#falsettofriday — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #falsettofriday, aggregated by home.social.
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#BeygairatBrigade - "Dhinak Dhinak" (2013)
Laugh til it hurts: #AliAftabSaeed's still-timely #Punjabi satire of #Pakistani politics
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#BeygairatBrigade - "Dhinak Dhinak" (2013)
Laugh til it hurts: #AliAftabSaeed's still-timely #Punjabi satire of #Pakistani politics
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#NowPlaying #FalsettoFriday #Pop #SouthAfricanMusic
#PaulSimon - "Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes (Alternate Unreleased Version)" [1986]
Graceland was one of many, many big pop albums I deeply resented growing up in the 80s. And why not? It was played within an inch of it's life on radio/MTV. You were invariably greeted by that too-bright synth fanfare from "You Can Call Me Al" when you stepped into a shopping mall or civic event space. And I believe claims by both #LosLobos and Zydeco-artist #AltonJayRubin that Paul appropriated their tunes without ever conceeding songwriting credits.
But the recording itself! It remains beautiful, ebullient, propulsive, and so full of hope and surprises it still gets me shaking my head with wonder every spin. While South African bassist #BakithiKumalo drives this cut, the #falsetto vocals of Paul and #LadysmithBlackMambazo are always floating somewhere nearby.
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#NowPlaying #FalsettoFriday #Pop #SouthAfricanMusic
#PaulSimon - "Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes (Alternate Unreleased Version)" [1986]
Graceland was one of many, many big pop albums I deeply resented growing up in the 80s. And why not? It was played within an inch of it's life on radio/MTV. You were invariably greeted by that too-bright synth fanfare from "You Can Call Me Al" when you stepped into a shopping mall or civic event space. And I believe claims by both #LosLobos and Zydeco-artist #AltonJayRubin that Paul appropriated their tunes without ever conceeding songwriting credits.
But the recording itself! It remains beautiful, ebullient, propulsive, and so full of hope and surprises it still gets me shaking my head with wonder every spin. While South African bassist #BakithiKumalo drives this cut, the #falsetto vocals of Paul and #LadysmithBlackMambazo are always floating somewhere nearby.
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#NowPlaying #FalsettoFriday #Pop #SouthAfricanMusic
#PaulSimon - "Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes (Alternate Unreleased Version)" [1986]
Graceland was one of many, many big pop albums I deeply resented growing up in the 80s. And why not? It was played within an inch of it's life on radio/MTV. You were invariably greeted by that too-bright synth fanfare from "You Can Call Me Al" when you stepped into a shopping mall or civic event space. And I believe claims by both #LosLobos and Zydeco-artist #AltonJayRubin that Paul appropriated their tunes without ever conceeding songwriting credits.
But the recording itself! It remains beautiful, ebullient, propulsive, and so full of hope and surprises it still gets me shaking my head with wonder every spin. While South African bassist #BakithiKumalo drives this cut, the #falsetto vocals of Paul and #LadysmithBlackMambazo are always floating somewhere nearby.
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#NowPlaying #FalsettoFriday #BlueEyedSoul
#TheMaydays - "You Don't Have To Wait" (2002)
Why is it that folks today don’t revive mid 60’s true blue-eyed soul as often as our forefathers wallowed in it? The Maydays were a short lived Bay-area group featuring fellas who’d done time with everyone from #TheCrawdaddys to #PenelopeHouston's backing band, and this 7" was their lone recorded moment. But the flipside is killer too – I mourn the full-length that never got recorded. They understood the subtler aspects of neo-Edwardian clad, gloriously soulful pop.
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#NowPlaying #FalsettoFriday #BlueEyedSoul
#TheMaydays - "You Don't Have To Wait" (2002)
Why is it that folks today don’t revive mid 60’s true blue-eyed soul as often as our forefathers wallowed in it? The Maydays were a short lived Bay-area group featuring fellas who’d done time with everyone from #TheCrawdaddys to #PenelopeHouston's backing band, and this 7" was their lone recorded moment. But the flipside is killer too – I mourn the full-length that never got recorded. They understood the subtler aspects of neo-Edwardian clad, gloriously soulful pop.
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#NowPlaying #Rap #HipHop #FalsettoFriday
#Heems - "Accent" (2024)
"How does my accent sound when I'm crying? / How does my accent sound when I'm dying?"
(Can't pretend to be able to identify those south Asian samples, but glad they include such a pure #falsetto)
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#NowPlaying #Rap #HipHop #FalsettoFriday
#Heems - "Accent" (2024)
"How does my accent sound when I'm crying? / How does my accent sound when I'm dying?"
