Reliving a moment

The music industry suffered a tragic loss when news broke out on Christmas morning that The Godfather of Soul, James Brown, died of complications of pneumonia. The industry knew they had to pay tribute to him in a very big way but who they would ask to pay tribute to the legend himself was on everyone's mind. Well, none other than Christina Aguilera was asked to step up to the plate and I must say, she hit a grand slam with her performance.

In a music world that feels it's been dominated by auto-tune lately, it's hard for some people to really recognize soul anymore. But nonetheless, her performance received great recognition and was voted in the Grammy books as the 3rd best performance of all time. ALL TIME! To sum up her performance I'll quote an ad that I saw for the Grammy's the following year: Thank you, Christina, for reintroducing our jaws to the floor.

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Flashback Friday: Scala and Kolacny Brothers

Scala and Kolacny is a Belgian girls' choir, conducted by Stijn Kolacny and arranged and accompanied by his brother Steven Kolacny on the piano. They have been performing together for the last 14 years and have released ten albums since 2002. Their song choice is quite eclectic covering artists such as: U2, Alanis Morissette, Depeche Mode, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Foo Fighters and The Police. Their coming back into the limelight recently for being on The Social Network's movie trailer with their cover of Radiohead's Creep.  Talk about goosebumps on top of goosebumps. Their cover of The Blowers Daughter by Damien Rice is my personal favorite.



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Reliving the Moment: #1

Reliving the Moment: Another new series we are going to feature on the blog are moments we just have to relive again and again and again!  Our contributors are going to get personal and emotional...and they may even cry (or make you cry in the process).  At the very least, they'll jog your memory with some of the best moments in music history.

Amazing.  Melissa Etheridge and Joss Stone paying tribute to Janis Joplin at the 2005 Grammys. This was Melissa's first public appearance since being diagnosed with breast cancer 6 months prior. While still bald from chemo she strutted her stuff on stage as if screaming to the world, 'I will not let this define me.' Following suite, she gave a performance that will clearly go down in history as one of the best Grammy moments of all time. This was true women empowerment at it's finest. It gave new meaning to the lyrics I'm gonna show you, baby, that a woman can be tough. Keep on rockin' girl.

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