no one’s woman
Step right up and place your bets
I’m no one’s woman

The Alchemy of Being Human

Elisabeth acoustic guitar, vocals
Filippo De Laura chrotta, akkord zither, tongue drum, shaker
Leander Reininghaus electric guitar
Marco Siniscalco fretless bass
Andy Bartolucci drums

We are born
Happy laughing
Children smiling
Life is beginning

We come with love
It’s inside us
A shining star
Love will guide us

We’re out here on the road to heaven
Searching for a soul connection
Hoping for a little affection
The alchemy of being human
There’s chemistry between you and me
Algorithms of mixed emotions
Magic spells and love potions
The alchemy of being human

When the darkness rises in my mind
I close my eyes and there’s a light inside

I never thought I’d be here now
I never knew who I was ‘til now
Here I stand half a man, half woman
The alchemy of being human

Close your eyes and there’s a light inside

We are born
Happy laughing
Children smiling
Life is beginning

Table For One

Elisabeth electric guitar, vocals
Fabiano Lelli classical guitar
Leander Reininghaus electric guitar solo
Marco Siniscalco acoustic bass
Andy Bartolucci drums

Table for one
I’ll sit at the bar
I’ll go to a show
And get a seat up front alone

Why would I give up
This perfect prison
Sentenced to solitude
With the illusion of freedom

In the morning I forget
My dreams evaporate
My horoscope has no hope
Promises go up in smoke

It’s easy to say
I’m okay
But some days the nights
Are too silent, too quiet

Butterflies and paper tigers
Fly away lovers
No troubles, no tears
No unknown fears
No kisses to miss
No warm embrace
No sad face
Could this be, would this be
Happiness, happiness, happiness

Come walk with me tonight
The stars are shinin’ bright
If one was to fall
What would you wish for?

There’s heroes and fools
Like me and you
One plus one
Is two hearts falling in love
Too good to pass up

Chorus

Table for one, I’ll be at the bar

Untouchable Man

Elisabeth acoustic guitar, vocals
Filippo De Laura fretless bass, chapman stick, fusiontar
Leander Reininghaus electric guitar
Andy Bartolucci drums

I follow you up mountains
Over rivers and oceans
Down to the city
The bars and hotels, the girls and the shows
And when the morning comes
Like a dream you’re gone
Invisible, you are the untouchable man

In your coat of many colors
You’re on the move right past me
Time slows down
Like an accident, a frozen moment
A melody in my head I can’t forget
Inerasable, you are the untouchable man

Sometimes I see you in the back of the room
I catch your eye and you smile
Like you remember my face
Or am I just another turn of a page

I watch you like a movie
Mesmerized by your mystery
You’re a tragedy and a comedy
You keep me guessing
But in the end you leave me wondering
Impossible, you are the untouchable man

Invisible, inerasable, impossible
You are the untouchable man

I Had a Dream

Elisabeth acoustic guitar, vocals
Filippo De Laura acoustic guitar, glissentar, bowed mandolin, dholak, floor tom, synth bass
Leander Reininghaus electric guitar effects
Andy Bartolucci drums

Oh say, can you see
By the dawn’s early light
The damage that’s been done
In one star-spangled night

Look into my eyes
And you’ll see my memories
Of kisses in the cornfields
And purple mountains’ majesties

Now I’m walking away
From the red rockets’ glare
In the twilight’s last gleaming
Bombs are bursting in the air

I had a dream
A thousand voices coming out of me
Singing a long lost melody
Sounded like an ancient symphony
And I remember feeling free
I remember I had a dream, I had a dream,
I had a dream

History repeats
The same faces, new names
Does anyone see a way out
Of this deadly circle game

I look over my shoulder
An angry darkness is falling
An eagle rises high above
The dove’s wings are broken

Is there a safe place
Where I can lay down
And lose myself in a deep embrace
And fall asleep in your arms

