Tag: Song of the Week
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September in the Rain
The leaves of brown came tumbling down, Remember, in September in the rain. The sun went out just like a dying ember,That September in the rain. –Rod Stewart, September in the Rain It’s been a wet few days here in Tucson. But not even our Indian summer monsoons could compare to the tears that rained…
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Song of the Week: Free the Toronto Nine
This latest song of the week is an unusual one, brought to you courtesy of the Sylvan Street jazz band, titled Free the Toronto Nine. The song is unusual in that I really don’t know much about the Sylvan Street jazz band, and I honestly have no idea who the Toronto Nine are much less any…
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Song of the Week: Bella Notte
I’m only a bit embarrassed to select the following as my song of the week. Taken from Disney’s Lady and the Tramp, and reincarnated this week by the mighty Fox Network’s Glee, our song of the week underscores the inner sappiness of yours truly. Bella Notte first graced audiences ears in the 1955 animated classic Lady…
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Song of the Week: My Song Is Love Unknown
It’s Good Friday here in Tucson. Outside my office window, the blue palo verde trees are alive with buds of yellow, their annual bloom timed almost in celebration of Easter weekend. It’s always a bit difficult for me to write about Easter. Putting into words an expression of the Divine has been mankind’s great struggle…
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Song of the Week: Swanee River
The Pax Plena Song of the Week will doubtless be a familiar one in the great American songbook. Written by composer Stephen C. Coster in 1851, (Old Folks at Home) or Swanee River has long been a staple of American music. Though the melody itself has been criticized for its supposedly racist undertones, the lyrics…
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