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A group to share great music with others of any type from around the world, and of any language, and taste. Everyone is welcome to join! Just keep in mind that there are other music groups in which you can post well known artists and songs which are in the mainstream US/UK music.. Read more

A group to share great music with others of any type from around the world, and of any language, and taste. Everyone is welcome to join! Just keep in mind that there are other music groups in which you can post well known artists and songs which are in the mainstream US/UK music.. Read more

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Posts Tagged "Christmas" By Marionville (2349) Posts by members only

World Music
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Posted by Marionville
Another week and another reiease from Magne Furuholmen’s forthcoming album “Living With Ourselves”, this one titled Giving In To Christmas. Mags is atheist and a bit reluctant to embrace Christmas with all its trappings of consumerism and ...
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World Music
Jul 21Jul 21

Posted by Marionville
In 1994 the Norwegian band a-ha went on an extended break…they called it a hiatus, they said they were totally exhausted from almost continuous touring for nearly ten years since they first hit the International music scene with the mega hit Take ...
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World Music
Dec 25, 2023Dec 2023

Posted by Marionville
🎄On Christmas Day I couldn’t not post something from Handel’s Messiah which was first performed in Dublin in April 1742, but is now a Christmas Day essential. I’ve decided not to post the Hallelujah Chorus but my own favourite chorus from ...
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World Music
Dec 24, 2023Dec 2023

Posted by Marionville
I sing a lot of Christmas music, over the years I’ve sung most of the classical, traditional and contemporary songs written in celebration of both the Christian and the older Yule festivals. This carol with words written by English poet ...
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World Music
Dec 23, 2023Dec 2023

Posted by Marionville
Joy To The World…the 1719 interpretation of Psalm 98 set to music by English minister & hymnist Isaac Watts, is one of the most popular hymns at Christmas, it’s uplifting and literally a “joy” to sing. I’ve chosen this concert version by ...
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World Music
Dec 18, 2023Dec 2023

Posted by Marionville
Because we’re only I week away I’ve decided to post some seasonal festive music this week…both secular and religious…starting today with Adolphe Adam’s well loved Christmas song O Holy Night sung also in the original French (Cantique de ...
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World Music
Dec 7, 2023Dec 2023

Posted by Marionville
I just posted the Carol Of The Bells…the John Williams adaptation which was included on the soundtrack of the movie Home Alone, but I thought I’d post a more traditional version of what is a Ukrainian Christmas Carol from the early 20th century ...
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World Music
Apr 3, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by Marionville
I went to Cape Verde..or Cabo Verde which is it’s correct Portuguese name…the country comprising an archipelago of islands in the Atlantic off the coast of Senegal, West Africa..on holiday over Christmas, with my son Graeme in 2015. It was a ...
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World Music
Dec 18, 2022Dec 2022

Posted by Marionville
Many of our best known and best loved Christmas music was composed by some of the great classical composers…French composer Hector Berlioz wrote this one which I’ve loved since first singing it in the Grammar School choir aged 11 or 12….here ...
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World Music
Dec 15, 2022Dec 2022

Posted by Marionville
I’m off to sing in a concert of Christmas music shortly ….this is one of the carols we’ll be singing it’s an an old Irish one dating from the 12th century. I’ve chosen this version by the Irish musical ensemble Swift Return. - The ...
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World Music
Dec 7, 2022Dec 2022

Posted by Marionville
We are now getting into the season of Christmas music, whether we believe in god or not it’s an inescapable fact.…I myself am rehearsing for our choir’s two concerts at the end of next week. This is one of the pieces we will be performing ...
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World Music
Dec 3, 2022Dec 2022

Posted by Marionville
On this day in 1984 the original Band Aid Charity Single - Do They Know It’s Christmas- was released in the U.K. it was the brainchild of Bob Geldorf lead singer with Irish band Boomtown Rats and Scottish guitarist and lead singer of English ...
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World Music
Sep 14, 2022Sep 2022

Posted by Marionville
It’s the 40th anniversary today of the official formation of a-ha…the day they actually made the move from Norway to London…which coincidentally is also lead singer and frontman Morten Harket’s birthday…he was just 23 on 14th September ...
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World Music
Aug 12, 2022Aug 2022

Posted by Marionville
My favourite band a-ha are famous for many things…one of them is periodically taking breaks or as they themselves describe it “going on hiatus”, sometimes for several years at a time. When that happens all three of them go their own way and ...
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World Music
May 18, 2022May 2022

Posted by Marionville
Roger’s post yesterday…the Genesis one, reminded me of this song from 1969 - Streets Of London. Both songs highlight the plight of the homeless in our cities….nothing much has been done to eliminate homelessness or even begin to deal with it...
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World Music
Mar 8, 2022Mar 2022

Posted by Reignmond
The melody of the popular chistmas tune called Carol of the Bells, orginally was Ukrainian and had nothing to do with christmas. I have to wonder what has become of this lovely singer.
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World Music
Mar 6, 2022Mar 2022

Posted by Reignmond
Angela Wiedl - Country Jodler Yes, I actually do have yodeling music on my phone. It is part of my broadly Germanic heritage. Growing up in Rochester, NY I had the privilege of being exposed to many enthnic groups, "German Town" was a ...
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World Music
Dec 21, 2021Dec 2021

Posted by Marionville
Since it’s that time of year…here’s Andrea Bocelli singing Oh Holy Night - or Cantique de Noel, in French last year in St. Paul’s Cathedral, London for BBC TV’s “Songs of Praise”. It is of course one of the best known Christmas songs ...
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World Music
Mar 2, 2021Mar 2021

Posted by Marionville
Today I’m posting a well known Latin American song ...Besame Mucho (Kiss Me)...and I’ve chosen the version sung by Cape Verde singer Cesaria Evora. I went on holiday to Cape Verde with my son Graeme for Christmas a number of years ago ...it was...
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World Music
Dec 25, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by Marionville
Written in 1970, this post is to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Puerto Rican singer/songwriter Jose Feliciano’s Christmas hit song Feliz Navidad....
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World Music
Dec 24, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by Marionville
Because it’s Christmas Eve I’ve decided to post this Canadian Carol which was written by St. John de Brebeuf and is sung here by The Canadian Tenors. - Huron Carol.
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Dec 19, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by tipi
Merry terraseasonal holidays! Happy United Solstices! Happy HumanLight Day.s! Heal, not steal our amazing Place, Cosmoterra. Other Secular Cosmoterrian Carols Terrian Night, by siarpi (corrective version of Stille Nacht/Silent Night, by Franz Xaver ...
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World Music
May 26, 2020May 2020

Posted by dede18
For some reason Jennifer Warnes is not by far as wellknown as she should be. Several years ago someone gifted me a copy of her album Famous Blue Raincoat (Leonard Cohen covers) and I fell in love with her beautiful voice. Here she sings in Spanish, ...
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World Music
Jan 16, 2020Jan 2020

Posted by Marionville
Here is a young Welsh singer who was a finalist on X Factor in 2017. He suffers from Crohn’s Disease, and had to pull out, but is doing well with his musical career, and has released songs in both English and Welsh. Here he is ...
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World Music
Dec 7, 2019Dec 2019

Posted by altschmerz
I hope nobody minds a Christmas carol ... Gaudete is thought to have been composed in the late 16th century, but its melody might even date back to the Middle Ages. Its Latin words simply translate as "Rejoice, Jesus is born from the Virgin Mary! ...
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