Chorus

Awakening

Elisabeth acoustic guitar, vocals
Filippo De Laura pedal steel guitar
Fabiano Lelli classical guitar
Leander Reininghaus electric guitar
Andy Bartolucci drums

In the silence between our words
A soft breath moves over my breast
Thoughts are birds on the wing
Inside my heart it’s like Spring
Awakening

I exist like the stars in your eyes
I exist taste the salt on my skin
I am not a picture in a frame
I’m stepping out of your dreams
Awakening

The heart is not a steady clock
It slows down and speeds up
Life is not a straight line
It twists and turns around it winds
Lonely lovers someday will find
Each other in time, awakening

We are here close enough to touch
Can’t you feel love
Awakening

Chorus

A Real Human Being

Elisabeth acoustic guitar, vocals
Filippo De Laura electric guitar, Chapman stick
Leander Reininghaus electric guitar
Fabiano Lelli acoustic guitar
Andy Bartolucci drums

What’s that sound?
Beepin’ and ringin’ and interruptin’ us
Can you hear me, can you hear me
Can you see me, can you see me?
We’re living in a 3D movie
Who’s that voice?
Are you a man or machine?

I wanna talk to a real human being
Flesh and blood, emotional
Heart and soul, sentimental
Doubts and fears, irrational
Smiles and tears, loveable
Like you and me, you and you and me

I feel like
Someone’s watchin’ me, following me
I turn around but no one’s there
I’ve got two thousand friends
Is anyone out there listening?

Chorus

Life is like
Flippin’ through the pages of a magazine, touch screen
Obsession, depression, isolation, separation
Instant gratification
We’ve got everything
But something’s missing
I’m missing something

Chorus
Touch me with your eyes
See me in your mind
Hear me with your heart
Tell me who you, tell me who you are
I wanna talk to a real human being

Silence is Rising

Elisabeth acoustic guitar, vocals
Filippo De Laura bass, pedal steel guitar
Leander Reininghaus electric guitar
Andy Bartolucci drums
Herzklang tonal imaging

Silence is rising
The forest is sleeping
In the darkness I’m dreaming
I’m searching for a place
To lay down my wounded body
And rest in peace

“Close your eyes”, they said, “Go to sleep”
“Close your eyes”, they said “and breathe deep”
I’m walking in slow motion
In the morning light
Shadows move across my eyes
And I feel so tired
I’m drifting away on a rollin’ wave 
In the full moonlight
I’m runnnin’ behind the last train 
And the red tail lights
Wrap me in the clouds of love
Hold me in the wings of a dove
Let me fall in a deep sleep
And time will heal

Like flowers fade and seasons change
And Winter waits ‘til Spring awakens
All renews and all returns
To life again, life again

Sanctuary

Elisabeth acoustic guitar, vocals
Filippo De Laura the root, chrotta, floor tom, dholla, udu drum

The voice I hear is small
A broken-winged bird call
A lonely love that’s lost and helpless

A woman is like wine
An apple ripe on the vine
A sweeter fruit comes with time

When you found me
I was open and empty
Running like a refugee
You rescued me
I claim sanctuary, sanctuary

Behind every wall
There’s a world beyond the law
Where no one’s right and no one’s at fault
The camera catches life
Time stops in a flash of light
A picture brings me back the past

When I was a horse
Shy and wild, swift and strong
You were the only one to come close
Come close

I claim sanctuary, sanctuary
I claim sanctuary, sanctuary

Half of me is full
And half of me is empty still
I raise a glass in vino veritas

The moon marks a month
In my night you are the sun
Rays of love rise over me

Nothing’s holding me down
I’m in between changes now
Can’t you see why I’m so confused
There’s no rules
I claim sanctuary, sanctuary

My Wildest Dreams

Elisabeth acoustic guitar, vocals
Filippo De Laura fretless bass, banjola, the root, bodhran, tar drum
Leander Reininghaus electric guitar

All the things I thought were true
Have broken down like me and you
Every time I think I’m fine
Something comes along that reminds me
Of my wildest dreams