(Can't pretend to be able to identify those south Asian samples, but glad they include such a pure #falsetto)
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#StandingOnTheCorner - "Mr. Postman, wait!" (2026)
New SOTC album due out 11 September
https://standingonthecorner.bandcamp.com/album/mr-postman-wait
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#StandingOnTheCorner - "Mr. Postman, wait!" (2026)
New SOTC album due out 11 September
https://standingonthecorner.bandcamp.com/album/mr-postman-wait
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#NowPlaying #FalsettoFriday #SouthAfricanMusic #AfricanMusic #Xitsonga
#DJDadaman & #MoscowDollar - "Matlatsi" (early 2000s?, released 2025)
"Before #amapiano and #gqom came to dominate the South African scene, #bacardi music, a potent cocktail of kwaito, house and synth pop, was bubbling through the townships"
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#NowPlaying #FalsettoFriday #SouthAfricanMusic #AfricanMusic #Xitsonga
#DJDadaman & #MoscowDollar - "Matlatsi" (early 2000s?, released 2025)
"Before #amapiano and #gqom came to dominate the South African scene, #bacardi music, a potent cocktail of kwaito, house and synth pop, was bubbling through the townships"
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#NowPlaying #FalsettoFriday #SouthAfricanMusic #AfricanMusic #Xitsonga
#DJDadaman & #MoscowDollar - "Matlatsi" (early 2000s?, released 2025)
"Before #amapiano and #gqom came to dominate the South African scene, #bacardi music, a potent cocktail of kwaito, house and synth pop, was bubbling through the townships"
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#NowPlaying #FalsettoFriday #SouthAfricanMusic #AfricanMusic #Xitsonga
#DJDadaman & #MoscowDollar - "Matlatsi" (early 2000s?, released 2025)
"Before #amapiano and #gqom came to dominate the South African scene, #bacardi music, a potent cocktail of kwaito, house and synth pop, was bubbling through the townships"
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#FalsettoFriday #Reggae #RootsReggae
#BobMarleyAndTheWailers - "Mr. Brown" (1970)
One of those early, pre-Island Records sides that landed on dozens of dubious #BobMarley comps in the 80s/90s, meaning lots of us got to hear it cheap and easy back then. #BunnyWailer's ghostly high notes are really special, but so was #LeePerry's decision to shove that electric keyboard right up front in the mix.
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#FalsettoFriday #Reggae #RootsReggae
#BobMarleyAndTheWailers - "Mr. Brown" (1970)
One of those early, pre-Island Records sides that landed on dozens of dubious #BobMarley comps in the 80s/90s, meaning lots of us got to hear it cheap and easy back then. #BunnyWailer's ghostly high notes are really special, but so was #LeePerry's decision to shove that electric keyboard right up front in the mix.
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#FalsettoFriday #Reggae #RootsReggae
#BobMarleyAndTheWailers - "Mr. Brown" (1970)
One of those early, pre-Island Records sides that landed on dozens of dubious #BobMarley comps in the 80s/90s, meaning lots of us got to hear it cheap and easy back then. #BunnyWailer's ghostly high notes are really special, but so was #LeePerry's decision to shove that electric keyboard right up front in the mix.
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#FalsettoFriday #Reggae #RootsReggae
#BobMarleyAndTheWailers - "Mr. Brown" (1970)
One of those early, pre-Island Records sides that landed on dozens of dubious #BobMarley comps in the 80s/90s, meaning lots of us got to hear it cheap and easy back then. #BunnyWailer's ghostly high notes are really special, but so was #LeePerry's decision to shove that electric keyboard right up front in the mix.
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#FalsettoFriday #RNB #musicapopularbrasileira
#MarlaKether feat. #SofiaGrant - "Reverse" (2026)
London-based bassist Marla Kether's new EP "Luso" is due out 16th October
https://marlakether.bandcamp.com/track/reverse-feat-sofia-grant
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#FalsettoFriday #RNB #musicapopularbrasileira
#MarlaKether feat. #SofiaGrant - "Reverse" (2026)
London-based bassist Marla Kether's new EP "Luso" is due out 16th October
https://marlakether.bandcamp.com/track/reverse-feat-sofia-grant
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#UncleWaltsBand - "You Keep Me Holding On" (1980)
All three vocalists in South Carolina's much-beloved Uncle Walt's Band could sing their asses off, but here it's #DavidBall who's leading with that high lonesome #falsetto of his
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#UncleWaltsBand - "You Keep Me Holding On" (1980)
All three vocalists in South Carolina's much-beloved Uncle Walt's Band could sing their asses off, but here it's #DavidBall who's leading with that high lonesome #falsetto of his
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#FalsettoFriday #TheRollingStones
Lord knows this ain't the first time #MickJagger has leaned on his #falsetto for love's sake. But tell me: has this man ever sounded so expressively, eccentrically desperate? How an 83 year old can keep this up aside, it's mildly reassuring to hear someone still wrangling with matters of the heart deep into their wizened-husk years.
