2 Threaded Spouts
Celebrating the birthday of Irish singer/songwriter Bono (b.May 10, 1960). So many great U2 tracks, but here he's collaborating with Craig Armstrong in a re-imagined U2 song. #SpoutingClassics #Music #80sAndUp #SpoutingMusic
https://youtu.be/vEo9p32WW...
https://youtu.be/vEo9p32WW...
07:51 AM - May 10, 2024
A dream-come-true 12 years ago, yet here we are, now, and everything feels very fragile. #MarriageEquality #Obama #News #Vote
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06:55 PM - May 09, 2024
This song haunts my brain today and won't go away---so I thought I'd share! Pirates is a favorite album, and this is a poetic highlight. Lyrics and metric shifts are influenced by Laura Nyro, and music sounds like it's flirting with Aja. #SpoutingClassics #80sAndUp #Music
https://youtu.be/lYbNn638
https://youtu.be/lYbNn638
06:00 PM - May 09, 2024
Celebrating the #birthday #OTD of singer-songwriter Billy Joel (b. May 9, 1949). So much great music to enjoy! Here's a personal favorite. #SpoutingClassics #BOTD #Music #80sAndUp
https://youtu.be/pOBwqlP-3...
https://youtu.be/pOBwqlP-3...
10:49 AM - May 09, 2024
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Celebrating the birthday of the great German composer Johannes Brahms (May 7, 1833-April 3, 1897). Here's my favorite performance of the third piano sonata. #SpoutingClassics #ClassicalMusic #Piano #BOTD #SpoutibleClassicalMusic
https://youtu.be/yHGKCzCB0...
https://youtu.be/yHGKCzCB0...
08:18 AM - May 07, 2024
Singer/songwriter Rosanne Cash released her fourth album Rhythm and Romance #OTD May 6, 1985. Although she has expressed ambivalence about the work, its influence on pop-influenced country music is inestimable. #SpoutingClassics #Music #MoodyMondays #Country
https://youtu.be/CT4Dk4q3E...
https://youtu.be/CT4Dk4q3E...
08:25 AM - May 06, 2024
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Claude Debussy premiered his final major work, the Sonata for violin and piano, #OTD May 5, 1917, with violinist Gaston Poulet. This was also Debussy's final public appearance as a pianist; he died the following year. #SpoutingClassics #ClassicalMusic #Violin #Piano #ChamberMusic
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08:27 AM - May 05, 2024
6 Threaded Spouts
Celebrating the #birthday of my favorite living composer, Guillaume Connesson (b. May 5, 1970). Such wit, imagination, world-building, and lyricism! #SpoutingClassics #ClassicalMusic #ChamberMusic #Opera #Piano #SpoutibleClassicalMusic
https://youtu.be/wGzECZKIw...
https://youtu.be/wGzECZKIw...
08:15 AM - May 05, 2024
Belatedly (by a few days) noting the 1993 release of PJHarvey's Rid of Me. Here's a popular standout...and that coat....To which we say, "50 Foot Queenie...indeed....." #SpoutingClassics #AnythingGoes #80sAndUp
https://youtu.be/jKLiU7Hq9...
https://youtu.be/jKLiU7Hq9...
05:09 PM - May 04, 2024
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Celebrating the #birthday of the great American singer/pianist Oleta Adams (b.May 4, 1953). Here's a terrific live television performance. #SpoutingClassics #AnythingGoes #80sAndUp #piano #BOTD
https://youtu.be/BkmC6RrPm...
https://youtu.be/BkmC6RrPm...
08:38 AM - May 04, 2024
Celebrating the #birthday of Russian piano titan and pedagogue Tatiana Nikolayeva (May 4, 1924 – November 22, 1993). Shostakovich composed his epic 24 Preludes and Fugues for solo #piano for her. #SpoutingClassics #AnythingGoes #ClassicalMusic #SpoutibleClassicalMusic #BOTD
https://youtu.be/ZyURjd
https://youtu.be/ZyURjd
08:34 AM - May 04, 2024
Celebrating the #birthday of Austrian composer, pianist, and singer Marianna von Martinez (May 4, 1744-Dec.13, 1812). A contemporary of Haydn and Mozart, her compositions were highly regarded and popular. #SpoutingClassics #ClassicalMusic #piano #AnythingGoes
https://youtu.be/8njDfKr09...
https://youtu.be/8njDfKr09...
05:35 AM - May 04, 2024
Carly Simon's 1981 album, Torch, didn't sound like anything else at the time of its release, but it has remained both classic and timeless. This lead-off track is a personal favorite. #SpoutingClassics #80sAndUp
https://youtu.be/X9GFj3zlZ...
https://youtu.be/X9GFj3zlZ...
06:36 PM - May 03, 2024
Noting the #birthday of yacht rock royalty Christopher Cross (b. May 3, 1951). Here's what may be his yachtiest song out of so many candidates.... #SpoutingClassics #80sAndUp #Music #YachtRock #BOTD
https://youtu.be/MEO6gYCFb...
https://youtu.be/MEO6gYCFb...
08:21 AM - May 03, 2024
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The Fantasticks opened off Broadway #OTD May 3, 1960 and has likely been performed somewhere every day ever since.....
Here's a performance of one of its songs (when it was a new song) by a young Barbra Streisand. #SpoutingClassics #MusicalTheater
https://youtu.be/udPo3lvNe...
Here's a performance of one of its songs (when it was a new song) by a young Barbra Streisand. #SpoutingClassics #MusicalTheater
https://youtu.be/udPo3lvNe...