Maybe I’m living the life I wanted
The road I’ve chosen is long and lonely
There’s a place that I can’t find
But I’ve been there before in my mind
And in my wildest dreams

I’m restless for a change
I got questions, and I’m taking names
Don’t ask me to explain
My wildest dreams

In between the heart and mind
There’s a river deep and wide
And those who have a hungry soul
Are bound to drift away from home
In my wildest dreams

I’m restless for a change
I know nothing stays the same
I’m headed down a new highway
In my wildest dreams

No One’s Woman | The Alchemy of Being Human | Table For One | Untouchable Man | I Had a Dream | Awakening | A Real Human Being | Silence is Rising | Sanctuary | My Wildest Dreams

No One’s Woman (La donna di nessuno)

Elisabeth acoustic guitar, vocals
Filippo De Laura bass, electric guitar, banjola, the root, frame drum, darabouka, shakers, vocals
Andy Bartolucci drums

Mi guardo intorno dentro casa mia
Guardo le cose di cui non ho bisogno o che non voglio.
Parti rotte, vecchi telefoni
Orecchini singoli e vestiti che non uso mai
 
Non sono la donna di nessuno
Scorro intorno alla gente come se fossi aqua
Un fiume alla ricerca della sua sorgente
Un oceano infinito da esplorare
 
impacchetto le mie speranze e i miei sogni
E salgo sul prossimo treno.
In un posto dove non sono mai stata.
Coglierò la chance di fare un cambiamento.
Sono curiosa e non ho paura
Del futuro che inizia ora
Percorrendo una strada romana
Scavalcando il muro di Berlino
Navigo la mia grande fuga
Poi contemplo i miei errori
 
Ho dei buchi nelle tasche
Da cui amici e amanti scivolano via
La mia bocca è piena di parole non dette.
Che un giorno di questi, vi diró
 
Non sono la donna di nessuno
Non ho debiti e rimpianti
Non sono la donna di nessuno
Quello che vedi e’ quello che possiedi
Non sono la donna di nessuno
Fai un passo avanti e piazza le tue scommesse
Non sono la donna di nessuno

The Alchemy of Being Human (L’alchimia dell’essere umano)

Elisabeth acoustic guitar, vocals
Filippo De Laura chrotta, akkord zither, tongue drum, shaker
Leander Reininghaus electric guitar
Marco Siniscalco fretless bass
Andy Bartolucci drums

Siamo nati
Risata felice
Bambini che sorridono
La vita ha inizio
Veniamo con amore
E’ dentro di noi
una stella splendente
L’amore ci guiderà
 
Siamo qui fuori sulla strada verso il paradiso    
alla ricerca di una connessione dell’anima 
Sperando in un po’ di affetto  
L’alchimia dell’essere umano
C’è chimica tra te e me
Algoritmi di emozioni miste
Incantesimi magici e pozioni d’amore            
L’alchimia dell’essere umano
 
Quando l’oscurità sorge nella mia mente
Chiudo gli occhi e c’e’ una luce dentro.
Non avrei mai pensato che sarei stata qui, ora.
Non ho mai saputo chi io fossi, fino ad ora.
Qui sto in piedi per metà uomo – metà donna
L’alchimia dell’essere umano
 
Quando l’oscurità sorge nella tua mente
Chiudi gli occhi, c’e’ una luce dentro

Table For One (Tavolo per uno)

Elisabeth electric guitar, vocals
Fabiano Lelli classical guitar
Leander Reininghaus electric guitar solo
Marco Siniscalco acoustic bass
Andy Bartolucci drums

Tavolo per uno
Mi siedo al bar
Vado ad uno spettacolo
E prendo un posto davanti da sola

Perché avrei dovuto rinunciare
Questa prigione perfetta
Condannata alla solitudine
Con l’illusione della libertà

La mattina dimentico che
I miei sogni evaporano
Il mio oroscopo non ha speranza
Le promesse vanno in fumo

