Stone and Flow

Music and Musings

"Stone and Flow"
A band named for these contrary partners in nature:
Stone: steadfast, intractable, reliable -
paired with the Flow of things: capricious, accommodating, persistent.
Together these forces shape each other, the universe, our lives and my music. We have the Strength to Be.
On this site you'll find the thoughts behind the songs as well as a few choice anecdotes and images of our work and play as a band.
Click the links to music videos: A Place Where Dreams Are Made, Ecstasy, Blue Sky Requiem

The band
We are a trio of musicians based in Stendal, Germany with singer-songwriter Elizabeth Shallers-Wagner, multi-instrumentalist Ronny Heckel and jazz-drummer/percussionist Lutz Eckstedt. Established 2018.
We find inspiration in Jazz, Blues, Latin, American Gospel, Bluegrass, World and Folk Music.

Our music celebrates first loves and Old Dogs; it honors tradition and change; it offers companionship on life's journeys. It soothes dragons!

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This song gently blows on the embers.\r\n\r\nMusic and lyrics \u00a92010 by S.E.Shallers-Wagner \r\nRecorded and produced 2022 by Stone and Flow in Stendal, Germany\r\nMastered 2022 by Waldhausstudio in Birkholz, Germany\r\n\r\nMusic Video: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OXeKpTt-Oq4\r\n\r\nDE - Selbst die intensivsten Liebesbeziehungen laufen Gefahr, die Flamme erl\u00f6schen zu lassen. 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But when their flames turn reckless or burn too hot within, remind them of the soothing motion of an ocean swell.\r\n\r\nMusic and lyrics \u00a92020 by S.E.Shallers-Wagner \r\nRecorded and produced 2022 by Stone and Flow in Stendal, Germany\r\nMastered 2022 by Waldhausstudio in Birkholz, Germany\r\n\r\nDE - Drachen sind sch\u00f6n! Bei zu hei\u00dfen, r\u00fccksichtslosen Flammen hilft die beruhigende Bewegung einer Meereswoge.\r\n\r\nAvailable on: Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes, Instagram\/Facebook, TikTok\/Resso\/Luna, YouTube Music, Amazon, Soundtrack by Twitch, Pandora, Deezer, Tidal, iHeartRadio, ClaroMusica, Saavn, Boomplay, Anghami, KKBox, NetEase, Tencent, Qobuz, Triller, Joox, Kuack Media, Yandex Music (beta), Adaptr, Flo, MediaNet&quot;", "image":""},{"title":"Maybe I Can</a>", "file":"https://static.s123-cdn-static-d.com/uploads/5352943/normal_63b9cc6a9f707.mp3", "howl":null, "pageUrl":"/music-player/maybe-i-can", "cartUrl":"https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nmCMIwY9LXG-jOdUNYsxgOQjcxiylPez0", "more_info":"&quot;A song documenting my many (mostly childhood) attempts at finding the magic for getting off the ground.\r\n\r\nMusic and lyrics \u00a92019 by S.E.Shallers-Wagner \r\nRecorded and produced 2022 by Stone and Flow in Stendal, Germany\r\nMastered 2022 by Waldhausstudio in Birkholz, Germany\r\n\r\nSee the music video: https:\/\/youtu.be\/4XncNulslQ0\r\n\r\nDE - Dieses Lied dokumentiert meine vielen Versuche, die Magie zu finden, die mich vom Boden abheben l\u00e4sst.\r\n\r\nAvailable on: Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes, Instagram\/Facebook, TikTok\/Resso\/Luna, YouTube Music, Amazon, Soundtrack by Twitch, Pandora, Deezer, Tidal, iHeartRadio, ClaroMusica, Saavn, Boomplay, Anghami, KKBox, NetEase, Tencent, Qobuz, Triller, Joox, Kuack Media, Yandex Music (beta), Adaptr, Flo, MediaNet&quot;", "image":""},{"title":"Cat's Eyes</a>", "file":"https://static.s123-cdn-static-d.com/uploads/5352943/normal_63b9d329de325.mp3", "howl":null, "pageUrl":"/music-player/cat-s-eyes", "cartUrl":"https://music.apple.com/us/album/cats-eyes-single/1656306865", "more_info":"&quot;Ahh to be a cat! Grace, agility, goofiness! This playful romp was inspired by a cat's green eyes glowing in the shine of my car's headlights.\r\n\r\nMusic and lyrics \u00a92011 by S.E.Shallers-Wagner \r\nRecorded and produced 2022 by Stone and Flow in Stendal, Germany\r\nMastered 2022 by Waldhausstudio in Birkholz, Germany\r\n\r\nDE - Katzenaugen: Schlau, elegant, anmutig! 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Safe from all harm, life takes on the color of joy. \r\n\r\nMusic and lyrics \u00a91997 by S.E.Shallers-Wagner \r\nRecorded and produced 2022 by Stone and Flow in Stendal, Germany\r\nMastered 2022 by Waldhausstudio in Birkholz, Germany\r\n\r\nDE - Seelenverwandte oder Engel: Menschen, die uns mit Liebe und Mitgef\u00fchl \u00fcbersch\u00fctten. Gesch\u00fctzt, das Leben f\u00e4rbt sich mit Freude. \r\n\r\nAvailable on: Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes, Instagram\/Facebook, TikTok\/Resso\/Luna, YouTube Music, Amazon, Soundtrack by Twitch, Pandora, Deezer, Tidal, iHeartRadio, ClaroMusica, Saavn, Boomplay, Anghami, KKBox, NetEase, Tencent, Qobuz, Triller, Joox, Kuack Media, Yandex Music (beta), Adaptr, Flo, MediaNet&quot;", "image":""},{"title":"Come and Go</a>", "file":"https://static.s123-cdn-static-d.com/uploads/5352943/normal_63b9d52c76411.mp3", "howl":null, "pageUrl":"/music-player/come-and-go", "cartUrl":"https://open.spotify.com/album/3K0eAF1J9KpOcRcVyP19ua", "more_info":"&quot;Life is eased by friends, even when they go: friendship lives on in the soul. Written for friends separated by time and space.