Artist	Song
Luka Bloom	Lebanon
from Tribe (2007)
Luka Bloom	Cold Comfort
from Turf (2008)
Luka Bloom	Eastbound Train
from Eleven Songs (2009)
Luka Bloom	If I Were a Carpenter
from Keeper of the Flame (2008)
Luka Bloom	Mary Watches Everything
from The Acoustic Motorbike (2008)
Luka Bloom	Soshin
from Between the Mountain and the Moon (2008)
Luka Bloom	Change
from Tribe (2007)
Luka Bloom	First Light of Spring
from Innocence (2004)
Luka Bloom	She Moved Through the Fair
from Before Sleep Comes (2008)
Luka Bloom	This Is Your Country
from The Acoustic Motorbike (2008)
Luka Bloom	Thank You for Bringing Me Here
from Innocence (2004)
Luka Bloom	Don't Be So Hard On Yourself
from Salty Heaven (2006)
Luka Bloom	Homeless
from Tribe (2007)
Luka Bloom	The Hill of Allen
from Riverside (2008)
Luka Bloom	Peace On Earth
from Innocence (2004)

Comment:

Because Bloom is such a mesmerizing performer, it's easy to overlook the fact that, like fellow Irishmen Bono and Van Morrison, he's no slouch with the pen. In "Mary Watches Everything," Luka tiptoes into the cloistered life of a woman whose only window on the world — and maybe her only remaining rope to sanity — is her television screen. "Homeless" from the [i]Tribe[/i] album, unreels like a grainy, gritty documentary, eavesdropping on Luka's internal dialogue about the sharp contrast between the life on the road and life on the street in modern-day Hollywood. And if ever a son paid his parents a debt of gratitude for their love and devotion, the reflective "Thank You For Bringing Me Here" is it — a wispy gauze of half-remembered images of a more innocent time.

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