E’ facile da dire
Sto bene.
Ma in certi giorni le notti
Sono troppo silenziose, troppo tranquille

Farfalle e tigri di carta
Amanti volate via
Nessun problema, nessuna lacrime
Nessuna paura sconosciuta
Nessun bacio da perdere
Nessun caldo abbraccio
Nessuna faccia triste
Potrebbe essere, potrebbe essere, potrebbe essere che questa sia
Felicità, felicità, felicità

Vieni a camminare con me stasera
Le stelle brillano luminose
Se una dovesse cadere
Cosa vorresti?

Ci sono eroi e sciocchi
Come me e te
Uno più uno
Due cuori che si innamorano
Troppo bello da perdere

Un tavolo per uno – sarò al bar

Untouchable Man (Uomo intoccabile)

Elisabeth acoustic guitar, vocals
Filippo De Laura fretless bass, chapman stick, fusiontar
Leander Reininghaus electric guitar
Andy Bartolucci drums

Ti seguo su per le montagne
Su fiumi e oceani
Giù in città
I bar e gli hotel
Le ragazze e gli spettacoli
E quando arriva la mattina
Come un sogno non ci sei più
Invisibile – tu sei l’uomo intoccabile

Nel tuo cappotto di molti colori
Ti stai muovendo proprio davanti a me.
Il tempo rallenta
Come un incidente
Un momento congelato
Una melodia nella mia testa
Non posso dimenticare
Incancellabile – tu sei – l’uomo intoccabile

A volte ti vedo in fondo alla stanza
Colgo il tuo sguardo e tu sorridi
Come se ricordasti la mia faccia
O sono solo un altro giro di pagina

Ti guardo come un film
Incantata dal tuo mistero
Sei una tragedia
E una commedia
Continui a indovinare.
Ma alla fine
Mi lasciate a chiedermi
Impossibile – tu sei l’uomo intoccabile

Invisibile – Incancellabile – Impossibile
Tu sei – L’uomo intoccabile

I Had a Dream (Ho fatto un sogno)

Elisabeth acoustic guitar, vocals
Filippo De Laura acoustic guitar, glissentar, bowed mandolin, dholak, floor tom, synth bass
Leander Reininghaus electric guitar effects
Andy Bartolucci drums

Oh dimmi, riesci a vedere
Alle prime luci dell’alba
Il danno che è stato fatto
In una notte stellata

Guardami negli occhi
E vedrai i miei ricordi
Di baci nei campi di mais
E la maestosità delle montagne viola

Ora me ne vado
Dal bagliore dei razzi rossi
Nell’ultimo scintillante tramonto del crepuscolo
Le bombe scoppiano nell’aria

Ho fatto un sogno
Mille voci uscivano da me
Cantando una melodia perduta da tempo
Che suonava come un’antica sinfonia
E ricordo che mi sentivo libera
Ricordo di aver fatto un sogno, ho fatto un sogno

La storia si ripete
Le stesse facce, nuovi nomi
Qualcuno vede una via d’uscita
Da questo girotondo mortale?

Mi guardo oltre la spalla
Un’oscurità arrabbiata sta cadendo
Un’aquila si erge in alto sopra di noi
Le ali della colomba sono spezzate

C’e’ un posto sicuro
Dove posso stendermi
E perdermi in un profondo abbraccio
E addormentarmi tra le tue braccia?

