Track 16 on The Ultimate Collection

My favorite romantic ballad in English


The problem with CDs is you cannot see the artist performing. So, here is a link to her performance courtesy of Universal Music who disabled embedding.

My favorite romantic ballad in Italian

Italian Love Songs

In case anyone is fantasizing about romance in Italy. Image being all alone in Italy with everyone fantasizing about you. Here some are my favorites. Even if you hate Italian, you will love them.



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Actually, Katherine Jenkins' Questo e per te is my favorite, but Universal Music does not allow embedding. Excerpts from Kath's performance Sunday in Verona are also on YouTube.P

Kath

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Kath

Kath being snowed upon!

How can nobody have heard of her?

When people ask me what kind of music I like, how do I tell them when they have never heard of Kath. What a pity!

A most beautiful song!

Getting votes isn't easy

I had about as much luck as Taylor in her video. I know I got Katherine at least four votes in the Classical Brits Awards. Most people just ignore me too. Here is Taylor:
Being on tour. Everyone ignores me.

Do you wear green on Saint Patrick’s Day?

Then maybe you are one of the people that Katherine Jenkins intended to reach when she was interviewed by Alan Simpson on BBC Northern Ireland radio yesterday. Skip to time 1:29:40 and hear why you should vote hers as best album in the Classical Brits Awards. Listen to her song and request for your vote: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00k2d6y/Alan_Simpson_28_04_2009/

VOTE HERE TODAY: http://www.classicalbrits.co.uk/voting/141

Vote before May 1st

Please vote for "Sacred Arias" for best album at the Classical Brit Awards.... www.classicalbrits.co.uk. Tell all your friend about it. Thank you! Voting closes on the 1st.

A thought for today... 'I can only give my best to others when I am in touch with the best in me.' --- Katherine Jenkins

Do something nice for Katherine and feel good about yourself!

Tyrd i ngweld i rhyw dydd yng Nghymru Fach!

Cymru Fach
Mae Os nad yw hin fawr mae hin ddigon
lle iddi gyd yn fy nghalon, Gymru fach.
Er crwydro o olwg ei bryniau
Ymhell oswn ei rhaeadray,
Mewn munud breuddwydiaf fy hunan
I fangre fy mebyd o bob man: Gymru fach.

Annwyl wlad mam a thad!
Os nad yw hi'n fawn mae hi'n ddigon
I lenwi, I lenwi fy nghalon,
Annwyl wlad!

Mae lle iddi I gyd yn fy nghalon, Gymru fach.
A thirion fo'r nef i'w gobeithion, Gymru fach.
Ei chestyll rhyfelgar faluriwyd,
Ond cadwed ei chalon ei breuddwyd!
Boed heddwch yn gan rhwng ei bryniau
A cherdded y gan dros y bryniau, Gymru fach.

I don't speak Welsh. Translating "Cymru Fach" is like translating "Jenkins". Saying "Jenkins" is the double diminutive of "John" does not quite make it poetically. Besides I am totally confused by the language. This is my extremely poor attempt at a translation, but maybe I learned something trying:

There is space for her greatness in my heart, “our little country”. Each mountain, each valley, each river, “our little country”.
Although I travel far from her hilltops, far from her resounding waterfalls, in minutes I shall dream my way back from afar to that sanctuary of my childhood: “our little country".

Beloved land, my mother and father! Not large, but large enough
To fill, to fill my heart "our little country"!

There is space for her greatness in my heart, “our little country”.
May heaven look kindly upon her aspirations, "our little country".
Her warlike castles are destroyed, but the dream will remain in her heart!
Let the song of peace resound among her hills;
Let the song trek along the the crest of her hills, "our little country".

Laverbread and Cockles

Gower on Britain's Favourite View




Laver is highly nutritious because of its high proportions of protein, iron, and especially iodine. It also contains high levels of vitamins B2, A, D, C and contains significant amounts of taurine. It is made from seaweed which is boiled for several hours. The gelatinous paste that results is then mined and rolled in oatmeal, fried and eaten with cockles for breakfast.


The source of the seaweed used to make laverbread was historically the Gower coastline. There are still small producers of Gower laverbread (Welsh: BARA LAWNR), but most commercial laverbread is now made from seaweed gathered from western Scotland. In addition to Wales, laverbread is eaten across the Bristol Channel in North Devon, especially around the Exmoor coast around Lynmouth and Combe Martin.

Listening to Good Music

Listening to good music is important to good nutrition, just like water, sunlight, etc. My favorite singer is Katherine Jenkins. If she is good, where are her fans I am asked.

Here is the answer: United Kingdom 58.53% (59.62%); United States 11.21% (10.95%); Australia 3.14% (3.18%); France 2.60% (2.79%); Netherlands 2.19% (2.07%); Japan 1.26% (1.35%); Germany 1.17% (1.18%); Ireland 1.07% (1.13%); New Zealand 1.00% (1.03%); Canada 0.97% (1.01%). The numbers in paratheses are the previous percentages. Her popularity will continue to rise in the U.S. and probably in France and the Netherlands. In New Zealand, she has to compete with Yulia MacLean, who brings everyone to tears.

Unlike other singers who are popular because of the songs they sing, the songs that Katherine and Yulia sing become popular because they sing them. Some people who think they are tone deaf and don't like music and religion can't help loving Hallelujah after Katherine sings it.