ON AND ON

STEPHEN BISHOP
SONGWRITER: STEPHEN BISHOP
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: CARELESS
LABEL: ABC RECORDS
GENRE: SOFT ROCK
YEAR: 1977
 
              Earl Stephen Bishop (born November 14, 1951) is an American singer-songwriter, actor, and guitarist. His biggest hits include "On and On", "It Might Be You" and "Save It for a Rainy Day". He has appeared in and contributed musically to many motion pictures, including National Lampoon's Animal House.
        "On and On" is a song by American singer-songwriter Stephen Bishop. The song, from his debut album Careless, became a major hit, peaking at number 11 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and spending 28 weeks on the chart. In Canada, the song peaked at number 6.
On the U.S. Easy Listening chart, "On and On" peaked at number two. It reached number three on the corresponding Canadian chart.
              Despite failing to crack the top ten, it was the 30th ranked single on the Billboard magazine year-end chart for 1977 as a result of its almost seven-month chart run.
          The song was featured in the films Anger Management, How to Deal, The Hitcher, Margot at the Wedding, My Friend Dahmer and Remarkable Power.

Down in Jamaica
they got lots of pretty women
Steal your money
then they break your heart
Lonesome Sue
She's in love with ol' Sam
She take him from the fire
into the frying pan
 
On and on
She just keeps on trying
and she smiles
when she feels like crying
On and on...
 
Poor ol' Jimmy
Sits alone in the moonlight
He saw his woman kiss another man
So he takes a ladder
Steals the stars from the sky
Puts on Sinatra
and starts to cry
 
On and on
he just keeps on trying
and he smiles
when she feels like crying
On and on...
 
When the first time
is the last time
It can make you feel so bad
But if you know it
Show it
Hold on tight
Don't let her say, "Goodnight"
 
I got the sun on my shoulders
and my toes in the sand
My woman's left me for some other man
Aw, but I don't care
I'll just dream and stay tan
Toss up my heart
to see where it lands
 
On and on...
I just keep on trying
and I smile
when I feel like dying
On and on... 

DOCE DE CÔCO

✸ GRUPO DE CHORINHO ÁGUA DE VINTÉM
COMPOSITOR: JACOB DO BANDOLIM
PAÍS: BRASIL
ÁLBUM: O CHORO NOSSO
GRAVADORA: TRATORE RECORDS
GÊNERO: CHORINHO
ANO: 2019
              "Em 1897, a compositora e maestrina Chiquinha Gonzaga (1847 – 1935) publicou a partitura do então inédito choro Água do Vintém.
             "O título se referia à água extraída de fonte na Chácara do Vintém, em Niterói (RJ), e vendida em carroças pelas ruas do Rio de Janeiro (RJ) do século XIX quando a cidade sofria com o (des)abastecimento de água encanada.
           "No século XXI, mais precisamente em 2011, o choro de Chiquinha serviu para batizar o então nascente grupo paulista Água de Vintém, criado em Piracicaba (SP) com repertório voltado para o gênero. 
          "Oito anos depois, Charles Barreto (cavaco), Guilherme Girardi (violão de sete cordas), Marcus Godoy (violão e guitarra), Vitor Casagrande (bandolim e violão tenor) e Xeina Barros (pandeiro) lançam o terceiro álbum, O choro nosso." (Mauro Ferreira)
         Premiado no edital PROAC, "O choro nosso" é O terceiro disco do Água de Vintém e vem para coroar os férteis 8 anos de carreira completados em 2019. Com 14 faixas autorais inéditas, o álbum se destaca pela qualidade das composições, por novidades como a presença da guitarra e da bateria e pela variedade de ritmos que explora, abrangendo valsa, frevo, choro, choro sambado, schottisch, varandão, tango brasileiro e até mesmo um foxtrote. Com participações especiais de Rafael Toledo (percussão e bateria) e João Camarero (violão).

MÚSICA INSTRUMENTAL ANDINA

             La música andina del Perú está compuesta de una gama amplia de estilos musicales originados en tiempos precolombinos, aunque en sus formas contemporáneas se han incorporado influencias occidentales. Por su solemnidad evocativa e instrumentación característica, la también llamada música “indígena” de Los Andes cuenta con un gran número de aficionados a nivel mundial, siendo también numerosos los grupos que cultivan este género en Colombia, Ecuador, Perú, Bolivia, Chile y Argentina.
         La música andina del Perú desciende de las culturas inca y pre-incas.
            En el año 2006, mediante decreto supremo, el Estado peruano oficializó el 15 de junio como el "Día de la canción andina"
          Los elementos más característicos de la música andina del Perú son los instrumentos, que provienen básicamente de los pueblos ancestrales habitantes del Antiguo Perú.
            Los instrumentos de viento (aerófonos) han existido desde antes del imperio inca. En la ciudad sagrada de Caral (la civilización más antigua de América) se ha descubierto quenas hechas con huesos de pelícanos. Las percusiones también formaron parte de la instrumentación andina, que fueron plasmadas en los huacos retratos (cerámica escultórica) de la cultura moche, en los que se observan, además de zampoñas y quenas, bombos y maracas. Al parecer estos instrumentos fueron evolucionando a lo largo de los andes hasta el auge del imperio Inca.
           Con la cultura europea llegaron diversos instrumentos de cuerda (cordófonos) como la guitarra, la bandurria, el arpa y el violín, que a lo largo de 300 años evolucionaron particularmente.
Hoy en día, por tratarse de una cultura viva, la música andina contemporánea ha continuado su evolución, incorporando nuevos instrumentos como el saxofón y las trompetas, inclusive instrumentos electrónicos en los arreglos de la música andina contemporánea. Esto no implica que se hayan perdido los instrumentos ancestrales, entre los que destacan los sikus o antaras (zampoñas en español), quenas, pinkullos, tarkas, silulos, mohoceños, wankaras o bombos, entre otros.