Ho fatto un sogno
Mille voci uscivano da me
Cantando una melodia perduta da tempo
Che suonava come un’antica sinfonia
E ricordo che mi sentivo libera
Ricordo di aver fatto un sogno, ho fatto un sogno

Awakening (Risveglio)

Elisabeth acoustic guitar, vocals
Filippo De Laura pedal steel guitar
Fabiano Lelli classical guitar
Leander Reininghaus electric guitar
Andy Bartolucci drums

Nel silenzio delle nostre parole
Un morbido soffio accarezza il mio seno
I miei pensieri sono uccelli che volano
Dentro il mio cuore è primavera – risveglio

Io esisto, come stelle nei tuoi occhi
Io esisto, assaggia il sale sulla mia pelle
Non sono una foto incorniciata
Sto uscendo dai tuoi sogni – risveglio

Il cuore non è un orologio fermo
Rallenta e accelera
La vita non è una linea retta
Si attorciglia e si gira e si avvolge
Gli amanti solitari si incontreranno un giorno
In un tempo diverso – risveglio

Siamo qui abbastanza vicini per toccarci
Non riesci a sentire l’amore?

Il cuore non è un orologio fermo
Rallenta e accelera
La vita non è una linea retta
Si attorciglia e si gira e si avvolge
Gli amanti solitari si incontreranno un giorno
In un tempo diverso – risveglio – risveglio – risveglio

A Real Human Being (Un vero essere umano)

Elisabeth acoustic guitar, vocals
Filippo De Laura electric guitar, Chapman stick
Leander Reininghaus electric guitar
Fabiano Lelli acoustic guitar
Andy Bartolucci drums

Cos’e’ questo suono?
Beepin’ an’ ringing, interrompendoci
Riesci a sentirmi, riesci a sentirmi?
Riesci a vedermi, riesci a vedermi?
Viviamo in un film in 3D
Chi è quella voce?
Sei un uomo o una macchina?

Voglio parlare con
Un vero essere umano
Carne e sangue; emotivo
Cuore e anima; sentimentale
Dubbi e paure; irrazionale
Sorrisi e lacrime; amabile
Come te e me, te e te e te e me

Mi sento come se
Qualcuno mi guarda, mi segue e mi segue.
Mi giro, ma non c’e’ nessuno li’
Ho due mila amici in tutto il mondo.
C’e’ qualcuno la’ fuori che ascolta?

Voglio parlare con
Un vero essere umano
Carne e sangue; emotivo
Cuore e anima; sentimentale
Dubbi e paure; irrazionale
Sorrisi e lacrime; amabile
Come te e me, te e te e te e te e te e te e te e me

La vita è come
Sfogliando le pagine di una rivista, con il touch-screen.
Ossessione, depressione, depressione, isolamento, separazione
Appagamento istantaneo
Abbiamo tutto quello che ci serve.
Ma manca qualcosa, mi manca qualcosa.

Voglio parlare con
Un vero essere umano
Carne e sangue; emotivo
Cuore e anima; sentimentale
Dubbi e paure; irrazionale
Sorrisi e lacrime; amabile
Come te e me, te e te e te e te e te e te e te
te e te e me
Toccami con gli occhi
Guardami nella tua mente
Ascoltami con il tuo cuore
Dimmi chi, dimmi chi sei.
Voglio parlare con
Un vero essere umano
Un vero essere umano
Un vero essere umano

Sorrisi e lacrime; amabile
Come te e me, te e te e te e me

Sorrisi e lacrime; amabile
Come te e me, te e te e te e me

Sorrisi e lacrime; amabile
Come te e me, te e te e te e te e te e te e te
te e te e me

Silence is Rising (Il silenzio sta sorgendo)

Elisabeth acoustic guitar, vocals
Filippo De Laura bass, pedal steel guitar
Leander Reininghaus electric guitar
Andy Bartolucci drums
Herzklang tonal imaging

Il silenzio sta sorgendo
La foresta sta dormendo
Nell’oscurità sto sognando
Sto cercando un posto in cui vivere
Per deporre il mio corpo ferito
E riposo in pace

“Chiudi gli occhi”, dissero, “Vai a dormire”
“Chiudi gli occhi”, dissero,” E respira profondamente”

Cammino al rallentatore, alla luce del mattino.
Le ombre si muovono sui miei occhi, e mi sento così stanca
Mi allontano su un’onda che rotola al chiaro di luna piena
Sto correndo dietro l’ultimo treno, e le luci rosse di coda

