SOUNDTRACK: DIANA GAMEROS-“Ligerita” (Tiny Desk Contest Runner-Up 2015).
Last week, a Tiny Desk Contest winner was announced. This week, All Songs Considered posted ten runners up that they especially liked. And I want to draw extra attention to a couple of them.
Diana Gameros doesn’t do anything flashy or fancy in this video. She simply plays the acoustic guitar (amazingly) and sings. And man, does she have a beautiful voice. Even more impressive is the way her guitar begins as delicate finger-picked melody in the verses and then transforms into a rollicking Spanish guitar style beauty for the chorus—the way she uses her right hand for the chord playing is great.
This is an absolutely beautiful song, and I was happy to read that she was recently featured on Alt.Latino.
I’m not sure what relaxing location she is in, but it’s nice little room. And even her cat—Lulu—seems to have enjoyed the song.
[READ: February 26, 2015] “My Saga Part One”
I didn’t know that Karl Ove had written this piece for the New Yorke Times magazine until someone brought it to my attention. I was pretty excited to read it because Book Four of My Struggle isn’t due out until April and I think I’m going through Karl Ove withdrawal.
This first part of the story (because of course it would have to be in two parts) was, I have to admit, a little disappointing. It features everything that I’ve come to expect from Karl Ove–minutiae, history, shock at people who are unlike him, and a general misanthropy. But it almost feels like Karl Ove lite–like the Times asked him to write a piece like My Struggle, but, you know, more suitable for a newspaper. Which may even be how they phrased it. Of course, it may also be the translation. Unlike the books, this was translated by Ingvild Burkey. It’s not that the translation is bad, it seems perfectly fine to me, but the story isn’t as compelling in some way, and perhaps Don Bartlett knows how to capture Karl Ove’s voice better? (more…)
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