Musical Interlude: An Ode to Millennials
This has been making the rounds, and, at the risk of offending the man-bun demographic of my readership, I thought I would include it here.
Enjoy.
This has been making the rounds, and, at the risk of offending the man-bun demographic of my readership, I thought I would include it here.
Enjoy.
No collection of train songs would be complete without this one. Special bonus is the great footage of people actually working on the railroad.
Our musical interlude comes a little early this week, as I wanted to include this final Christmas number before Christmas. In the US I was often asked “what is Brazilian music like?” There is no short answer to that question, as Brazilian music is highly varied, with each region of this vast country developing its…
Like the last musical interlude, this one combines two of my favorite things…only this time it’s classical music and Pringles. Listen! The Astonishing Adventures of Missionary Max, Parts 1 and 2 are now available for Kindle and Nook!
This is a very abridged musical history of…music, using the song “What a Wonderful World”. This group has some other great videos which will most certainly find their way here. The Astonishing Adventures of Missionary Max, Parts 1, 2 and 3 are now available for Kindle and Nook!
Just got this from a friend. Chico and Harpo playing the Brazilian classic “Mamãe eu Quero”. The Astonishing Adventures of Missionary Max, Parts 1, 2 and 3 are now available for Kindle and Nook!
Perhaps nobody did as much to popularize the Brazilian Bossa Nova style as Frank Sinatra. A close second may belong to sax man Stan Getz (more on him later), but his influence pales in comparison to “Old Blue Eyes”. Though his best-known adaptation of a Brazilian song was “Girl from Ipanema”, he also did others,…