Avvolgimi tra le nuvole dell’amore
Tienimi nelle ali di una colomba
Fammi cadere in un sonno profondo
E il tempo guarirà

Come i fiori sbiadiscono e le stagioni cambiano
E l’inverno aspetta che la primavera ricominci
Con tutti i suoi risvegli e ritorni alla vita
Di nuovo, alla vita di nuovo

Sanctuary (Santuario)

Elisabeth acoustic guitar, vocals
Filippo De Laura the root, chrotta, floor tom, dholla, udu drum

La voce che sento è piccola
Un richiamo di uccelli dalle ali spezzate
Un amore solitario che è perduto e indifeso

Una donna è come il vino
Una mela matura sulla vite
Un frutto più dolce arriva nel tempo

Quando mi hai trovato
Ero aperto e vuoto
Correre come un rifugio
Mi hai salvato

Dichiaro santuario
Santuario

Dietro ogni muro
C’è un mondo oltre la legge
Dove nessuno ha ragione e nessuno ha colpa

La telecamera prende vita
Il tempo si ferma in un lampo di luce
Una foto mi riporta al passato

Quando ero un cavallo
Timido e selvaggio, veloce e forte
Sei stato l’unico ad avvicinarsi a lui
Avvicinati

Dichiaro santuario
Santuario
Dichiaro santuario
Santuario

Metà di me è piena
E metà di me è ancora vuota
Alzo un bicchiere di vino veritas

La luna segna un mese
Nella mia notte tu sei il sole
Raggi d’amore sorgono su di me

Niente mi trattiene.
Sono in mezzo ai cambiamenti ora.
Non capisci perche’ sono cosi’ confuso.
Non ci sono regole

Dichiaro santuario – Santuario – Dichiaro santuario – Santuario

My Wildest Dreams (I miei sogni selvaggi)

Elisabeth acoustic guitar, vocals
Filippo De Laura fretless bass, banjola, the root, bodhran, tar drum
Leander Reininghaus electric guitar

Tutte le cose che pensavo fossero vere
Si sono frantumate come te e me
Ogni volta che penso di stare bene
Qualcosa arriva per non farmi scordare
I miei sogni selvaggi

Forse sto vivendo la vita che volevo
La strada che avevo scelto è lunga e solitaria
C’è un posto che non riesco a trovare
Ma so di essere già stata prima con la mia mente
Nei miei sogni selvaggi

Mi inquieta il cambiamento
So che niente resta uguale
Sto andando verso una nuova strada
Nei mie sogni selvaggi

Tra il cuore e la mente
C’è un fiume profondo e largo
E chi ha un’anima affamata
E’ destinato ad allontanarsi da casa
Nei miei sogni selvaggi

Mi inquieta il cambiamento
So che niente rimane uguale
Sto uscendo da una nuova autostrada
Nei miei sogni selvaggi

Musenblätter / Frank Becker 

No One´s Woman
A poetic album

“Close your eyes and there´s a light inside.”
(The Alchemy Of Being Human)

A voice full of character and warm timbre, music that goes straight into your ears, substantial lyrics: Elisabeth Cutler has just released her new album, “Silence is Rising”. Fine melodies, well-balanced acoustics, rhythm and swing tightly matched with messages of love and loss, speechlessness, desires and dreams. And let’s be honest: The wonderful, highly poetic lyrics are anything but dark as the press kit might describe them, but rather the opposite, once you get to their core: “This is not a requiem, but a celebration of life”.

That’s how I see and hear it, especially since the impressive lyricism of the lyrics (to be followed – thankfully – in the booklet) lets you feel much of the optimism that resonates in this album, which deals with life with no frills; life is not a walk in the park. Producer Filippo De Laura gives, as on Elisabeth’s previous album, “Polishing Stones“, dreamlike accents with the Pedal Steel guitar, a discreet ensemble of four guitars, drums and bass stand behind the charismatic singer, who presents herself again in a league with Rita Coolidge and Katie Melua. “Silence is Rising” has again earned our title, the “Musenkuss” (the muse’s kiss), through the successful unity of music and lyrics.

