gif link Thank you, ancestors, for your strengthYour music still gives me goosebumpsWalking green carpets in the hills and remembering the old days,I raise a pint and salute ye.
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Women Music March 2021 – Day 17 – Anita O’Day
Anita O’Day photo Photo: David Redfern/Redferns Anita Belle Colton (October 18, 1919 – November 23, 2006), known professionally as Anita O’Day, was an American jazz singer and self proclaimed “song stylist” widely admired for her sense of rhythm and dynamics, and her early big band appearances that shattered the traditional image of the “girl singer”….
Women Music March 2021 – Day 16 – Fiona Apple
Fiona Apple Fiona Apple McAfee-Maggart (born September 13, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter. Apple is an eleven-time Grammy Award nominee and one-time winner whose albums have reached the top fifteen on the U.S. chart in four consecutive decades. The youngest daughter of actor Brandon Maggart, Apple was born in New York City but was raised…
A2Z 2021 Theme Reveal
I’m way behind for A2Z this year, in both choosing a theme and getting any posts prepared ahead of time. I won’t be able to devote the time to a complex or research-oriented theme. So….. what I chose last night was………………………… A Jethro Tull song a day. The plan is to post the song with…
Women Music March 2021 — Day 15 — Etta James
Etta James Jamesetta Hawkins (January 25, 1938 – January 20, 2012), known professionally as Etta James, was an American singer who performed in various genres, including blues, R&B, soul, rock and roll, jazz and gospel. In 1952, at the age of 14, James formed a girl doo-wop trio called the Creolettes, who were renamed the…
Women Music March 2021 – Day 14 – Lorde
Lorde Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O’Connor (born November 7, 1996), known professionally as Lorde (pronounced “lord”), is a New Zealand singer-songwriter. Taking inspiration from aristocracy for her stage name, she is known for employing unconventional musical styles and introspective songwriting. Lorde’s music is primarily electropop and contains elements of subgenres such as dream pop and indie-electro….
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…
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