Sandy Denny’s song Who Knows Where the Time Goes has been much in mind lately, as I’ve listened while commuting to Judy Collins narrating her recent autobiography, Sweet Judy Blue Eyes. Denny, who died in 1978 at age 31, has now been gone longer than she was here. Collins, who I think was the first American artist to cover Denny’s signature tune,
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I posted a note on Ieva Narkuté’s Facebook page, thinking a reader there might explain the mysterious lyrics of the Lithuanian songs I inquired about in an earlier post. Ieva responded herself, saying this: Hi, first of all, let me say how surprised I am by your enthusiasm to understand Lithuanian songs. This is really amazing and I wish you
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First, I came across this video of the northern lights in Finland. I liked the pictures, since at the very rare times the northern lights appear here in the southern U.S., they’re pale by comparison. But what struck me most about the video was the haunting background song, which I am willing to bet has nothing directly to do with
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