\r\n\r\nMusic and lyrics \u00a92012 by S.E.Shallers-Wagner \r\nRecorded and produced 2022 by Stone and Flow in Stendal, Germany\r\nMastered 2022 by Waldhausstudio in Birkholz, Germany\r\n\r\nDE - Freunde kommen und gehen, doch die Freundschaft lebt in der Seele weiter. F\u00fcr alle durch Zeit und Raum getrennte Freunde. \r\n\r\nAvailable on: Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes, Instagram\/Facebook, TikTok\/Resso\/Luna, YouTube Music, Amazon, Soundtrack by Twitch, Pandora, Deezer, Tidal, iHeartRadio, ClaroMusica, Saavn, Boomplay, Anghami, KKBox, NetEase, Tencent, Qobuz, Triller, Joox, Kuack Media, Yandex Music (beta), Adaptr, Flo, MediaNet&quot;", "image":""},{"title":"Say I Love You</a>", "file":"https://static.s123-cdn-static-d.com/uploads/5352943/normal_63b9d3e21ec88.mp3", "howl":null, "pageUrl":"/music-player/say-i-love-you", "cartUrl":"https://open.spotify.com/album/2JBHvTvdkmhZwOJ8X4XaC4", "more_info":"&quot;Why hesitate to say, &amp;quot;I love you&amp;quot;? Plenty of reasons, but we could say it anyway. Make it the resolution for 2023! On the bus, in the park, in the light and in the dark: Say I Love You!\r\n\r\nMusic and lyrics \u00a92018 by S.E.Shallers-Wagner \r\nRecorded and produced 2022 by Stone and Flow in Stendal, Germany\r\nMastered 2022 by Waldhausstudio in Birkholz, Germany\r\n\r\nDE - Warum z\u00f6gern, \u201eIch liebe dich\u201c zu sagen? Gr\u00fcnde gibt es genug daf\u00fcr, doch man k\u00f6nnte es trotzdem aussprechen. Der Vorsatz f\u00fcr 2023! Im B\u00fcro, im Dickicht, im Dunkeln wie im Licht: Say I Love You!\r\n\r\nAvailable on: Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes, Instagram\/Facebook, TikTok\/Resso\/Luna, YouTube Music, Amazon, Soundtrack by Twitch, Pandora, Deezer, Tidal, iHeartRadio, ClaroMusica, Saavn, Boomplay, Anghami, KKBox, NetEase, Tencent, Qobuz, Triller, Joox, Kuack Media, Yandex Music (beta), Adaptr, Flo, MediaNet&quot;", "image":""},{"title":"The Strength to Be</a>", "file":"https://static.s123-cdn-static-d.com/uploads/5352943/normal_63b9d61409eb1.mp3", "howl":null, "pageUrl":"/music-player/the-strength-to-be", "cartUrl":"https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nsseVYKJLAZwiNBFCe_ZUQPVYI-WL9-S8", "more_info":"&quot;This song developed during hours of walking the clifftop paths above the ocean. I sang it to myself like a mantra. It did me good!\r\n\r\nMusic and lyrics \u00a92017 by S.E.Shallers-Wagner \r\nRecorded and produced 2022 by Stone and Flow in Stendal, Germany\r\nMastered 2022 by Waldhausstudio in Birkholz, Germany\r\n\r\nDE - Dieses Lied entstand, als ich stundenlang am Rand des Altantiks spazierte. Das Refrain wurde zum wohltuenden Mantra.\r\n\r\nSee the full music video: https:\/\/youtu.be\/i75PvteqP30\r\n\r\nAvailable on: Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes, Instagram\/Facebook, TikTok\/Resso\/Luna, YouTube Music, Amazon, Soundtrack by Twitch, Pandora, Deezer, Tidal, iHeartRadio, ClaroMusica, Saavn, Boomplay, Anghami, KKBox, NetEase, Tencent, Qobuz, Triller, Joox, Kuack Media, Yandex Music (beta), Adaptr, Flo, MediaNet&quot;", "image":""},{"title":"&quot;S.Elizabeth Shallers-Wagner&quot;&nbsp;-&nbsp;Flow with the Waves</a>", "file":"https://static.s123-cdn-static-d.com/uploads/5352943/normal_61051f02a6267.mp3", "howl":null, "pageUrl":"/music-player/flow-with-the-waves", "cartUrl":"", "more_info":"&quot;Original recording from the EP\/Album &amp;quot;Flow&amp;quot;\r\n \u00a92012 S. E. Shallers-Wagner&quot;", "image":""},{"title":"&quot;S.Elizabeth Shallers-Wagner&quot;&nbsp;-&nbsp;For Nalini</a>", "file":"https://static.s123-cdn-static-d.com/uploads/5352943/normal_6158a8227a23e.mp3", "howl":null, "pageUrl":"/music-player/for-nalini", "cartUrl":"", "more_info":"&quot;Music and lyrics \u00a92014 S.E.Shallers-Wagner, Singer\/Songwriter\r\nRecording: S.E.Shallers-Wagner 2015 in Stendal, Germany\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;Trust the world to show me where to float along!&amp;quot;(Beschreibung auf Deutsch weiter unten :)) \r\nNalini, \u201cLotus blossom\u201d, is a wise young woman I once met. Like most wise ones, she also loves to dance and play. She trusts the world to show the way. \r\nThis song was one of those that simply falls out of the sky, in this case a dramatic, wind-swept August sky just before a rainstorm on the edge of the Alps. I had spent another intense week learning about the world in a Montessori course; that day was all about the wisdom contained in the world\u2019s religions and spiritual teachings. My head full of inspiration, I lay on the patio of my hotel, watching crows wheel past on the wind, and started to sing this song. By the time it started raining in earnest, the song was finished and I rushed inside to play it on the guitar and write it down. I called it For Nalini and sang it for her the next day, because it was her birthday.\r\n\r\nUnd auf Deutsch: \r\nNalini, \u201cLotusblume\u201d, ist eine weise junge Frau, die ich vor einigen Jahren kennenlernte. So wie viele weise Menschen, tanzt und spielt sie gerne. Sie vertraut darauf, dass ihr die Welt die Lebensrichtung weist. \r\nManchmal fallen Lieder vom Himmel; in diesem Fall vom dramatischen, vom Wind zersausten Augusthimmel am Alpenrand, knapp vor dem Regenguss. \r\nEs war eine h\u00f6chst intensive Seminarwoche, in der wir die Welt aus der Sicht der Montessori-P\u00e4dagogik betrachteten; an dem Tag ging es um die gesammelten Weisheiten der Weltreligionen. Voller Inspiration lag ich auf der Terasse des Hotels, schaute den Kr\u00e4hen zu, wie sie im Wind vorbeitaumelten und fing an, dieses Lied zu singen. Bis die ersten dicken Tropfen fielen, war das Lied fertig und ich rannte in mein Zimmer, um es auf der Gitarre zu spielen und schnell aufzuschreiben. \r\nDas Lied taufte ich \u201cFor Nalini\u201d; am n\u00e4chsten Tag spielte ich es f\u00fcr sie, denn sie hatte Geburtstag.&quot;", "image":""}]}

