Music is my life

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Well, I love music of all kinds, genres and times.

I remember when I was aged 9 or 10 mother used to play a vinyl in a pickup of a young Edith Piaf singing "Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien". I wondered who can be this long faced and suffering woman portrayed in the disc cover.

Many years later I discovered the magnificent variety of her worldwide known works, and even sang a song in public impersonating her.

French music is so inspiring that I feel my chest filled with a strange mixture of melancholy and joy. It is just amazing.

Some of my favorite French artists (musicians and singers) are: Ives Montand, Jaques Brel, Gilbert Becaude, Charles Trenet, Georges Moustakis, Charles Aznavour and of course Edith Piaf.

I hope you'll enjoy them.

I discovered a musical jewel

A virtual friend (I'm more his fan than his friend, but anyway) is an amateur guitar player, and he told me he likes to play Villa-Lobos. I wondered "Who can that be?" and started an internet research. First, I found the video embedded in this post, and later the data of Heitor Villa-Lobos in here: Villa-Lobos en Wikipedia I think his music is just beautifully intricate. Prelude 3 is so ethereal, almost unattainable. Whilst Prelude 1 is rougher and it reminds me of Iberian music (it makes me think of a big plant of red roses falling from an antique brick wall in a Spanish garden). Find a quiet place and enjoy it. Prelude 1: