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Now that I am familiar with the wondrous works of melodic beauty created by the Piano Guys, each Christmas, I search for fine work and endeavor to bring it to our BCN readers.
Published: Monday, December 28th, 2020 @ 11:57 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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In the Christmas Spirit: Chrissie Hynde and the Pretenders do " 2000 Miles" ... A Christmas Classic?I don't know how this one got by me in my recent years of putting together Christmas vignettes in melody, but, it did.
Published: Monday, December 28th, 2020 @ 10:15 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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My Christmas, 2016 discovery of new Piano Guys holiday material is complete, and I have them here on BCN for your Yule Tide enjoyment.
Published: Sunday, December 27th, 2020 @ 10:18 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Jewel Kilcher is probably the single most talented performer / songwriter, in terms of ballads, in the last 20 years.
Published: Sunday, December 27th, 2020 @ 5:36 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Greenpeace's vision of Father Christmas is a shabbily dressed Kris Kringle, who appears to be appropriately 'down on his luck', and at his 'wits end' relative to his immediate climate - it is too warm where he lives - the North Pole.
Published: Sunday, December 27th, 2020 @ 10:35 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The American Ballet Theater, featuring Isabella Boylston and James Whiteside, was filmed at the at New York City’s Highline Hotel during the apex of the Covid Pandemic.
Published: Saturday, December 26th, 2020 @ 9:19 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Piano Guys are back for Christmas, 2015, and we are blessed to bring you a generous helping of their rare and fun talent videos.
Published: Thursday, December 24th, 2020 @ 12:28 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Piano Guys are back for Christmas, 2015, and we are blessed to bring you a generous helping of their rare and fun talent videos.
Published: Wednesday, December 23rd, 2020 @ 9:07 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Christmas Story is a time honored celebration of our Lord and Savior's birth, even, especially, when it is witnessed through the eyes of the modern child.
Published: Wednesday, December 23rd, 2020 @ 5:38 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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I never really knew of Kathy Mattea until this last Saturday night, December 21, 2011, when I saw her perform on PBS's "Song of the Mountains."
Published: Wednesday, December 23rd, 2020 @ 12:44 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Walk Off the Earth's Newer Material; Including a Christmas Melody
Published: Tuesday, December 22nd, 2020 @ 10:57 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Sarah McLachlan has always been a guilty pleasure of mine. As an impassioned "rocker," with somewhat of a sentimental streak, I have always dug talented balladeers, especially the females.
Published: Tuesday, December 22nd, 2020 @ 9:29 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Good Lovelies are in the Christmas Spirit, and we are too. "Santa Baby, so hurry down the chimney tonight."
Published: Monday, December 21st, 2020 @ 3:44 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Allison Krause is one of the most talented performers of our time. It's time for Allison, and a host of assorted talented musicians, such as Yo-Yo Ma to take their turn in our Yuletide section.
Published: Monday, December 21st, 2020 @ 1:14 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Piano Guys are back for Christmas, 2015, and we are blessed to bring you a generous helping of their rare and fun talent videos.
Published: Monday, December 21st, 2020 @ 12:07 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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One of the more interesting Christmas songs in modern times is The Pouges's Fairytale of New York released in in 1987. it is hard to believe that the song is over 29 years old.
Published: Monday, December 21st, 2020 @ 10:04 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Piano Guys are back for Christmas, 2014, and we are blessed to bring you a fourth helping of their rare and fun talent videos.
Published: Sunday, December 20th, 2020 @ 11:22 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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My first knowledge of Josh Groban was from the A.I. soundtrack, which was an outstanding bit of music from a fantastic film - one of Spielberg's best. From that initial brush with Mr. Groban, I discerned that he had a spectacular voice.
Published: Sunday, December 20th, 2020 @ 4:35 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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In the interest of discovering songs for the season, I found these videos of Jewel singing Christmas Carols live, and I thought I would help all my BCN friends with another serving of her lovely rendering of these most holy melodies.
Published: Saturday, December 19th, 2020 @ 2:11 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Joni Mitchell's poignant "River" represents more than a collection of Christmas moments; it is the cloudy recollection of a clarion warmth that we always hold dear - both joyful and blue.
Published: Friday, December 18th, 2020 @ 6:34 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band has always been a favorite of mine in the way that they have always moved at their own pace in their own time.
Published: Friday, December 18th, 2020 @ 12:39 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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It may have been a long time ago and probably today seems corny, but how many of you remember trying to sneak down to get a peek at Santa Claus.
Published: Thursday, December 17th, 2020 @ 4:10 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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A heart warming story about Ann Margret and her Vietnam gentlemen.
Published: Thursday, December 17th, 2020 @ 12:29 am
By: Bobby Tony
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This may seem unreal for this 1960's /70's rocker, but, I enjoy classical music, and on most occasions, the ballet.
Published: Wednesday, December 16th, 2020 @ 9:28 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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In this most eclectic mix-bag of videos, we stay in the holiday spirit, as we move ever closer to Christmas Day.
Published: Tuesday, December 15th, 2020 @ 11:25 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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