[kevin360]

This is pretty cool.  A good "cover" of an old tune.

It's very cool and it's an excellent cover of an old tune. The only quibble (which is minor) is that the vocalist doesn't have quite the upper range that Brad Delp could reach. Otherwise, it's pretty much spot on and I rather like the addition of the female backup singers.

[Bob in St. Louis]

My daughter played this song for me today.
You might want to have "dust in the air", ya know.... 

 Anna Clendening - "To My Parents"
https://youtu.be/1VlPX08KILc

[kevin360]

Peia is another woman whose voice enchants me. To me, this is simply beautiful, as is her most recent album, Beauty Thunders. Then again, I suppose I'm kind of weird, but happy to be that way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7os9V-n7rs

[Bob in St. Louis]

I dig it. She's "peaceful", almost like the female version of IZ.
Someone could almost to a "mash-up" of this song and this one by IZ:

https://youtu.be/V1bFr2SWP1I

[kevin360]

Calling her a female version of IZ is quite a compliment, one that I would second. She's another one that I happened to stumble into via YouTube.

Lest you think I only consume music of this type, my most recent arrival is the latest from Soen, but the linked song is from their previous (second) release.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y84R4GmTL7Q

Lykaia is a bit heavier. I hated to see Martin Lopez leave Opeth, but was stunned by the first release from Soen. Joel was a singer in a Swedish pop band, and I'm really glad that Martin teamed up with him (and vice versa).

[Bob in St. Louis]

Lest you think I only consume music of this type.......

As far as I'm concerned, words like these should never have to be uttered on a site like this.
My friend, we are all fans of music, and the equipment that brings us "there".
Ok... in all honesty, some are fans of the equipment and the music that causes that equipment to take us "there".
But whatever. 
The point is, whatever bizarre genre we are into, the fact remains, we are all part of the same auditory alcoholism.

Rock on Brother. Rock on.
I dig both of the songs you linked to. 

[kevin360]

I like the equipment, too. My mom had me tested when I was a kid - wasn't very interested in other people, but was drawn to things, mostly things that made noise,  electronic do-dads and cars (in that order). I've probably posted this before, but I'll swing back the other way with a link to another woman with an ethereal voice, recorded in what just may be the perfect space. Elisabeth Pawelke sang in Faun when my daughter introduced me to them. Ah, well, just listen and try not to feel something. This, too, is simple in its accompaniment to the voice.

It's more than auditory alcoholism. Music tickles many other areas of the brain beyond simple auditory processing and pleasure response. Music is the best.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78OCRVORqV4

[Bob in St. Louis]

...... wasn't very interested in other people, but was drawn to things,.....

You and me both. 
I'll check out the tune tonight at home, thanks Kevin.

[FullRangeMan]

Great voice, superb acoustics ))

[Bob in St. Louis]

She's awesome Kevin!! 

[kevin360]

Great voice, superb acoustics ))

That's the frustrating thing about the video. It seems the only thing recorded in that particular space, to which I can only beg, "Why!?!" I wish she would record an entire album there. The acoustics are simply perfect. The way her magnificent voice dances in that ideally reverberant space is so enchanting. It feels almost as if a crime has been committed that this one video on YouTube is all there is of that great voice in such superb acoustics.

She's awesome Kevin!! 

I must have played that video hundreds of times by now, and it has never failed to draw water from my eyes. It's one of the most beautiful things I have ever heard - almost more than I can bear, if that makes any sense.

 

[Bob in St. Louis]

Oh, I get it Kevin. Eva Cassidy does that to me. 

[ArthurDent]

A friend & his son went to the International Guitar Festival at the Mt. Baker Theater Fri night, he sent me these links today. The young man can pick. Hope you enjoy.......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ok5d8nXAngw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Kbv1OpIpaA

[thunderbrick]

As far as I'm concerned, words like these should never have to be uttered on a site like this.
My friend, we are all fans of music, and the equipment that brings us "there".
Ok... in all honesty, some are fans of the equipment and the music that causes that equipment to take us "there".
But whatever. 
The point is, whatever bizarre genre we are into, the fact remains, we are all part of the same auditory alcoholism.

Rock on Brother. Rock on.
I dig both of the songs you linked to. 

Damn, Bob, I never knew you had a heart, let alone that you could write like that!   You sure it wasn't your daughter that wrote that?   

[Bob in St. Louis]

Damn, Bob, I never knew you had a heart, let alone that you could write like that!   You sure it wasn't your daughter that wrote that?   

Well crap.... If I'd have known YOU were watching, I'd have been wearing my big boy pants and had my tough guy persona on. 
Sooo... the secret is out. I do indeed get verklempt, now and then.
My daughter though, she's just as soon shank ya than lookatcha.

[thunderbrick]

Well crap.... If I'd have known YOU were watching, I'd have been wearing my big boy pants and had my tough guy persona on. 
Sooo... the secret is out. I do indeed get verklempt, now and then.
My daughter though, she's just as soon shank ya than lookatcha.

I'm ALWAYS watching Bob, ready to hack the hell out of women-hating conspiracy theorists' computers they use to  sully AC's good name.

[Bob in St. Louis]

I'm ALWAYS watching Bob, ready to hack the hell out of women-hating conspiracy theorists' computers they use to  sully AC's good name.

Well then. 
No worries here, Sir.... I like woman.... A lot.... 

[ctviggen]

A friend & his son went to the International Guitar Festival at the Mt. Baker Theater Fri night, he sent me these links today. The young man can pick. Hope you enjoy.......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ok5d8nXAngw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Kbv1OpIpaA

That last one has a 7-stringed guitar.  I've never heard of such a thing.

[Bob in St. Louis]

True to the title of the tread..."Favorite".
I keep going back to this one.
Lights down, volume up.
Give it a minute.

Martyn Bennett - "Blackbird"
https://youtu.be/jSRHpA2giUk

[kevin360]

A friend & his son went to the International Guitar Festival at the Mt. Baker Theater Fri night, he sent me these links today. The young man can pick. Hope you enjoy.......

Luca is superb! Watching and listening to those two videos was like seeing and hearing Michael Hedges for the first time - stunning. I definitely enjoyed!!!