Here is a beautiful Christmas song that will hopefully bring you to your happy place. It is a piece of instrumental music from Dave Koz, an American smooth jazz saxophonist. It is my favorite version of Sleigh Ride. Enjoy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEGPsCjmi3Q *image from Des Moines Parent
If I had to choose, I would pick O Holy Night as my favorite Christmas carol, In fact, three years ago I wrote a post that contained a dozen different versions of the classic song. (I'll leave it up to Clive to check my math on both the years and the number of songs). Another … Continue reading Music Monday: Two All-Time Favorites For the Price of One
Last week I wrote that I was not that impressed with the batch of Christmas ads coming out of the UK this year, and so I opted to play an oldie but goodie from John Lewis. But thanks to a listing of several Christmas ads at HuffPost, I came across one that left me feeling … Continue reading Thank You Kohl’s, for a Beautiful Christmas Ad
Spotify recently released a top 100 playlist for each user, showing what songs that person listened to the most during the past year. Here is a screenshot of the top 10 songs on my list. (Note - it is just a screenshot, you cannot click on any of the songs.) With the exception of a … Continue reading Music Monday: Spotify Reveals My Failure to Evolve
It's like deja vu all over again. This will be the seventh year in a row that I have featured this song as part of my Christmas music blog posts. And no, it's not Santa Clause Is Coming to Town by Bruce Springsteen. The song is Another Christmas in L.A. by The Killers. I think … Continue reading Music Monday: Another, and Another, and Another, and Another, and Another, and Another, ‘Another Christmas in L.A.’
Since it is now officially the season of Advent, I feel OK with sharing some of my favorite Christmas songs. And as a way for making up for not getting a crossword puzzle clue that had the answer of ERIN, I thought I would begin with an Irish tune by the Pogues, Fairytale of New … Continue reading Music Monday: Starting the Christmas Music Season with an Irish Connection
Philadelphia radio station PHYL (99.99) started its Memorial Day countdown of the top 500 rock songs on Thanksgiving Day. The move appears to be in response to a decision by its closest competitor, station WAQW (100.00), which began playing Christmas music on July 4. Bruce Turley, station manager at PHYL, had plans to begin broadcasting … Continue reading Local Radio Station Gets Early Jump on Memorial Day 500 Countdown
Somehow, I got the opening piano notes to a song stuck in my head last week, and I just could not think of what song they went with: I tried humming the opening into Siri, but to no avail. I scrolled through my playlist, it wasn't any of those songs. I mentally went through some … Continue reading Music Monday: It Was on the Tip of My Tongue for a Week
At first, I wasn't sure if it was a real song. I discovered it while reading Stephen King's "Hearts in Atlantis", which was recommended to me by Jeff Cann, a fellow blogger. You can find Jeff's wonderful posts at "The Other Stuff". The book was an enjoyable read, set back in the days of the … Continue reading Music Monday: “96 Tears” by ? and the Mysterians
Music can bring out many emotions, but I think my favorite kind of music is the type that just makes me feel good. And that's what the song in the week's post did for me. Dolly Would, a song written and performed by The Nashville-based husband-and-wife country duo of Katelyn and Derek Drye, pays tribute … Continue reading Music Monday: Rising Country Duo, the Dries, Performs “Dolly Would”
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