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Showing posts with label song for friday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label song for friday. Show all posts

Friday, May 30, 2014

Song for Friday...Adeiu...


Some of you may have noticed that I don't post as often as I used to.
True.
I suppose like a lot of things, my blog has run its course and other things in life take over.
Right now it's my garden which had been a bit forgotten in the last few years.
I'm slowly getting a handle on it and as they say, "I'm feeling' the love again!".
Initially I began this blog as a place to house my photos with a story and
to do a bit of self promotion in terms of my felted sculptures.
Although I still take many pictures,
(I must say I'm a bit hooked on Instagram!)
and go on adventures, I am
finding that the act of writing, editing photos and finding the few hours
that it takes to do so is just not there these days.
I will still post occasionally but forgive me if they are few and far between.
I'm sure my trip to Paris and future wanderings will conjure up
 many tales and pictures but for now I will say adieu.
I'll be keeping up with all of your shenanigans so I'm still on the radar!
To all of you who read these pages, who send such lovely comments and to
those who are always so encouraging I send out a massive virtual hug!
Even though I've never met some of you in person I feel as if we've become friends
and hope one day to possibly sit and have tea and walk in your world.
Abientot!
(ps you can find me on Insatgram under farmlass!)

Friday, April 11, 2014

Song for Friday...the things I chose

 
Montreal singer songwriter Rob Lutes is
number 1 on my radar these days.
He is akin to some of my favorites including Marc Cohn,
Tony Furtado, Ray LaMontagne and Glen Hansard.
Genuine music, I call it.
Honest guitar playing.
Truthful lyrics.
This song in particular has been tugging at my heart strings lately.
"The things we didn't choose".
Clips of old home movies reminding us of how
life evolves around us especially when it comes to
the matters of heart and home.
So today I choose Rob Lutes for you and a beautiful song,
from his latest cd The Bravest Birds.
Have a great weekend all!




 


Friday, March 28, 2014

A song for Friday...a little something from the south



A few weekends ago I went to a 90 year olds birthday party and during
a slide show of her life they played a song by this band.
After I researched them a bit I became obsessed with quite a few of their songs.
After much deliberation I wanted to share this one with you.
The lyrics are akin with a Cowboy Junkies song called
'Misguided Angel'.
The tale of a daughter trying to reassure her mother of her 
undying love for the one her mother disapproves of.
So here for you, out of North Carolina,
Mount Moriah.
Have a listen here...
Have a great weekend y'all!

Friday, February 21, 2014

Song for Friday...sweet!

I'm so loving this band 'Elephant Revival.
They're out of Oklahoma and named their band after
two captive elephants who, after 16 years together, were separated
and both of them died soon after.
A sad story but this band tries to have happy endings by working closely
with several environmental and human/animal rights groups.
I think this is one of the sweetest videos around.
Hope you enjoy.
Have a great weekend all!


Friday, February 14, 2014

Song for Friday....for all you sweethearts!

I've posted this song before, but I just can't help but post it for today!
Happy Valentines Day!
have a great weekend all!


Friday, February 7, 2014

Song for Friday...for the sun seekers!

(Mexico 2012)

Seems like everywhere I go people are flying off to hot and sunny places.
My daughter and son in law are in Panama...
the dentist is off to Maui...
her receptionist is off to Costa Rica...
the hygienist is off to Mexico...
a customer in the flower shop is off to The Grand Caymans and Cuba...
a friend from yoga is off to Joshua Tree...
Me? I'm here sitting in the sun but its bitter cold outside.
No plans for us to go anywhere right now but I'm fine by the fire.
So here's one for all you sun seekers...
Have a great trip!
Have a great weekend all!

Friday, January 17, 2014

Song for Friday...sweet and mellow

My yoga instructor always plays such good music during class
and this one has been on her playlist for a while...
Love the harmonies in this song.
Have a great weekend all!

Friday, January 10, 2014

Song for Friday...from the archives

Last night we watched a documentary about Folkways Records.
Founded by Moses Asch and now run as a non profit company
by the Smithsonian Institute, the collection is staggering.
Among the archives are early recordings of genres of music from all
over the world and in particular, early American music from the south.
I had never heard of Ola Belle Reed until last night.
She was a pioneer of a string (mind the pun!) of women
banjo/singer songwriters and her songs spoke of 
life in the Appalachian mountains, where she was born in 1916.
As the Smithsonian website states...
"She wrote honest music from the heart."
So here for you, a taste of this trailblazer of bluegrass.
Have a great weekend all!

