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Women Music March 2023 – Day 10 – Flora Purim

Flora Purim photo by Lindy Pollard Flora Purim (b. 3/6/42) is a Brazilian jazz singer known primarily for her work in the jazz fusion style. She became prominent for her part in Return to Forever with Chick Corea and Stanley Clarke. She has recorded and performed with numerous artists, including Dizzy Gillespie, Gil Evans, Opa,…

dVerse — MTB — cosmos tryptych

Triptyque: Soleil / Lune / Terre by Rosalinda Alvarez sun distant being propels fright’ningumbra whit’ningthissing, thattingtai qi singing moon little cousin orbits, dreamspars,envies solstarbegs for lightcrumbsphysics grace comes earth tiny bubble at the whim ofmaths and godlovebounces lyricssong’s mysterics minute form Laura is today’s host of dVerse’ Meet the Bar. Laura says:And so…

Women Music March 2023 – Day 9 – Buffy Sainte Marie

Buffy Sainte-Marie played the Peterborough Summer Festival of Lights on June 24, 2009 image link Buffy Sainte-Marie, CC (b. Beverly Sainte-Marie on 2/20/41) is an Indigenous Canadian-American (Piapot Cree Nation) singer-songwriter, musician, composer, visual artist, educator, pacifist, and social activist. While working in these areas, her work has focused on issues facing Indigenous peoples of…

Beatles Sculpture by Andrew Edwards

Sculptor Andrew “Andy” Edwards said he hoped his statue, which stands on the Pier Head, [in Liverpool]would become “a place of ritual” for people to come together. — from BBC News, 12/4/15 I just happened across the sculpture from another angle on this blog and instantly fell in love with how the sculptor, Mr. Edwards,…

Doodads — inside / outside 030823

Click on the captions to see the pics full size. Other news: I went outside and walked around the yard. Was going to clean out one of the bluebird boxes and got it open only to discover there was a strip of wood missing from the back wall of it. I pulled it out of…

#FF — Best Woman

PHOTO PROMPT © Jennifer Pendergast I assess my image in the mirror as Layla stands behind me, adjusting my hair accessories. My eyes travel up to one of the most beautiful people I’ve ever known. For a moment I feel I’m dreaming. How can this be? I check the time. “We have five minutes, Layla….

Women Music March 2023 – Day 8 – Nicole Atkins

Nicole Atkins performs at La Zona Rosa during SXSW in Austin, Texas on March 18, 2010 Nicole Atkins (b. 10/1/78) is an American singer-songwriter. Her influences include 1950s crooner music, 1960s psychedelia, soul music, and the Brill Building style of writing. Atkins has been compared to Roy Orbison and singers from the Brill Building era….