WA2K Radio is now on the air, Part 3

"Armstrong" was outstanding! And what a brass section!


Hope you like this one.


Will Dailey -- Sunken Ship

I did like Dailey. Reminds me of Melecamp a bit.

Now for an Isreali ode to Paris, of sort (ok not a huge piece of music but it's funny):

Riff Cohen - À Paris
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CeMtEa5QhcA

Ah, my Christian friend, up early today because I have to
go to the bank again. No, not the bank of Loch Lomand, (miss McTag)

A couple of golden oldies now:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7se0rsuFzE

Now, The Irish in the American Civil War:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VCX-Zdz5qA

Your link didn't work here, but I found another.
A true multicultural experience.


And on that note,


King Sunny Adé -- Mo Ti Mo

Spook and the Guay - Superman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u03lwr6p0NY

Thanks for that "blast from the past".
My grandfather fought in France in World War I.


Chantilly is in France, no?


The Big Bopper -- Chantilly Lace

The song does sound Arabic but it's in fact linked to the Judeo-Arab Al Andalus music tradition. This kind of things:

Enrico Macias: Ya Bellarej
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoLk6MK9IIw

Haaha... That's swell. Will steal it for the African music thread.

:-) Thanks, also to Broadway...

Yes, but I've never been there. Funny song. Who was this guy, Big Bopper? A comical singer?

Spook & The Guay - Ma Radio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4Z677D1eTc

I know the Big Bopper, George. One more song, then I have to run,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tIsXLyZcWI

"Paddy's Lament" is quite a song. I'd never heard it before.

My great-grandfather was of Irish descent. He came to the U.S. from Nova
Scotia as a teenager. He fought with the 26th Massachusetts Volunteer
Infantry, probably having lied about his age.


The Specials -- Pressure Drop

Spook and the Guay, another new band to me. Great song!


Traveling music


Bob Seger -- Roll Me Away

Enrico Macias is another new name for me.
Truly enjoyed that music!


An interesting cover of an old favorite


Sting -- Ain’t No Sunshine

The Big Bopper was a "rockabilly" singer of the fifties.

He died in the same airplane crash as Buddy Holly and Richie Valens ("The
Day the Music Died").

You never heard of Enrico Macias? Oh vey!

In short, his family is Sepharadic, from Constantine. His father and uncle were masters of the Judeo-Arabic Andalous tradition and young Enrico studied it with them. He came to France as a young adult, after Algerian independence from France. He soon became a total star in France, in Israel of course, and more surprisingly in the francophone Arab world (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Lebanon, Egypt...) with his songs mixing oriental tunes and cheesy French lyrics.

Enrico Macias - Enfants de tous pays
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5InZ-yg-E4

When he became old, he returned to the Al Andalous tradition, and surprised many of his fans by proving he could play some pretty elaborate ancient music and sing it in Arabic:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaOFzSsaFVM

Last one from Nougaro, a song written for his daughter:

Cécile, Ma Fille
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--bvxbOwRuQ

Ah, Mon Ami, that song by Cecile, Ma Fille was fabulous.

Saying good afternoon with a great memory:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_XgQhMPeEQ

From Letty with love to all of my friends

I can imagine "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" being sung by friends
and families longing for the safe return of those soldiers.


Here's another unusual cover


Sly and the Family Stone -- Que Sera, Sera