Glitterhouse / Joe Whirlypop

A pleasantly mature and dark timbered voice; very captivating right from the start. The unagitated, matter-of-fact songs of Elisabeth Cutler are a little bit oriented to the later era of Joni Mitchell and are partly orchestrated as chamber-folk with violin or cello. The arrangements promise a whiff of West Coast, but also jazz-rock, just like Joni in the second half of the 70’s. “Silence Is Rising” is an adult singer/songwriter album with preciously accomplished arrangements: here a Spanish guitar, there a little latin percussion or a floating harmonica. All in all violin and cello dominate, even with small electronic elements. But then there’s this ephemeral, warm jazz vibe, that gives these varied songs small, but distinctive turns. You might think you’re listening to the artist living in Rome, as producer and multi-instrumentalist Filippo De Laura conjures up in an enchanting way the Italian late summer. Folk, pop and a little jazz come together in a calm way, laid back in a harmonically perfect music – just the right thing for a relaxed Sunday afternoon.

www.folkworld.eu / Karsten Rube

Often it is the quiet moments that sound truer than the loud sounds. “Silence is Rising” is what singer and guitarist Elisabeth Cutler calls her current album. An album that rocks optimistically in musical waves, like a happy boat. The musician now lives in Rome, Italy, after a time spent in Nashville, TN. She knows about the vulnerability to which one is exposed in life, the changes that one experiences intentionally and unintentionally. So her songs are not lighthearted declarations of love for life, but passionate ones – in the clearest sense of the word. The songs sound honest, experienced and yet are far from sounding painful and gloomy. The mature work relies on understated instrumentation. Ms. Cutler herself plays the acoustic guitar, Leander Reininghaus the electric. Producer Filippo de Laura digs into the steel guitar and Andy Bartolucci handles the drums. A string instrument completes the ensemble on some songs that discreetly walk the line between songwriter folk, acoustic pop and delicate jazz. “Silence is Rising” has the kind of quiet, embracing charm that is sadly almost imperceptible in the noisy egotism of the present day.

O! Punk, Webzine & Radio, Czech Republic

Elisabeth Cutler comes from Boston. She currently lives in Rome, Italy. Her latest album, “Silence is Rising”, contains songs that express her inner feelings. These are variations and edits of your own songs. Musically she focuses on the rock-pop genre, where she mixes blues with North American folk. And because she lives in southern Europe, there are Spanish influences in her work. Interesting listening album.

MusicMag / Alessandro Hellman

The most European of the American singer-songwriters, Elisabeth Cutler (not only for her frequent attendance of our continent but also – and above all – for the taste and the measure of her expressive code, made of calm introspection) returns with a new record four years after the excellent “Polishing Stones”.

“Silence is Rising”, produced and arranged by the trusted Filippo De Laura and published by the German label TASAL, is a reflective and mature album, composed of a handful of intimate folk-pop acoustic ballads with warm tones, at times meditative, perfect company for the upcoming autumn. Elisabeth immediately places the bar at a very high level: “No One’s Woman” opens with elegant pace, a melody that leaves its mark, an expressive interpretation and not a single note wasted. The spell lasts until the end, in a perfect balance of silence and sound that cannot but be the result of reflection, time and care. Strongly recommended.

Roma in Jazz / Fabrizio Ciccarelli

For an artist, a silence that is born is always a dream that is going to fly over the world: Elisabeth Cutler, American singer-songwriter living for years among us in Italy amid the aromas of Castel Gandolfo, her “Silence is Rising”, vocal notes on the essence of a travel diary between the lights and shadows of one’s own existential (and existentialist) strength with the vigor of emotional waves that come with extreme elegance in the sensibility of those who have loved (and still love) the narrative and intimate flow of musical art icons such as the splendid Joni Mitchell, David Crosby, the blues of the West Coast and the Country of Nashville.

