New Year, New Music

[Kimmio Laughterlove]

That woman has a whole channel built around making fun of old songs with questionable lyrics. Her Shorts used to come up a lot when I was doomscrolling through YouTube Shorts. I must have stopped paying attention because she hasn't come up in a while. This is actually one of the few really good songs she's done a video for (seriously, the Chet Baker cover is regarded as a jazz classic). Usually they are music hall stuff with lyrics that could almost go on my NSFW writing site.

I’ll check it out.

 

[Mendalla]

I would not call myself a fan of Ella Red but I enjoy her bright, sometimes slightly silly, pop music. Her voice is decent, if a bit too breath-y for my taste, but she's a pretty accomplished songwriter. Interesting that for Valentine's Day, she released this rather sad meditation on heartbreak inspired by a breakup her sister went through. Good song.

 

[Mendalla]

Welp, I did not have "K-pop girl group covering Pink Floyd" on my card for this morning but here it is. And ... it's actually pretty good. "Wish You Were Here" is one of the great songs of my lifetime and this really shows that greatness. Even sung by a very different group with a very different sound, it shines.

 

[Mendalla]

"Touch My Love and Die" is going to be her entry in the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix song competition, which in turn could lead to it becoming Denmark's Eurovision entry

Sadly, Myrkur did not win the Grand Prix. Haven't heard the winning entry yet. Too bad. It's a terrific song. Probably too dark and metal for the voters or something (she's basically classed as folk metal, though her range of influences goes broader than usual for that subgenre). Here's the live performance from the Grand Prix.

 

[WhyCzar]

Gong Xi Fa Cai!

@Mendalla

Chinese guitar prodigy, Lv Junxi (Maituo), born in 2015.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2023351654473769228

• The post features a viral video of 9-year-old Chinese guitar prodigy Maituo (Lv Junxi), shredding blues riffs with mature soul and technique on an electric guitar, sparking widespread jokes about him being a reincarnated blues legend like B.B. King.
• Posted on July 11, 2024, amid a surge of similar clips that garnered millions of views globally, the caption humorously amplifies the reincarnation narrative
• Maituo's skill stems from self-taught electric guitar mastery since 2021, blending classical foundations with blues improvisation; studies on child prodigies, like those in Ericsson's deliberate practice research, underscore how such early intensity yields expert-level performance by age 9.

 

[Luce NDs]

The orient reiterates well so be careful what is done TU'M ...

 

[Mendalla]

Lush, beautiful music. No other way to describe this new song from the European (members come from multiple countries) band Eye of Melian. Besides the regular lineup, there are two special guests. German hurdy-gurdy player and singer Patty Gurdy joins in on both and Troy Donockley of Nightwish and Auri (which shares a lead vocalist with Eye) plays winds. Music is by band founder Martijn Westerholt and lyrics are by vocalist Johanna Kurkela. New album drops Friday and I, at least, am pumped for it. The singles have been terrific so far.

 

[Luce NDs]

An organ on wheels?

Travelling Mice 't' row ...