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#FalsettoFriday #TheRollingStones
Lord knows this ain't the first time #MickJagger has leaned on his #falsetto for love's sake. But tell me: has this man ever sounded so expressively, eccentrically desperate? How an 83 year old can keep this up aside, it's mildly reassuring to hear someone still wrangling with matters of the heart deep into their wizened-husk years.
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#NowPlaying #FalsettoFriday #Reggae #RootsReggae
One of the very first and best American #reggae bands ever, the #BlueRiddimBand were a bunch of white dudes from Kansas City whose beautiful vocals, lilting horn lines, and deep, deep rhythms landed them a coveted place at Jamaica's #ReggaeSunsplash festival in back to back years '82-'83. Sadly the original tapes to their lone 1981 studio LP ("Restless Spirit" on #FlyingFishRecords) were lost decades ago, so a reissue ain't likely to materialise. Still, their love of the music shines through on vinyl rips forever more.
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#NowPlaying #FalsettoFriday #Reggae #RootsReggae
One of the very first and best American #reggae bands ever, the #BlueRiddimBand were a bunch of white dudes from Kansas City whose beautiful vocals, lilting horn lines, and deep, deep rhythms landed them a coveted place at Jamaica's #ReggaeSunsplash festival in back to back years '82-'83. Sadly the original tapes to their lone 1981 studio LP ("Restless Spirit" on #FlyingFishRecords) were lost decades ago, so a reissue ain't likely to materialise. Still, their love of the music shines through on vinyl rips forever more.
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#NowPlaying #FalsettoFriday #Pop
My interest in #Haim wanes in inverse proportion to that group's fascination with classic rock tropes. Meaning: the non-rocking but stylish disco/R&B of "Relationships" - with its mid-tempo dancefloor groove, cutting lyrics ("I think I'm in love, but I can't stand fuckin' relationships"), and those beautiful #Falsetto high notes - is exactly where I prefer Haim would hover.
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#NowPlaying #FalsettoFriday #Pop
My interest in #Haim wanes in inverse proportion to that group's fascination with classic rock tropes. Meaning: the non-rocking but stylish disco/R&B of "Relationships" - with its mid-tempo dancefloor groove, cutting lyrics ("I think I'm in love, but I can't stand fuckin' relationships"), and those beautiful #Falsetto high notes - is exactly where I prefer Haim would hover.
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#NowPlaying #FalsettoFriday #FolkSongs #FolkRock
#LenNovy - "Rain & Snow" (1969)
Who exactly was Len Novy? I know of that raw fiddle player #ByardRay leading this - he's the cousin to old-timey banjoist #ObrayRamsey (who is often credited as this song's writer). The in-demand backing session guys I've heard of too: Chuck Rainey, Herb Lovelle, Sam Brown. But all I really know is Len's high lonesome #falsetto sends chills down my spine every spin. Eat your heart out, #JerryGarcia.
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#NowPlaying #FalsettoFriday #FolkSongs #FolkRock
#LenNovy - "Rain & Snow" (1969)
Who exactly was Len Novy? I know of that raw fiddle player #ByardRay leading this - he's the cousin to old-timey banjoist #ObrayRamsey (who is often credited as this song's writer). The in-demand backing session guys I've heard of too: Chuck Rainey, Herb Lovelle, Sam Brown. But all I really know is Len's high lonesome #falsetto sends chills down my spine every spin. Eat your heart out, #JerryGarcia.