Antara representada en vasijas de la cultura Moche. La tradición musical en territorio peruano se extiende por varios siglos en el tiempo.

            En la época inca, se usaba la palabra taki para referirse simultáneamente tanto al canto como al baile (danza), pues ambas actividades no estaban separadas una de la otra. Las danzas y diversos estilos musicales que se practican en los andes peruanos tienen matices que varían de acuerdo a las zonas o regiones, influenciados por las etnias o culturas que la habitan.
            El género más difundido es el huayno, pero éste a su vez tiene matices que van desde la chuscada ancashina, pasando por la influencia huanca (música huanca), los matices ayacuchanos (de influencia criolla-chanca), hasta los matices del huayno cuqueño y puneño. La distinción entre estos estilos de huayno radican en la instrumentación y tonalidad. Acotando que existen dispersos en los andes peruanos diversos dialectos quechuas y aymaras que influyen en las composiciones musicales.
             Otro género que se halla en distintas zonas de Perú es el carnavalito
      La música andina es también un elemento fundamental de numerosas celebraciones y festivales, como es el caso de los carnavales, tan difundidos y tan distintos entre pueblo y pueblo a lo largo de los andes peruanos.

ANNIE'S SONG

JOHN DENVER
SONGWRITER: JOHN DENVER
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: BACK HOME AGAIN
LABEL: RCA RECORDS
GENRE: COUNTRY
YEAR: 1974
 
            Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. (December 31, 1943 – October 12, 1997), known professionally as John Denver, was an American singer-songwriter, record producer, actor, activist, and humanitarian, whose greatest commercial success was as a solo singer. After traveling and living in numerous locations while growing up in his military family, Denver began his music career with folk music groups during the late 1960s. Starting in the 1970s, he was one of the most popular acoustic artists of the decade and one of its best-selling artists. By 1974, he was one of America's best-selling performers, and AllMusic has described Denver as "among the most beloved entertainers of his era".
           Denver recorded and released approximately 300 songs, about 200 of which he composed. He had 33 albums and singles that were certified Gold and Platinum in the U.S by RIAA certification with estimated sales of more than 33 million units. He recorded and performed primarily with an acoustic guitar and sang about his joy in nature, his disdain for city life, his enthusiasm for music, and his relationship trials. Denver's music appeared on a variety of charts, including country music, the Billboard Hot 100, and adult contemporary, in all earning 12 gold and four platinum albums with his signature songs "Take Me Home, Country Roads", "Annie's Song", "Rocky Mountain High", "Calypso", "Thank God I'm a Country Boy", and "Sunshine on My Shoulders".
          Denver appeared in several films and television specials during the 1970s and 1980s. He continued to record in the 1990s, also focusing on environmental issues as well as lending vocal support to space exploration and testifying in front of Congress in protest against censorship in music. He lived in Aspen for much of his life where he was known for his love of Colorado. In 1974, Denver was named poet laureate of the state. The Colorado state legislature also adopted "Rocky Mountain High" as one of its two state songs in 2007.
          An avid pilot, Denver died at the age of 53 in a single-fatality crash while piloting his recently purchased light plane.
            "Annie's Song" (also known as "Annie's Song (You Fill Up My Senses)") is a folk rock and country song in 3/4 time written and recorded by singer-songwriter John Denver. The song was released as a single from Denver's álbum Back Home Again. It was his second number-one song in the United States, occupying that spot for two weeks in July 1974. "Annie's Song" also went to number one on the Easy Listening chart. Billboard ranked it as the Nº. 25 song for 1974.
           It went to number one in the United Kingdom, where it was Denver's only major hit single (many of Denver's American hits were more familiar in the UK through cover versions by other artists). Four years later, an instrumental version also became flautista James Galway's only major British hit.

You fill up my senses
Like a night in the forest
Like the mountains in springtime
Like a walk in the rain
Like a storm in the desert
Like a sleepy blue ocean
You fill up my senses
Come fill me again
 
Come let me love you
Let me give my life to you
Let me drown in your laughter
Let me die in your arms
Let me lay down beside you
Let me always be with you
Come let me love you
Come love me again
 
Let me give my life to you
Come let me love you
Come love me again
 
You fill up my senses
Like a night in the forest
Like the mountains in springtime
Like a walk in the rain
Like a storm in the desert
Like a sleepy blue ocean
You fill up my senses
Come fill me again.