Guestbook

Forever grateful for all the sounds you conveyed into eternity, all the feelings you gave a taste of and the endless thoughts they provoked. Thank you for the truly formative moments I will always come back to. From Ankara, with love.

Hello, Sibyll,

I've recently started to get a liking for folk music and I'm loving it, but even before now I remeber stumbling across I Lost Something In The Hills on YouTube by accident and falling in love.
I've recently lost a lot by my own foolishness and listening to Color Green is helping me recover.

Thank you, Sibyll, you are a poet of a different class.

Color Green is almost unbearably beautiful. About you is artistry distilled. Thank you, Sibylle, for creating something so wonderful. You have fans from all over!
- from Cairo, Egypt

Me and my wife have been listening to your music for the past few years, and I lost something in the hill has been our song since.

Hola, soy de argentina,buenos aires.
Hace unos años, encontré una canción preciosa " tonight", desde el día que lo escuché no dejar de repetirla en mí computadora,. Encontré cierto hogar en una canción y en un álbum. Y ante todo calma.
Lo auténtico y lo misterios en un mismo lugar, gratitud. ?

I've listed Sybille's music for years now, and it has been my motivation to continue living. Her music and voice are phenomenal; I will never be tired of them. Thank you for everything. (Greetings from Colombia ?? ?✨)

I found your music through a random YouTube recommendation back in 2020. I enjoyed the melodies when I first discovered it, but now as I grow a little bit older, I've really started to appreciate the melancholic emotion expressed through your lyricism. "I Lost Something in the Hills" is a truly beautiful song that I will appreciate forever. I hope you're doing well, Sibylle.

Hello Sibylle!
Wanted to say that your music is absolutely heartwarming. I’d dare to say it’s even healing. Listening to your songs while i’m hurting has been the only thing that finds the way straight to my wounds. Thank you so much for singing and writing and playing and sharing. I will forever be grateful and I hope that you can also gain happiness and serenity from anywhere you choose to obtain it.
Lots of love!!!
Abril

Dear Sibylle,

I stumbled across your music on spotify and to say you have transformed my taste in music is an understatement. Your song “Forget About” speaks to me on indescribable levels, as it is also my most listened song of all time. The emotions you poured into your music truly shine through your creations. Your music is art and i thank you for the amount of enlightenment you have been able to give me.

Love,
Kate

Your music has brought me great joy and feeling. Upon hearing your voice, your songs make me cry in the corner of my room at 3AM, but you know happy tears. Thanks again...

“Forget About” and “I Lost Something In the Hills” convey a sense of longing and regret beyond this world, and yet, seem universally relatable. Few singers I’ve heard are able to communicate so my by singing so little. More people could stand to have music like this in their lives

I hope all is well. Thank you for your work. May we all continue to be inspired. Have a great day!

Wow your songs are magical and so comforting to me I am so grateful to you. I am so glad that I found you and your music ❤️❤️much love

Hello Robert,
I really hope you read this, and I extend that hope 'till your mothers ears.
I can't say the exact time I found Sibylle, if it was by chance or a friend, all I can say is that I found myself in her, or parts of her. Must not be the first time that this is said, but your mothers words resonates in me, like a sound that was always supposed to travel trhought time and space just to make an eco somewhere else... Her voice had put me to sleep on very hard nights (and days), she calmed me when I was falling apart and she still is my only company when I feel lonely in this imense world.
I would love to meet you both, but I know that's not a possible chance. In any way, I leave here my words as a repay for all that she gave me all this years. Thank so very much for giving us the pleasure of knowing her art, and last but not least, thank you for this site.
Love from Brasil,
Juliana <3

Hello,

I found out about your work thanks to the movie Drinking Buddies when I was about 16 years old. Now it's 8 years later and I still listen to your album, it's just amazing. I wanted you to know that you have fans all over the world, since I live in Slovakia. I also played your music to my friend and we always listen to you when we go somewhere by car.

Thank you again ♥

I found siyblles’ music through YouTube and I fell in love, I felt healed and motivated I don’t know why but that’s the beauty of music it connects us, thank you ♥️

Discovered Colour Green though an article on Rookie Mag in 2014. It was the end of my high school career and I would listen to the album on repeat, waiting for freedom to come.

Hi, I've been listening to Colour green very often and it is one of my favourite albums. I've also just finished watching Alice in the cities a moment ago... I was just wondering if we can expect some more new music soon?

i stumbled upon “forget about” about 3 years ago and honestly my life hasn’t been the same since.
i never really looked into sibylles discography much until about a year ago. i found “tonight” and “colour green” to be explicitly heart wrenching. but once i heard “the end” i was shocked... this song sounded like something i’ve heard before.. something i’ve written about. i opened my song book and a few pages from the very beginning were the words “it’s the end friend of mine”. i had wondered if i heard the song before and it came back to me, but it felt as if i heard it in a dream.
since then i’ve held the “colour green” album extremely to my heart, as it’s now my comfort album. the whole experience i had with “the end” is still confusing to this day but i would like to think it means something 🙂 sibylle baiers music is truly magnificent and is something everyone should know about.

Dear Sibylle,

Your music is mesmerizing. Such a shame I just discover your songs. It's a beautiful album.

