and it would be rare to be in my home on a Wednesday and not hear it on the hi-fi. Anyway, Tuesday night I went to a Divaville listener party at a throwback dinner-lounge called Tony Starlight's. It was a lot of fun! Tony did a sit-down interview of sorts with the host, Christa, and then the two of them played some songs and gave prizes for being able to identify the singers and songwriters. I am nothing but a novice so was no sort of contender but enjoyed hearing the music. Brett and I were among the younger attendees. It was fun getting dressed up and doing something completely out of the usual routine. The program is streamed live each week at divaville.org so if you have any interest, you should check it out. Music can be so wonderful and this is nothing like avant-garde jazz music you may be thinking of. To me, that's generally just noise. But hearing Bobby Darin sing about That Funny Feeling and listening to a Danny Kaye and Louis Armstrong duet is nothing short of fabulous.
Friday, January 23, 2009
Yowza!
There's a fantastic weekly radio program on the local jazz station called Divaville. The program focuses on jazz vocalists from the 20s through the 60s - think Dean Martin, Ella Fitzgerald, Chet Baker, Betty Hutton and the like. It is a wonderful program 
and it would be rare to be in my home on a Wednesday and not hear it on the hi-fi. Anyway, Tuesday night I went to a Divaville listener party at a throwback dinner-lounge called Tony Starlight's. It was a lot of fun! Tony did a sit-down interview of sorts with the host, Christa, and then the two of them played some songs and gave prizes for being able to identify the singers and songwriters. I am nothing but a novice so was no sort of contender but enjoyed hearing the music. Brett and I were among the younger attendees. It was fun getting dressed up and doing something completely out of the usual routine. The program is streamed live each week at divaville.org so if you have any interest, you should check it out. Music can be so wonderful and this is nothing like avant-garde jazz music you may be thinking of. To me, that's generally just noise. But hearing Bobby Darin sing about That Funny Feeling and listening to a Danny Kaye and Louis Armstrong duet is nothing short of fabulous.
and it would be rare to be in my home on a Wednesday and not hear it on the hi-fi. Anyway, Tuesday night I went to a Divaville listener party at a throwback dinner-lounge called Tony Starlight's. It was a lot of fun! Tony did a sit-down interview of sorts with the host, Christa, and then the two of them played some songs and gave prizes for being able to identify the singers and songwriters. I am nothing but a novice so was no sort of contender but enjoyed hearing the music. Brett and I were among the younger attendees. It was fun getting dressed up and doing something completely out of the usual routine. The program is streamed live each week at divaville.org so if you have any interest, you should check it out. Music can be so wonderful and this is nothing like avant-garde jazz music you may be thinking of. To me, that's generally just noise. But hearing Bobby Darin sing about That Funny Feeling and listening to a Danny Kaye and Louis Armstrong duet is nothing short of fabulous.
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Fun! What a fun thing to do. I'm with you, I love the old jazz. :)
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