… still here? OK. Here are the random (mostly old, obscure and weird) music ♫ samplings, as long as you’re here …
… this began as a compilation to share a long time ago (don’t ask why) …
Van Morrison - Into the Mystic (1970)
The Cranberries - Linger (1993)
Paul Simon - American Tune (1975)
Blaze Foley - Clay Pigeons (2005)
Supertramp - Give a Little Bit (1977)
Leoš Janáček - In the Mists (1912)
Maná - En el muelle de San Blás (1998)
Miles Davis - Someday my prince will come (1961)
Chet Baker - But not for me (1954)
Eva Cassidy - Autumn leaves (1996)
Mercedes Sosa - Gracias a la vida (1971)
Mercedes Sosa - Todo Cambia (2013)
Cowboy Junkies - Sweet Jane (1987)
The Pretenders - Back on the Chain Gang (1982)
David Bowie - Space Oddity (1972)
Midnight Oil - Beds are Burning (1987)
and some voice, chants, a cappella, arias, unpluggeds, amateur arrangements, etc. …
Harvest Moon (Neil Young) … cover by Reina del Cid, Josh Turner, etc.
Starman (David Bowie) … cover by Josh Turner
Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen) … a capella cover
Titanium (David Guetta) … a capella cover
Africa (Toto) … a brilliant arrangement by Angel City Chorale
America (Simon/Garfunkel)
Kathy’s Song (Simon/Garfunkel)
New Coat of Paint (Tom Waits)
L’amerò sarò costante (Mozart - Sonya Yoncheva)
movies:
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
tv series:
Monk
The IT Crowd
Death in Paradise
books/authors:
Light in August - William Faulkner
Waiting - Ha Jin
The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
The Journey of Ibn Fattouma - Naguib Mahfouz [sample: The darkness began to clear and streaks of light loomed on the horizon until it became tinged with a smiling redness, and the eyebrow of the sun emerged, unrolling light over a limitless desert.](LM: Wow! Incredible, magical writing!)
Anxious People - Fredrik Backman (LM: Truly refreshing sensibility; authentic; a treat and an easy read!)
Together - Vivek H. Murthy
podcasts:
Radiolab
The Moth
3 books
genius artists/bands - you may not agree and I’m showing my age! :)
Joan Armatrading 1
Chet Baker (jazz) 1 2
Clifford Brown
Guy Clark
Robert Cray
Miles Davis
Cesária Évora
Enanitos Verdes 1 2
Ibrahim Ferrer
Blaze Foley
Robert Johnson
Ibrahim Ferrer
Talking Heads
John Lee Hooker
Annie Lennox
Maná
Van Morrison
The Beatles
The Cure 1
The Police
The Pretenders
Tabu Ley Rochereau
The Smiths 1 2
Suma Paz
John Prine
Mercedes Sosa
Cat Stevens 1
Otto Tolonen
Ali Farka Touré
Josh Turner Guitar, not the other (country) Josh Turner 1 (what a cover!)
Tom Waits
Atahualpa Yupanqui
