Monday, August 29, 2016

What If This Song Was Number One? (a local color post)



Last year right about this time, my wife and I went to see Michael Franti in concert. You can go back and read that post here.

I'm still as impressed with Franti as ever. He has a new album out, Soulrocker, and it's pretty great. The above song is one of my favorites. Of course, it's one of those situations where whatever song I'm listening to is my "favorite." Well, not any of the songs, but he has, at this point, at least half a dozen tunes that are my favorite when I'm hearing them. However, the above song, from a life philosophy perspective, pretty much nails it.

If that doesn't tell you enough about what Franti's music is about or about him, take a listen to this storyteller session of his song "My Lord." This album has a bit of an old fashioned spiritual vibe to it, and this song is one of the reasons.



If you get the chance to see Franti in concert, I highly recommend it. He puts on a good show, walking out among the crowd frequently, and has great music. Seriously, don't miss it.

Also!
The opening act was a singer by the name of Zella Day. I'd never heard of her before, though, upon some research, I see that's she's had some high profile features these last couple of years. I really liked her sound. I'm in the process of giving her music a good listening to, so, until I can come to a more conclusive decision about what I like most, here's a song that I like the sound of:


6 comments:

  1. Not my style of music but glad you enjoy it and got to see him in concert.

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  2. I actually like her sound just a little bit more than I like Franti's. Glad to hear you had such a great concert experience. I always get the terrible opening bands that just play forever (if you recall our post about 'The Worst Opening Band Ever™').

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    1. ABftS: I liked her sound as soon as she started, but the recorded stuff I found was not as good as she was live. I believe she said she has a new album coming out in September (though I could be wrong about that), so maybe she was singing stuff from that.

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  3. He's got a great sound. Nice message, too.

    Thanks for sharing.

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  4. This summer, I set Pandora to "Iko Iko" by the Belle Stars, and the mix of music it gave was our summer soundtrack. Michael Franti mixed in there quite a bit. I had a few songs by him on my iPod before that. He's good. I'll give Zella a listen when I'm able to put the sound up on my laptop.

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    1. Briane: Franti is good. He has a fairly unique sound from what I can tell.

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