I am a collector of songs. Besame Mucho is one of my favorites and my favorite by far is by Lila Downs. The band she is playing with is what makes this song so great. The percussion is awesome. I am amazed that I am the first person to recommend Lila Downs as she was the singer for the movie Frida and has become well known since then. This Amer/Mex woman has several albums and to me is one of the best singers I have ever heard. I could go on and on. If you listen to the clip, it is only 20 -40 seconds and the band plays a long beginning so you may not even get to hear her voice. What a shame!
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10 Apr 06 ·FlyingDutchman1971: I will have to find this version and give it a listen. I am rather fond of the version by Cesaria Evora from the sountrack to the film 'Great Expectations' (1997)
Another Lila Downs version of a classic song. Someone recently told me that this is the opening themesong for some British TV show and that they stay up really late to hear it, but then go to bed without actually watching the show. That's how great it is. I uploaded Besame Mucho but it is not there so I won't upload this one yet.
I've always loved this song. I know Louis Jordon's and Joe Jackson's versions and when I heard this one by Renee Olstead, I was floored. I had to have it. This woman's album was recorded when she was 15 and I can hardly believe it. She has made anything she's done her own and she's really someone to watch out for. I just heard that she is an actress on a sit-com as well as a marvelous singer.
I always knew the original version of this song by Leonard Cohen and over the last few years kept hearing this version. She sounds like Billie Holiday in this and makes it her own song. Don't know much about her but she also sings in French and does a great version of En Vie En Rose, another favorite song of mine.
The Waifs, from Australia, are one of my alltime favorite groups. They celebrated 10 years with their double live album, A Brief History. They are now on maternity leave for a year as both sisters in the band had babies on the same week in the autumn.
The Haircut is from the album, Sink or Swim, and features Waif, Donna Simpson. She writes some pretty incredible woman centered songs. Give the band a try, any song any album; they are incredible.
