Ella, First Lady of Song: Songs in the Style of Ella Fitzgerald (Karaoke CDG)
Mommy Life (Free subscription) | yesterday
It's been a hard week, hasn't it? And the machinations are in full swing at the Capitol as we speak. But leave them all to God for a couple days. it's time to relax and enjoy your family. Is your hubby home? See if listening to perhaps the greatest singer...
Mainstream Isn't So Bad...Is It? (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
I've been sitting on this one way to long. Listening to Amy Serrata 's debut self-titled album is really quite refreshing. I keep coming back to it over the last few months, and every time, it's just as fresh. On it, Serrata pulls in influences from other female songstresses as diverse as Jill Scott and Ella Fitzgerald . Especially in the first half of the album, the Ella comparison really jumps out...
RightWingBob.com (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Election night 2009. Voice by Ella Fitzgerald, arrangements by Nelson Riddle, songs by George and Ira Gershwin: It does not get any better. (Available here: Ella Fitzgerald Sings The George and Ira Gershwin Songbook.) If I should suddenly start to sing, Or stand on my head, or anything, Don’t think that I’ve lost my senses, It’s just that [...]
SoCal Connected (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
It's an all new Name That Spot. It's fast, it's fun and - we hope - not too easy. See if you can guess this week's location. Hint: Ella Fitzgerald used to live in this neighborhood.
Santas Working Overtime (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Unfortunate Echoes of the 80's Week Christmas Love - Billy Idol I Believe In Santa Claus - REO Speedwagon Christmas Is Here - Survivor White Christmas - Iggy Pop All I Want For Christmas Is You -The Motels Santa Jenny 867-5309 - Tommy Tutone (Santa Claus) What Would You Like For Christmas? - Paul O'Keefe Santa Claus Is Surfin' To Town by Soupy Sales We Wish You a Scary Christmas by Count Bachula Rudolph,...
The Common Room (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
I couldn't find another version of Blow the Wind Southerly I really liked, but I kept coming across references to this singer and the English folk tune. I finally found a sample clip at Amazon, and I liked what I could hear of it, very, very much. See what you think. I hadn't heard of her, or if I had, the knowledge hadn't remained with me, but this is my fault. She's a highly acclaimed singer who...
The 'Spill (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
Billie Holiday - I Wished on the Moon BH - What a Little Moonlight Can Do Ella Fitzgerald - It's Only a Paper Moon John Prine - CLocks and Spoons Tom Waits - Drunk on the Moon TW - Nighthawk Postcards From Easy Street. Carter Family - Meet Me By The Moonlight Alone Carter Family - No More the Moon Shines On Lorena Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Underwater You and Me Manu Chao - Luna y Sol Manu Chao - Dia...
Media: PDA | guardian.co.uk (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
What you listen to says a lot about what kind of person you are: just look at the interest generated by Barack Obama's iPod playlist . The same logic applies to TV shows – and no show has more taste than Mad Men. So the release of playlists for seven of the show's main characters – Betty Draper, Don Draper, Salvatore Romano, Roger Sterling, Joan Harris, Peggy Olson and Pete Campbell –...
Verve music group (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
The Verve Music Group will launch a new label imprint this fall, it was announced today by Bruce Resnikoff, President and CEO of the Verve Music Group and UMe. Verve Select, with titles to first be made available at www.hip-oselect.com, will specialize in limited edition releases, including deluxe box sets and reissues of classic albums, complete with beautiful packaging, extensive notes, premiere...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
As you are making your early 2010 coverage plans, beautiful teenage Canadian vocalist Nikki Yanofsky needs to be at the top of your list. Heralded as a "young Ella Fitzgerald, with poise, polish, nuance and artistry" (Seattle Post-Intelligencer), you're certain to hear/read about Yanofsky in the coming months. Here's why...
When Tara Met Blog (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Last week, I got to sit front row during an intimate concert with disco icon Gloria Gaynor at The GRAMMY Museum at L.A. Live. The Q&A and concert was celebrating the 30th anniversary of the diva’s hit song "I Will Survive." Other hits for Gaynor include, “I Am Who I Am” and “Never Can Say Goodbye,” which were also popular in the dance days of the 70s. In...
Modern Marie (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
This is a photo of me taken when I was about 2 or 3 at a pumpkin farm. I love the vintage quality and symmetry of the picture. I think my friends and I might carve some pumpkins this weekend and festive fall stuff like that. Anyways here is the weekly playlist, vintagey Halloween sounding songs - something you would have heard at a Halloween bash in the 60's or around then - they will bewitch you!...
The Reference & Education Blog (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
By Francisco Jose Rojas If any one knows to play a guitar, he can learn to play different music genres easily. There are artists, who start with one genre, learn it and then move to other one. One of them is Bach, who began with composing the classical music the traditional way but soon improvised it. By doing this, he gained many accolades from the audience. Same is the case with playing guitar....
1490 NewsBlog (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
Koresh Dance Company, hailed as “contemporary in style and sophisticated in technique” by the L.A. Times, will take to the stage on Monday, Nov. 2, at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford. The Philadelphia-based troupe will perform at 7:30 p.m. in the Bromeley Family Theater in Blaisdell Hall. Tickets are $26 and $22 for the public and $11 and $9 for students. The concert is part of...
Hongkie Town (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
Amazon has been compiling lists of top 100 recordings in various categories and they're actually quite interesting. These seem to reflect actual opinions, sometimes veer away from conventional wisdom and are not compiled with an eye towards commercial sales (to the extent that, as one example the #3 album on their list of live albums is currently not available). I'm sure everyone can find a quibble...
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