Music I’m Listening To


From her 2008 CD They Oughta Write a Song.

BONUS: A live version of “A Whiter Shade of Pale” from the same CD:

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Hawkwind is a “space rock” group formed in 1969 and still active today. The lead singer in the video below is Ian Fraser “Lemmy” Kilmister (24 December 1945 – 28 December 2015).

From her website:

“In her career, the gifted multi-lingual vocalist Caterina Zapponi has explored music ranging from jazz and the American popular song to cabaret and musical theater.

“Zapponi was born and raised in Rome, the daughter of celebrated screenwriter Bernardino Zapponi, a collaborator and longtime friend of Federico Fellini. Her mother was a French born chanteuse and instilled in Caterina her love of the French repertoire.”

From her 2014 CD Romantica:

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From Wikipedia:

“Eva Marie Cassidy (February 2, 1963 – November 2, 1996) was an American vocalist and guitarist known for her interpretations of jazz, blues, folk, gospel, country, rock and pop classics.”

From her posthumously released CD Somewhere (2008):

“From Dolly Parton’s ‘Coat of Many Colors’ to her own ‘Somewhere,’ Eva covers a wide musical spectrum-country, folk, blues, R&B, western swing, appalachian, celtic, Willie Nelson, Gershwin.”



BONUS: “If I Give My Heart.”

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Written by Townes Van Zandt, “No Place to Call” is the title track of Kathleen Grace’s 2013 CD.

Annie Sellick is the guest vocalist on the CD Low Standards by Steve Shapiro & Pat Bergeson (2005).

Kat Gang is a jazz singer based in New York City. This is a live version of the first track on her 2014 CD of the same title.

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