Life with Guitar

Guitar seems to me is the best musical instrument for a ballad. Today I want to share three my favourite singers, all of them are master of guitars. Their songs can be frisky or sullen, playful or gloomy. Their guitars seem more expressive than themselves.

 

Damien Rice

Damien Rice is a very creative and talented Irish musician. He is poet in the musical world. His melodies are often mingled with a sense of sadness. Here is his Blower’s Daughter in the album O. My words simply not powerful enough to express the emotion in his music; so just click and listen!

Another hit from Damien Rice, 9 Crime from album 9.

 

Jack Johnson

Jack Johnson is another guitarist/singer/surfer. Different from Damien Rice’s music, most of his songs are playful and happy. One of my friends used to say to me, we’ve got Damien Rice, so we need Jack Johnson to balance it. The song I chose is not his most famous hit, but a short and playful piece, called Belle.

Here is Do You Remember also by Jack Johnson.

 

Jason Mraz

Last but not least, a singer I was recently introduced: Jason Mraz. He is more of a happy type, but also can be very touching and moving. Listen to his major hit I’m Yours from the album We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things.

Last song is my personal favourite in the album, a beautifully written ballad called A Beautiful Mess. Jason has sung this song on the Nobel Prize Ceremony this year.

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