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and the Last of the Romantics
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Talkin’ studio version out now ❤️
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debut album “The Friendship Of”with @clarafiddlehead out now 🎻☀️🎻

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Talkin’ for 2 weeks! This ‘live’-ish version of it that I made is now up on my YT, linked where things are linked 🌊 If you’re new to the song, this is Talkin’. A song I wrote while rolling in a big wave of change, right after I moved back to CA from Boston after graduating @berkleecollege. It’s about longing for someone, something, somewhere you’ve parted from, and the mental lag between taking an action and fully integrating into the new reality that flows from it. It’s also really about love.

I’ve been so honored to receive your messages and love on the song over the last two weeks, and I hope you’ll keep listening and letting these sounds into your world!

#singersongwriter #originalsong #folkmusic #folkrock #talkin by @raphaellaheromusic

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A few words on my new song, Talkin’. 💜 I wrote it about navigating big changes and the feelings that come with them. Holding grief and grace and carrying on. It’s out everywhere now. ☀️

#singersongwriter #singlerelease #originalsong #folkrock #talkin by @raphaellaheromusic

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2 months ago

I just really love playing fiddle.
It’s actually crazy that I get to experience life in companionship with this instrument that continues to bring such joy, depth, and connection to the table. So grateful. This absurdly funky tune is by my friend @mgilvryallen and it’s called “BFFR.” If you’re not hip, go check him out 🫶🏻 I first created and then took the opportunity to take a pretty nasty solo on it that I hope you enjoy because it made me happy. Love you 🌈🌲

5-string 🎻 by @avantgardeviolins 😍🙏🏻

#folkmusic #fiddlemusic #fiddletunes #reel #shred by @raphaellaheromusic

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2 months ago

Hi everybody, almost a week since Talkin’ was released 💜🌜🌲 thank you for all the kind words and thoughts you’ve shared. I’m super honored that you’re listening to my music

This song came out of a season of huge changes in my life, and it’s about love, partings, living through and into big changes, and navigating with grief and grace as copilots on the journey.

If you’ve already heard the song, your support means a ton to me and if you feel like sharing it with a friend or buying it on Bandcamp those are amazing ways to support my work 💫

thank you!!!

#singersongwriter #folkrock #originalsong #talkin #singlerelease by @raphaellaheromusic

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2 months ago

Hey everybody 🌼 Talkin’ has been out for two days! 🌊 I wrote this song about starting a new chapter in my life, while still feeling deep echoes of the previous one. About transitioning between states of relationship and being, and grace through it all. The song is out everywhere. I’m so grateful to those of who have already listened and let this song into your lives, and if you haven’t heard it yet, please let me know what you connect with 💜

#singersongwriter #originalsongs #folkmusic #singlerelease #talkin by @raphaellaheromusic

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3 months ago

Hello sweet people!! I’m delighted to let you know that the full band version of my song Talkin’ is out today on all platforms 💜🌊💜

This song is about partings, transitions, and growth. It’s about how we stay soft, and continue to hold, to bear and give grace to the heart as it continues to love in the face of constant change — mercifully, unrealistically, spectacularly ❤️⚡️♾️

I think that this song is among the truest and most grounded I’ve made, and I love it a lot for that reason.
It sounds freakin’ fantastic because some incredible friends worked and played on it. I am deeply grateful for their generosity and in awe of their mad skills 🙌💫🌈

electric guitar, production, engineering, editing & mixing by @fisherthompsonn 🙇‍♀️❤️
@ferran_rico on bass
@tuurpo__ on drums
@eliascardosomusic on diatonic accordion and harmony vocals
Josh Glum on sax
mastering by @erosfaulk
cover art & photography by @1castleintheair
recorded at @therecordcotrc in boston, sax overdubs engineered by moi at my studio here in sebastopol CA

I hope you listen to it and that when you do you’ll reach out and let me know what you thought, where you were when you listened, how it landed it landed for you, etc. 🌝 I’m so grateful for your support and love on my music 💜 thank you x ♾️

#singersongwriter #singlerelease #originalsongs #talkin #folkrock by @raphaellaheromusic

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3 months ago

Hi everyone! This is a song I wrote about loving someone throughout and after the process of parting from them. It’s about making and breaking promises to ourselves and giving grace in the space between. It’s called Talkin’. The studio version comes out in two days

I hope you get some sun in your eyes today 🌈🌞🫶🏻

#singersongwriter #folkmusic #originalsong #singlerelease #singer by @raphaellaheromusic

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3 months ago

Hi everyone 💜 I’m hoping this finds you well today, sending you love wherever you are. My mom took this video of me playing my song Talkin’ last month, supported by a stage full of kind, beautiful humans
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you are hearing the incandescent:
@vanessa.will.born on harmony vocals
@stantonkane_music on bass
@danny.bowmans on drums
@muunjuun on elec guitar
Josh Glum on sax
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studio version of the song comes out next week 🌊
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#folkmusic #singersongwriter #originalsong #folkrock #livemusic by @raphaellaheromusic

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3 months ago

The Tower is now out on all streaming platforms and available as a vinyl or CD.

We are so grateful to everyone who helped this become reality 🪐

The Tower

@danny.bowmans – drums
Josh Glum – tenor saxophone
@stantonkane_music – bass
Special Guests:
@raphaellaheromusic – violin
@muunjuun – guitar, violin
@toastwithacetacean – violin

All music written and arranged by Sakoyana
Produced by @raphaellaheromusic and Sakoyana
Mixed by @erosfaulk and Raphaella Hero
Mastered by @erosfaulk
Recorded by @raphaellaheromusic at her studio on the Art Farm in Sebastopol, CA.
Cover art by Je Noodle @noodleartifacts ©2026 NoodleArtifacts

©2026 Sakoyana

Be good to yourselves and to each other out there 💜
We love you all.

#sakoyana #thetower #newrecord #orginalmusic by @raphaellaheromusic

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4 months ago

If you caught one of our shows in the Northeast last week, you’ve heard me play this arrangement of my song “The Redwood” with the inimitable @clarafiddlehead ❤️

I will be playing this and a few other songs on fiddle and guitar tomorrow, June 6th at @porchfest_sebastopol at 12:15 on the main stage by @sebastopolarts! Come give me a hug and check out the other wonderful acts throughout the day! ❤️🎻✨

#porchfest #singersongwriter #fiddler #soloset #localgigs taken in Sebastopol, California by @raphaellaheromusic

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4 months ago

Sunset improvisation with a chorus of peepers, crickets, and birds 🌿

special moments from our house concert last night in Randolph, VT 💜

May 27 (tonight!) - Weybridge, VT (What About Wednesdays House Concert Series @valleystage @donsheldonvalleystage)
May 28 - Boston, MA (@theluthiercollective)
May 30 - New Hope, PA (@dancingelephantllc)

#improvisation #meditation #houseconcerts #localgigs #folkduo by @raphaellaheromusic

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5 months ago

Three shows down, four to go!

May 26 - Randolph, VT (House Concert - DM for details)
May 27 - Weybridge, VT (What About Wednesdays House Concert Series @valleystage @donsheldonvalleystage)
May 28 - Boston, MA (@theluthiercollective)
May 30 - New Hope, PA (@dancingelephantllc)

#fiddlemusic #folkduo #tour #localgigs by @raphaellaheromusic

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