My new live single – ‘The Last Apple (Live)’ – released on April 8th, 2024.
New music video – https://youtu.be/hqhS6EzYPCI

About the song

‘The Last Apple’ is a rolicking folk rock song where Kele embraces her identity as a protest singer. This song riffs on some of the ideas and images from Joni Mitchell’s song “Big Yellow Taxi.”  In the song, the big yellow taxi is summoned to help deliver a message that we don’t want to hear – “no ride is for free.”  Meaning, we don’t get a free ride on Earth. Drawing inspiration from Mitchell’s timeless lament over paving paradise, this song rallies listeners to stand up and fight for the preservation of our planet before it’s all lost and before we fall..

The big yellow taxi’s here
Jump in if you dare
Everything Joni said is clear
No one rides for free
We don’t know what we got
Till it’s too late
We celebrate as we disintegrate

Falling…

This folk rock protest song emerges as a poignant call to arms against the relentless march of corporate greed and environmental destruction. With guitar chords and organ swells that echo the spirit of 1960s protest folk, the song’s melody weaves a tapestry of hope and defiance.

 

Words & music – Kele Fleming
Recorded at Pandora’s Box Rehearsal Studios (Vancouver) 2020
Recorded, engineered & mixed by Sheldon Zaharko, Zed Productions
Produced by Kele Fleming & Sheldon Zaharko
Mastered by Andrew Downton, Railtown Mastering

Kele Fleming- vocals, guitars
Ron Yamauchi – organ
Aaron Trory – bass
Tony Lee – drums, percussion
Scott Fletcher – guitars

Single cover by Kele