You’ve never heard of the Norwegian singer Radka Toneff. Trust me, it’s your loss.
Listen to her sing Jim Webb’s ‘The Moon’s a Harsh Mistress’. Tell me you weren’t moved.
033: Radka Toneff, ‘The Moon’s a Harsh Mistress’ (Jimmy Webb)
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052: The Lovin’ Spoonful, ‘Girl, Beautiful Girl’
In which Jeff bemoans maybe turning down a job with a very famous Hollywood director.
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The finest male jazz vocalist you’re never heard of, with a heart and a vocal range as wide as his 66-year professional career is long.
Continue reading...036: Laura Nyro, ‘Sweet Blindness’ (“Eli & the 13th Confession”)
Laura Nyro’s masterpiece, “Eli & the 13th Confession”. She embraces her lover like a god, her God like a lover. It’s a pageant of bright lights and fierce emotions. It’s gospel and doo-wop and a spiritual carpet ride through sex, love, the elation and deflation of relationships, drugs, God, the devil. It’s a trip to the entire gallery of experiences of an eccentric, passionate, spiritual, loving person, and you’ll be a richer person for joining her.
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