In the language of feelings, Elisabeth is a delicate voice encircled by contemporary arrangements, well calibrated in the sounds between her guitar and the attractive harmonic textures of producer Filippo De Laura, excellent partner in suggestive notations of traditional but also of particular string instruments (the medieval alchemy of the Crotta and the archaic sound of the Accord Zither) and percussion instruments (especially the soft metal idiophone Tongue drum), essential in the weaving of light, airy, suggestive sounds in the references to the Celtic chiaroscuros very functional to the metrics of the beautiful verses placed in music; verses that would be worth translating and commenting as fragments of modern poetry, spontaneous and never declamatory.

Our songs are commas of smiles between the evocations of an uncontaminated feeling (Silence is Rising), of the pride of being a woman (No One’s Woman, absolutely right and appropriate title), but also of historical reflections of important political value (I Had a Dream: how can we not think of the speech given by Martin Luther King, Jr., on August 28, 1963 in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington at the end of a protest march for civil rights? Brava Elisabeth: always worth remembering…).

Perhaps here is the essence of Elisabeth Cutler’s plateau de mémoire, her human valence as a woman and an artist, her absolute confidence in meeting herself in others, living her own shared music to create a universe of poetry felt with sincere and immense love for life.

MusicaMag / Giorgio Pezzana

The new album by the American singer-songwriter Elisabeth Cutler entitled “Silence is Rising”, ten tracks that give life to the seventh CD recorded by the artist, who has been living in Rome for some time now, has just been released.

Elisabeth, also this time, has managed to give life to a project of extreme refinement that sees her pursuing the delicate pop contaminated by jazz nuances that represents her artistic signature. “Silence is Rising” is an album that flows away without jolts, without yielding, with the determination of those who have behind them a consolidated artistic path, the definition of a musical trait that has no hesitation or rethinking and that makes this singer-songwriter an elegant exponent of a musical genre that, basically, is timeless. We can’t speak of songs of great usability, precisely because they can’t be placed in a defined temporal dimension or, even less, in fashions destined to chase each other and, often, to get lost. Elisabeth’s songs are the soundtrack of a way of thinking about soft and ambient music, with a glass of good wine and the fireplace lit, leaving the mind free to wander among the thoughts that her songs inspire and draw into the air. One of the ten tracks of the album, “No One’s Woman” was also chosen for the realization of the single/video that accompanied the release of the CD.

Chitarra Acustica / Gabriele Longo

Elisabeth Cutler, Silence is Rising, Tasal Records/Galileo Music Communication, “There is a silent space in the eye of the hurricane, peace in chaos. If you listen, you will hear, silence is rising”. With these words of inner recollection, in which to cultivate listening to silence as a yearning for a rebirth, the American singer-songwriter Elisabeth Cutler, who has lived in Italy for years, invites her audience to listen to her seventh album, Silence Is Rising. Her background is listening to and attending folk, jazz and rock music, led by Joni Mitchell and David Crosby. A long stay in Nashville gave her the opportunity to collaborate with fellow famous musicians and to work as a freelance singer-songwriter. The guitar becomes an instrument of sound exploration, the approach to complex rhythms, the sophisticated harmonic progressions thanks to ‘nameless chords’, are the elements that contribute to that expressive world that Elisabeth herself defines as, “My World Music”. Silence is Rising collects the legacy of all this, with its warm, detailed sound, with jazz flavors, embellished by a dreamy use of electronics wisely mixed with ethnic percussive instruments and strings such as  the Chapman Stick, the Banjola (a sort of banjo-mandola), the fusion tar (a sort of sitar with a guitar body). Cutler’s calm and deep – at times dreamy – voice, well emphasizes the lyrics of high existential substance. Beautiful and sought-after production by guitarist-poly-instrumentalist, Filippo De Laura, supported by a team of excellent musicians who belong to the Delta-Top Studio in Rome.