60s music
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Songs That Chronicle My Life
I have a pretty good memory, I'm told. I can remember things as early as age 3, while some people I know barely remember high school. One of my wife's friends has no memories at all before age 8. Key to my memories is music, which seems to have always been part of my life.
A Few Traditional Folk Songs From The British And Irish Isles And Beyond
Introduction These are a series of traditional folk ballads inspired by comments from members of The Ballad Tree: Traditional Folk Ballads. The group is linked below and contains a lot of great music and articles and is well worth your time to discover more about traditional folk music.
Mike Singleton - MikeydredPublished 3 months ago in BeatFavorite. Live albums, part three: albums by Willy Chirino, and Erykah Badu
Willy Chirino celebrated his 35th anniversary in the music business with this live album the 35th anniversary live from Miami. It also was accompanied by a DVD of the concert. This was around the time. Willie won his Grammy for Son del Alma and 2008 2009 I wanna say like 2007 to 2008.
RIKKI LA ROUGEPublished 4 months ago in BeatSinging and Dancing Through the Week Tuesday
This is a short series of songs written for each day of the week. I begin with songs with Monday in the title and will add the links to each one below as I progress.
Rasma RaistersPublished 4 months ago in BeatA Seventh Selection Of Ten Essential UK & Irish Folk Music Songs
Introduction This is the seventh installment in this series taking it up to seventy songs for you to enjoy. I am trying not to repeat artists but the more I share the more difficult that is to do.
Mike Singleton - MikeydredPublished 4 months ago in BeatSinging and Dancing Through the Week Monday
This is a short series of songs written for each day of the week. I begin with songs with Monday in the title and will add the links to each one below as I progress.
Rasma RaistersPublished 4 months ago in BeatAre These Folk Songs?
Introduction While researching songs for articles that I share in UK & Irish Folk Music 60s-80s I started thinking of songs by non-folk artists that could be considered folk songs. Folk music often documents the zeitgeist, as well as telling stories and including love songs and lost love songs, all of which are seen across all genres of music.
Mike Singleton - MikeydredPublished 4 months ago in BeatWorld Turned Upside Down - Incredible Words From Leon Rosselson
Introduction Sometime in the past I first heard this song, either by Billy Bragg or Dick Gaughan. These versions conveyed the anger at the Hateful spite of the privileged classes toward the less fortunate.
Mike Singleton - MikeydredPublished 4 months ago in BeatA Sixth Selection Of Ten Essential UK & Irish Folk Music Songs From 1960s-1980s
Introduction I need to be a little more careful in my song selections as I repeated one in Episode Five (Link at the end of this article) but I have to be thankful for the suggestions from the members of UK & Irish Folk Music 60s-80s for their suggestions of artists who have slipped my mind and artists I have never heard of. I had been particularly remiss in my lack of coverage of Welsh Folk.
Mike Singleton - MikeydredPublished 4 months ago in BeatSpend Christmas with Willy Chirino
In recent years Willy Chirino released two Christmas albums one was “Llegó la Navidad” and “Navidad en Familia”. Willy knows how to serve up wonderful holiday concerts and television specials be it for Valentine’s Day or Christmas.
RIKKI LA ROUGEPublished 4 months ago in BeatA Fifth Selection Of Ten Essential UK & Irish Folk Music Songs From 1960s-1980s
Introduction This is the fifth installment in this series taking it up to fifty songs for you to enjoy. I am trying not to repeat artists but the more I share the more difficult that is to do.
Mike Singleton - MikeydredPublished 4 months ago in BeatStrolling Down Lovers Lane 1960s
Love is a wondrous thing. There are many songs written about true love, wishing for love, unrequited love, and even heartbreak when breaking up. I want to take you through the years along Lovers Lane with popular love songs from the 1940s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s.
Rasma RaistersPublished 4 months ago in Beat