To me, and probably many of you, Lubomyra Kowalchyk means very little (if anything) … but Luba? Continue reading
1980s popular music
“Pop Goes the World”
This just has to be one of the best songs for getting you “up and running”! Continue reading
“Song of Bernadette”
Jennifer Warnes obviously liked Leonard Cohen’s writings as she released an album (“Famous Blue Raincoat”) based on them. “Song of Bernadette” was an immediate hit with me, and I still love this arrangement of it. Continue reading
“Old and Wise”
I love pretty much everything about this song – the melody; musical arrangement; vocal presentation and, best of all, the lyrics are interesting and rather thought provoking! Continue reading
“To Turn the Stone”
Both ABBA girls, not surprisingly, decided to record solo albums. Anni-Frid (Frida) released one titled after her popular “Something’s Going On”, and on that album are a couple of songs that I really liked. Continue reading
“Hero of a Fool”
Here’s another song that I came across as I was transferring some cassette tapes to my laptop. It too (like the Carly Simon song “Julie through the Glass” last week) was one that I really liked … and I can only wonder why I haven’t played it for so many years. Now, in digital form, it can be played so easily! Enjoy Jennifer Rush from 1983.
A New Direction Perhaps? 