Happy Birthday ! !

to my idol Barbra

I won't say how many decades, since it's obviously

irrelevant. Just know that you are amazing, dear!

One of your biggest fans!

The Castle Lady

It's Record Store Day !

Do you remember my entry on records (that play on phonograph players) stating that they were making a comeback? This phenomenon is real and I can say that I am a happy owner of hundreds of them in just about every music genre there is or ever was for that matter! This would be a great time for you to check out what's available where you live in the way of record stores still being open. Please make an effort to show support for these mavens of the music business. Without them the world would've gone silent years ago and we don't want that do we?
     Tell 'em The Castle Lady told you to, okay ?

https://blog.discogs.com/en/making-the-most-of-record-store-day/

www.recordstoreday.com 

 

 The Castle Lady

 

It was all like a dream...

Talent like this can't be ignored...

        and she dances, too !   See and hear her on Twitter

 The Castle Lady

Easter Song, anyone?

It is now !

Need Your Joy Back ?

A recent animated show on T.V. and my own need to get out of a winter funk led to my thinking of this song today. Enjoy, and remember...If you have your joy you can continue no matter what is going on in your life. 

 

The Castle Lady

Becoming Martin Luther King Jr.

In the Talmud, that ancient Hebrew book, it says that ‘a dream

that is not understood

is like a letter not opened.’

Today it is time to open that letter we put off reading…

it is the letter of hope

and love in all its forms.

-Evelyn M.Wallace

Fifty years ago I remember hearing and seeing this speech on T.V.

It moves me as much now as it did then.  

When I think of Martin Luther King Jr. I feel love in my heart

which no one can take away.

No one can kill love.

Hatred you can burn to the ground

with a cool glass of water.

- Evelyn M. Wallace

http://www.drmartinlkingjrchc.org/index.php/marade

The Reason is Christ

I wanted you to hear this awesome song if you haven't already heard it. Guaranteed to blow your socks off. Enjoy. Oh, and have a blessed Christmas! - The Castle Lady

Are You Being Followed by a...

Moon Shadow?

 

Just for fun !

The Castle Lady

 

If I Can Dream

For the 40th anniversary of the passing of Elvis I thought I'd put up a video of one of his lesser known songs which just went platinum. I found that out from Priscilla Presley when she was being interviewed today early in the morning on T.V. Now this is a song befitting the great talent he was truly. R.I.P. dear and know you were well loved. -The Castle Lady

There are additional entries on Elvis on this blog. Check the archives.

                                                 

Oh, Zsuzsanna !

I make the most interesting musical talent discoveries on Good Morning America than just about anywhere these days! Ms. Zsuzsanna Eva Ward- showed up on my television screen the last full week of July and I was very impressed with her music. She said that she had played for and with several big headline acts, including ZZ Top- not just as an opening act- and I loved the song (Help me Mama) she sang on the show which was from her latest studio LP The Storm. Have a look and listen and decide for yourself. –The Castle Lady

     Known as ZZ Ward, she has been active as a professional singer since the age of 12 when she started out with her father’s band with her first song being Albert King’s ‘As the Years Go Passing By’. She is a relatively new artist since she had her official recording debut EP ‘Til the Casket Drops’ which came out in 2012. She has been compared to Tina Turner, Etta James and Aretha Franklin but what I hear is more original than that and she could vie with Sheryl Crow for rock sass. Her appearances include the 2014 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Bonnaroo Music Festival and even a short turn on tour with Eric Clapton. You can find out more at www.zzward.com