Here are New Zealanders attending a live concert in October 2020. Someday we'll all be doing this again too...
Book Pairing: Mars! Earthlings Welcome by Stacy McAnulty, illustrated by Stevie Lewis
And this concludes Pepper week--thanks for having me! 😘
(2 votes, average: 7.50 out of 10)
Loading... I don't know the name of this specific song, but kws txhiaj is the general term for song poetry, a traditional Hmong art form. Bee Yang learned song poetry while growing up in Laos before the Secret War there, and after immigrating to the United States, he performed regularly at Hmong New Year gatherings and other celebrations. His daughter, Kao Kalia Yang, is a noted author and he has sung at a number of events with her in recent years.
Book Pairing: The Song Poet by Kao Kalia Yang
(2 votes, average: 8.00 out of 10)Loading... I was looking for some Senegalese music and fell pretty hard for this.
The name Bideew Bou Bess means New Star in the Wolof language.
(2 votes, average: 7.50 out of 10)Loading... First we had "Carrot Revolution" by Gabriella Smith, and now this.
Book pairing: Lady Pancake & Sir French Toast by Josh Funk, illustrated by Brendan Kearney
(2 votes, average: 8.50 out of 10)Loading... I nearly went with a Tiny Desk Concert for the second day in a row . . . but then I found this!
Book Pairing: The Feelings Book by Todd Parr
(2 votes, average: 6.50 out of 10)Loading... I got to wondering if Thao (of Thao and the Get Down Stay Down) had been up to anything interesting lately. Turns out, she has.
I'm posting this for the first song, but I'm certainly not going to stop you from listening to this whole performance.
Book pairing: The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir by Thi Bui.
(2 votes, average: 7.50 out of 10)Loading... The last time I had a guest DJ stint 'round these parts, I started off by not playing The Beths. So that gave me an obvious starting point this time around. I've been wanting to find a good live version of this song for quite a while now, and this one's pretty decent.
https://youtu.be/RO9cnKJM-MI
Book Pairing: I Talk Like a River by Jordan Scott, illustrated by Sydney Smith.
(2 votes, average: 8.50 out of 10)Loading... It's a queer Christian singer-songwriter doing a cover of a Lil Peep classic!
Honestly, Semler is the most interesting sorry I'm music so far this year for me. She recently put out a new EP called "Preacher's Kid" and labeled it as a Christian EP (it very much is exactly that), and then through word of mouth and a couple of very strategic retweets, got enough listeners to unseat the mighty Lauren Daigle at #1 on iTunes, if only for a little while.
The EP itself is an amazing companion to anyone who felt a little out of place in 90s youth group culture. "Jesus From Texas" is the heavy hitter and obvious standout (and would absolutely be the video here if a live version existed), but the whole thing straddles the line between (very) righteous indignation and hopeful belief in such a way that it lit a fire in me that I thought was long since extinguished. Great stuff.
(1 votes, average: 8.00 out of 10)Loading... Why not? Fun song, good choreography, live singing. what's not to love? I have to believe this will pull an easy 9.5 average here.
(4 votes, average: 5.50 out of 10)Loading... Smashing Pumpkins are really a one album band for me -- but what an album. Easily top 5 for me. There's nothing even approaching weak song on it, and when it's REALLY firing on all cylinders...
Best album opener ever? It's in the mix for me.
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