Dear Sibylle,
I found your album by chance through a YouTube recommendation, and I am so glad I did. I, myself, am a 16 year old girl writing and recording songs for no one but myself to hear. I felt such a strong connection to your music because of this, 50 years after it was recorded. It's pretty wild. It gives me a feeling of connection to everyone who listens to this music as well, knowing there are people who appreciate the simple and beautiful melodies from decades ago. I like to think there are more people like you out there, making poetry out of their lives just for the sake of doing so. Thank you for your music.

thank you.

I only stumbled across Colour Green recently and I am absolutely smitten, I love the songs and the calm I feel while listening to them. Thank you!

I find myself always listening to her album whenever I’m contemplating life or working on art. There’s so much to her music that inspires me and gives me much to think about. There’s always a part of me that wants new music but I think it’s pretty poetic that her one album is so beautiful. Here’s hoping that she’s well and enjoying her life.

Thank you for making quarantine a little less lonely.

Hi
just found out about this great album. I am siting, my room's window is open. The spring is just starting. This period of global pandemics is quite hard to handle. But Sibylle's great music lets my heart melt and feel that everything will pass. It makes me feel nostalgic nor I never lived at that time. But I think it gives us a little glimpse of those times. And of course I was amazed when I heard about a story how the album was made. Wish you the best Sibylle and your nice family the same.

I'm not really sure what to say... it's currently 2 am and I've stumbled upon your website.
I guess I just want to say how much your music means to me. I'm not sure when I first listened to Colour Green, but it has to have been years ago... maybe in middle school. I'm a junior in high school now. I listen to it the most in times of sadness and anxiousness, and the songs never fail to bring a sense of peace to me. I've heard your album hundreds of times and I am so thankful for it.

about 5 months ago Tonight was recommended to me on YouTube and iv'e kinda fallen down the rabbit hole. She has such an amazingly beautiful voice and i hope to write lyrics as amazing as he one day.
-hannah 🙂

Discovered 'Lost Something In the Hills' while my Youtube was on the autoplay mode. Instantly got hooked on to it. It was something that greatly resonated with me at the time and I always think of it as a treasured song that I happened to discover by chance.. Thank you for the music! So lucky to have discovered your works. 🙂

With love from India,
Aastha

I found Sibylle’s music last year, in April, and I’ve been entranced by it ever since. I don’t think a day has gone by when I haven’t listened to Colour Green and conjured up some new meaning to the songs that remain mysterious to me. Who was William? Or Elliott? What did she do in Genoa? Everyday I find myself wanting to know about her, but I think if I knew what every song meant it would be less special - the blank canvas that this album provided has given me a new appreciation for life.
It’s so bizarre how much a random, ethereal lady from the ‘70s has effected me. Truly, though, Sibylle has given me the power I need to get through my toughest days and she probably doesn’t realise it. I hope she and her family doing well.
Thank you, sibylle, for making such beautiful music; thank you for saving my life without even knowing. You have my heart and I will forever be grateful...

your music always makes me cry!! in a good way

Stumbling upon music that you instantly become obsessed with has to be one of the greatest feelings you can experience. Beautiful work.

Hello Robby and Sibylle!
A few weeks ago our great teacher - tutor gave us an exercise to write a letter to our future self. I was really curious and excited about the shape of my letter and I actually couldn't wait to write, send and read it after two and thirty years. But I haven't even started. I decided to do this today. I really wanted to write that letter in my specific, sentimental tone, so I could cry while writing and reading :), yea, I'm sixteen so I'm letting myself for that type of emotional experiences. I also thought that the best music to listen to while writing is yours. Your music (which we all can listen to because of Robbys' job, thank you!) has got that special, calm and memorial spark I absolutely love. Moreover, your voice sounds brilliant. I really do think, that your texts, Sibylle are a sort of poetry, a beautiful, tender and sweet art, especially these simple and storytelling texts like "Driving" and "My Daughter and my Son". I discovered your site, dear Robby when I searched your mom's surname on google browser, I'm so grateful that you created it!
A few hours ago I was about to write a letter to myself, but I also wanted to write a letter to you both and eventually, I decided to write to you first. I'm so happy that I have that amazing opportunity to connect with you. I can tell, the consciousness about the fact that you both can read it gives me so much happiness and even butterflies:) I live in Poland in Europe, where you aren't very popular and maybe it sounds a bit scary, but I treat you like my own, personal treasure which I don't share very much. You both really inspire me. I have so many things to say, but all I'll say is that you both deserve a HUGE thanks, so I just give them to you. Maybe I'll write in two or thirty years to you too? I hope so.
I send greetings and best wishes to you both. Have a nice day, and a month and a year. Stay healthy and positive. Love You,
Regina Felix <3

Hey Sibylle,

You won’t ever see this considering you’re 66 and haven’t been active since 2006, but that won’t stop me from writing this. It’s really funny your song “lost in the hills” just randomly showed up on my YouTube music recommended. And then the rest of your album played. It’s really interesting actually how the music sounded like it was sung by someone forgotten. So I looked you up. I wish I knew where you went, I hope you’re still alive. You only have one album but for some reason your songs have this amazing feel to the them that just cause this ache in the heart. They’re all soft and sad feeling and sound like things I would only listen to when I feel sad. Somehow though i can listen to them whenever, it just causes me to tear up haha. I just want you to know you’ve managed to create something that makes me feel like I’m in a different world completely separate from reality. I hope you lived an amazing and fulfilling life.

Sincerely,
Aqua

I just found your album ‘Colour Green’ on Spotify. I am listening to it now and it’s beautiful. I think the way you felt has been preserved in your music. The emotion in your album is exactly what i feel a lot of the time. It’s funny how people feel pretty much the same emotions after years and years. Thank you for making and releasing this album.

Was grumpy the whole day today (turns out I just forgot to take my headache meds). Colour Green was the only thing that got me out of the house, a hundred thanks.

I came across your music a few days ago when I was looking for some folky music to add to my playlist. I was immediately awestruck by "Forget About" I have never heard anything like it. To put it plainly it's beautiful. When I looked I only saw one album and I was astounded because it had so much attention and I was surprised you hadn't written more. Then I cam across this website. I think its wonderful that you decided to have a family and pursue others things. though I'm sure your fans would be so happy to have more music from you I'm glad you are doing your own thing. just know that there are so many people whose lives you've changed because of your music. I hope you are well and happy. Thank you for your gift.

All my love,
Maria

I simply fell in love. Words cannot describe my feelings when listening.

I listen to you and think about your lyrics. I am impressed by your words and your voice. You told me that life is short but love is old. Then I started thinking about this. You gave me hope. Thank you Sibylle Baier.

Seit mehr als 40 Jahren ist Musik meine Rettungsanker, doch erst heute bin ich auf Sibylle Baier gestoßen und dies erschloß eine neue Landschaft in mir wie ich es zuletzt vor vielen Jahren bei der Begegnung mit der Musik von Nick Drake empfunden hatte. Wie wunderbar dass diese Bänder nach 30 Jahren dem Dachboden der Vergessenheit entrissen wurden. Wie wunderbar, dass mir diese Songs das Vertrauen und die Zuversicht zurück bringen, dass zu tun, was ich schon längst hätte tun sollen. Danke dafür

Colour Green is my favourite album of my whole teenage life. It's mesmerising and magical. Thank you for making this music available, because it's superior. I was wondering how old Sibylle was when she wrote and recorded these songs? I know it was at early 70s, but lyrics and melody sound so mature and enchanting. A beautiful soul. Thank you for being my life soundtrack.

I can't put my finger on what it is about this, and I don't want to try yet. I love folk and the music is feeling indeed, but it's something about the story that got me. I Lost Something In the Hills was on my spotify Discover Weekly and when I clicked the artist's page, read the artist description, I just started crying. I googled her name and ended up here. I can feel her, I know she's such a strong spirit just by hearing this. She never sought to publish, whether that's strength or doubt I don't know, but I now aspire to be more of whatever it is she's put into this album, without knowing anything about her at all. As a writer, artist, mostly as a woman, there's something wild here. Thank you.

Beauty beyond words. Thank you forever Sibylle for giving this gift to the world

I don't know how i found you, but i stumbled across your music and fell in love, i hope you are doing well and are happy.

Lots of love

I just love this music so much and wish the best for you and everyone else. Keep it up

Your music is just wonderful, Sibylle! It's just you, your beautiful voice and your guitar, but it holds so much emotion. Magical.

I love your voice, the experience, the everything, sending you all the love Sibylle...

sibylle,

thank you for helping me through heartbreak, and in turn guiding me through love. you feel like my own little secret that no one knows about. might i say how gorgeous you are? i hope to one day be able to buy your vinyl.

sincerely,
a huge fan who has your album on almost everyday 🙂

Dear Sibylle Baier,

Your music has touched me in ways I never thought possible. The intent behind your music, never meant to reach the outside world, creates such a unique personal connection. It's a raw, unfiltered glimpse into someone's life. I listen to your music when I'm down, and it makes me feel as if I'm not alone. You may have even saved my life along the way. Sibylle you are a wonderful person, I hope the years have been kind to you. Take care 🙂

Devin Burnell

I discovered Sibile Baier Just few days ago. For me is Just superb and soulful músic that comes from the heart. Thank you Sibile Baier

sibylle your music has touched me in so many ways, your voice is ethereal and your guitar is so beautiful , i need to know if there’s anywhere i can watch you perform live? thank you for you love from Ireland

Forget about and Tonight create this surreal image in my mind, where I live with the girl I love somewhere far away surrounded by frozen pines, and even though we are in this unknown place and alone, everything is ok.
I will never be with her but your songs make me experience her presence for a moment and I am eternally grateful for that.



Kad ne bude mene
kad me skriju paprati, travke i šaš
kad ne bude mene
ljubit' ću je pjesmama svojim i tad


O reci mi njoj
da je tako prolazno sve
kao ptica let
samo nju da volio sam ja
jer je za me bila sav svijet
crveni moj cvijet

Sibylle, para ponerte en contexto, soy un joven estudiante de 16 años que vive en Costa Rica (Centroamérica, así de lejos has llegado con tu música), recuerdo cuando encontré la primera canción que hizo que pudiera sumergirme en el mar tan extenso al que llamaste "Colour Green", esa canción fue "I Lost Something in the Hills" mi favorita hasta el día de hoy, más que nada por un tema de nostalgia.

Creo que no está de más decirte que ese primer contacto con tu arte, cambió mi vida, Ms Baier, ese primer momento llegó en unas circunstancias de mi vida en la que todo estaba terriblemente mal y te juro que ayudó tanto a que pudiera progresar entre toda esa mala vibra que tuve.

Soy artista, amo escribir canciones, estoy muy influenciado por tu obra, quiero que sepas que, aunque tal vez no vayas a leer esto (Y si lo haces, ojalá el traductor de Google ayude haha) has logrado lo que ninguna otra persona en el mundo y con tan solo un álbum, es irónico, porque saber que probablemente no pueda escuchar mucho más de ti, de tu voz, de lo que transmites en tus melodías, sé y estoy seguro de que, lo que me queda de vida, va a ser siempre acompañado en mayor o en menor medida de ti y de Colour Green, solo me queda decirte, muchísimas gracias, de verdad...

Psdt: Estoy trabajando en hacer en un video para que la gente pueda conocerte un poco más, cuando esté subido voy a publicar aquí el link, te amo Ms Baier

I stumbled upon Sibylle's music on pure accident while browsing through folk Spotify and Youtube playlists, and have adored the album "Colour Green" ever since. Thank you!

Hello,
Not much to share. Just stumbled upon Sibylle Baier in my discover weekly playlist on Spotify and decided to do some more investigation.
Beautiful music, quite mournful yet contemplative and comforting. Great
to back you as you sit and think for awhile, maybe study or read.
Thank you for this lovely discovery.
Love always, Jacqueline

Says elliot is my favourite song. Something about the feeling it portrays is so beautiful and it makes me feel an indescribable way. Through her music and your website she seems like a beautiful person. Too bad we don’t get to see much of her, but seeing what it’s like to be famous i understand. But truly outstanding work. Cool woman.

Hi, Sibylle! How are you? I hope you all are good.

First, I'd to say thank you. Thank you for created the most beautiful album ever. It's you and guitar, because of this unique atmosphere, we can feel all of it: ideas, creativity, feelings and memories.

I don't if you ever received a message from Brazil, but I've been sharing your work here for everybody. Good things have to be passed.

Second, the inspiration that the album gives to me. I'm a lonely composer looking for a band, and your record strengthened the idea of to be truth and original with the music.

I'll share "Colour Green" to my future children, and perhaps they'll share to my grandchildren. But one thing I'm sure, you marked me, and again: thank you.

I distant hug from a brazillian "boy".

Sibylle’s music is the most beautiful thing I have ever heard. The closest thing to godliness anyone can ever experience.

lovely music!

My first time meeting with a Psychic medium and I have to say, it's really worth it. It had been 6months since my husband left me without saying anything.All thanks to Dr Adoda I was able to connect with my husband again with his powerful reunion love spell and now he loves me more than he used to. Eternally grateful with The Great Dr Adoda! I highly recommend, His contact details ( http://dradodalovetemple.com )

Thank you so much. You are a genius. Allways in my heart. Thanks!

Thank you so much for your music. It's been really influential to me and I find myself listening to your songs over and over again, trying to find new meaning in each one, because each has so many layers and is so haunting and mysterious, in a way like yourself. Thank you for putting it out into this world.

hello.

i found the track "the end" by pure casualty after missclicking on a video in youtube, and i'm oh so happy i made that mistake. the album is beautiful in it's minimalism, and the songs have been stuck in my head for 2 weeks now, especially "the end". i'm already learning how to play "i lost something in the hills".

a cordial greeting,
rotar

I know how common place this could sound, but since the first time that I heard "The End", can do more effectively the closure of sentimental issues.

Thanks for bring us such important tool.

I was listening to spotify and then "I Lost Something in the Hills" started playing on my random list and I fell so in love with the song that I had to listen to the entire album. It's an amazing album and it inspired me to write more. Your music is beautiful and your lyricism is incredible. Thank you and thank Robby for this.

Sibylle,
I feel very connected to your music, and for some reason your album cover reminded me a lot of myself when I was studying abroad in Germany. Then, curious, I looked you up to find you were born there. I am perplexed a bit, cheers to the universe.
PS I stayed in Sachsen - Anhalt. Ich weiss nicht, wo Sie gelebt hat. Ich schriebe diesen detail, weil ich wundere mich ob sie auch da war. Ich kann's nirgendwo finden. Ist egal. Mochte einfach hallo sagen.

A couple weeks ago, through YouTube, I’d discovered the music of Vashti Bunyan. I’d begun listening further into both her albums before checking below to see the recommended artists.
Upon doing so, I saw that image, the one on the cover of colour green, of course with the name ‘Sibylle Baier, underneath. The image struck me and without much thought I’d immediately clicked on the artist profile and begun listening to the album. Within an instant I was transfixed, as if in a trance. The voice was so poignant, the guitar playing so gentle that I just let myself fall entirely into the swirl of the music.
After listening to it for the first time, I put it on again, and then again, and then again another time, until I had to stop myself so before I overplayed it. I listened to it for days and days after that. It just kept drawing me back.
When I listen to it, I don’t even move (which is really saying something considering I have ADHD), I just stare, blankly, for almost the whole time it’s playing, my entire attention lingering on each pluck of the nylon strings and each lyric sung with each reverbed vocal.
I don’t suppose this album will ever leave me. It has had such a profound effect on me that I can’t imagine letting it go.
When I’m sad, i listen to the album, and whilst it doesn’t make the sadness go away, it does help me find some beauty in it, it gives it a richness which is comforting in times when comfort is needed.
You have created something of such beauty and such significance that is unlike anything I’ve ever experienced before, and I just want to say thank you 🙂

"The End" makes my eyes cloudy. Thank you for the fantastic art. Love from Turkey

Hello Sibylle. I just wanted to say that your music has brought me great happiness. It takes me to a place within memories I always love returning to. Calm, comforting.

Good morning from the Czech Republic! I would just like to tell You that You are one of the most underrated artists I know. Your music gives me a great comfort, when I feel sad. Thank you.
Václav

The period between February and May have been pretty rough emotionally, but discovering Sibylle's art has helped me going throgh it and I can't express how gratefull I'm for her music. LOVE FROM ITALY

Dear Sibylle,

Your music is so heartfelt and beautiful. I discovered I Lost Something in the Hills a few years ago, and it spoke to a part of me that I didn't know other people had. I started college a few months ago and it has been completely crushing my life and soul. Particularly Tonight and Forget About have been on repeat for me as I cry about all of the pressure I feel and how I wish I could just relaxing with my girlfriend all the time. They capture such a soft magical intimate essence that feels like a warm hug. I don't know how you do it, how you can speak to the souls of so many people. We can all just sink into the dreams created by your sounds.

Thank you for creating this beautiful work. May the gods bless you

Robby, thank you.

Thank you for publishing the album. Your mom's singing has comforted so many souls by now. I usually am more about silence when I need to calm down, but she is one of the only ones I listen to whenever I need peace. Not only her voice, the lyrics and the melody are precious, but is also about the sum of the parts.

"I Lost Something in the Hills" talks so much with me. I was born in Brazil, and lived in Spain till I was 9. When I went back to Brazil (where I, ironically, lived in declivities) I passed through such a spiritual awakening. I was/am in such peace.

This year I decided to move back to Spain. I'm 16 now. I feel good, but something is missing. The energy here is so different, so heavy. I feel like i missed something in the hills.

I would constantly "die" in the hills of my where I lived. The hills, the wind, the water flowing, the trees around. Never grounded so much in my life. Your mom brings me back such feeling.

Thank you Robby, and thank you, Sibylle.
All my gratitude and love.

So lovely.

Hey Mrs. Baier, I just wanted to say that I cherish "Colour Green" like no other album, and I hope you live a very long, peaceful and happy life.

sometimes fame is lame and we are better off in obscurity , but we are here only once and you have left behind so much ..a pleasure

I'm fascinated with Sibylle and here music. I'm only drawn to self expression the has a genuine honesty and integrity, something that exists on my esoteric frequency regardless of the differences between me and the artist.

Her music infects my soul and I emot along with every note and word. It's not just an album you listen to but one that you feel and experience. Depending on your mood it can make you feel emotionaly drained or optimistically hopeful.

Sibylle is a treasure. We are all lucky for the work that was done to get her music to the world.

I really don't know what to say except for thank you..

I've never had a album send so much emotion and feeling down my spine ever before. This is truly one of the greatest albums ever created.

The whole story of this album is just so beautiful and the fact of how this album could of never been released really shows how special and mysterious this album is.

I could say so so so much more but you have probably already heard it already by now so I'll say it again thank you!

Still informing me in beautiful new ways everytime I listen to this record. Thanks...and thanks for the postcard.

"Remember The Day" might be the most perfect song ever written. Keeping me going, thank you

"I Lost Something In The Hills" is such an amazing song! Your music is so beautiful and great, and I'm sure you've touched a lot of lives with your songs, if these other comments are any indication. God bless!

i've written this a while ago in my journal. excuse the grammatical mistakes and weird occurences of flow im only a 19 y/o bilingual guy:
Sibylle Baier: A lost majsetic, mythical soul lost in the midst of the musical universe in the late twentieth century, found in the beginning of the twenty first century. Although only one record to her name had been surfaced on the maintream world, she had gained a small, but feasible following that she might not even be aware of. I am one of the small following from a corner of the thirdworld. The short stories and occurences close to her that she sang in the album resonates the raspy-ish vocals that translated astonishingly in amusement by individuals who respect & enjoy real music. Her music has a sort of vibe that puts the listener in a whimsical flair of emotional feelings that one cannot describe. it's like being nostalgic about the times that you didn't even witness. The three notes played up & down on the harmonical maze of the ultra acoustic of her own is chilling and reflects a journey and a story that she describes in the songs, which are now heard are truly profound and still unheard by many.

As the most of people, I met Sibylle's music by youtube recommendations. The first song I heard was "I lost something in the hills", wich lyrics incrediblely happened to match perfectly the book I was reading at the moment. Her songs give me such a distinct feeling, some nostalgia, sadness, and also, hapiness. I couldn't pick a favorite song, but I really love "William" because the lyrics remind me of my best friend.

While listening her songs, I feel like lying in a field full of beauty, in a windy day.
Her voice is amazing, so are the lyrics. And the simplicity and sensibility of the whole album make everything really especial.

Sibylle's son, thank you for once sharing this masterpiece with us.

(Sorry if I made some grammar mistakes, english is not my first language.)

The Youtube algorithm randomly requested "I Lost Something in the Hills" and I, someone who rarely, if ever, click on new videos I have never heard about decided to check it out. Needless to say the song immediately enraptured me and I played the album Colour Green all the way through. That was around a year ago and Colour Green has become on of my favorite albums of all time. Thank you for Sibylle for creating and a huge thanks to your son for popularizing it so I got a chance to hear it. Kind regards, Trond from Norway.

odio tener que escribir esto en español porque lo hace mucho mas difícil, soy de Argentina, mas precisamente de Buenos Aires. Descubrí tu música navegando por youtube hace unos meses, me quedé enamorado completamente de todo lo que transmitiste en Colour Green, pero fue recién hace 2 días que me surgió la curiosidad de buscar si sacaste algo mas de música, tus redes sociales, fotos recientes, yredes sociales. te busqué, pero no pude encontrar mucho. me pregunté por qué y no se como me topé aquí. leyendo todas las cosas y la razón por la que no sacaste mas material, y sabés qué? eso lo hace aún mas interesante. La familia es lo mas importante, no dejes que te lastimen ni tampoco lastimes, la traición es muy fea, y tú lo debes saber mas que nadie. Desde mi escritorio te doy las gracias por de alguna u otra forma mostrarnos tu arte, muchas bendiciones y amor! <3

"Forget About" came on shuffle last night as I was feeling very low. I've since then listened to a bit more of Colour Green, which lead me to learn about the history of the album and finding this site. It feels like I was charmed by destiny.

How I wonder if you were to achieve recognition back in the 70's, where you would be in your life right now. For me, 'Colour Green' felt like a polished, prettier 'Montage of Heck'. I love Kurt and his music religiously, so thank you. If someone has the ability to woo oneself with just a voice and an acoustic guitar, they have something incredibly special; that sort of tortured genius aesthetic you could say?

I would have been around 4 years old when this was released. My grandmother too was called Sybil also; full circle (different spelling I gather but regardless)

Thank you for existing,

Callum

This is very similar to what Donovan was expressing. Many young french singers and american singers at that time were writing and singing stories and experiences of their heart in the same rambling genre. I love your music. Thank you. Bill was my singing partner, now gone.

Hello,
I'm a fifteen-year-old living in Ireland. Sibylle's music has struck a chord within me that I didn't know was there. I feel as if I know her, I feel like she is putting into words my deepest feelings. I've never heard anything quite the same. She has such an incredible voice. Her music may be too melancholic for some people, but I think it's beautiful and inspiring. It makes me think harder about life, and I love to think about life. It makes me think about how amazing life is, how complex, how many stories there are in the world. It makes me less occupied with superficial things. Sibylle has changed my life. I would not be the same if I had not found her music. It's rare and exquisite. It would mean so much for me to meet her one day, it would be incredible. I don't know if Sibylle reads these, but I truly love her. Thank you, Sibylle. You have truly made a difference to my life. You are incredible, and I aspire to make a difference to a young person as much as you have to me.

Dear Sibylle,

I stumbled upon your music much like that of finding a record in the back of the store, except the online equivalent of that. The album art immediately caught my eye and I could tell it was going to be a unique take on folk and acoustic.

After listening through the whole album of Colour Green several times, I knew I had found something entirely unique and authentic in its making and creation. I felt every emotion presented through your voice and playings. I haven’t been able to stop listening since, and it’s been so on point with my own emotions these past few weeks.

That said, your album wholly inspired me. I’m a folk musician too, and i’ve been working on my own music for a year now, never settling or feeling confident enough to release or finish my work. After hearing the natural beauty of the songs in their authenticity, and after reading your story and the somber truth behind it, I knew I’d have to bite the bullet. I felt so inspired by your work that, that night, I recorded the base parts to all five songs on my ep. I’m slowly accepting my mistakes and shortcomings, knowing that there’s an audience out there for it, and knowing that, I, myself, will learn how to accept myself for who I am.

I want to thank you, and your son of course, for this beautiful, authentic, unique look on life. And thank you for this wonderful website to share this with you all. Whenever I finally bring myself to release my own music, I’ll happily share it here with you, even if you’ll never hear it. Thank you for inspiring me and countless others and for creating a beauty I hadn’t otherwise seen or heard. May you and your family stay safe and loved.

Love and Peace, Abraham

I listened to "Forgett". I felt something ineffable. Thank you.

Most of my music brings me into a world, a place where I can think about the song and the world it creates.

Not Baier's

Whenever I listen to her album, it brings out the saddest, most real emotions I have ever felt.

It makes me want to hug my family, say sorry to people I've wronged.

It makes me want to scream, cry, sit in sadness, and look to the future.

This music is something else.

Unreal

hey, I'm from India and I recently discovered your "I lost something in the hills" and instantly added it to my playlist( which I'm really picky about in fact no major artist like Coldplay etc that you can find people listening to exist in my playlist). I later came to know about the story behind the album and its unfortunate that it got recognition so late but I'm really happy that it did and I must tell you it's really very good, I'm not going to compare it to the famous artists of that time because it wouldn't be fair as your songs seem old but give such refreshing vibes intertwined with melancholy.
I love your work, Mrs Baier.

Thank you so much for your music! I've bought your album and have been playing it on repeat and trying to figure out how to play it myself. If you ever publish the sheet music or guitar tabs, I know many of us would appreciate it!

Dear Sibylle:

I remember the first day I discovered your music, I remember it because I felt the quick and strange need to write it in my 2018 diary. I felt happy, I used to write about nightmares and bad things that made me sad, and write a page about you and your songs was something that overshadowed all of the above.

I would like to have friends, so different from each other to recommend your music, and that they feel the emotions, the colors, the sadness and the happiness that I have felt with your voice.

Thank you.

I remember walking along the beach during cold nights, listening to Sibylle in my headphones. Those where really sad times for me but her music made me feel a less lonely and comforted me every time, as it still does. Thank you so much for your music. I won’t ever forget your beautiful voice.

The song 'Forget About' appeared on my YouTube recommended and without hesitation I decided to listen to it and wow, her voice is so soothing and really helps me feel calm. Feels like I'm wrapped in a warm blanket!
Just like wine as the years passes the songs get better. I'm 16 and am glad I get to listen to these songs that are pure gold from the 70s'. I'm absolutely in love with Sibylle's songs.

A friend recommended your Colour Green album. Very beautiful songs, thank you for this absolutely beautiful music.

Dear Sibylle,
Thank you so much for the music that you have created! Whenever I feel bad your music and your calm voice make me happier and bring me peace. I hope you know what a brilliant person you are and how much you mean to us, your fans!
Wish you the best ?
Love,
Alexandra

colour green is a masterpiece. thank you so much for sharing the excellent. music with the world. your fan base is ever-growing, and it deserves to be heard by everyone. it's remarkable how me (18) and my mother (55) both adore this album and consider it one of the best of all time. truly timeless, thank you

Dear Sibylle and Robby,

I hope you are doing well in these crazy times! I wanted to thank Sibylle for creating such wonderful music and thank you Robby for putting these wonderful sounds out to the world. In times of chaos and uncertainty, the soft songs of Sibylle feel like a warm blanket or a tissue to wipe our tears away. Thank you very much and I hope you're safe and okay!

Much love,
Ru

Sibylle, your music saved my soul and gave me hope. You are my favorite singer. Thank you <3

This is so beautiful its almost surreal. May life and the universe be kind to you forever. I would like to think that you are happy. Please be.
Thank you.

Listening to "I Lost Something in the Hills" fills me with a deep and soothing gratitude. It's both heart breaking and heart mending.
I don't know if I'm interpreting it wrong, but for me at least, that is also what the song is about. The sadness filled joy when you come across something truly beautiful, something that feels like home, but at the same time breaks you, because when you finally walk away it's like a part of you is still standing back there and you can never feel complete again, until you return.
That´s how I feel about my best ideals and fantasies. Sometimes I wish I hadn't even thought them up, because now I will never be free of the longing and sadness.
This feeling can be a bit isolating were I come form. People my age (16) are supposed to feel "invincible" or "rebellious". Certainly not nostalgic and tired of the way people treat each other. Sibylles songs are honest and beautiful and help me immensely.
I don't feel like I could ever write anything that would do it justice, but anyway; thanks.

I was lost and at the lowest point of my life. Then I met my boyfriend and he made me forget about. Forget about all the past pain. We feel a deep spiritual connection to “forget about” and all of your other music. We want to get married soon and would do absolutely anything for you to sing it as I walk down the aisle. If you cannot I will still play it walking down. I’m so grateful that you were able to connect us in a way that nothing else could.

I discovered your music on a sad evening during the Coronavirus pandemic. It's so lovely, quiet, and true. I love the way you sing your lyrics. They touch the part of my heart that's always reaching for the stars.
Thank you Sibylle!
ad astra per aspera,
Bethany

To Sybille (and also to Robby and anyone else who will come to read this),

I do not blame you for finding the internet perplexing. It is a VERY fun and intriguing rabbit hole, so I just want to say thank you to you for allowing your son, Robby, to allow us to know more about you. Also a thank you to Robby for putting this all together for her and us. It's a beautiful site and we're/I am grateful for it!

Further more, I am thankful that you have allowed us to intake, love, and make sense of all the bits and pieces of you that you have provided/shared with us.

I am so thankful for what you have given us, and in many ways I feel both pleasured and full of admiration and respect for all that you have allowed us to intake and feel. I got introduced to the Colour Green by a friend, whose friend recommended that he listen to the album himself ( maybe about a year or so before I was lucky enough to hear it myself). It took listening to the first .45 seconds of "Tonight" to know that I would love what was coming. The room was warm and so was I. I felt a warmth, and a stillness, but also a strength that relaxed me as my eyes shut.

I'm not sure if it was an easy decision for you to allow your son and his colleagues to allow the wide spread release of your album. As an artist, I know exhilaratingly frightening that can be at times. Personal stories and personal projects, but I'm grateful to know that I (and also you depending on how you see it/feel about it) are lucky and couragous enough to experience such a bravery.

I once had a friend tell me that she was amazed at how I would share your music on social media platforms, that her love for you (Sibylle) was always something private. In many ways I felt and understood her, as my love for your words and melodies have been there for me in times when I was shedding so much of my private pains and pasts, but also as I indulged in equally private and public pleasures and joys

So yes, in many ways me sharing your music almost feels like I'm sharing a part of myself as well. My vulnerabilities.

Although growth can never be linear, and it is not like I am now cured of all sadnesses, or have learned all lessons, I am thankful for the Colour Green, as it has been there for me when I am both warm or blue. Thank you so much Sibylle.

One day I hope to meet you, I imagine us drinking coffee (black) cigarettes in hand and laughing, listening and intaking. The room is warm and full of both love and sunlight.

ONCE again, thank you Sibylle Baier (and Robby).


Thank you thank you thank you.

Leah Damte

I sincerly hope life is treating you well, I dont have much to say besides that your music has impacted me greatly and that I wish I had discovered it earlier.

May your road be forever windy and warm, friend 🙂

Sibylle's music appeared on my Youtube recommendations today out of nowhere, it was really beautiful and enchanting. I'm currently listening to everything I can off of Youtube.
I love her voice, her lyrics, and everything about it is really beautifully done. Thank you for sharing it with the world. 🙂

I discovered this music a while ago. It was very pleasing to my ears. 🙂

Hello,

well I discovered your album recently, from your music Lost in the Hill at first, and now I can't stop listening it. Your music and Lyrics together are really powerful, talking to the heart. Thank you kindly for this wonderful music, and images that it brings. I wish you a good day, during these weird times though, may the sun be bright to you ? love.

I am currently writing this in the early hours of the morning, having not yet slept, and with little hope to for a while. For someone who looks forward each day to the brief moment of tranquillity when my head hits the pillow, I never truly get to appreciate it, for as soon as my eyes close they are opened once more by the crass light of the new sky, without the calming presence of sleep to fill the interlude. It is in these times, when the sun has turned the black of my bedroom to red, when I open my eyes, firstly wishing I hadn't, and then slipping into acceptance, when I play your songs. The sun may never grow tired of rising every morning; I, however, do. But I will never tire of listening to your music, for it makes those sad moments all the more bearable.

The mourning dove crosses the great planes in search of love

I just recently found Colour green and listened to it from start to finish a bunch of times. There is something about your voice and rhythms and everything that is so comforting and assures me everything is ok and will always be ok. Thank you for sharing your work with us.

endless love for the songs, life and art of the Baier family

Dear Sibylle,

I'm recently tripping off my tracks, and you always show up by the roadside to help me get up. I made many mistakes, and dealt so much harm, to whom I swore not to do any of these with. I don't think I get to iron my crooked ways, and bleach the sins.

Although, thank you for your album Colour Green. It fills me in so pretty well I can let a weep. Don't we all hate the vacancy?

Best regards.

Dear Sibylle

Your voice is really soothing, I'm glad I discovered your songs !
I greet you from France 🙂

Herzliche Grüβe

Sibylle Baier exemplifies what is perhaps the purest type of artist. She did not wrote and sung because she was looking for fame or fortune, or to use art as an instrument for self-improvement, or to revere Beauty or Art themselves, whatever they may be. She simply had something to say. And she said it, put it in some cassettes, handed a few to friends who she perhaps knew would understand, and forgot about it all. Art was not what she was aiming to make with her works, but what her works inevitably turned out to be. This is to say: the hidden law of art was not outside, but inside herself.

You, Sibylle, are the voice of everyday artists; the people who quietly take photographs around the city, or grasp some public statue's armonic beauty, or sketch verses in a napkin, while seated in some Midwest diner. They, like you, just live on, husbanding that which they possess within. It is as Wodsworth said in The Excursion:

"Strongest minds
Are often those of whom the noisy world
Hears least"

Many thanks, for everything!

The song "I Lost Something in the Hills" came up in my youtube recommended today and I feel pretty lucky that I happened to stumble across something this soothing. "Forget About" is probably one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard. Today is a good day because I found your music. Thank you Sibylle.

Sibylle, I just want to thank you for you beautiful music. I listen to Colour Green everyday, and your song Forget About really has touched me and comforts me. Thank you so much for the gift of your music. Love from the US.

What a joy to discover such talent, how lucky that she's been so well-received. Sybille, to me, your music captures the rare intersection of deep emotional honesty and accessibility. I hadn't listened to Color Green before this week, and now it's easily on par with some of my favorite albums by talented songwriters. To listen is to be welcomed, to be held under a warm blanket knit by some forgotten relative, to be given a new mode to air out your grievances and shames and sadnesses without any sense of anger. I'm young but often feel an emotional weight beyond my years. But the air of acceptance in your music liberates me. I hope to get to know someone as well as you've made yourself known on this record. Sybille, you're a muse, Robby, you're a saint. Love from Massachusetts.

I wrote a poem, a surface of your life. (and 'was' is used with the context of time you made those beautiful songs)

"There was a soul living once
giving peacefulness a rhythm
a calmness to all
Secretly was, how she did
made no being aware of it
little she knew how and when
The life unveiled the beauty within."

That album really speaks directly to soul somehow for me. Quite late I saw that in my recommendations but who can predict the magic of universe right? I loved it! Thanks for making that beauty. I would myself like to be a singer one day so it encourages me seeing such beautiful artists this earth has and i get inspired by them.
Thank you once again.

Hi there!

I stumbled upon Sibylle's music the other day & since then, her album has been on repeat. I especially love the songs "Forget About" & "William." I'm so grateful to have heard her music during such a difficult time. Thank you for sharing her music with us. <3