All Posts Tagged With: "singers"

The Garth Years

As I mentioned in my last post, my brother had several very distinct life phases centered around styles of music, the two most notable being the headbanger phase and the boot scootin’ phase. The latter emerged during his freshman year in college when we both lived in the same dorm hall at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Okla. My brother spent time out at one of the very popular Tumbleweeds bar and dance hall where there was nothing but country music and a lot of boot scootin’ and line dancing.

One of his early favorite country singers was a OSU alum, Garth Brooks. And one of Garth’s most popular songs was this very catchy tune…

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My newest favorite group

I featured them in the last post. They are four Norweigan singers: Nilsen Kurt, Espen Lind, Askil Holm and Alejandro Fuentes. Here are a few more of their songs:

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Continued

Hallelujah

One of the coolest renditions of Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah, by four Norwegian singers — Nilsen Kurt, Espen Lind, Askil Holm and Alejandro Fuentes…

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You can see Leonard Cohen’s singing of his signature song here, k.d. lang’s rendition here and Jeff Buckley’s haunting rendition here. You can find the lyrics here.