by Dina Kuznetsova | May 13, 2020 | Song of the Day
For my third Song of the Day we are again turning to Russia, and inching towards classical music (without quite getting there). In turn of the 20th century Russia, classical art song (“Russian Romance”) coexisted and intertwined with Romani music...
by Dina Kuznetsova | May 12, 2020 | Song of the Day
For my second installment, I continue with singer-songwriters, but move to Canada. Ever since I got introduced to his singing in the 1990s, Canadian bard Stan Rogers has been close to my heart. His deeply soulful voice, full of so many colors, and his lyrics,...
by Dina Kuznetsova | May 11, 2020 | Song of the Day
It is with deep love and gratitude I return to NYFOS Song for the Day. As we sit in our homes and think of so many beloved familiar things with melancholy, my mind turns back to the songs I grew up with in Moscow. My first selection is written by a...
by Kate Bullock | May 8, 2020 | Song of the Day
And just like that, we’ve reached the end of this musical pilgrimage. This has been a criminal amount of fun for me and I am so grateful for anyone that stuck around to indulge me throughout. It seems only fitting that I might dedicate this last day to the very...
by Kate Bullock | May 7, 2020 | Song of the Day
Music was a major part of my upbringing, which I still consider one of the greatest fortunes of my life. My mother’s singing was one of two things that were successful in lulling my hyper-anxious little self to sleep. (The other was my parents brandishing my purple...
by Kate Bullock | May 6, 2020 | Song of the Day
A couple decades ahead in a brave new world called “the present”, lives Sara Bareilles, one of my favorite artists working today. Man alive, does she know how to write lyrics that resonate! She is so much more a poet than most people writing commercially at this...
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