19Mar

Concert in the medieval church in Berkau, Germany

19-03-2023 15:00
Berkauer Dorfstraße, Berkau, Germany

16Jul

Konzert in der Nikolaikirche, Gardelegen

16-07-2022 20:00
St. Nikolai, Holzmarkt, 39638 Gardelegen, Germany

Bei bestem Wetter unter freiem Himmel in der romantisch restaurierten Innenhof der Nicolaikirche: Ein Sommerkonzert von Stone and Flow! Bei schlechtem Wetter - in der stilvoll restaurierten Kirchensaal. ENG - Wonderful weather permitting, Stone and Flow will play in the romantically restored inner courtyard of St. Nikolai. Refreshments might include cookies! If the weather doesn't cooperate, we'll play in the stylishly restored church sanctuary. Maybe with cookies!

04Jun

Kulturnacht in Stendal

04-06-2022 19:00
St. Marien, Marienkirchstraße 8, 39576 Stendal, Germany

Der Afrikakreis lädt ein! Elizabeth und Lutz* spielen je ein Set um 19:00 Uhr und um 20:00 Uhr. Eventuell mit Zugabe ;) ENG The "Afrikakreis" in Stendal invites one and all to come to their station in the St. Marien Church. Elizabeth and Lutz* will play a set at 7:00pm and at 8:00pm, possibly also an encore at 9:00pm ;) *Ronny muss die Bibliothek betreuen! / Ronny has to man the library!

05Feb

Concert in Tangermünde - CANCELLED/POSTPONED

05-02-2022 19:00
Location: To Be Announced

Bad news: our concert on February 5th has been cancelled/postponed. Next week new Covid-regulations are expected that will be even more restricting. So no concert! Maybe we’ll work on some recordings... We'll be in touch - someday we’ll play live again!