True autobiography
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029: Eva Cassidy, ‘Over the Rainbow’
The greatest rendition of the greatest song.
Have your handkerchief ready.
SotW 319: Shallow Dive 2
Elton, Leon, Sara Bareilles, a 2005 film with a song by Sigur Rós, Sinatra, The Greatest Band that Never Was
Continue reading...Songs of the Week 318: The Shallow Dive 1
Getz, Lake Street Dive, Meshel, Scaggs, BBC
Continue reading...160: Smokey Robinson & Aretha Franklin, ‘Ooh Baby, Baby’ (Live)
Two remarkable voices from the same ‘hood, Smokey and Aretha, velvet and steel, a magical meeting in a magical song. It’s not chemistry, it’s alchemy. Watch it and say a little prayer of thanks for being present at the creation.
Continue reading...150: Matti Caspi, ‘Not Good, Man Being Alone’
Did you know that God created Womb-Man as “a help against” her Man? Here Matti Caspi dons a white tux, sits down at a white grand piano in a cowshed, and serenades a very fetching Elsie in the funniest video I’ve ever seen.
Continue reading...159: Smokey Robinson & The Miracles: ‘Ooh Baby, Baby’
In which Jeff indulges in gooey nostalgia, imbibes a few underage beers, ponders his life, and swills the unadulterated, luscious gush of emotion that is Smokey Robinson and the Miracles’ ‘Ooh Baby, Baby’.
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