I love a good rendition of a song. It is something about another musician taking one of their contemporaries music and presenting it in a new way. Stevie Wonder does it with Sting's song Fragile from his 1987 Nothing Like The Sun album. This is from Sting's 2nd solo...
Happy Birthday Sting
by MHill | Oct 3, 2022 | Marion's Favorites, Music Reviews, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
Happy 71st Birthday Sting! Sting is one of my favorite musicians and I have listened to his music for over 30 years. He is on my first line of musicians that I listen to regularly. The list includes The Pat Metheny Group, Incognito, Brand New Heavies, Ronny...
My 13 Year Old Daughter Is A Fan of In The Air Tonight by Phil Collins
by MHill | Aug 1, 2022 | Marion's Favorites, Music Reviews, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
My soon-to-be 13 year old daughter, Norah, made an interesting comment yesterday as we were doing Saturday errands. I was trying to decide on what music to play in the car as we drove around town. “Daddy, why you don’t you play Phil Collins?” she said. “Phil Collins,”...
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 104: Angel On My Shoulder by Natalie Cole
by MHill | Apr 28, 2022 | 2022 Book Reviews, Black History Month, Book Reviews, Marion's Favorite Books, Marion's Favorites, Marion's Reading Life Blog
"As you walk your own journey, keep your eyes open, listen well, and if you look real hard, you just might find an angel on your shoulder." Those words are from the last paragraph of the late Natalie Cole's autobiography, Angel On My Shoulder published November 2000,...
Marion’s Favorites: Stardust by Willie Nelson
by MHill | Jul 25, 2021 | Marion's Favorites, Music Reviews, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
As a music nerd and lover, I will admit that I never thought I would have a Willie Nelson CD in my collection. Nothing personal against the legendary musician, but country music is not my favorite musical genre. However, I have learned as a reader (and writer) that...
Marion’s Favorites: Off The Wall Documentary
by MHill | Jul 22, 2021 | Marion's Favorites, Movie Reviews, Music Reviews, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
Questlove Supreme is one of my favorite podcasts and I have been listening to his backlist episodes over the past few weeks. I recently heard the podcast with Spike Lee and they were discussing his career. Spike mentions the Off The Wall Documentary as one of his...
Marion’s Favorites: Ten Summoner’s Tales by Sting
by MHill | Feb 2, 2020 | Marion's Favorites
Ten Summoner's Tales by Sting has always been my favorite album by Sting as a solo artist. I believe this is Sting as his most mature and an excellent pop album. Beginning with the first single, If I Ever Lost My Faith in You to the beautiful ballad, Fields of Gold to...