Tag Archives: music

Music Monday Eric Satie’s Three Gymnopedies

Posted on March 24, 2014 by annetbell

Erik Satie may be a name most of you will be unfamiliar with.  He was a  colorful French composer and pianist who lived from  1866- 1925 and was a member of the Parisian avant-garde. Satie was a sensitive, complex man … Continue reading →

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Music Monday Lynyrd Skynrd ‘Sweet Home Alabama’

Posted on March 17, 2014 by annetbell

Lynyrd Skynrd is an American rock band best known for  popularizing southern hard rock in the 1970s. At the peak of their success, three members were tragically killed in a plane crash in 1977. But in 1987, the remaining band … Continue reading →

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Music Monday ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’

Posted on March 10, 2014 by annetbell

This reunion of Simon and Garfunkel  was the musical event of my lifetime.  I had been a fan from the beginning of their  folk-rock career in the transitional time  of the 60s. The lyrics told stories of universal experiences that … Continue reading →

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Beatlemania Began 50 Years Ago Today

Posted on February 9, 2014 by annetbell

Fifty years ago, was 1964 and I remember these television shows as being full of wonder and excitement.  Ed Sullivan was on Sunday night and my youth group at church was cancelled because everyone wanted to see this British phenom … Continue reading →

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Culture and Fashion of the 60’s

Posted on November 2, 2013 by annetbell

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/video/2uRLfO Set in London, where it all began. . . . . .Hmmm.. . . answers some questions you might have of what  that time was like. . . .long ago and faraway!

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Navratri Garba

Posted on October 8, 2013 by annetbell

Indians love to dance!  I am sure you have seen those huge dance scenes in the middle of Bollywood films where the whole casts stops doing whatever they were doing to dance. It must be in their blood and the … Continue reading →

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A 15-Minute Concert

Posted on August 13, 2013 by annetbell

You can experience a music tradition that has been heard in Ahmedabad for nearly 600 years or the founding of the city. Past through the hustle and bustle of Manek Chowk, and just before The Kings’s Tomb, is an small … Continue reading →

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