Friday, January 3, 2014

Friday, December 20, 2013

Song for Friday...My oh My!!!

Today is the day she was born.
Today is the day I remember 33 years ago, a cold, rainy night,
a taxi ride to the hospital.
The night I saw the sweetest face I'd ever seen.
The night I began a journey that has taken
my heart to so many places.
I feel so blessed to know this person...
she's smart, she's beautiful, she's funny, she knows laughter
and she knows love...how to give and how it came to her.
I love you my sweet baby girl...
Happy Birthday....may your 33rd year bring
you a world of adventures!
 
This, one of those songs that reminds me of her...
Have a great weekend all...especially you Aja!!
 

Friday, December 13, 2013

Song for Friday...thinking back....

There's so many things about my childhood in Toronto that
bring back many vivid and cherished memories....
One of the more prominent ones are those of winter...snow...ice...
Maybe it's because we don't have those kind of winters here on the coast.
Last Christmas when we went to visit my daughter and her husband I ventured
up to the local park a few days after it had been snowing.
And there they were...hockey players!
Just a bunch of guys in sweaters and skates goofing around on the ice...the sound of
skates, the slap of a puck on the stick.
But what memories it brought back to me of those evenings when you
had to be forced to come home for dinner..."just another half an hour...please!"
You would be so bundled up that even if you fell playing 'Crack the whip'
it didn't matter because you had so many layers on...
And so today my song is a tribute to those long ago winter afternoons.
I've included the lyrics to this song because they are...in a word...
Brilliant.
I'm not sure whatever happened to Jane Siberry but
she wrote some really fine songs at one time.
A warning that there a few 'f' words in one line but its
sort of a reference to a big riot in the '50s in Montreal when they
benched Maurice "Rocket" Richard of the Montreal Canadiens and
 apparently the swear words reference
 what he said to a fan or a referee after being handed down the penalty.
 
winter time on the frozen river
Sunday afternoon
they're playing hockey on the river
Rosie...
he'll have that scar on his chin forever
someday his girlfriend will say "hey, where...?"
he might look out the window... or not
you skate as fast as you can
'til you hit the snowbank (that's how you stop)
and you got your sweater from the catalogue

 you use your rubber boots for goal posts
ah, and walkin' home
don't let those Sunday afternoons
get away get away get away get away
break away break away...

this stick was signed by Jean Belliveau
so don't fucking tell me where to fucking go...
oh Sunday afternoon
someone's dog just took the puck
he's buried it it's in the snowbank ....your turn
they rioted in the streets of Montreal
when they benched Rocket Richard it's true

don't let those Sunday afternoons
get away get away get away get away
break away break away break away break away

the sun is fading on the frozen river
the wind is dying down
someone else just got called for dinner
Rosie!
hmm...Sunday afternoon
 
Have a great weekend all! and if you're anywhere where it's
cold enough....have a skate for me!


Friday, December 6, 2013

Song for Friday...for Nelson Mandela

A very important and bright light went out in the world yesterday.
Nelson Mandela died after a long and steady struggle for peace and equal rights.
There are so many songs I could dedicate to this man who, even through
the most adverse and tortuous situations, NEVER gave up.
He proved time and again for decades that
ONE PERSON CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
A line from one song in particular keeps coming back to me...
"Emancipate yourself from mental slavery
None but ourselves can free our mind."
Bob Marley wrote of the struggles of racism,
human rights and justice and I can only imagine
that Nelson Mandela probably, most likely,
grooved on his words and rhythms.
In turn, I imagine Bob Marley was thinking of men like Nelson Mandela
when he wrote this quote...
Nelson Mandela was a fighter.
He spent 27 years in prison
After his release he became the first black man
to become the President of South Africa.
He spent his whole life fighting to end apartheid.
He was truly the Father of a Nation.
And so I give you the iconic Bob Marley tune
'Redemption Song' sung here not by Mr Marley himself
but a host of singers and musicians from all over the world.
Enjoy and light a candle for Nelson Mandela.
He has left this world a better place.
Have a peaceful weekend all.

Friday, November 29, 2013

Song for Friday...still happening...

Well, refreshingly enough there's still some amazing
young talent out there being influenced by our modern musical ancestors.
Namely Bob Dylan...the early years.
This young lad was on Graham Norton the other night and
I am quite smitten with him.
He's Jake Bugg from the UK, 19 and chock full of talent.
So enjoy this and Happy American Thanksgiving to our neighbours!
Have a great one everyone!
Stay warm, stay safe.

