The other day, a Soundcloud friend sent me a link to this Mavis Staples You Tube video. An incredible song about black women claiming the right to the same water as the whites. Ry Cooder's guitar is to die for. It got me listening to and watching her videos and I found a YouTube mix... Continue Reading →
I’d Rather Sing the Blues…than write a misery blog!
I don't write much personal stuff on this blog. Someone recently asked me why not and I said: "Because I don't really want to publish my personal life on the Internet." Yet I enjoy reading blogs that get inside people's lives. A poetry friend here in Brighton has just started a new blog called Swenglish.... Continue Reading →
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Don’t Let me Be Misunderstood
"Cause if I'm misunderstood all my life would have been in vain...." I'm a huge fan of Nina Simone and this version of "Don't let me be misunderstood" takes the song and the phrase out of the popular love song theme and places it in a whole other dimension. It's wonderful, and so is her... Continue Reading →
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