So I Raise A Bottle to You! Television Sucks! And What They Did (Do) for Love!

Must-see hilarity, skewering NBC at the Tony's:

Happy Birthday, Ben Bridwell! (Band of Horses)

Great sound quality for the back of a cab! (Seriously, I'm impressed.)

JT on Jimmy Fallon Again (Yay!)

And one of the classics I hadn't posted before:

TMI: Leamur's "Nashville" Favs

I don't know if my imaginary reader will remember my saying that the post about Tate Steves (the guy who won The X Factor) would likely be the only time Leamur ever posts country music to her blog...

I blame T-Bone Burnett. Here are Leamur's Nashville favs (so far).

Starting from the beginning of the season, If I Didn't Know Better:


No One Will Ever Love You:


And last week just blew me away, Pour Me Something Stronger:


I'm loving Hayden in the show (so glad they saved the cheerleader), but they haven't yet given her a song that really got me... I expect they'll fix that by the end of the season.

When I Grow Up

Happy Birthday to Me!

My birthday isn't actually until April, but that's when Diana Krall is coming to Strathmore.

Until then, recordings will have to do. These are some beautiful videos. Sorry about all the ads & crap on the screen, it't the price for free content to have to click the stuff away when it pops up. :/

Happy Birthday, Imogen Heap!

Not really videos, just fan slideshows:




"...in an instant of great white gravity..."

Songs in a Dying Language

Today is St. Andrew's Day.







Julie Fowlis's USA Spring Tour kicks off in Virginia in April. She'll be at Strathmore April 15th.

"Anyway, I had this incredible fantasy life."

We saw this (live, the musical, not the movie). I think it was 1983 in New York...



No video uploaded to utube alas, and Amazon doesn't have the DVD (dammit), but here's the song At the Ballet:


In case you had forgotten that Trisha Yearwood is awesome (sadly, I had):

My eyes are not dry. Miss you, Mom.

TMI: Leamur's Christmas present will make her cry

Still makes me cry every time:




*Sigh* Only 2 months to go...

The instrument unchained: Nina Simone

How It Feels to Be Free:


Interview on BBC:


Bio.

Fly

Anything You Want (Except for Alice)

Illustrated.  :)

Blackbird

Why you wanna fly Blackbird you ain't ever gonna fly
No place bif enough for holding all the tears you're gonna cry
Cos your mama's name was lonely and your daddy's name was pain
And they call you little sorrow cos you'll never love again
So why you wanna fly Blackbird you ain't ever gonna fly
You ain't got no one to hold you you ain't got no one to care
If you'd only understand dear nobody wants you anywhere
So why you wanna fly Blackbird you ain't ever gonna fly

No vid, just the song:

Bonobo (& Andreya Triana)

(no vid in this last one, sorry)

Andrea Bocelli

with Elmo:





and with Sarah Brightman (to make it up to you for having to hear Elmo sing):





and finally, Bocelli's break-out, Miserere:





The not-very-succinct (or rather very-not-succinct) Andrea Bocelli wiki.

Nat King Cole New Year

OK, so I know it's Losar, but it's also Valentine's Day, and my wish for all beings in the Iron Tiger Year is L-O-V-E:





Let there be love...





...for sentimental reasons.





Love in the New Year & Tashi Delek!