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#NowPlaying #FalsettoFriday #AfroBeats #NigerianMusic #AfricanMusic
#BNXN & #Sarz - "Emotional High" (2026)
Ṣa ma jo, a ma yo [let's dance, let's dance]
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#NowPlaying #FalsettoFriday #AfroBeats #NigerianMusic #AfricanMusic
#BNXN & #Sarz - "Emotional High" (2026)
Ṣa ma jo, a ma yo [let's dance, let's dance]
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#FalsettoFriday #Falsetto #NowPlaying #TundeAdebimpe
#TVOnTheRadio - "I Was a Lover" (2006)
I was a lover before the war
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#FalsettoFriday #Falsetto #NowPlaying #TundeAdebimpe
#TVOnTheRadio - "I Was a Lover" (2006)
I was a lover before the war
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#JeanGrae - "Intro" (2008)
For a brief moment there, Jean seemed poised to be crowned queen of the world - or, at least queen of NY's underground #hiphop community. It never really happened, though not for lack of quality: I reckon her Jeanius album recorded w/ producer #9thWonder to be one of best #rap albums of the noughties. The #falsetto disco coo in that magical #Syreeta sample is dreamy, but it's Jean herself who lights this one ON FIRE
"Roll your windows down / And turn the woofers up / New giddy city get that liquor in your tinted cups / Picture me kicking this pretty then remember the words"
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#JeanGrae - "Intro" (2008)
For a brief moment there, Jean seemed poised to be crowned queen of the world - or, at least queen of NY's underground #hiphop community. It never really happened, though not for lack of quality: I reckon her Jeanius album recorded w/ producer #9thWonder to be one of best #rap albums of the noughties. The #falsetto disco coo in that magical #Syreeta sample is dreamy, but it's Jean herself who lights this one ON FIRE
"Roll your windows down / And turn the woofers up / New giddy city get that liquor in your tinted cups / Picture me kicking this pretty then remember the words"
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#JeanGrae - "Intro" (2008)
For a brief moment there, Jean seemed poised to be crowned queen of the world - or, at least queen of NY's underground #hiphop community. It never really happened, though not for lack of quality: I reckon her Jeanius album recorded w/ producer #9thWonder to be one of best #rap albums of the noughties. The #falsetto disco coo in that magical #Syreeta sample is dreamy, but it's Jean herself who lights this one ON FIRE
"Roll your windows down / And turn the woofers up / New giddy city get that liquor in your tinted cups / Picture me kicking this pretty then remember the words"
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#JeanGrae - "Intro" (2008)
For a brief moment there, Jean seemed poised to be crowned queen of the world - or, at least queen of NY's underground #hiphop community. It never really happened, though not for lack of quality: I reckon her Jeanius album recorded w/ producer #9thWonder to be one of best #rap albums of the noughties. The #falsetto disco coo in that magical #Syreeta sample is dreamy, but it's Jean herself who lights this one ON FIRE
"Roll your windows down / And turn the woofers up / New giddy city get that liquor in your tinted cups / Picture me kicking this pretty then remember the words"
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#NowPlaying #FalsettoFriday #Soul #Gospel
#Syreeta feat. #GCCameron - "I Wanna Be By Your Side" (1974)
This song has an ecstatic, pearly-gates quality to it, like Syreeta and G.C. are indeed right there by your side, clad in white, ushering you across a warmfuzzy threshold into heaven. But what to make of producer #StevieWonder's totally wild - some might say ecstatic - drumming during the crescendo? Or for that matter, the way the song doesn't end, but just cuts off cold . . .
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#NowPlaying #FalsettoFriday #Soul #Gospel
#Syreeta feat. #GCCameron - "I Wanna Be By Your Side" (1974)
This song has an ecstatic, pearly-gates quality to it, like Syreeta and G.C. are indeed right there by your side, clad in white, ushering you across a warmfuzzy threshold into heaven. But what to make of producer #StevieWonder's totally wild - some might say ecstatic - drumming during the crescendo? Or for that matter, the way the song doesn't end, but just cuts off cold . . .
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#NowPlaying #FalsettoFriday #Rap #EmoRap
You might not, but me I still mourn the loss of #JuiceWRLD - in all his drug addicted, anxiety ridden, auto-tuned glory. He had lots to say! Sometimes, even in #falsetto. No doubt he would've said a lot more had he lived. RIP.
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#NowPlaying #FalsettoFriday #Rap #EmoRap
You might not, but me I still mourn the loss of #JuiceWRLD - in all his drug addicted, anxiety ridden, auto-tuned glory. He had lots to say! Sometimes, even in #falsetto. No doubt he would've said a lot more had he lived. RIP.
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Is it odd that when someone mentions New York rock 'n' roll, I don't first think #VelvetUnderground, or #Ramones, or even #SonicYouth - I think New Jersey's #TheRascals? Led by #falsetto-king #FelixCavaliere, their street corner #BlueEyedSoul is so evocative, I'm immediately transported down some hot, crowded avenue in the NYC-of-my-imagination.
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Is it odd that when someone mentions New York rock 'n' roll, I don't first think #VelvetUnderground, or #Ramones, or even #SonicYouth - I think New Jersey's #TheRascals? Led by #falsetto-king #FelixCavaliere, their street corner #BlueEyedSoul is so evocative, I'm immediately transported down some hot, crowded avenue in the NYC-of-my-imagination.
