To listen on board
Three musical highlights from UP’s September issue that you can hear on board.
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The Divine Comedy – “At the Indie Disco” (Divine Comedy Records)
Pop – Channel 06
The musical career of Neil Hannon, the charismatic figure behind The Divine Comedy, began in Dublin in 1989 with two school friends when he took Dante’s famous poem from his parents’ bookshelf. After two alternative records, Hannon fins himself alone, sleeping during the day and writing songs at night, heavily influenced by classic cinema and the work of Brel, Walker and Nyman. Thus the sound of The Divine Comedy was created – epic and wonderfully orchestrated songs with a pop melody. Bang Goes The Knighthood is his tenth album of originals and the first to be released by Hannon’s own label. It includes this song that can be heard on the Pop Channel.
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Bebel Gilberto – “Nossa Senhora” (Verve)
Bossa & Jazz – Channel 06
The path of the artist soon veered away from her family’s past (she’s the daughter of João Gilberto, the father of Bossanova), producing tropical atmospheres mixed with the modern sounds of electro pop. She returns with the album All in One, which, unlike her previous output, this music is more personal and most of it sang in her mother tongue. In “Nossa Senhora”, which was produced by Carlinhos Brown, the wonderful voice of Bebel Gilberto shines with the warmth of the guitar and the typical subtlety of Brazilian percussion. On the record, which boasts illustrious guests such as Mark Ronson and John King, Bebel pays tribute to Carmen Miranda, in the performance “Chica Chica Boom Chic”, and to her father on the remake of “Bim Bom”.
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John Williams – Agustin Barrios, La Catedral (Sony)
Maestro – Channel 05
Master of the classical guitar, John Williams is considered the main ambassador of the instrument he started playing at the age of four. With his father as teacher, he studied music at the Royal College of Music, in London. From the ‘60s until now, the Australian has performed all over the world, both solo and with an orchestra. Williams is 68 years old and has had a career where he has collaborated with a number of artists, including John Etheridge, with whom he recorded a live album in Dublin, released in 2006. On the piece you can hear on the Maestro channel, the winner of the 2007 Edison Lifetime Achievement Award interprets the classical piece “La Catedral”, by Paraguayan guitarist and composer Agustín Barrios.
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