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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #2299
Song of the Day: Madwoman, words and music by Spencer Stewart and Laufey, appears on the deluxe version of the artist’s 2025 album, “A Matter of Time“. Sporting a hook-laden throwback bossa nova-inspired rhythm and a 60s-70s glamour vibe, the song’s music video features an all-star cast, including Olympic champion…
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Continue reading →: Remembering Mom
It’s been 31 years since my Mom died. We all miss her dearly. But the love she nourished in us is still very much alive in our hearts. Rest in peace, Mom.
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #2298
Song of the Day: Three Spirituals [YouTube link] was orchestrated by composer and music educator Adolphus Hailstork, who turns 85 years old today. This work grows out of three traditional African American spiritual songs: “Everytime I Feel the Spirit“, “Kum Ba Yah“, and “Oh, Freedom“. This lyrical and celebratory 2005…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #2297
Song of the Day: Stuck in the Middle with You, words and music by Joe Egan and Gerry Rafferty, was a 1973 Top Ten Billboard hit for their band Stealers Wheel. The song’s lyric—”Clowns to the left of me, Jokers to the right“—has long been viewed as a prescient political…
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Continue reading →: Winners and Losers, Redux
As a postscript to my essay, “Winners and Losers“, I offer this remarkable image. As I wrote in that essay: For Trump, however, it’s not all about personal branding, winning, enrichment, and self-glorification. He has become a distinctly American embodiment of “L’État, c’est moi”. He has famously declared, “I am your…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #2296
Song of the Day: Monday Again, words and music by Barbara Belle, Johnny Klein, and Stan Rhodes, was recorded by the Nat King Cole Trio in 1947. For those who return to work after a lovely Eastern Orthodox Easter (and spring recess), I couldn’t resist posting this one! Check out…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #2295
Song of the Day: Russian Easter Festival Overture, Op. 36, written by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, made its debut in 1888 and was dedicated by the composer to the memories of Modest Mussorgsky and Alexander Borodin. With a H/T to my friend Ellen, who reminded me of this wonderful piece last week,…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #2294
Song of the Day: Moanin’, composed by Bobby Timmons, was first recorded by Art Blakey‘s band, The Jazz Messengers. It’s the title track to their 1959 album. The track and the album were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998. Today’s featured recording is by jazz organist Joey…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #2293
Song of the Day: Where are the Words, words and music by Frank Severino, appears on “It Takes a Whole Lot of Human Feeling,” a 1973 album by jazz vocalist Carmen McRae (on which Severino appears as drummer). It has often been said that McRae could give a master class…
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Continue reading →: Happy Western Easter!
Unlike last year, when the Christian world celebrated Easter on the same day, this year, Eastern Orthodox Easter falls one week later. But today is Western Easter, so let me take this opportunity to wish all those who celebrate a very Happy Easter. And to all my orthodox family and…
Chris Sciabarra, April 2022 Coney Island Parachute Jump, Brooklyn, New York
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