Every Day is Friday For awhile Fridaysmeant something to me:–school week’s end–date night–party night–work week end;Then things changed to:–graduated–married–divorced–four-day work weeks;Now:–retired–every day is Friday. De Jackson aka WhimsyGizmo is today’s host of dVerse’ Quadrille Monday. De would like us to write a quadrille (44 words total, not counting title) using the word Friday.
Category: music
Friday Favorite Feature 29 — “Balu” by Elbow
Elbow Elbow are an English rock band formed in Bury, Greater Manchester in 1997. Elbow’s musical style has been described as alternative rock, indie rock, indie pop, Britpop, art rock, progressive rock, dream pop, post-rock, and post-Britpop. Elbow have cited a number of influences on their music, including Genesis (in particular the progressive rock years…
#MMB Week 15 — Gordon Lightfoot (tweaked repost of 1/2/19’s Your Love’s Return (1970))
Today’s offering for Glyn’s Mixed Music Bag Week 15, calling for artists with names beginning with G or H (I went with Gord’s first name) will be to deliver a song by a favorite songwriter and singer, Mr. Gordon Lightfoot. The song is, “Your Love’s Return”, which is off of his 1970, “If you Could…
Friday Favorite Feature 28 — “Ruby Bay,” by The Warratahs
The Warratahs(follow link to some other great photos and info on the group) A band forms to play some of their favourite music for a couple of weeks, 25 years and 86,000 albums later it is still very much alive. Based around Barry Saunders voice and songs and Nik Brown’s ability to set the music…
MMB 14 (and Music that strikes a chord repost)– JP Hoe’s, “Safe and Sound”
JP Hoe JP Hoe is a Manitoba, Canada musician that has a voice that sings melodies that I would follow to the ends of the earth. How he is not better known is a true mystery to me. Discography:The Dear John Letters (2008)Mannequin (2012)Hideaway (Deluxe) (2015)Brighten Up The Night (2020)Botanicals (2022) He also did a…
Women Music March 2024 – Day 31 – Exene Cervenka
Exene Cervenka I don’t want to change the way I write my songs, I like the way I write my songs, so I keep ’em the same. I’d like to write more country songs, but other than that, I’m pretty good where I am. ~ Exene Cervenka Exene Cervenka (nee Christene Lee Cervenka) (b. 2/1/56)…
Women Music March 2024 – Day 30 – Ronnie Gilbert
Ronnie Gilbert 2006 Songs are dangerous, songs are subversive and can change your life. — said at the age of 10, after hearing Paul Robeson sing for the first time Ronnie Gilbert and The Weavers in 1950 Ruth Alice “Ronnie” Gilbert (b. 9/7/1926 – d. 6/6/2015) was an American folk singer, songwriter, actress, and political…
