Se lo dicono loro...

Un paio di segnalazioni musicali fatte da me medesimo su questo piccolissimo blog, sono arrivate a fare strada...

Glen Hansard* & Marketa Irglova, dal film "Once", girato a Dublin, e per qualche scena a meno di cento metri dal mitico 17 Belvedere Place, hanno ottenuto la nomination all'Oscar con la canzone "Falling Slowly".



Once
"Falling Slowly"
Music and Lyric by Glen Hansard* and Marketa Irglova


ACADEMY AWARDS HISTORY
These are the first Academy Award nominations for Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova.

FILM SYNOPSIS
An Irish singer-songwriter performing on the streets of Dublin befriends a young Czech immigrant who is selling flowers to support her mother and child. The pair begin a musical collaboration with the hope of producing a marketable demo, working together easily as they skirt the more difficult issue of the unexpressed attraction that is growing between them.

--> chi non si emoziona neanche un pochino con queste note...ha il cuore di pietra!!!

E poi, la dolcissima Colbie Caillat...oramai Bubbly è su tutte le radio italiane, ed i commenti positivi si sprecano.
Questa è invece la recensione dal sito Amazon.com/CdNow.com

Singer/songwriter Colbie Caillat is one of the most celebrated artists to emerge from the growing talent pool of digitally-savvy self-launched artists, whose rise to prominence as the #1 unsigned artist on the popular myspace site has been largely due to her refreshing sense of understatement.

With no marketing push and only the power of the music behind her, Caillat became a sensation on the social networking site. Rolling Stone highlighted her as one of the top female artists on myspace. Ultimately, her number of friends swelled to more than 100,000. Her profile has been visited over 3 million times, and she has more than l0 million plays. She's currently averaging 50,000 + a day.


The songs on Caillat's debut album COCO mirror the Malibu-born Caillat's low-key, refreshing style. Armed with her acoustic guitar and her dusky vocals, she evokes the same gentle, yet spirited style of her musical influences John Mayer, Bob Marley, Lauryn Hill and The Weepies. The laid-back tempo of Hawaii, where she spent twice annual family vacations, is echoed in the music.

"She's the real thing," stated Monte Lipman, President of Universal Republic Records. "From her unique songwriting skills to her powerful but understated presence, Colbie has connected to millions of music lovers simply through the power of her music.

Glen Hansard*... già leader del gruppo dei Frames, è uno dei protagonisti di uno dei film più acclamati della fine del secolo scorso, ovviamente girato a Dublin.
Il tema centrale era la musica...precisamente la musica soul... chi mi sa dire il titolo di quel film?

Slàn.