“It’s sad to grow old but nice
to ripen.”
– Sharon Lechter
I remember when I was just
this little girl turning on the radio and singing along to whatever was
playing. I can tell you in truth that I had a million favorites back then and
still do.
Now, I don’t only listen along
and sing, but I cover many songs as well. I have about 200 or more songs in my repertory
that spans over many different genres and perform many of them when I am blessed with the opportunity to. I guess you can say, I have a very eclectic musical
taste. I can thank my mother for that who had me listening to John Denver,
Donna Summer, Nana Mouskouri, Placido Domingo and Tabou Combo. She would sing them too while cooking and I think the seed for it landed in the patch of soil where I was planted.
My dad sang and would always make sure to flex his tenor voice at church and I would be impressed hearing him sing with force, the classical hymns that the musicians would play on the cool pipe organ that was at our church. My older sister liked to sing and dabbled in rapping. She was so cool, she would put on music and have little dance parties with us while growing up and it always felt so wonderful and fun. Love for music was born and still resides here but I think way more proportioned than I would have ever imagined.
My dad sang and would always make sure to flex his tenor voice at church and I would be impressed hearing him sing with force, the classical hymns that the musicians would play on the cool pipe organ that was at our church. My older sister liked to sing and dabbled in rapping. She was so cool, she would put on music and have little dance parties with us while growing up and it always felt so wonderful and fun. Love for music was born and still resides here but I think way more proportioned than I would have ever imagined.
This week, a singer who my
older sister used to listen to a lot when I was growing up that I fell in love
with listening to known as the songstress, Anita Baker, celebrated her
birthday.
I was excited last night to be
able to do a little tribute to her, covering a song that never seems to get old
in my heart, though I am getting grayer and more frail as the days go by. The song was “Sweet
Love.”
I love the lyrics. I love the
melody. I loved how she sang it with so much passion and soul. And so, on my
way back from a recording session I had in West Haven, CT, I stopped by The
Living Room II where Malika Mo and her band were hosting a wonderful night of
music and she opened up the stage and allowed me to do a song and there, I got
to vocalize and share my interpretation of that cool tune.
I hope you will indulge just a
bit and check it out on Youtube here: https://youtu.be/1KsOLyKE6ik
Thank you for checking out my blogpost everybody. Have a pleasant weekend!
