(I Wish I Could Shimmy Like) My Sister Kate

Madeleine Peyroux performing "(I Wish I Could Shimmy Like) My Sister Kate".



A recent CBS Sunday Morning segment on Peyroux.

Madeleine Peyroux

I went to see Madeleine Peyroux last Saturday night at Strathmore. I have included some video of her before, but she has not gotten an entire post. So here is one now.

"You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go" - a Bob Dylan song



"Instead"



"Smile" - The music for this song was composed by Charlie Chaplin for his film Modern Times. These words were written later by someone else.

Billie Holiday Covers

To finish out the week, a couple covers of songs that Billie Holiday also did.

First, Elvis Costello's version of "Gloomy Sunday". I don't think I have yet posted any songs about suicide, so now we also have that covered.



From one of my favorite singers of the 80's, Alison Moyet performing "That Ole Devil Called Love".



And from one of my favorite voices of the current century, Madeleine Peyroux performing "Sunny Side of the Street".

Leonard Cohen Covers

Today three of the best covers of Leonard Cohen Songs.

I know that Jeff Buckley had a big hit with this song, but I like this version of "Hallelujah" done by K.D. Lang.

Teddy Thompson performed this song in the film Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man. He is a live version of him singing "Tonight Will Be Fine".

Madeleine Peyroux record this on her album Careless Love. Here she is performing "Dance Me To The End Of Love".