This new music contest has me stoked, and I’m bringing out one of my favourite covers for the occasion, performed on my 12-string.
I’ve been playing this version of House of the Rising Sun for a while. The original is by the Animals, of course, but this is my interpretation of Nina Simone’s take on this song.
So without further ado, here's my entry for Round 1 of the Art of Music:
Yeah, that’s a fun one.
The theme this week for the Art of Music contest is jazz, which isn’t honestly one of my preferred genres. I mean, I’ve spent time in New Orleans and have been to Jazz Fest a few times—I like some jazz, just not the kind where everyone in the band seems to be playing a different song.
I wasn’t sure what to sing at first, but Nina Simone came to mind, and I figured this jazzy version of a song about New Orleans would do.
Here is the song by Nina Simone, so you have an idea of what I’m going on.
Nina Simone, House of the Rising Sun – via YouTube
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Thanks for listening!
Peace. @katrina-ariel
Author bio: Katrina Ariel is an old-soul rebel, musician, tree-hugging yogini, and mama bear to twins. Author of Yoga for Dragon Riders (non-fiction) and Wild Horse Heart (romance), she's another free-spirit swimming in the ocean of Steemit.
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