The song for today is by my favourite Portuguese band, Madredeus (wikipedia entry)- and I’d like to think I got a bit of “feeling” for Portuguese music (and for many other things related to Portugal) from my very good friends Miguel and Carla.
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The song of the day: Haka, the Maori War Chant
… in the interpretation of the best “musicians” possible in the case of this “song” (much more than a song or chant or dance, much much more), The Mighty All Blacks!
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One thing I and Katie Melua have in common is that we’re both convinced Eva Cassidy is one of the greatest voices ever (I wrote on this blog about Eva Cassidy here and here).
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The song for today is written and interpreted by the one and only Vladimir Vysotsky, the Russian “Elvis” as many called him. A concise description of Vysotsky’s musical “signature” can be consulted here.
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On Friday last week I had dinner in one of the “bring-your-own-wine” restaurants in Aarhus (in case somebody doesn’t yet know, in Aarhus and in DK or Scandinavia in general, a good wine can easily double- a very good wine can multiply it a few times…- your restaurant bill, hence these types of bring-your-own restaurants- I only know the ones in Aarhus- are extremely popular- you can basically bring your own wines and just have them serve you the meals).
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