Video: Operatico Politico vs Trump (Rossini Edition)
. Opera singers Rebecca Nelsen and Eric Stoklossa of Operatico Politico brilliantly summarize the Trump administration with a little help from Rossini. .
Video: Adriano Celentano performs “Prisencolinensinainciusol”
Vox Populi contributing editor John Samuel Tieman says of this video: . I love this song. I first heard it on the TV show Fargo. . Wikipedia says, “The song … Continue reading
Video: Hunter S. Thompson on Outlaws
. In this short animated video from Blank on Blank based on a 1967 interview with Studs Terkel, Hunter S. Thompson talks about the year he spent living and drinking … Continue reading
Michael Simms: Will the real Rosie Doonan please stand up?
Promotion of twin sisters has gone cuckoo at Cuckoo Records. . . Email subscribers may watch the videos by clicking on the title of this post. — Cissie Redgwick is … Continue reading
Video: “In the Temple” by Marie Craven
. In this powerful lyric film, Marie Craven combines a poem by Candida Baker, music by Wordless Poem, and photographs by Rob Boudon of the Temple Court Building in NYC … Continue reading
Video: Louis Armstrong sings “What a Wonderful World” (1967)
. What a Wonderful World I see trees of green, red roses too I see them bloom for me and you And I think to myself what a wonderful world … Continue reading
Video: Mighty Sam McClain — When The Hurt Is Over
. Samuel McClain (1943 – 2015), billed as Mighty Sam McClain, was an American blues singer and songwriter. Born in Monroe, Louisiana, McClain began singing at the age of five … Continue reading
Video: Seasick Steve — Roy’s Gang
. Steven Gene Wold (born in 1940 or 1941) commonly known as Seasick Steve, is an American blues musician who plays custom guitars, sometimes made from found materials such as … Continue reading
Nika Knight: Joan Baez Goes Viral With ‘Nasty Man,’ a Protest Song for the Trump Era
“Here’s a little song/about a man gone wrong/while building up his evil empire.” . Email subscribers may click on the title of this post to watch the video. Joan Baez, … Continue reading
Video: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy — Diga Diga Doo
. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, led by Scotty Morris, is a contemporary swing revival band specializing in covering popular American songs from the 1930s and 40s. Email subscribers may click … Continue reading
Video: Karim Sulayman — I trust you
. Karim Sulayman is an Arab-American tenor from Chicago. Ten days after the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Sulayman teamed up with filmmaker Meredith Kaufman Younger to perform a trust experiment. … Continue reading
Video: Rana Choir — I didn’t raise my boy to be a soldier
. The Jewish Arab women’s choir Rana, based in Jaffa, implores us: “Here and everywhere else in the world, there’d be no war today if mothers all would say: I … Continue reading
Video: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy — Why Me?
. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy is a contemporary swing revival band originally formed in Ventura, California, in 1989 by leader Scotty Morris. The band was named Big Bad Voodoo Daddy … Continue reading
Deb Marett: Cease Fire
Leningrad, 1942 “Rehearsal did not take place. Srabian is dead. Petrov is sick. Borishev is dead.” This is an excerpt from a journal entry by the conductor of a rag-tag … Continue reading
