There is Sadko in the underwater kingdom. Now he is receiving a Viking guest. I do not really know a great deal about opera, and I did not know this opera, but listen to the song of the Viking Guest! The sea waves rage against the rocks but broken they retreat in a cloud of … More Viking Guest
E adesso, Bryn Terfel with Spanish subtitles. This is our anti-Jindal anthem, and we will continue. Axé.
This is our anti-Jindal theme song for 2012 so here is a performance with English subtitles, so more people can follow. (We started with Korean.) Many excellent singers sing this song, so you can expect more versions. I am looking for a woman who sings it. Axé.
I’d love to have a mellifluous and victorious name like this, to have victory against all machinations. But I can see I am going into an opera phase and I need it, to keep up spirits now that the Legislature and more entities are working at near full speed against all of our best interests. … More Ildebrando D’Arcangelo
It seems I am bypassing Lent entirely, as I have not stopped playing Carnival songs. Today, though, I visited the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, where I am accompanying a prisoner on death row for as long as it takes. I have been doing this since 1992 and that is twenty years. In prison we … More Angola Road
Chorus E la ba! E la ba! Hey over there! Hey over there! E la ba, chèri! Hey over there, dear lady! Komon sa va? How’s it goin’? 1 Mo chè kouzen, mo chè kouzin, My dear cousin (male), my dear cousin (female), mo lenme la kizin! I love good cooking! Mo manje plen, mo … More EH LA-BAS
Axé.
Now we have an English approximation of one of this weblog’s main songs. All of our other main songs, were chosen because they fit our ostensible themes, but I had not known why “Voi che sapete” was one of our main songs until I got this question from a student today: “How are you able … More “Voi che sapete” in English
Orson Welles filmed an ambitious film of Brazil, much of which has been lost. This is a piece of it, on raft fishermen in the north, set to music by the immortal Dorival Caymmi. I have always been captivated by the look of these jangadas, with their sails. Axé.
Not entirely over Mardi Gras I am in a Calypsonian phase, and I have learned about an apparent subgenre – Kaiso – and this is it. Look at all these performers laughing and singing tongue in cheek lyrics. These rooms and this music have a New Orleans feel and I am right at home. Axé.
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