Radio KAOM: The Hollies and Sissel sing "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"

MOVING 

MEANINGFUL 

TOUCHING 

BEAUTIFUL

What a Wonderful Song!!!!!

 

The Hollies

and Sissel

"He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother"

Suggestion: Stay on this post

Watch and listen to the videos 

before scrolling down

After the last note of the last video

Then scroll down to view the photo set in silence

Let the feelings and meaning of the music

Linger with you as you scroll through the photos

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Sissel Kyrkjebø Talks: 

«He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother»

Sissel give her thoughts about today's song

YouTube Direct Link: https://youtu.be/GTnpTIukKdY

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If I'm laden at all

I'm laden with sadness

That everyone's heart

Isn't filled with the gladness

Of love for one another

The Hollies

"He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother"

YouTube Direct Link: https://youtu.be/z_Jx9nqnxOM

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Here is Sissel's beautiful version of today's song

I decided to add this because I think her performance is so poignant

Sissel Kyrkjebø sings

"He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"

YouTube Direct Link: https://youtu.be/1Cvy9IxInJs

MUSIC: "Shenandoah" performed by Sissel Kyrkjebø

Shenandoah

A Beautiful Rendition of this Song

One of the Great American Folk Songs

Popular in Walt Whitman's time

"Shenandoah" (also called "Oh Shenandoah", or "Across the Wide Missouri") is an American folk song, dating to the early 19th century.  The lyrics may tell the story of a roving trader in love with the daughter of an Native American chief; in this interpretation, the rover tells the chief of his intent to take the girl with him far to the west, across the Missouri River. Other interpretations tell of a pioneer's nostalgia for the Shenandoah River Valley in Virginia, and a young woman who is its daughter; or of a Union soldier in the American Civil War, dreaming of his country home to the west of the Missouri river. The tune  was also used for sea shanties, of sailors longing for home."

I love Sissel's performance of this song

Having the "fiddle" and the "penny whistle"

Gives it a more authentic feel

Sissel Kyrkjebø

"Shenandoah"

Live performance from 2001

YouTube Direct Link: https://youtu.be/W1EG_4IBzbA