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We're sailing on a strange boat Heading for a strange shore We're sailing on a strange boat Heading for a strange shore Carrying the strangest cargo That was ever hauled aboard We're sailing on a strange sea Blown by a strange wind We're sailing on a strange sea Blown by a strange wind Carrying the strangest crew That ever sinned We're riding in a strange car We're followin' a strange star We're climbing on the strangest ladder That was ever there to climb We're living in a strange time Working for a strange goal We're living in a strange time Working for a strange goal We're turning flesh and body Into soul ...
 
Wow ... nostalgia for the crowds already and I don't even like crowds ... but this one looks inviting right about now...

HOLD ON
 
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Thus eros is whetted ... sometime sas thorny issue ... in the morning dude upon. Lter he wonders what happened due to the loss ... but it happened in a flash ... like star wars transportation in a conflict ... all sentience is out then & there ... are we near that?

A point of reconsideration of the Eire we're in!
 
I was once smitten by a pretty girl. We became good friends. Where our companions would be off drinking and making out, we would sit and listen to Supertramp together. Here is one tune that made a lasting impression:

 
Loved Supertramp back in the day. Haven't listened to them much recently but Logical Song and others still dance through my brain from time to time.
 
I saw him once live at Casino Rama. Very good. Apparently, the Canadian market was pretty saturated by Supertramp. At one point, one in two households had one of their two hit albums. I had both. Probably know most of his songs by heart, even some of his solo later stuff.
 
This morning CBC radio host said they have switched their playlist to ALL CANADIAN artists - to do their small part in supporting that important sector of our society. I liked that.
 
Nice idea, but rather than doing that, I would rather they switched to playing all indie artists. Those, regardless of nationality, are the ones needing support. Shaun Mendes and Justin Bieber would fulfill the "All Canadian" mandate but I doubt they need support or airplay. They'll come through this okay. Indie artists struggling to make a living using Soundcloud, Bandcamp and Youtube, OTOH, probably need all the help they can get. And I think music is one of those things that needs to transcend borders. So I feel no guilt if I put on some Kina Grannis or Amanda Palmer (both Americans, though Amanda is currently stuck in New Zealand for reasons related to the pandemic).
 
Fair point about the indie artists Mendalla. Hoping those artists who are doing well will be generously philanthropic.
 
This man was not an indie artist (before he was signed and gained fame he was I suppose - as with everyone)...but I think this was one of the best songs composed in the 20th Century. It's heavy but not depressing to me...it's real and soulful...and everytime I hear it, after awhile of not, there's more depth to it.

 
Another one of the most amazing recordings I've ever heard. I think this was the first time hearing this...David Bowie singing the most famous recorded version of Space Oddity... But thanks to technology, his voice is isolated to two vocal tracks, harmonizing with himself - instruments are muted. It sounds like you're in the room with him (or 2 of him). It's wondrous. His voice was incredible.

faroutmagazine.co.uk

Hear the beauty of David Bowie’s isolated vocal on ‘Space Oddity’ and get instant chills

Beautiful
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Another terrific Tiny Desk Concert, this one from The Lumineers. This is one of the most successful of the folk rock groups that emerged a few years back. Terrific songwriting and some serious talent, with several members playing multiple instruments. Can't say the lead singer has a great, or even good, voice but it suits their music to a tee.


This was recorded February 28 so NPR Music are likely coming to the end of their stockpile of pre-Covid shows. They are now having artists record Tiny Desk at Home shows.
 
I have, of late, fallen madly in love with an English choral group called Voces8. They have been around since 2005, with the membership changing over the years. The group was founded by brothers Barnaby and Paul Smith, but Paul has since left. Barnaby remains as the group's music director and counter-tenor.

What I love about them, besides the incredible talent of all of them, is that they have both breadth and depth. They can sing anything from Renaissance church music like Palestrina, to modern choral works by Part and Whitacre, to pop, jazz, and folk. And they bring the same focus and musical skill to all of them, which is the depth part.

I shall be posting a lot of Voces8 in the next while, I suspect. This is an older configuration of the group (ie. Paul Smith is still with them, the bass soloist at the beginning and end), with a classic American folk song.

 
Here we go, some VOCES8 for your listening pleasure. All feature the group's current lineup. I am picking pieces from all over their repertoire to highlight that versatility I was talking about.

First, a piece by 17th century German composer Hieronymus Praetorius (no relationship to the more famous Michael).


And a modern religious work by 20th century English organist, choir director, and composer William Harris.


Then we move to a more popular sound, with "May it be" by Enya from the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy.


And, finally, we jazz things up with an Irving Berlin tune.

 
This lovely song by British composer Benjamin Britten is an older recording with an older line up. It shows how the sound and the quality of the singing is maintained over the various changes Voces8 goes through.


And one of the first Voce8 recordings I listened to (might even be posted around here somewhere) was their cover of The Sound of Silence.

 
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