Song of the day: Manu Chao’s “Desaparecido”

A few years ago I saw Manu Chao (and other very interesting artists that I might talk about with other occasions) performing at the Pinkpop festival. As I remember it, I ended up somewhat dissapointed because he did not sing any of the pieces from the “Clandestino” album, which is by far my favourite from Manu Chao (instead he and his collaborators sang mostly Mano Negra songs, very good otherwise, but, well, not my favourite…).
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Song of the weekend: Eva Cassidy’s “Autumn Leaves”

This is a special weekend edition of the ‘song of the day’ category on my blog. And for special editions, we certainly need special artists and special songs. Today it is time for one of the best voices of all times; it is time to talk about pure talent and musical genius; it is high time I shortly reminded you of Eva Cassidy and her story, a story sad and (ultimately) happy, at the same time.
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Song of the day: Goldfrapp’s “Utopia”

Alison Goldfrapp, from the British band Goldfrapp (the other member of the duo is Will Gregory), could be the perfect woman. I just said it. Skeptical? Judge for yourself: looks, personality (sorry, PERSONALITY), style, voice- and you might sense part of these from Goldfrapp’s hits, among them “Black Cherry” or “Strict Machine” or “Number 1“, the latter from their very succesful most recent album, Supernature.
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