Artist Lounge: Joan Osborne
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Bill Withers version is amazing - but Joan's voice brings a special meaning as I wait the return of a special person in my life.
Love Divine
"What is the line between Carnal and Divine love? Over the centuries, music, poetry and mysticism have blurred it, and each one has fed the other - as we'll hear in this week's show! Ellen explores the way that American Gospel music provided the heat for Motown Soul, how the Sufis of Turkey and Pakistan sing of divine passion being found through earthly friendship, and how a modern rock singer, Joan Osborne, even turned to Sufi star Nusrat Fateh... MOREJoan Osborne "Spider Web"
4/21/07 I may be going out on a limb here but for me Joan's funk is j-u-s-t f-i-n-e
I was flipping through the HD channels today and I caught the tail end of a great Motown tribute.
So i just wanted to share this highlight, Joan Osbonre belting out a great version of a classic song...enjoy!!
This Joan Osborne track, "Nobody's Fault But Mine", is from a compilation disc "Shout, Sister, Shout", honoring the legendary Sister Rosetta Tharpe.
Joan is joined by the wonderful Holmes Brothers.
Just thought I'd share this pleasant surprise I found after getting in from the meeting this evening - from NPR.org November 3, 2006 ยท Over the course of her nearly two-decade career, singer/songwriter Joan Osborne has gone from relative obscurity to Lilith Fair mainstay to venerated cult act. Combining rootsy, folk-driven Americana with blues, rock, and pop, Osborne's music has a peculiar quality of seeming familiar and original at the same time. Osborne performed a co... MORE







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