For the Love of Music Part IV

{Kitten comes wobbling into blog rather stuffed from all the food and worn out from all the activity} Hope anyone who is reading had a great Christmas. Mine was but I have to say, I'm glad the holidays are about over with. All this rushing to get presents wrapped and dinners cooked is just tiring this lil kitten out. I was happy that we had a white Christmas this year! :) It has been about 5 or 6 years since we had snow covering the ground. Last Christmas and the one before that was rainy and gloomy. It does feel a little odd to be getting this much snow in December. Usually our biggest snow fall is in January.

  

It's just about time for a nap but first a new music review review.{Kitten dances over to IPod player and plugs it in.} I love French artist but my other favorite that ties for first are the Israelis artists. The picture above is of Shiri Maimon and she is one of my favorites to listen to. Her voice is very beautiful and her songs are also moving. Even if you don't speak Hebrew, you can enjoy them.   

    

Shiri represented Israel in the Eurovision in 2005 but I'm not sure what place she came in, I think that Germany won that year. Anyway, She has three albums, Shiri Maimon, Rega Lifney She... (Just before...), and Standing on My Own 2008. The last album has two English versions of two popular songs. My songs from her our "Mamshicha Mikan" (Going Ahead), "Laila" (Night), "Veratziti Shetedi" (And I Wanted You To Know), "Yoter Tov Lisloach" (Better To Forgive), "Ahava Ktana" (A Small Love), and Angel" (English version of "Laila").

Well Kitten has to get to her nap then do some much needed cleaning, so bye-bye till later :) Oh, if any is interested in listening to music, I have added my YouTube Channel for easy access. I have at least one or two of the artist I meant favorited, so just find which ever one you are looking for.  

Ahava Ktana

Merry Christmas!

Christmas is almost here! Kitten is very excited because this year looks like we are going to have a white Christmas. Indiana weather is a little odd can never seem to make up its mind what it wants to do. On a day in January it can 50F then, on the next day, it can be 20F  and 3 inches of snow on the ground. Well, anyway, we have not had snow the last 4 or 5 years on Christmas. It has usually been cloudy and gray on a good day or chilly and rainy on a bad one. This year, however, we have had a lot of snow and are forecasted to have another couple of inches on Christmas eve.

It has been a very busy week and I'm still recuperating from finals. Last week was very grueling but I go through it. I had all A's except for one B, in Anatomy Lab :) Because I was rather sleep deprived last week, I have been catching up in the last few days. Because of this, I have decided to wait to put up any more on For the Love of Music till next week, when I will be more rested and have time to do a little research.

For the Love of Music Part IV

{Kitten stumples in blog sleepily} Finals have kept me from getting a good nights sleep for about a week, unfortunately. Thankfully, three more and I'm free, well for three weeks anway!
Time for the last French artist I shall feature. The picture of the very beautiful woman to your left is Sheryfa Luna. She is a RnB and has a very soft, quite voice. I believe she has three albums out. Her first was title Sheryfa Luna, the second was Venus (accent on the e), and her third, which came out in 2010, is called Si tu me vois. My personal favorites from here are Il avait les mots, au revoir, je reviendrai, tu me manques, and her newest yemma.

She was born in France but her father was from Algeria. I was shocked to find out she is 21 { born January 25, 1989}! She looks so much more older and sophicated. Maybe it's her haircut but I figured her at around 25. Anyway, she started singing perosonally in when she was 18 after she won some talent show.   

Like most of the other French artist, it is not possible to find her on ITunes, so if interesting try Youtube or Amazon. {Why ITunes, you could make it so much easier on a lot of people if you would just add all the artist from all the stores so anyone could get any album}

This is the last French artist I'll write about but if there is anyone who is reading is interested there are several other artist who are very good also: Vitaa, Melisa, and Zina.

For the Love of Music Part III

Kitten jogs into blog rather quick to get out of the cold. You could freeze your tail off at there, with a high of 18F, it was a rather chilly day. On a good note however, my cold seems to have left {yay!!}

Ok, time for the third installment of my little thingy. Most of the artist I listen to, whether American or foriegn, are female. Not quite sure why but I guess I just prefer female singers, however, I do make exceptions. This pic, at your left, is one of my favorite french rap artist, Rimk. He happens to have the deep, rough voice that I am so found of and he has the bad boy air about him, another thing that I'm found of ;) The fact that I find him easy on the eyes one about 40% of the reason I like him. I can't really say I know a lot about him. He has several albums out and you can get him on ITune!

