Eimear Quinn- The Voice

Here is Eimear Quinn's interpretation of "The voice". I remember falling in love with this celtic-like song when I first heard it on Eurovision Song Contest in 1996. There is a kind of magic in it. Enchanting, soft, ethereal and though so powerfull. Enjoy !


I hear your voice on the wind

And I hear you call out my name
"Listen, my child," you say to me
"I am the voice of your history
Be not afraid, come follow me
Answer my call, and I'll set you free"
I am the voice in the wind and the pouring rain
I am the voice of your hunger and pain
I am the voice that always is calling you
I am the voice, I will remain
I am the voice in the fields when the summer's gone
The dance of the leaves when the autumn winds blow
Ne'er do I sleep thoughout all the cold winter long
I am the force that in springtime will grow
I am the voice of the past that will always be
Filled with my sorrow and blood in my fields
I am the voice of the future, bring me your peace
Bring me your peace, and my wounds, they will heal
I am the voice in the wind and the pouring rain
I am the voice of your hunger and pain
I am the voice that always is calling you
I am the voice
I am the voice of the past that will always be
I am the voice of your hunger and pain
I am the voice of the future
I am the voice, I am the voice
I am the voice, I am the voice


And here for comparison- the same song but presented by Celtic Woman:



I must say I slightly prefer the first one by Eimear.

Within Temptation-Mother Earth

Time for some more fresh energy this evening since lately there have been only ballads.
Within Temptation and their "Mother Earth". It's my favourite song of that band,
I just love it. Powerful music, strong but also soft voice of Sharon, wonderful videoclip (woods, lakes, colours), Sharon's incredible dresses. And the lyrics with their meaning as well of course.

Marcel and Nikodem Legun- Lacrimosa (Preisner)

These two polish siblings are already known here and there. This is their "Lacrimosa" by Zbigniew Preisner. I find their interpretation interesting, it gives shivers through my spine. Outstanding. Wondering how their voices will develop- they're 16 years old.

Secret Garden- Nocturne

Another favourite of mine. Can words explain why ?
Imagination works, doesn't it ? Softness, lyrical, tenderness, ethereal beauty.
Well, enjoy then !

Now let the day

Just slip away
So the dark night
May watch over you

Nocturne


Though darkness lay
It will give way
When the dark night
Delivers the day

Loreena McKennitt- Mummer's Dance

Loreena McKennitt is an unusual, ethereal and divine musician. The uncomporable. Her music creates visions in my mind like dancing on a meadow or in a forest during spring or a summer night, hair flowing all around, a kind of serenity and happiness. Wide, long, gypsy-like skirt...
Here is "Mummer's dance":


When in the springtime of the year
When the trees are crowned with leaves
When the ash and oak, and the birch and yew
Are dressed in ribbons fair

When owls call the breathless moon
In the blue veil of the night
The shadows of the trees appear
Amidst the lantern light

We've been rambling all the night
And some time of this day
Now returning back again
we bring a garland gay

Who will go down to those shady groves
And summon the shadows there
And tie a ribbon on those sheltering arms
In the springtime of the year

The songs of birds seem to fill the wood
That when the fiddler plays
All their voices can be heard
Long past their woodland days

We've been rambling all the night
And some time of this day
Now returning back again
we bring a garland gay

And so they linked their hands and danced
Round in circles and in rows
And so the journey of the night descends
When all the shades are gone

"A garland gay we bring you here
And at your door we stand
It is a sprout well budded out
The work of Our Lord's hand"

We've been rambling all the night
And some time of this day
Now returning back again
we bring a garland gay

Michal Worek-piano guy

A very talented young man. I discovered his piano versions on YouTube (where else could I?). I love this one- I'm singing to it imagining....
Escapism, I know :-).

November rain in February

I love this song by Axl Rose. His voice and stage performance- it's just him. He doesn't seem like a typical piano-guy, does he ? ;). He performs it in a marvellous way. It's such an epic song and I couldn't imagine not putting it here. It's one of my all-time favourites, I listen to it very often, singing along with Axl.

I dreamed a dream

I must encourage everyone to deeply look inside their hearts, souls, emotions and to LOOK for THEMSELVES, look for their REAL IDENTITY. Find what You want to do the most, what gives You wings and what makes You fly.
Me, I always wanted to sing. It's been like that from my early childhood. But... I never found the courage to do some concrete steps in order to make my dream come true. I was too shy, oversensitive, unprepared... There were a few outcomings, some contests, one group where I sang..but it all didn't last.
I am turning 30 this year. And I know that this is it... I can still sing while driving, while being in forests, in mountains...of course I can. And yep, I even have a karaoke microphone at home ! ;-). But "after the show" silence remains and my dead soul which lived as long as the music played and I sang...


BUT... they say hope dies last...Remember this lady ? :




I dreamed a dream in time gone by
When hope was high and life worth living
I dreamed that love would never die
I dreamed that God would be forgiving

Then I was young and unafraid
And dreams were made and used and wasted
There was no ransom to be paid
No song unsung, no wine untasted

But the tigers come at night
With their voices soft as thunder
As they turn your hope apart
As they turn your dreams to shame

And still I dream he’d come to me
That we would live the years together
But there are dreams that cannot be
And there are storms we cannot weather

I had a dream my life would be
So different from the hell I’m living
So different now from what it seemed
Now life has killed the dream I dreamed

Winter dreaming

I jump into my car, drive with high speed, winter surrounding all around and the MUSIC that copes with it all perfectly. I sing, I yell, I shake my head, I LIIIIVE!