we shall live again

Patti Smith, "Ghost Dance", live 2010

Have a happy Halloween :)

Dead Can Dance, The Serpent's Egg, The Host of Seraphim, 35 years

The Host of Seraphim is the kind of song that we can never forget and it marks a generation. It is the first song from the album The Serpent's Egg from the duo Dead Can Dance, having the iconic voice of Lisa Gerrard singing in glossolalia. Here's the studio version in this unofficial video combining Gregory Colbert's footage from his film Ashes and Snow which goes so well together with this song. Besides, Colbert used Lisa's musical compositions in that very work of art of his. Apart from Dead Can Dance live presentations, The Host of Seraphim has also been performed by orchestras and choirs with Lisa or other singers . Still, I believe the Dead Can Dance make the purest and the thrillingest performances, as this one shown here, from their concert in Lisbon last year.

forever dolphin love

I'm so glad I heard this suggestion from Josh Lloyd-Watson of Jungle when he answered the question "what song would you like to listen underwater if you were a dolphin" to the "Russian Roulette" topic on Radar Radio. I had almost completely forgotten this amazing song "Forever Dolphin Love" from Connan Mockasin's debut album.

I Was There

New song from Liz Lawrence. A great song. Bitter, though.

Houses of the Holy, 50 years

50 years ago or, to be more precise, 50 years and 6 months ago, Led Zeppelin released their fifth album, Houses of the Holy. For many fans, it was a bit disappointing 'cause the fourth album was simply astonishing. Though, this fifth was maybe Zeppelin's second best of all.
Here's some of its songs live and the whole studio recording. Enjoy :)

note: this 1st video cuts the ending of the song, sorry, but there's no other option.