Friday, November 8, 2013

Song for Friday...looking back

I watched a program the other night all about India's Maharajah's obsession
with the Rolls Royce car during the early 20th century.
Some would buy half a dozen at a time, take them out
on tiger hunts, have each one custom made...
It was the age of opulence I guess.
I've never personally been in one but sounds like they were
one sweet ride. Their motto was
"The Best Car in the World".
How can you beat that?
Anyway, throughout the program they played lots
of great old jazz from the 20's and 30's and I was brought
to mind of an album I've been playing a lot myself lately...
Jeff Healey's " Adventures in Jazzland."
Jeff was only 48 when he died and left behind a huge legacy of blues music
but he got into this great genre of old jazz near the end of his life.
Just as at home behind the sheet music of old time swing and jazz as
he was sitting in with BB King.
So a little ditty for your Friday.
Have a great weekend all!

Friday, October 25, 2013

Song for Friday...under the covers

On CBC radio, Tom Powers has a segment called "Under the covers".
He explores the world of cover songs.
Sometimes they might be known and a lot of times they are obscure.
Yesterday he played a cover of one of my all time favorite soul songs
by the legendary Gladys Knight and the Pips.
"Midnight Train to Georgia" came out in the summer of 1973 and
8 weeks later replaced The Rolling Stones "Angie" in the #1 spot on the charts.
Loved it then and I still love it now...
...but the other day I heard this cover ...
by no other than Neil Diamond.
Much slower and maybe not so soulful but a completely great spin
on a classic done by one of the great singer songwriters of our time.
So enjoy and have a great weekend all!


Friday, October 18, 2013

Song for Friday...such a voice

Another angelic voiced Canadian girl from the East Coast.
Amelia Curran is an extraordinary singer song writer
 who comes by it honestly.
The National Post describes her as
 “a bit like Leonard Cohen being channeled in a dusty saloon by Patsy Cline.”
I hope you enjoy her...she's my new 'rainy day in the studio' music.
Have a great weekend all!
 
 


Friday, October 11, 2013

Song for Friday...odd fellows...

 
I was a big fan of Edie Brickell when she first came out but she
kind of fell off the radar for a while.
She has been known also as Mrs Paul Simon and had
a brief appearance in "Born on the 4th of July"
as a folk singer in a coffee house.
Steve Martin on the other hand has been in the limelight
for quite some time...
 but who knew that these two
would become a duet and put out an album together?!
So here's a wee taste of this odd couple but a great one...
enjoy...have a great weekend all!


Friday, October 4, 2013

Song for Friday...dream jam

I'm not a Springsteen fan.
Not like some who are fanatics.
Follow tours, buy every album, know every song....I do like the odd classic,
but I must admit the album he put out a number of years ago is one of my favorites.
It's called 'The Seeger Sessions' and as you guessed, it's a collection
of songs Pete Seeger did, covered by Bruce Springsteen and an amazing band.
This album was recorded over 3 days, all of the tracks are live
and uncut. All the arrangements were conducted as they played
with Bruce calling out who was next for solos.
A documentary was also made at the same time and if you
get a chance to watch it, get a nice bottle of red
on a rainy autumn night and sit back and enjoy.
It was recorded in Springsteen's farmhouse and just seems
like one of those dream music jams you would have loved
to have been witness to....
so enjoy your weekend all...hope the weather is fine.


Friday, September 27, 2013

Song for Friday...road song...

We picked up a cd on our road trip featuring these two marvelous
pickers and singers.
The woman on guitar and vocals, Pharis, used to play in a local band called
'Outlaw Social' and was a favorite around town for a number of years.
Anyway it was great music goin' thru the Rocky Mountains,
sun shining, rivers glistening, blue skies.
Hope y'all have a great weekend!


Friday, August 2, 2013

Song for Friday...for Sam

The Be Good Tanyas have been a favorite band of mine since the minute
I heard them on CBC about 13 years ago.
Sam Parton, one of the band members has had a really rough go of it in the
past year of not only being in one car accident but TWO and
then having to face brain surgery due to a aneurism
found during a CT scan.
I wish her all the best and a speedy recovery.
Here now a little ditty by the girls.
Sam is on lead vocals on this one.
Have a great weekend all!