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Young Man in America is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell, released on Wilderland Records in the UK on February 13, 2012, and in the US on February 28, 2012. It is a folk [ 1 ] and folk-pop [ 2 ] album with elements of bluegrass [ 1 ] and New Orleans jazz .
In early 2012, she released Young Man in America on Wilderland Records. [24] [25] Mitchell opened the North American leg of Bon Iver's autumn 2012 tour, which included two sold-out shows at Radio City Music Hall. [26] The album was largely praised by critics as "genre-defying" and her "second consecutive masterpiece." [27]
In 1979, Japanese singer Hideki Saijo covered the song for his compilation album Young Man/Hideki Flying Up as "Young Man (Y.M.C.A.)". In Japan, the cover topped on the Oricon chart for five consecutive weeks and became the seventh best-selling single of 1979 in Japan. For the cover, the lyrics were re-written in Japanese by Saijo's manager ...
According to biographer Nicholas Pegg, "Young Americans" presents a rapid lyric "sketching an Englishman's impressionist portrait of 20th century America". [11] Production team the Matrix noted "America" as "a bit like a teenager: brimming with energy and imagination, occasionally overstepping the mark, but always with a great sense of possibility". [12]
Each year when the clock strikes midnight on New Year's, people around the world sing one song in unison. "Auld Lang Syne" has long been a hit at New Year's parties in the U.S. as people join ...
Neil Percival Young OC OM [1] [2] (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian and American [3] singer-songwriter. After embarking on a music career in Winnipeg in the 1960s, Young moved to Los Angeles, joining the folk rock group Buffalo Springfield.
John Amos, who was best known for his roles Good Times, The Roots, and Coming to America, has died.He was 84. The Emmy nominated actor's son Kelly Christopher "K.C." Amos confirmed in a statement ...
Legendary singer-songwriter Joan Baez has urged fans to register to vote in the looming US election, as she expressed her support for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris ...