Musical Monday

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

I want to recommend the DW comm BeautifulMechanical beautifulmechanical which is a comm where members share their favorite music (usually in the form of embedded videos). Right now the challenge is 'All About the Voice,' and over the Thanksgiving holidays I posted a video of the Argentine rock band Soda Stereo which was very popular in Latin America in the 80's and 90's. The lead singer Gustavo Cerati's voice is haunting. Just a warning, when I added the comm to my subscription list, it slows my computer to a stand-still, so it's something I'm going to be checking on the weekend, or once in a while, but not having in my feed, but it's a very active comm.

Question: What is your favorite seasonal songs? Mine are "The Holly and the Ivy" and "The Carol of the Bells" and "You're a Mean One, Mister Grinch."

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[angelofthenorth]

*waves*

I love Candlelight Carol (Rutter), The Sussex Carol (trad) and Myn Mair (trad Welsh)

I have about 35 hours of Christmas Music from Wales, England and Russia on my Spotify playlist

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Hullo, hullo and welcome to my tiny parcel of the internets.

I love the Sussex carol and I recognize it, though I didn't know the name. The Candlelight Carol is lovely too. The Welsh song is very haunting. I don't know much about Wales but I do write poetry and occasionally venture into the Welsh forms, though, of course, they are a bit awkward in English. I also like the Cadfael mystery series, but of course that's fiction and set many many centuries ago.

Thanks for sharing your playlist. I get a bit overwhelmed sometimes by the possibilities and looking at what someone else has cultivated is helpful.