by Dorothy Potter Snyder | Mar 20, 2018 | Song of the Day
Fado is a sort of Portuguese blues that contains elements from traditional Cape Verdean music, and the songs nearly always mournfully contemplate lost love, death and the full range of dark emotions. The elegant Ana Moura is one of its primary exponents in the world...
by Dorothy Potter Snyder | Mar 19, 2018 | Song of the Day
After hearing from mi querido guapo Steven Blier last week about his plan to create an entire NYFOS program around García Lorca, I decided to devote my week as NYFOS guest blogger to five of my favorite Hispanic women vocalists so that I might demonstrate duende by...
by Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts | Mar 2, 2018 | Song of the Day
From Maggi Landau, Artistic Director, American Roots Music, Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts: Many songs from the American Roots realm (folk, blues, bluegrass, country, gospel, cajun, string band, traditional, and more genres) are cultural touchstones, songs...
by Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts | Mar 1, 2018 | Song of the Day
From Caramoor’s Artistic Coordinator, Timothy Coffey: I’ll admit it—I’m a Snarky Puppy addict. They’re ridiculously good. Picking only one song from them is actually easy because there’s no wrong choice. Listening to only one song is not easy, so if you’re reading...
by Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts | Feb 28, 2018 | Song of the Day
From Caramoor’s Manager of Artistic Planning, Ellie Gisler Murphy: Hector Berlioz, the French romantic composer more known for his large scale works, symphonies, operas and oratorios, than for his song writing, gave us the infectiously carefree and flirtatious...
by Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts | Feb 27, 2018 | Song of the Day
From Caramoor’s Manager of Artistic Planning, Ellie Gisler Murphy: I spent the school breaks of my college years in Norway, while my parents lived there for a work assignment. It was impressed upon me during that time that the Norwegians are an entirely proud bunch,...
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