Like many spirituals with roots in the era of slavery in the United States, this… Read the postWeek 737: “Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child” arr. Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
First things first: “The Bulgarian State Television Female Choir” has to be the most bizarre… Read the postWeek 706: “Polegnara e Todora” by The Bulgarian State Television Female Choir
Despite being open to just about every genre of music, I have always had a… Read the postWeek 517: “The Boy in the Gap” by Martin Hayes Quartet
I’ve featured a fair bit of Christmas music over the years, and I’ve tried to… Read the postWeek 502: “O Come, O Come Emmanuel” by Sarah Spring
When “Cotton Eye Joe” was released in 1994 by Rednex, a Swedish techno-country crossover act… Read the postWeek 487: “Cotton Eyed Joe” by Terry Callier
Over the next three weeks, as Christmas creeps closer and we all begin to tire… Read the postWeek 448: “Carol of the Bells” by The Bird and the Bee
Although they may not have the name recognition of jazz legends like Herbie Hancock or… Read the postWeek 438: “Going Home” by Charlie Haden and Hank Jones
There is something very special, almost magical, about traditional folk songs. They exist everywhere and… Read the postWeek 433: “A La Claire Fontaine” by Genevoise