Tag: singer

Sevdalinka

I watched some Serbian love songs at Mosman Art Gallery last week and it warmed my heart.

There were about 50 people in audience and two main musicians and a choir were working together to create such moving music.

There was so much long lost love, unrequited love and imaginative longing in the lyrics there was much to sustain us on the road of romance.

The music speaks for itself. There was a sense of awe about each performer and to top it off they ended the performance with words celebrating the beauty of valuing humanity in the world and of what each person can bring in their humanness and dignity to the table of life.

‘A Complete Unknown’

This movie I watched to hear some of Bob Dylan’s music 🎶 as I grew up loving his music. My viewing of A Complete Unknown was preceded by a live performance by Adam Kadmon at Cremorne Orpheum on acoustic guitar prior. The movie plucked the heartstrings of a complex web of relationships including one with a partner (Elle Fanning) and a fellow musician Joan Baez (Monica Barbaro) with whom with he performed sometimes on stage. It also delved into a major issue for musicians (eg. like Elvis) as in what is best to be performed live. Timothée Chalamet looked and sounded the part (as it brought to mind a lot of warm memories) as Bob D” and I really savoured the music. Bob Dylan surely didn’t lead an easy life and I was glad to hear he could still watch this movie! The end credits stated that in 2016 Bob Dylan received the Nobel Peace Prize for Literature! The movie explored Bob’s warmth and creativity performing in a hospital to his fellow musician Woodie Guthrie – who suffered from Huntington’s (Scoot McNairy). It was also good viewing Bob’s warm relationship with Pete Seeger (Edward Norton) whose music also was phenomenal. All in all A Complete Unknown is a great foray into life of Bob Dylan as the great musician he is.