Coping with the lockdown
Here is a cover of Heart’s “Alone”, performed by the incomparable Floor Jansen:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fu-yP6q6Gk
Shakira is a global superstar, one of the best-selling Spanish-language artists in history. She largely avoided the self-degradation necessary for female singers to break through in the U.S., but she has a big following in the Latin community here. “Estoy aqui” is Spanish for “I am here”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmJHH026X0c
Here is the best song I’ve heard to come out of the pandemic. This group are known mostly for raucous hard rock, but here they turn in a performance suffused with jazz, soul, a little funk, and some gorgeous vocal harmonies. Band-Maid: "about Us"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qicgVAxCYV8
I included this previously in one of my “Guitar Magic” posts, but it really deserves another hearing. Tina Setkic, playing Gary Moore’s mournful blues composition “The Loner”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9e9AyDXx19Q
Alternatively, here is a fight song. Bonus: if you believe it's time for women to do the butt-kicking, this is your jam. Lovebites: When Destinies Align:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLFelI93VkM
Or one can just laugh at it all. I don't know how to describe this. Boney M.: “Rasputin”: