Country isn’t down my power alley…but this song is smooth. New Zealand punching above its weight class this week – first my Uggs and now Keith Urban.
Source: Thank you Sundaug
Tag: Music video
White Clouds
“Ludovico Einaudi is an Italian pianist and neoclassical musician. His music is ambient, meditative and often introspective, drawing on minimalism, world music and contemporary pop. He has made a significant impact in the film world, with four international awards to his name.” Here he performs Nuvole Bianche (White Clouds) with Alessia Tondo. You can find the English lyrics at this link.
Related Post: Come Home to Mama…
Come Home to Mama…
Haunting.
Beautiful.
Spell-binding.
“Martha Wainwright is a Canadian-American folk-rock singer-songwriter. Wainwright sings “Prosperpina”, an elegy (def: an elegy is a mournful, melancholic or plaintive poem) written by her late mother, the legendary folk singer Kate McGarrigle. The song was taken from her forthcoming album Come Home to Mama, the track was recorded in Sean Lennon’s New York home studio and continues a lifelong musical dialogue between Wainwright and McGarrigle, who passed away in 2010. “It’s the last song my mother wrote, and of course I also think that she wrote it for me, and for Rufus,” explains Wainwright, referring to her critically acclaimed crooner brother, Rufus Wainwright. “We wrote songs together, ever since we were children. As we sing her songs, I think her voice can be heard in ours, literally through our pipes.” The film was inspired by the premise of “Proserpina,” which recounts the story of the creation of the seasons by the Roman goddess Ceres, who withholds the world’s bounty for six months every year in protest about her daughter’s abduction by Pluto, lord of the underworld…”
I’d Rather Go Blind…
Michael Grimm, a Mississippi Southern Soul singer/songwriter, was the winner of America’s Got Talent in 2010. Grimm sings a blues and soul classic, “I’d Rather Go Blind,” which was a song first recorded by Etta James in 1968. LOVE his rendition…
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Easing out of the work week with Till Brönner…
Till Brönner is a German Jazz musician, trumpet player, singer, composer, arranger and producer. Smooth, peaceful and easy…
Related Posts:
- Easing into nap time with Thomas Dybdahl…
- Sliding into nap time with Ray LaMontagne…
- (Beautiful) Days Like This… (Van Morrison & Ray Charles)
- Drifting on a Saturday afternoon with Anna Vandas
- On Saturday Afternoon (Rickie Lee Jones)
- Now the Afternoon Is Fading On (Avett Bros)
- You can never hold back spring (Tom Waits)