In the early 90s, it was time for alternative rock to hit the airwaves. many of these songs reached in and touched raw emotion of personal struggles. The lead singer of Soul Asylum said that “Run Away Train” was originally about his personal experience with depression. It wasn’t common to admit struggles with depression and …
Pierre-Auguste Renoir is a notable French Impressionist and contemporary of another artist already featured in Art Master Monday – Claude Monet. He, along with a group of artists, created the Impressionist movement when they were snubbed by the Salon Paris. His early works were typical of the movement, and depicted intimate, candid scenes of real …
Fair warning – I have strong feelings about this song…always have. So, let me get this out of the way… While it may be spiritual and touch the soul, this is not a “religious” song and versions that update it to be an Easter or Christmas song don’t quite do it justice and are a …
Sandro Botticelli was a Florentine master of the early Renaissance. A bit unusual is that he lived most of his life in teh same neighborhood of Florence, Italy. Working with and for the influential family of Lorenzo de Medici has earned Botticelli the reputation of one of the masters of the Golden Age. His use …
Back when songs told stories, there was a genre called folk or folk-rock. These songs told tales and provided life lessons along the way. Gordon Lightfoot is a Canadian singer/song-writer that helped popularize folk-rock in the 70s. The “Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” which tells the true story of a 1975 shipwreck on Lake Superior. …
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Sculptor, architect, painter, and poet – Michelangelo is considered one of the true geniuses and heroes of the High Renaissance. Starting from middle class beginnings, when it was noted that he did not have an aptitude for the family business (banking), he was sent to an apprenticeship, and from there was chosen to attend academy. …
Not everyone these days is familiar with Charlie Rich, aka The Silver Fox, but this was another favorite from my mama’s collection that I remember singing over and over. Growing up in Memphis, music was just part of life! An interesting bit of trivia…I don’t remember all the details of how and who, but when …
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Monet was one of the first artists that I recognized and loved. Several of his work’s captured my heart with their colors and almost ‘mistiness’. There was a sense of mystery in the paintings, as if the artist wanted me to interpret the scene myself and determine where I would find the beauty. The vibrant …
Imagine it’s a regular Saturday the 1970s and a skinny little 6-year-old red-head is running around the house singing in that squeaky child’s voice while her mama has a stack of records playing on the “Hi-Fi” while she’s doing the weekly household things. That’s the memory vision that comes up when I hear Tanya Tucker’s …
This seems to be the month of some of our Renaissance masters! While these aren’t necessarily the types of art work that I would hang in my home, I fully appreciate the foundations they laid for centuries of artists, and in Leonardo da Vinci’s case, centuries of scientists as well. Da Vinci is probably most …
