Eliane Elias I was very fortunate to have grown up in Brazil during a time when Bossa Nova was on the streets, on the radio, on television it was everywhere. I often say that Bossa Nova is part of my DNA, because the music was so strong, and growing up during that time was fantastic….
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Women Music March 2025 – Day 15 Jessie Ware
Jessie Ware wiki: Jessica “Jessie” Lois Ware (b. 10/15/84) is an English singer and songwriter. She was born at Queen Charlotte’s Hospital in Hammersmith, London and was raised in Clapham, London. She is the daughter of Helena (née Keell,) a social worker, and John Ware, a BBC Panorama reporter. Jessie’s parents divorced when she was 10. She is the younger sister of English actress Hannah Ware. Her mother…
Women Music March 2025 – Day 14 — Cleo Sol
Cleo Sol Promise I made was to love myselfSometimes I lie to myself— Cleo Sol, from her song, Promises Cleopatra Zvezdana Nikolic (b. 3/24/90,) better known by her stage name Cleo Sol, is an English singer-songwriter. She grew up in the Ladbroke Grove part of West London. Her parents met in a jazz band. Her mother, who…
Women Music March 2025 – Day 13 – Gianna Nannini — With Special Guest Writer, Christian Pflaumer
“Why always sing in English? You see, Europe itself is fragile in this language respect. It’s very difficult to hit the emotion just right in a language that’s not your own. In Italian we come more from the roots of the folk tradition. That’s another reason why I got to this point of only singing…
#MMB — “March The Mad Scientist,” by Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull OK, I took a wild stab that Jethro Tull would have a song with march in it, and I was right. I’ve listened to some of their albums more than others. Minstrel of the Gallery is not one I’ve listened to a ton, but I remember exactly what was going on in my…
Women Music March 2025 – Day 12 — Elizabeth Fraser
Elizabeth FraserPhoto Credit: Patrick Ford/Redferns wiki:Elizabeth Davidson Fraser (b. 8/29/63) is a Scottish singer who was born and grew up in Grangemouth. She described it as “a dark and stifling industrial town,” Her mother worked in a factory. She was the youngest of six children. During her teenage years, she developed eating disorders and became bulimic. Fraser said she went through…
dVerse Poetics Tuesday — First Window
First WindowOverbreathed, stale, closed systemwhere months feel like life sentence;where clouds press on in suffocation,denying screen’s supply of fresh new;too afraid of price to skin and purse, too blind to cost of lungs and spirit.Called by muffled crows & kite-straddling March lion glass, I reachfor latch and fling it aside, proudfor this one small act…
Tao-Talk 