Fred Astaire & Barrie Chase – Miss Otis Regrets
An evening pause: From a 1966 television special.
Hat tip Danae.
Tag: music
Sting – Every breath you take
An evening pause: Hat tip Danae.
Paul Kelly – Careless
An evening pause: Hat tip Danae.
Mary Black and Joan Baez – Ring Them Bells
An evening pause: A hopeful song for the new year.
Hat tip Danae.
The Chieftains & friends – Give the fiddler a dram
An evening pause: Some post-New Year celebration.
Hat tip Danae.
Rod Stewart – Auld Lang Syne
An evening pause: For a good new year.
The Fendertones – Sloop John B
An evening pause: I like how they had recorded it over a period of months, and had an element of silliness in how they taped different sections. And the music is grand as well!
Hat tip Tom Biggar.
Charles Mokotoff – Bach: Sheep may safely graze
An evening pause: Performed live November 13, 2010 in Springfield, Virginia. The aria might be one of Bach’s most beautiful, but the playing here is astonishing. Watch his fingers.
I also like the deeper meaning of the title: It is what we all should strive for: allowing people to live their lives in peace and joy.
Home Free – Angels We Have Heard On High
An evening pause: Hat tip Mike Nelson.
Newsong – The Christmas Shoes
An evening pause: An American vision of Christmas.
Sue Richards & Maggie Sansone – The Ash Grove
An evening pause: Gentle music for the holiday season.
Hat tip Danae.
Geoffrey Castle – Ring Christmas Bells
An evening pause: One man becomes an orchestra.
Hat tip Danae.
Colin Hay – Goodnight Romeo/Prison Time
An evening pause: The first piece is an incredible acoustical guitar performance. And the second piece is as good.
Hat tip to Danae.
The John Wright Band – The Lock Keeper
An evening pause: The song is by Stan Rogers. Hat tip to Danae.
Simon & Garfunkel – American Tune
An evening pause: Performed live in New York, 1981.
I’ve posted a different Paul Simon performance of this song previously, but considering what SpaceX is about to try to do with its first stage, I think it appropriate to post it again. As Simon wrote,
We came on a ship they called the Mayflower
We came on a ship that sailed the moon
We came in the age’s most uncertain hour
And sing an American tune.
The Alan Parsons Project – Eye in the sky
An evening pause: Performed live in Madrid in 2004.
Hat tip to Danae.
Simon & Garfunkel – Homeward Bound
An evening pause: Performed live in New York in 1981.
Martin Frost – Ava Maria
An evening pause:
Luciano Pavarotti & Lionel Richie – The Magic of Love
An evening pause: Hat tip to Danae.
Willie Nile & Bruce Springsteen – One Guitar
An evening pause: Hat tip Keith Douglas, who noted to me that Nile is “fairly well known around the NYC club scene. I’ve seen him live maybe 3 times, but he never brought this friend to the events I attended.”
I like watching how much fun these guys have playing this song.