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The Beautiful South - "From Under The Covers" (1989, Go! Discs)
#TheBeautifulSouth were one of the odder success stories in the history of #Britishpop. Literate, heavy-drinking northerners with roots in Hull's #TheHousemartins, they paired lightly soulful, near-MOR pop with some of the most bitterly vicious lyrics ever to burn up the charts. And burn 'em up they did: their best-of collection, Carry On Up The Charts, went #1 in 1994 and eventually 6x platinum. Sing along everyone:
"It's 7am, and we're coughing up the phlegm / Spitting out the taste of night before / And we'll vomit and we'll choke just to climb their tatty rope / Well, this city has its charm and its claw"
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The Beautiful South - "From Under The Covers" (1989, Go! Discs)
#TheBeautifulSouth were one of the odder success stories in the history of #Britishpop. Literate, heavy-drinking northerners with roots in Hull's #TheHousemartins, they paired lightly soulful, near-MOR pop with some of the most bitterly vicious lyrics ever to burn up the charts. And burn 'em up they did: their best-of collection, Carry On Up The Charts, went #1 in 1994 and eventually 6x platinum. Sing along everyone:
"It's 7am, and we're coughing up the phlegm / Spitting out the taste of night before / And we'll vomit and we'll choke just to climb their tatty rope / Well, this city has its charm and its claw"
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The Beautiful South - "From Under The Covers" (1989, Go! Discs)
#TheBeautifulSouth were one of the odder success stories in the history of #Britishpop. Literate, heavy-drinking northerners with roots in Hull's #TheHousemartins, they paired lightly soulful, near-MOR pop with some of the most bitterly vicious lyrics ever to burn up the charts. And burn 'em up they did: their best-of collection, Carry On Up The Charts, went #1 in 1994 and eventually 6x platinum. Sing along everyone:
"It's 7am, and we're coughing up the phlegm / Spitting out the taste of night before / And we'll vomit and we'll choke just to climb their tatty rope / Well, this city has its charm and its claw"
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#FalsettoFriday #NowPlaying #soul
#Prince and the Revolution - “Sometimes It Snows in April” (1986)
And here in Orkney, sometimes it hails
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#FalsettoFriday #NowPlaying #soul
#Prince and the Revolution - “Sometimes It Snows in April” (1986)
And here in Orkney, sometimes it hails
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#FalsettoFriday #NowPlaying #soul
#Prince and the Revolution - “Sometimes It Snows in April” (1986)
And here in Orkney, sometimes it hails
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#NowPlaying #Congo #Uganda #AfricanMusic #FalsettoFriday
#KingdomMolongi - "Emanuel" (#NyegeNyegeTapes, 2025)
"singing together in an imagined language concocted from elements of Lingala, Swahili, Kikongo and French . . . Considering pre-linguistic communication, liturgical music and glossolalia (better known as speaking in tongues), their improvisations evolved into trances"
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#NowPlaying #Congo #Uganda #AfricanMusic #FalsettoFriday
#KingdomMolongi - "Emanuel" (#NyegeNyegeTapes, 2025)
"singing together in an imagined language concocted from elements of Lingala, Swahili, Kikongo and French . . . Considering pre-linguistic communication, liturgical music and glossolalia (better known as speaking in tongues), their improvisations evolved into trances"
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NowPlaying #FalsettoFriday
#BryanFerry - "I Thought" (2002)
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NowPlaying #FalsettoFriday
#BryanFerry - "I Thought" (2002)
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#NowPlaying #FalsettoFriday #soul
#LutherVandross - "Take You Out" (2001)
I don't always love this man's material, but I'll never fail to give props to his velvet tenor - especially when it's this song. Plus he's improvising with a little #falsetto at the end. For once, #JayZ and I agree: this is late-life Luther greatness.
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#NowPlaying #FalsettoFriday #soul
#LutherVandross - "Take You Out" (2001)
I don't always love this man's material, but I'll never fail to give props to his velvet tenor - especially when it's this song. Plus he's improvising with a little #falsetto at the end. For once, #JayZ and I agree: this is late-life Luther greatness.
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#NowPlaying #FalsettoFriday #soul
#LutherVandross - "Take You Out" (2001)
I don't always love this man's material, but I'll never fail to give props to his velvet tenor - especially when it's this song. Plus he's improvising with a little #falsetto at the end. For once, #JayZ and I agree: this is late-life Luther greatness.