The Dillards – The Whole World Round
An evening pause: I especially like the banjo player, as it almost appears like magic how he produces the sound from his instrument.
Tag: music
The Byrds – Turn. Turn. Turn.
An evening pause: The words, except for the very last line (inserted by Pete Seeger), are from the book of Ecclesiastes.
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.
Read it all, especially the King James version. It is one of the most profound and beautiful poems ever written.
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros – Man on Fire
An evening pause:
Neil Diamond – I Am, I Said
An evening pause:
Julie Andrews – Auld Lang Syne
An evening pause: For the new year.
Skeeter Davis – the End of the World
An evening pause: I gotta tell ya, this song is far more believable than those Mayan calendar tales.
Such Great Heights
An evening pause:
Mnozil Brass – At the Movies
An evening pause:
Mean Mary James – Ding Dong Day
An evening pause: From Mean Mary James, a Christmas song.
Bing Crosby & David Bowie – The Little Drummer Boy / Peace
An evening pause:
Judy Garland – Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
An evening pause: From Meet Me in St. Louis (1944).
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Serenade to Music
An evening pause: How about something serene and beautiful?
Sinéad O’Connor – Danny Boy
An evening pause: One of the most beautiful songs ever written, sung by one of the world’s best singers.
Eddi Reader – Charlie is my darlin
An evening pause:
Sharon Shannon & Natali McMasters – Celtic electric
An evening pause:
Lianne La Havas – No Room for Doubt
An evening pause:
Mountain Man – Play It Right
An evening pause:
Of Monsters And Men – Mountain Sound
An evening pause:
Kseniya Simonova – To Norway
An evening pause: More story-telling with sand, by Kseniya Simonova. This time she tells a northern fantasy, based on the Norwegian epics.
Katherine Jenkins – Requiem for a Soldier
An evening pause: On this anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, I give thanks to the past generation that gave me freedom.
I wish you’d lived to see
All you gave to me
Your shining dream of hope and love
Life and libertyWe are all one great band of brothers
And one day you’ll see – we can live together
When all the world is free.