08:14 AM - May 03, 2024
I love the Katie Lied album from Steely Dan. So, here's Bad Sneakers because it's drifting through my mind this evening. And I'm sipping wine...not a ghastly pina colada. #SpoutingClassics #70sAndDown #Music #SteelyDan
https://youtu.be/5Sif57VFo...
https://youtu.be/5Sif57VFo...
08:03 PM - May 02, 2024
Celebrating the #birthday of Pulitzer prize-winning American composer Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (b.April 30, 1939). Here's a lovely piece from her #ChamberMusic catalogue. #SpoutingClassics #ClassicalMusic #Piano #Cello
https://youtu.be/an1ArThJL...
https://youtu.be/an1ArThJL...
08:11 AM - Apr 30, 2024
3 Threaded Spouts
#OTD April 30, 1984, the Scottish band The Blue Nile released its debut record, A Walk Across the Rooftops. So much slick 80s-period production coupled with winsome, poetic lyrics---a lovely debut. Here's a favorite track. #SpoutingClassics #80sAndUp #PopMusic
https://youtu.be/2q5CGLHJ-...
https://youtu.be/2q5CGLHJ-...
08:01 AM - Apr 30, 2024
A friend of mine respectfully sings a Dolly Parton cover.... #SpoutingClassics #MoodyMonday
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06:06 PM - Apr 29, 2024
4 Threaded Spouts
Noting the birthday of overlooked American composer Theodore Chanler (April 29, 1902-July 27, 1961). He left behind a small yet carefully-crafted body of compositions. Here's one of his touching Epitaphs. #SpoutingClassics #MoodyMonday #ClassicalMusic #ArtSong #piano #voice
https://youtu.be/7Z5w2mG
https://youtu.be/7Z5w2mG
09:03 AM - Apr 29, 2024
Belatedly celebrating the #birthday of the great Australian actress Judy Davis (b.April 23, 1955). No practical clips available from Naked Lunch or Barton Fink (my favorites) but here's a performance where she towers over and dominates the material---as she can do.
https://youtu.be/2daA2-OwX...
https://youtu.be/2daA2-OwX...
06:11 PM - Apr 28, 2024
4 Threaded Spouts
Celebrating the #birthday of the charming singer/jazz pianist Blossom Dearie (April 28, 1924-Feb. 7, 2009). Here's a sly, swinging jingle...but her repertoire was vast and covered a wide variety of styles. #SpoutingClassics #LaidBackTrack #BOTD #piano
https://youtu.be/_0oczCRrv...
https://youtu.be/_0oczCRrv...
08:36 AM - Apr 28, 2024
It's the #birthday of Scottish singer Sheena Easton (b. April 27, 1959). A versatile singer, she consistently excelled in performances of power pop ballads! #SpoutingClassics #AnythingGoes #BOTD #PowerBallad
https://youtu.be/aRnGv9l8U...
https://youtu.be/aRnGv9l8U...
08:51 AM - Apr 27, 2024
Celebrating the #birthday of singer Ann Peebles (b. April 27, 1947). Her Memphis recordings helped define the city's unique musical sound in the 1970's. Here's one of her best-known hits---she co-wrote it and was the first to record it. #SpoutingClassics #AnythingGoes #BOTD
https://youtu.be/A0
https://youtu.be/A0
08:45 AM - Apr 27, 2024
Noting the #birthday of Polish film composer and jazz pianist Krzysztof Komeda (April 27, 1931-April 23, 1969). This is likely one of his most-heard tunes...and this Rosemary would certainly have had a lullaby, albeit a creepy one.... #SpoutingClassics #AnythingGoes #BOTD
https://youtu.be/7wRNX94f
https://youtu.be/7wRNX94f
08:37 AM - Apr 27, 2024
Let's celebrate the #birthday of the great American singer Ella Fitzgerald (b. April 25, 1917-June 15, 1996)! Here's a personal favorite...but there's SO much to enjoy! Hooray for Ella! #SpoutingClassics #70sAndDown #BOTD #EllaFitzgerald #Ella
https://youtu.be/rGv_gVE0w...
https://youtu.be/rGv_gVE0w...
07:26 AM - Apr 25, 2024
Celebrating the #birthday of singer/actress Barbra Streisand (b.April 24, 1942). Here's a performance from one of my favorite of her many terrific albums. #BOTD #SpoutingClassicsm #WildCardWednesday #BOTD #BarbraStreisand https://youtu.be/cJCh5ryRa...
04:49 AM - Apr 24, 2024
The first word that immediately emerged for me today was 'cockring.' I was told that that wasn't a word. I and many others beg to differ. It's a real word for a real thing. Possibly two words. Cock + ring. But there's only one pronunciation. #NYTimes #SpellingBee #CockRing
09:30 PM - Apr 22, 2024
2 Threaded Spouts
A highlight from this complex and neglected Maria McKee album.... #SpoutingClassics #MoodyMonday
https://youtu.be/Kh89KBF5e...
https://youtu.be/Kh89KBF5e...
07:01 PM - Apr 22, 2024
Noting the #birthday of actress/singer Charlotte Rae (April 22, 1926-Aug. 5, 2018). Here's a 1955 recording of a 'naughty' tune from her pre-TV #MusicalTheater era. #SpoutingClassics #BOTD
https://youtu.be/3t5aANACj...
https://youtu.be/3t5aANACj...
07:27 AM - Apr 22, 2024