OTTA-Orchestra – Royal Safary
An evening pause: Music by Li Otta, who also conducts from the piano.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Category: The Evening Pause
A nightly pause from the news to give the reader/viewer a bit of classic entertainment.
Kylie Minogue & Paul McCartney – Dance Tonight
An evening pause: Performed live on New Year’s Eve, 2007. They are having so much fun!
Hat tip Alton Blevins.
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts – I Love Rock’n’Roll
An evening pause: Performed live 1982.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Midori- Variations on “The Last Rose of Summer” by Ernst
An evening pause: Performed live 1990, four days before her 19th birthday. As every single commenter at the youtube page correctly notes, this is an incredibly difficult piece. “Many great violinists won’t play this in public, or even record it.” Just watch and see. If you admire great guitar players, you will be astounded by some of the moves she performs.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
David Bowie & Freddie Mercury – Under Pressure
An evening pause: From a 1981 live performance.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
Chuck Berry & Etta James – Rock and Roll Music
An evening pause: Performed live 1986, on Berry’s 60th birthday.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Yanni – Aria: Ode to Humanity
An evening pause: I posted an earlier performance of this in 2016, but that is no longer available on youtube. This is newer performance is without doubt as magnificent.
Hat tip Alton Blevins.
Leon Redbone – Old Familiar Blues
An evening pause: That’s Cindy Cashdollar playing behind him.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Petula Clark – Sign Of The Times
A evening pause: This performance, almost certainly lip-synced, is from the Ed Sullivan Show in 1966. It is absolutely worth watching, not only because the song is good, but the set, costumes, and dance choreography will give those too young to have lived in the 1960s a real sense of the crazy no-holds-barred culture of that time. People were willing and free to try anything.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
Linda Ronstadt – You’re No Good
An evening pause: Performed live on television, 1973.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Gary Wright – Love Is Alive
An evening pause: Performed live on television 1976.
Hat tip Tom Wilson.
Norah Jones – Come Away With Me
An evening pause: Performed live in New Orleans 2002.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Lalo Schifrin – Mission Impossible
An evening pause: Performed live in Prague, 2010.
Hat tip Roland.
Cher & Tina Turner – Shame on You!
A evening pause: Performed live on television 1975.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Fender – recreating the classic “Brownie” Stratocaster used by Eric Clapton
An evening pause: Apparently Clapton used what is called a “Brownie” Stratocaster when he recorded the song Layla. In this video Fender rebuilds an old one to make it like new, for Clapton.
Hat tip Cotour.
Johann Sebastian Bach – Christmas Oratorio BWV 248
An evening pause: Good music is good music, and should not require the right season to enjoy.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Metal Church – Beyond The Black
An evening pause: Performed live 2016. Heavy metal music about a post-nuclear war world, written in 1984. It is a shame that fear might be returning.
Hat tip Björn Larsson a.k.a. LocalFluff.
The Rolling Stones & Sheryl Crow – Honky Tonk Women
An evening pause: Performed live 2003.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Heart – Stairway to Heaven
A evening pause: Hat tip Alton Blevins.
Katie Webster – I’m bad
An evening pause: Performed live, 1990.
Hat tip Judd Clark.