Zimbabwe Drums by Terri New 1

Terri has been a singer-songwriter-recording artist for many years. She has worked with arranger/producer Bob Esty, who has produced the likes of Barbara Streisand, Bette Middler, Donna Summer, Cher, Julio Iglesias to name a few. As a playwright, in 1990 Terri wrote and produced with Bob, Voices of the Velvet Revolution at the Wilshire Ebel Theater. They took the show to Europe with Poet, James Ragan, a Pulitzer Prize nominee with Terri performing the songs of the show.

She has recently been getting airplay in London on SW Radio Africa for a song she wrote and recorded “Zimbabwe Drums”. This song features the musical talents of many well-known international musicians including Castle Wall, the famed horn section on Michael Jackson’s Thriller album. Denny Seiwell (credits include Joe Cocker, Wings, Pablo Cruise) Bassist, Bob Glaub (credits include Jackson Brown), percussionist Bill Summers (credits include Herbie Hancock) and on Drums, Rick Slazer (credits include James Taylor, Rod Stewart). Terri’s backup singers include Beth Anderson who is known for her vocals on the “Never Ending Story” theme song.

ZIMBABWE DRUMS
Music & Lyrics: Terri New

Great you once stood, filled with the majesty
Of resonant truth, born of the drums
Child-like you were,
Filled with the innocence of trusting souls
Believing the others, were like you
Zimbabwe Drums, Zimbabwe Drums, Fill the Night
Man give you life, then he just take away
Your soul and your pride, leaving despair
Blind rage consumes, there is no day
Only the darkness of night, drowning the dreams of a nation
Zimbabwe Drums, Zimbabwe Drums, Fill the Night
Children of doom, live and die in the still of time
Drumming the rage, with each beat of a decaying heart
Born of the drums of Zimbabwe
Indignities, possess the voice that long to be heard
Need to be heard
Man’s history, each one's account, of the world and oneself
Is the infinite thread we all weave
Zimbabwe Drums, Zimbabwe Drums, Fill the Night
Zimbabwe Drums, Zimbabwe Drums, Fill the Night
Zimbabwe Drums, Zimbabwe Drums, Fill the Night