Music up above my head

I find it fascinating how you get to discover new music sometimes.

Thanks to Sonidos Líquidos (literally, "Liquid Sounds") the gastronomic and music initiative in my adoptive island of Lanzarote, I just listened to Anaut for the first time ever, a band that will be playing in the this year's final concert. 

Anaut is described as one of Spain´s new "black voices". Here is an example why:

Which led me to listen to them a bit more, so I came across this little jewel: "Up above my head"

which in turn it was originally recorded by Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Marie Knight as a duo in the 1940s. 

Here you can see Sister Roetta Tharpe singing live in France in 1965 where she plays an impressive guitar solo herself! 

I must put aside some time to listen to them both a little bit more, definitely! What do you think?

MFT # 9 - Wonderwall x 3

I have always loved this song by Oasis. The beat, the instrumentals, the lyrics... It's like a magnet, it's strange. I don't seem to get tired of listening to it over and over again. 



Weirdly, I also adore in equal measure a cover version that was made to make it look like it was the original from the 50s by Mike Flowers Pops. I think it's very cleverly done, don't you?



And finally I have recently discovered another cover version which again, ticks all the boxes for me. Not better than the original but it does comes pretty close to it, in my humble opinion.



Which of these 3 is your favourite?
Do you know any other cover version of this song?


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A very spicy night / Una noche muy gustosa

If variety is the spice of life then last night it was a very spicy night ... musically!

On the way to a classic music concert, I was introduced to some industrial metal by my friend who was giving me a lift & on the way back we stopped at our local for one where we enjoyed the usual pop, rock & Irish music cover versions and originals that I love.

A very varied night indeed!

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Si en la variedad está el gusto, anoche fue una noche muy gustosa... ¡musicalmente!

De camino a un concierto de música clásica, escuché por primera vez un poco de "industrial metal" gracias a la amiga que me llevaba al concierto y de vuelta nos paramos dónde siempre a por una copa y dónde disfrutamos del pop, rock y música irlandesa, tanto versiones como originales, de los que disfruto tanto.

¡Ciertamente una noche muy variada!


A small little sample - Y para muestra, un botón:

Tonight Will Be Fine

Thank you for the music... and Facebook!

Despite of the use & abuse of social networking sites, I am very grateful for Facebook.

Amongst other things it's allowing me to discover my friends' music taste, as well as expanding my own horizons. Normally a friend posts a video of a song they like, I listen to it & then & end up listening to a playlist that someone else has created which contains songs of that artist, often including songs of other similar artists or bands.

Here it's  3 new artist I discovered this chilled out morning: Madeleine Peyroux, Iron & Wine & Rachael Yamagata.

Feel free to seach for them on youtube, you know the drill.

By for now!