Bach was a classical composer associated with the Baroque era which started around 1600 and ended around 1750 as it transitioned to the Classical era. This is the first classical song on Your Daily Song Fix. Let me know what you think!
Caetano Veloso is a composer, singer, guitarist, writer, and political activist. He is sometimes considered to be the Bob Dylan of Brazil.
“A Change Is Gonna Come” is one of my favorite songs of all time. Sam Cooke is considered to be one of the pioneers and founders of soul music. He founded both a record label and a publishing company as an extension of his careers as a singer and composer. He also took an active part in the American Civil Rights Movement.
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Jamie Lidell is a really funky guy whose music traverses across multiple genres. His song “Multiply” did pretty well and was used on the hit television show Grey’s Anatomy. “Game For Fools” has a really nice old school soul vibe.
I can’t get enough of the Gipsy Kings right now. This song has such a great melody and amazing rhythmic stuff going on. I would love to hear about your favorite Gipsy Kings song via comments on this blog post. The Gipsy Kings were born in France but their parents were gitanos, or Spanish Romanies. Their music is heavily influenced by Flamenco and the style is called Rumba Catalana.
Here is a rarely played song by Joni Mitchell. Pretty cool theme for a love song – “I could drink a case of you, and still be on my feet…”
Here is a great Brazilian Jazz song by one of Brazil’s finest – Joao Gilberto. I am going to be posting some more Joao Gilberto in the future and I will talk more about him then. For now, enjoy the music.
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