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Rachel Unthank recommended How Sad, How Lovely by Connie Converse in Music (curated)

 
How Sad, How Lovely by Connie Converse
How Sad, How Lovely by Connie Converse
2009 | Singer-Songwriter
(0 Ratings)
Album Favorite

"I'd never heard of Connie Converse before I saw Anna & Elizabeth – this amazing American duo – singing one of her songs, Father Neptune. I'm always drawn to sea shanties, but I remember thinking, wow, where does this come from? Her songs felt very different to me, but also familiar – I like to think it's me. ‘One By One' is about a woman walking in the dark, and it's heartbreaking, but so beautiful. ‘Trouble Man In The Sky' is about her falling in love with Orion, and it all going wrong. Even in her humorous and philosophical moments there's an underlying sadness, which for a folk singer is very attractive [laughs]. And then she left home one day, left her family a letter, saying, I'm going, just let me be. So ambiguous. Then she wasn't heard of again. But even before that, he's a fascinating songwriter. Her songs reminded me of Molly Drake's. They're so unusual, but so human. And I'm not a songwriter, I'm a singer, so I'm always about finding songs to sing. Ones full of intelligence, humour and melancholy that feel a bit apart, they always speak to me.
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Tom Jones recommended I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You by Aretha Franklin in Music (curated)

 
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You by Aretha Franklin
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You by Aretha Franklin
1967 | Rock
7.0 (1 Ratings)
Album Favorite

"The rawness is what perked me up when I heard this first - and I've never forgotten that. You know, I've gotten a lot of her albums since, but that first one... There's an American singer called Nancy Wilson and the tone of their voices is very similar. When they first played it, I was driving back down to London from the north of England - it came on the radio and I thought, 'Thank God, Nancy Wilson has gone back to church.' You know what I mean, Nancy Wilson has got more soul, because the tones of their voices are very similar. But then they said 'this new singer, Aretha Franklin...' so I went out and bought the record in London. Meeting her for the first time [Franklin appeared on This Is Tom Jones], Aretha was very quiet - unbelievably quiet. I mean you'd go 'Hello' and she'd say 'Hello.' 'How are you?' 'Fine thank you.' 'Great!' And that's it. And when we were doing the rehearsal, and she'd open her mouth to sing, the volume that came from this woman - how can a girl who's so shy and quiet - all of a sudden BOOM - burst?"

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Aasiyah Sidat (34 KP) rated Drinking and Tweeting: And Other Brandi Blunders in Books

Jul 5, 2018  
Drinking and Tweeting: And Other Brandi Blunders
Drinking and Tweeting: And Other Brandi Blunders
Brandi Glanville, Leslie W. Bruce | 2014 | Biography
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1.0 (1 Ratings)
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Drunk and Delusional
okay, so I have a something to admit...I used to watch the Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills.

I know.

It's so embarrassing..but honestly, I used to love watching it. 'Used to' being the important phrase but that's a story for another day.

One of the housewives on the show was Brandi Glanville whose rise to fame was after her husband, Eddie Cibrian, cheated on her with a partially famous country singer, Leann Rimes, therefore ending their happy marriage.

Continue reading my review at: https://www.readsandrecipes.co.uk/2016/08/drunk-and-delusional.html