Turns out 500,000,000 Amy Winehouse fans were right. Go figure.
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138: Eliane Elias, ‘Baubles, Bangles and Beads’
Brazilian/American jazz/bossa pianist/singer Eliane Elias should be a household name – she is a serious musician, outstandingly talented, commercially appealing, and uncommonly pleasing to look at.
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272: Vilray, ‘Do Friends Fall in Love?’ (with Rachael Price)
In a perfect world, the best girls would go for the most talented guys.
Vilray is a most talented guy. Rachael Price is definitely the best girl.
And here they are, singing together.
102: Netanela, ‘Shir HaYona’ (Matti Caspi)
Noah’s dove, still searching for land.
A secular Israeli prayer for peace.
069: Catherine Russell, ‘New Speedway Boogie’
In which the daughter of Louis Armstrong’s musical director, Julliard graduate and studio singer par excellence, sparkles up an old Grateful Dead tune backed by a mandoline, string bass and tambourine.
Jerry would have loved it. So would Satchmo.
147: Frank Sinatra, ‘It Was a Very Good Year’
It’s early September, the leaves and the pages of the calendar are turning, a time for some sober and somber thoughts about whither we are headed. Here’s a great song about September and life and reflection.
Continue reading...022: Roberta Sá and Chico Buarque, ‘Mambembe’
My favorite May-December clip.
A man and a woman and the electricity between them.
Ah, Brasil…