The Crossing - Friends of Johnny Clegg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKWEEpA0HkY


Clegg had composed the original for his bandmate drummer/dancer Dudu Zulu who was assassinated.

Hi Tony, 455 Rocket is a terrific song and video. Have been a long time fan of Kathy Mattea and especially of her last 3 albums. Yes quite different from Mercy Now. Here she is harmonizing with Emmylou Harris - another peerless voice in a different range. As Townes Van Zandt put it in song "the bott...

Cover version of a song by Mary Gauthier on Kathy Mattea's new album Pretty Bird... Mercy Now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvNG1wBxQE0 Kathy Mattea's voice at 59 is remarkably similar to present day voice of Joan Baez who is almost 78. The Things We are Made Of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9v...

And to add to that set of 3 is 'Leaving El Paso' by Tom Russell where he references the song and Feleena... Leaving El Paso https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNdC4BsF_l0 Hi Tony, yes El Paso City always intrigued me - it was more spiritual than the other two. Tom Russell's cowboy ballads were clearly ...

Hi Tony, It is interesting how one song leads to another. When I clicked on the link to 'Carmen' I had a false sense of deja vu I had heard this before. In fact the song that I was thinking of was Tonight Carmen by Marty Robbins. Tonight Carmen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P65Zw2hGibI another gre...

'Fragility' and 'sensitivity' are accurate descriptions of her music. I don't believe I had heard any of her music until I listened to Joan Baez cover of The Things we are Made of. The lyrics to Hand on my Back is Cohenesque in some ways.

Hi Tony,

I have not heard the Aztec Jazz album in a while and just heard this song again. It is a terrific album.
BTW I never did make it to the Dave Alvin / Jimmie Dale Gilmore....

Joan Baez covered the title track in her recent CD (and reputedly her final album) and I downloaded the Mary Chapin Carpenter album .... The Things We Are made Of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbR-dHgqRyA Hand On My Back https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfrV8uW3zD8 The Middle Ages https://www.youtu...

Very nice cover, Diane. JB has what I believe is called a "falcon voice".

Here she is using it in a different capacity....

Bachainas Brasileiras No 5 Aria
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfTtUxyjOaE

Glad you like it anny. Willie Nelson, Mickey Raphael and Family Band okay Georgia on My Mind possibly in the late 70s or early 80s... Georgia on my Mind (live) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mt8pgr7J6g0 and Fly Me to the Moon (live 2018) and Vote 'Em Out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KelWP8yboY ...

The art of old fashioned bookmaking with Arion Press - perhaps a couple of LCs books could be made here with his illustrations https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-5NhxYRqUI Also Anthony Bourdain (posthumous) and W. Kamau Bell's recent Kenya episode on CNN (Parts Unknown) is highly recommended. They lo...

I had a couple of exchanges with her a long time ago. She was very kind. RIP.

Sturgill is da man ! Recently got his latest album A Sailor's Guide to Earth...

Brace for Impact
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P58tvWhP8MM

Welcome to Earth (Pollywog)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qykU2aph7M

Breakers Roar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwDh7nEKgas

JB has a little fun at Dylan's expense....

A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmx8uAxD41w

JB's early fame as singer, subsequent association with Dylan and activist reputation overshadowed her exquisite and prolific songwriting. If she had never sung a note, she would have been known as a great songwriter IMHO. A few favorites (in addition to Diamonds and Rust): Love Song to a Stranger ht...