Rimk's full name is Abdelkrim Brahmi-Benalla and he is of Algerine desent. He is a member of 113 and Mafia K-1 Fry. 113 is French Hip Hop group and I'm not too certain what the other is exactly. He has four albums out. The 1st is titled L'Enfant du Pays, 2nd is Famille Nombreuse, and the third is Magherb United. My favorite songs from him are: Au dela apparences ( with Kenza Farah), Terrain Vague, and L'Espoir de Favelas.

L'Espoir de Favelas

Terrain Vague

For the Love of Music Part II

{Bonjour...cough...cough...} Kitten has a slight cold today but will hopefully be getting over it soon. These things always seem to come at the most inconvient times. I have my Chemistry Lab final at 2 and my throat is killing me and it last three hours {whimpers}.

My last post gave me an idea to make a few post about different artist that are outside the US. As mention in a few days ago, I'm rather bored and somewhat annoyed at the music my fellow country men and women are putting out so I have looked to new forign artist for inspiration. Today I shall talk about another great French RnB artist, Kenza Farah.

She has three albums out currently. Her newest one, Tresor{accent on the e} just came out in November. I like that she can sing the ballads but also do songs that are almost rap-ish. Variety is very important. I think her most well known songs are La Coeur de la Rue, Pardonnez-Moi, Me Bats, and Lettre du Front. My favorite songs are from her new album are Crack Music, La Ou Tu Va {accent over the a in la and over the u in ou}, and Karismastyle. I believe her first album was title Authentik, and the second was Avec la Couer. She isn't really known that well here in the States and like many French artist, Americans can only get her CD on Amazon. ITunes does not carry it, which is very annoying.

I have always been adverse to ordering online but in the past year have had no choice for some things. I have always been satisified with most of the things that I get. Well, all except for one book. The condition of it had been slightly exaggerated but it wasn't that big of a deal. Sometimes Amazon is out of the item, such was the case with both Kenza's Tresor and Jena Lee's Ma Reference. So I went to a private seller but have been happy with it so far. I think that seller that I used for Tresor was grooves_inc, which is a company out of Switzerland. It does take a little while for it to get to me but the CD was new and in good shape.

La Ou Tu Va

For the Love of Music

{Kitten wanders into the blog shaking her little tail and moving her pawsto her favorite singer}

I have been very discontent with the music American artist have been putting out lately. It is all very reminiscent of Lady Gaga. Don't get me wrong, I like her singing but I don't want to her her music or that of other trying to be like her, all the time. I was so excited when I heard Rihanna was coming out with a new album, until I downloaded it. The music is not bad by any means but it does not wow me. I really miss being wow{in more ways then one but were not talking about that ;) } Link Park came out with a new album too and I was not very satisfied with it either.

Since my artist have so disappointed me of late, I have been looking to other countries to give my ears what they need. Pictured above is no of my most favorite artist. Her name is Jena Lee and she is in the RnB category. Her music is so beautiful, but then, anything in French sounds beautiful. Her songs have so much meaning such as Victime Ideale, Je Me Perds, and Mon Ange. She just came out with a new album called Ma Reference { sorry but can't put in the proper accents). I ordered it right when it came out on Amazon since I am unable to download it on Itunes. They were out of stock already so I found a company out of Switzerland who sells it and its finally on its way! So excited

Du Style

Eternise Moi

US Boy

Another Short Book and talk Show Review

Between homework, group projects, and the like Kitten has been feeling very tired of late. However, all work and no play is not the best idea and I have recently just finished a fascinating book by Portia deRossi called Unbearable Lightness. It is a book about her battle with anorexia, which has gotten my attention of late since I had to do a research paper on it just a few months ago. It is a sad and shocking but an eye opener for me. Portia is something like 5'5 and at her lowest weighed 82 pounds! I think I understand anorexia a little better now that I have read it. Personally, I would recommend the book to anyone whether you like Portia as an actress or find the subject of eating disorders of interest. It is a quick read, well organized, and very direct and uncensored. I like books that tell it how it was or is and not try to cover things up. It's refreshing to find honesty.

If you do not know how Portia is, she's an actress who starred on Ally McBeal, Arrested Developement, and another show that I can't remember at the moment. She is actually Australian and moved to the US to pursue an acting carrear. She was married early in life to a man ( can't remember his name) but it didn't work out. Other an battling with anorexia she also fight her own sexual identity for a long time. She is now married to Ellen DeGeneres.

Speaking of Portia, I have never said how much I love watching her wife, Ellen's show. It is probably my favorite talk show and Ellen is the right balance of funny and serious. I never could get into Oprah but I could watch Ellen all day. She does so much to help so many people.