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)
Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most
065: Ella Fitzgerald, ‘Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most’
A beatnik musical (what??), an obscure jazz standard (oxymoron), and high school nostalgia (snore)–the convoluted paths we take to visit our past.
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