In preparation for my interview tomorrow with Ben Harper (my third time talking to the roots rocker), I stumbled across a forum post talking about Ben's duet with Brazilian chanteuse Vanessa da Mata for the song "Boa Sorte/Good Luck" on her album that is available as an import on Amazon. While I don't know anything about Vanessa, I do know that Ben's a great judge of character and knows talent. The song, as far as I know, doesn't have a release date for the US, but here's music set to a photo montage. It's truly a captivating and beautiful track. The pair harmonize well together and Ben's Weissenborn playing is, as always, magic. And as long as I'm talking about Ben, he had a Jimi moment last night, performing an instrumental version of the "Star Spangled Banner" at game three of the NBA Finals. Watch that too -- and I dare you to not get chills.
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Posted by: Candice | June 20, 2007 at 02:04 PM
Hi
I can't be bothered with anything these days, but shrug. I just don't have anything to say recently.
G'night
Posted by: tihopilik | July 08, 2007 at 07:26 AM
Vanessa da Mata is a great new singer and they have a great chemistry, Here is the link for the "official" clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8dQP5srrGk&mode=related&search=
Posted by: Charles | July 12, 2007 at 11:40 PM
I love this song!
Posted by: Kaatrien | July 17, 2007 at 04:38 AM