Mon Homme is a song written by Maurice Yvain in 1920. The English translation, My Man, was popularized Billie Holiday; and I have been singing the English version of this song for a while. I just love the melody :) And now the French Version! Recorded at the ocean during the quarantine with frollicking children in beachwood castles 😄
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I loved exploring the mysterious inland seascape of Mono Lake. I have long been enamored of this song, by Jean Claude Darnal, about traveling the world by boat for some time. Alas, I thought I would sing to the seagulls of Mono Lake of ocean travel. 90% of Pacific Seagulls journey to Mono Lake to breed. I wonder where the other 10% goes. The lyrics of this song are beautifully imaginative and descriptive. If you venture over to my youtube channel, I will post the translation there. 🌾⛵️🗺 This is a tune after my own heart! I am a mountain girl through and through; I will escape "life's machinery" for "mountain greenery" any chance I get! This tune, Mountain Greenery, was written by Rogers and Hart in 1926. I heard a Kat Edmonson recording of it recently, and just had to learn it. I recorded this one really quick before the light was totally gone on the mountains and before my camera died and before I was entirely devoured by mosquitoes! ⛺️🦟🌿🏔 I fell in love with this song last Autumn. It is by Antonio Zambujo. "Guia" is the story of a long journey across many lands with love as the guide or beacon. When he finally arrives, his lover no longer wants him anymore. I recorded this song in a meadow just beside our campsite in the eastern Sierras. Such vast and dramatic landscapes! I do hope you enjoy!🏔 Rain! Been meaning to get back to making these videos; Summer has been busy with gigs, glad the first rain of Autumn gave inspiration for this quintessentially romantic tune from the 1930's! I have been researching Billie Holiday's life and music for a project I am putting together. It is so delightful to discover and rediscover old musical gems that she sang and recorded! Hope you enjoy!😊🌦️🌱 I have been enjoying this Vaudevillian tune composed in 1928 by Donaldson and Khan, Love Me or Leave Me. I have long adored Nina Simone's epic version where she breaks into a Bach inspired piano solo - how incredible she is! I recorded this tune while in Yosemite for my Bday. My camera didn't pick it up too well, but Half Dome is in the background. There were rumors throughout the valley and campgrounds of Bear sightings... as I was walking to this lovely spot by the river, there was a large pile of fresh bear dung and in the sand along the river where I sat to film were the sweetest set of bear tracks! This tune! I was first introduced to this album by Carla Bruni while in high school in a small town in Michigan called Interlochen. Many years later living in New Yok City in Inwood, with a couple of artistic bohemian ladies, I started playing with guitar, nothing deadly serious, but I thought it would be pretty cool if I could cross northern Broadway into Fort Tryon Park and busk! I worked hard at my handful of guitar songs, and one day I got up the gumption to go into the quite secluded park and busk. Most of the time it was like practicing in a much prettier place than my apartment. I distinctly remember playing this song one time out in the park as a cute couple was approaching me, everything seized up, my hands, my throat, and I coyly smiled at them as they walked past me. I am proud to say I did make a few happy bucks while busking in Inwood. A few years later in Brooklyn, a French Gypsy Jazz washboard player (yeah, there aren’t too many of those) David Langlois, helped me out with my French pronunciation and guitar playing. Some songs stay with you on the journey. ....Be sure to listen for the wild turkey harmonies! 🦃😄 "Sing fairy of the earth and give the forest your voice…" With such an opening image, how nice it is to sing this song surrounded by trees! This tune was written by Natalia Doco, Argentinian singer living in France. The lyrics are so delightfully passionate and earthy. If you didn't know this about me already, I am a big Shakespeare nerd. There is something in the lyrics of this song that make me think of the push and pull relationship of Titania and Oberon in A Midsummer Night's Dream. For full translation look to the description box below the YouTube Video on my Youtube Page. I hope you enjoy! I shared a ride down to San Fran for a gig with Bay Area accordion extraordinaire, Kalei Yamanoha, a while back, he helped me fix my accordion and reminded me of this great old tune: Louisiana Fairytale. It was written in 1935 by Mitchell Parish and a fellow who went by the name of Coots. I love the melody, I must admit I had a bit of a hard time with the word plantation, it is historically loaded, but it is a part of our American history, my history. Face up and sing! Today, Huge droplets of rain, sun shining, there is a rainbow in the distance, and the nearby hills are no where to be seen. Giboulée Weather! I would say it is my favorite French word for the time being. I learn a lot of wonderful French vocabulary from songs. I wanted to do a more up beat tune this time around, but it will have to wait for a sunnier day (and until my guitar playing gets better and I can play faster tunes 😊) for today it's giboulée. I fell in love with this haunting tune by Camélia Jordana a few weeks ago; I tried to find a haunted place to record it, you can probably see the ghosts walking around in the background |
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November 2020
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