Art is the music we make from the bewildered cry of being alive. ~Maria Popova
31 May 2026 Leave a comment
in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: daniel me estas matando, silvana estrada, tenias que ser tu
Silvana Estrada (with Daniel, Me Estás Matando): “Tenías Que Ser Tú” (2018)
Mexican singer and songwriter Silvana Estrada, winner of the Best New Artist Latin Grammy Award, was born to parents who were both luthiers. She plays a Venezuelan cuato onstage that was built by her father.
Silvana was singing as soon as she could talk and was writing songs and playing a variety of instruments by the time she was in high school.
“Tenías Que Ser Tú” (“It Had to be You”) is from her acclaimed 2018 Primeras Canciones EP and is recorded with duo Daniel, Me Estás Matando (Daniel, You Are Killing Me) who specialize in romantic ballads and bolero.
The chorus:
Ay, ay, ay, it had to be you
For better or for worse, it had to be you
31 May 2026 Leave a comment
in Video of the Week Tags: taylor swift
29 May 2026 Leave a comment
in Video of the Week Tags: classical pianist, maria joao pires, mozart concerto
Portuguese classical pianist Maria João Alexandre Barbosa Pires demonstrates her level of ability when, after having prepared for Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23, the orchestra begins playing Piano Concerto No. 20 instead.
With the conductor’s sympathetic encouragement, she overcomes her panic and plays the piece from memory, with no sheet music.
26 May 2026 Leave a comment
in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: laufey, silver lining
Laufey: “Silver Lining” (2025)
“Silver Lining” was the lead single from the third studio album by Icelandic singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Laufey (pronounced LAY-vay).
Seldom does anything this refined and tasteful sniff the pop charts in this country. And, well, “Silver Lining” didn’t.
But each of her albums has outperformed the previous and A Matter of Time went top ten in at least 8 countries including the US.
This peaking popularity seems to be mainly the result of a younger audience discovering her.
The singer says she considers The Great American Songbook her bible. No surprise there if you’ve heard her stuff.
The surprise is her ability to bring lushly-arranged jazz-inspired pop to the younger generation.
Kids these days!
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