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Repost: Oh, Shenandoah
2/4/17: This is a beautiful, touching, a cappella version of Oh Shenandoah, sung by Peter Hollens. The song comes from a fascinating early American tradition. Here’s Wikipedia for more information (that may or may not be true).
Continue readingFisherman’s Friends:
Amalgamation Choir
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
And So It Goes
Vocal Point
Hello, Friday!
Sacred VOCES8
All By Himself
The King’s Singers
Can’t Sleep Love
The Gentleman Trio
GENTRI
It Takes a Village, People
We’re headed out for a little vacation, so the next week’s posts may be a bit more brief than usual, but hopefully you’ll find their subjects beautiful nonetheless.
Oh Shenandoah:
“The Trapper and His Family” by Charles Deas, 1845
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Unless the Lord Builds the House
- Shira Choir
It continues to be a source of profound disappointment to me that I wasn’t born Jewish. Here’s a lot of the reason why. This is the New York-based Shira Chorus singing a spectacular new song, “Im Hashem Lo Yivneh Bayis,” at their leader’s son’s Bar Mitzvah. Absolute perfection.
Unless the Lord builds the house,
Im HaShem Lo Yivneh Bayit
The builders labor in vain.
Shav Amlu Bonav Bo
Unless the Lord watches over the city,
Im HaShem Lo Yishmor Ir
the guards stand watch in vain.
Shav Shakad Shomer
Indeed, he who watches over Israel
Hinei Hinei Lo Yanum
will neither slumber nor sleep.
Lo Yanum v’Lo Yishan
Lo Yanum v’Lo Yishan
Guardian of Israel
Shomer Yisrael
(Voice)Playing Along
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Extra Special Friday Afternoon Silliness
Many thanks to my brother-in-law for sending me this. I’ve loved Walk Off the Earth for a few years, now, but this video is my favorite one yet. WOTE is known for doing covers of just-this-side-of-tedious songs and making us forget we were getting sick of the songs.
Yes, it’s Adele’s “Hello.” Again. I know. But seriously, give it a watch and a listen. And I recommend you watch it full screen and keep an eye on the guy on the right.
Happy Friday!
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