The Sunday Muse 151 — love’s seasons

Surreal Artwork by Ronald Ong Midsummer dance, endless greenthat lasts forever; hands tight as we twirl and laugh —love’s perfect weather.Hearts turn to winter,extinguished flame; forevernow ashed wet sizzles. Today’s offering is in the form of a sequidilla, a new form I learned on Thursday in dVerse. Carrie is today’s host of The Sunday Muse.

Women Music March 2021 – Day 13 – Teena Marie

Teena Marie showed her musicianship, playing guitar as well as singing, at Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati last July 30. JOSEPH FUQUA II / THE ENQUIRER 2010 Mary Christine Brockert (March 5, 1956 – December 26, 2010), known professionally as Teena Marie, was an American singer-songwriter, musician, composer, arranger, and producer. She was known by…

Women Music March 2021 – Day 12 – Sheila Chandra

Sheila Chandra Sheila Chandra (born 14 March 1965) is a retired English pop singer of Indian descent. As a teenager she formed the band Monsoon with Steve Coe (who became the band’s producer) and bassist Martin Smith. Monsoon created a fusion of Western and Indian pop styles. The band recorded its only album, Third Eye,…

dVerse — MTB — Crane Promise

Sandhill Cranes in Back Field, taken 031021 A Spring afternoon surprise:feathered statues stand where none known have stood before.Blent, tan, and in matched bless of ancient lore,nod with grace, sun lift as one,and vow green morrow.   Grace is today’s host of dVerse’ Meet The Bar.  Grace says:Today’s challenge is to write a seguidilla. You…

Women Music March 2021 – Day 11 – Solange

Solange Solange Piaget Knowles (born June 24, 1986) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, performance artist, and actress. Expressing an interest in music from an early age, Knowles had several temporary stints as a backup dancer for Destiny’s Child, which featured her elder sister, Beyoncé Knowles, among its members, before signing with her father…

Thursday Morning Music — Flexadecibel

Flexadecibel Flexadecibel is a West MI band that has such incredible sound.  I’ve seen these guys in concert many times and have loved them every time.  They get the blood circulating and the groove going.  This is a clip from their livestream last week that I unfortunately didn’t see.   Very glad they decided to post…

Women Music March 2021 – Day 10 – Reba McEntire

Reba McEntire Reba Nell McEntire (born March 28, 1955) is an American country singer, songwriter, and actress. She began her career in the music industry as a high school student singing in the Kiowa High School band, on local radio shows with her siblings, and at rodeos. While a sophomore in college at Southeastern Oklahoma…