MUSIC AND LYRICS. These two elements hold us steady through moments big and small, multiplying the impact of polarities in our world through collective compositions that expertly estimate who we are.
We will be heading to the year end countdown in a few days and hence I share some of the best 2020 had to offer, both released recently and as a continuum of months past.
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HALLELUJAH and AVE MARIA by ANDREA BOCELLI.
When a voice descends to earth right from the heavens, the spirit of the times acquires a divine touch.
These iterations of HALLELUJAH and AVE MARIA, two classic standards, become torchbearers of the magic that has flowed from Andrea Bocelli's album BELIEVE, making it one of the year's very best in principle and a certain legend for years to come.
HALLELUJAH by CARRIE UNDERWOOD and JOHN LEGEND.
A duet defined by the silken beauty of two vocal powerhouses fits the sombre yet hopeful denuoement of a year that needs it.
HALLELUJAH is just the example of season's greetings sprinkled with love.
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ALONE AGAIN, FAITH, SAVE YOUR TEARS and AFTER HOURS by THE WEEKND.
These four cuts from Abel Tesfaye's extraordinarily atmospheric AFTER HOURS testify to his finesse when it comes to creating moods and tempers that morph from unsavoury and doleful to one of often punctured but enduring romanticism.
Their respective production hone the album's integrity further.
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A LETTERED SOUL: REFLECTIONS ON LITERATURE, CINEMA AND CULTURE .
No FicciónI have often wondered about the very curdled natures of our opinions so much so that the perch of imagination simply becomes a bystanding abstraction and real thoughts of genuine merit slip between the fingers. That is a human tendency, to beat arou...
