Yoko Ono:  Approximately Infinite Universe

Yoko Ono: Approximately Infinite Universe

Much has been said about Yoko Ono, her music, her art, and her relationships. There is plenty of recorded history, stories and legends around these topics readily available to the interested. Let’s leave almost all that behind. Listen to these songs all together...
Melissa Etheridge:  Silent Legacy

Melissa Etheridge: Silent Legacy

It was the winter of 1993 and I was in my grandmother’s kitchen nervously attempting to tell her that I was gay. I had grown up hearing the word faggot so regularly that the idea of confessing that I was one of “those people” was a threat to everything I held dear,...
Stevie Wonder:  If It’s Magic

Stevie Wonder: If It’s Magic

What a wonder Stevie is! I have always been a fan of his uplifting and inspiring music. He is the magic that is everlasting. “If It’s Magic” is a song I listen to to keep faith alive. I lay down on my comfy bed and gaze upon the paper butterflies hanging from my...
Yves Montand:  Bella Ciao

Yves Montand: Bella Ciao

Adolfo Bella was a legendary heroic partigiano (Partisan).  He was born, one of five children, in 1916 in Positano, Italy.  He loved to sing, as did his Sicilian father who died young. In late 30’s, to survive, he joined Mussolini’s military and was stationed in...