Category: music
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Random Moment #17 – If
Four vocals pieces, 3 by modern classical composers, 2 of them written for films, 1 written in the 1600’s. 1 – If by Michael Nyman2 – La Wally by Vladimir Cosma3 – Music For A While by Henry Purcell, performed by Christina Pluhar, L’Arpeggiata4 – Songs of the Auvergne: Bailero by Joseph Cantalobe, performed by…
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Random Moment #16 – Breathe (In The Air)
“Dark Side of the Moon” was released 50-years ago on March 1, 1973 by Pink Floyd. Included here is the second track from that iconic, best-selling album of all time. It spent nearly all of the next 14 years — through punk, disco, early hip-hop and the pop heyday of MTV — lodged in Billboard’s Top…
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Random Moment #15 – Gypsy Moth
This playlist features four modern classical pieces for string instruments. A Spotify subscription is required to listen to the full length of each tune. But playing the samples without a subscription is still fun. Try it. Click ▶ to play Random Moment is a playlist series which we started posting during the COVID pandemic in…
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The Girl from Ipanema, Astrud Gilberto RIP
Astrud Gilberto (née Astrud Weinert) died a couple of days ago at the age of 83. We love Bossa Nova and were sad that a superstar forerunner like her passed away. She recorded the original “Girl from Ipanema” at 22 which became a big hit in 1963. The song earned a Grammy award for the…
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Random Moment #14 – All Around The World
This playlist features four jazzy pop songs by female vocalists – Corinne Drewery, Lisa Stansfield, Tracey Thorn and Basia. Notably, Everything But The Girl (Tracey Thorn) released a brand new album in April 2023 which debuts at No. 3 in the Official UK album chart. Their last album “Temperamental” was released 24 years ago (!)…
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Rest In Peace, Mr. Sakamoto
News came earlier today (April 2, 2023) that Ryuichi Sakamoto 坂本龍一 died on March 28 of colon cancer. I (Chris) am saddened by his passing as he was a musician that I have been following since the late 70’s. I still have these vinyl LPs bought 40 years ago. He was a founding member of…