Canjos on the Wall

Three electric "canjos" built from repurposed film cans 

by Bill Raddatz, Asheville, NC

In the Garden Galleri on Kenilworth Lake. Stop by to see the colorful art and three and four-string electric "canjos". 

Call 828-550-2636 for an appointment and a cup of coffee or tea. One-of-a-kind art and merc made from Anita's distinctive paintings are on display all year. Check it out!

A Subject of Note

My accomplished murmurs complain of ecstasy 

taken to where, 

despite naive admiration of this bright phenomenon, 

cynicism would lead me to question them.

My little path of music answers 

with distinguished, but suggestive refuge 

that no traitor's lips would recognize 

hidden amongst other unconscious doubts.

Asheville

Billy Radd

Beautiful Minds

Dancing Windows

Humans live on the cusp 

where order and chaos collide.

We look at both in the same moment 

choosing which one to see.

But, this duality is merely illusion.

Reality reveals itself to us as it is;

without prejudice,

holding back nothing,

dancing naked, without shame.

Billy Radd

Asheville

Nature of Light

Above the Noise

Above the Noise

Above the noise, below the toys

I see beyond horizons

Inside my head, the background's red

I try to keep the lights on

While purple haze goes on for days

the rhyme's the first to go

I watch TV and drink green tea

to await the best-of-show

The talk of war outside my door

will never cause me harm

but feed the poor and you're a whore

Forget you bought the farm

I've always seen the world between

a rock and the place of hard

Rewind to the start, refuse to lose heart,

and rely on the mind of the bard

Billy Radd

Asheville

Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy

There certainly is a vast right-wing conspiracy. 

Its roots are in American Evangelical Churches 

in league with the military-industrial complex and white, wealthy men. 

Its wealth rules the game of politics and is their main tool 

used to manipulate Big Lies 

like swords against common men and women.