Colour Me Envious

Though I do tend to focus on opera in my postings, a glance at my Mercoledi Musicale on Wednesdays does reveal a slightly wider musical interest. Admittedly my taste runs mostly to the vocal but classical, church, jazz, blue grass, country, pop, rock-a-billy and folk have all been part of my musical education. I do draw the line at later rock and heavy metal - yeah I know I'm an old foggy!

I can thank my brother for my love of folk music; he had a five-string banjo and played it at church socials, corn roasts, strawberry socials and family gatherings - sometimes whither they wanted him to or not. And I remember him taking me down to Massey Hall in Toronto to see the Weavers (after Peter Seeger had left the group) when I was around 8 or 9. Very early on I learned Seeger, Woody Guthrie and The Weavers songs and can still remember most of the words if not the harmonies.



I was reading the Toronto Star online this morning and came across a review for this concert. The chance to hear an American legend, the performers he's nurturing to carry on the tradition of folk and Sylvia Tyson coming out of the audience to do harmony. Folk don't get much better than that... and I'm so damned envious.

07 lulgio - San Claudio

Lunedi Lunacy

A few posts back I put up a Pat et Stanley video as a way of saying thank you to all off your for the notes, e-mails and comments we got about our Reese. Elizabeth mentioned that led her to spend a good hour or more with her children watching Pat et Stanley on You Tube - they're a hoot and actually a good teaching tool for French.

Here's the one that got me hooked:


I remember hearing The Weavers sing "Wimoweh" at a concert my brother took me to more years ago than I care to remember.

And because it brings back memories and what I so wanted to do with Steve Guttenberg (okay I had strange taste in men back then):



14 gennaio - San Felice