Mastodawn

Fuck, we lost Michael Tilson Thomas. God damn this cruel world.

#Classical-music #Michael-Tilson-Thomas #MTT #San-Francisco-Symphony #New-World-Symphony #Leonard-Bernstein #music-world #one-of-the-greats

Sim Barr Apr 22

🕯️🖤 RIP Dave Mason 🖤🕯️

English singer-songwriter + guitarist, a founding member Traffic. He wrote "Feelin' Alright", covered by Joe Cocker + had a solo hit with "We Just Disagree" written by Jim Krueger in 1977. He was 79

#davemason #rip #wejustdisagree #theseventies #seventiesmusic #rockmusic #music #musicworld #sixtiesmusic #nowplaying #mixtape

Sim Barr Apr 7

🎶 Edith Piaf & Marlene Dietrich 🎶

They were described as "The Angel & the Sparrow" (Spatz und Engel). They met in New York City in 1948. Dietrich took Piaf under her wing, helping her navigate the American scene.

#edithpiaf #marlenedietrich #piaf #dietrich #musicworld #musichistorycorner #rememberlegends #legendarysingers #singers #legends #chanteusefrançaise #friendship #music #spatzundengel

Sim Barr Apr 7

🎶 Edith Piaf & Marlene Dietrich 🎶

They were described as "The Angel & the Sparrow" (Spatz und Engel). They met in New York City in 1948. Dietrich took Piaf under her wing, helping her navigate the American scene.

#edithpiaf #marlenedietrich #piaf #dietrich #musicworld #musichistorycorner #rememberlegends #legendarysingers #singers #legends #chanteusefrançaise #friendship #music #spatzundengel

Sim Barr Apr 6

Ground - a song by Chicago singer songwriter Diane Izzo came up on my random play and I began to wonder what had become of her. To my surprise I discovered she had passed away 15 years ago + her debut album 'One' was her only album! What a tragedy. It always makes me sad when talent remains forever undiscovered

💔🖤💔🖤 #music #lostmusic #dianeizzo #listenup #nowplaying #randomplay #mixtape #rip #simsongs #singersongwriter #musicworld #nowhearthis

https://youtu.be/7rqoIVWyJdY?si=MdMJHJYmspSiSEWz

Diane Izzo - Ground (1998)

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Sim Barr Apr 3

🐢 Snapping Turtle 🐢

From the Kentucky born singer SG Goodman's 3rd album Planting By The Signs released in the summer of 2025

#sggoodman #nowplaying #americana #music #singersongwriter #snappingturtle #musicworld #nowhearthis #listenup #randomplay #simsongs #mixtape

Sim Barr Mar 25

Man From Mars

When record producer Larry Klein asked former wife Joni Mitchell to write a song for the 1995 film Grace of my Heart she refused. The movie, based on the a songwriter + aspiring singer in the mid 60s (think Carole King) required an innocence + vulnerability that Mitchell no longer felt she could offer.

Enter Nietzsche, Joni's cat, also known as Man From Mars ("he's a little lavender lion who looks like an alien + walks on his hind legs"). Nietzsche had peed all over a couple of chairs + so Joni said to him, “if you're going to act like an animal - you're going to live like an animal.”, grabbing him + kicking him outside. Well, he disappeared for 18 days. Night after night, Mitchell called him from her yard + waited. The song's sounds mimic what she heard: the rustling of leaves, bird songs, the drone from a distant freeway. , "It took me 17 days to write this song, + the night I finished it, my amazing little mancat appeared in a neighbor's yard "

#jonimitchell #manfrommars #graceofmyheart #music #film #musicworld #filmworld #songwriting #soundtrack #soundtracks #cats #cat

Sim Barr Feb 22

🕯️ RIP Legendary #lyricist #BillySteinberg 🕯️

He wrote hits "Like a Virgin" by #Madonna (1984), "#TrueColors" by #CyndiLauper (1986), "Eternal Flame" by the #Bangles in 1989), "So Emotional" by #WhitneyHouston (1987), "Alone" by #Heart in 1987, "I Drove All Night" by Lauper in 1989, "I Touch Myself" by #Divinyls (1990), and "I'll Stand by You" by The #Pretenders (1994).

#music #musicworld #rip #songwriter #musichistorycorner

https://youtu.be/94DZvLlwGjM?si=ZEldjp_70TATEzI0