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New Year's Prayer, Jeff Buckley

By | Published Tuesday, January 1, 2013



What are your prayers or wishes for 2013? 





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Collaboration: To Jeff (Poem+Illustration)

By | Published Sunday, November 18, 2012



This one should’ve been posted yesterday because it was somehow inspired by Jeff Buckley.  It features a poem of my own and a specifically done illustration by Pedro Rodrigues named Drown.
I believe it’s worth the delay but feel free to leave any feedback. Enjoy!



To Jeff

Your ashes by the sea bathing your lover’s naked feet.
I saw her – standing in grief – rattling hands and disbelief,
The waving waters dictating the mournful rhythm
As the sober grey skies hid the last living light.
Her knees are now sunk in the sand
And her once immaculate nightgown
Immerses in an ocean of despair.

You, white boy, departed this life too soon
You, white boy, abandoned your lover too soon.
A beautiful stranger in this world
A tormented soul roaming forever blind
Singing grace of long gone lullabies.
Let her lay her head on your hip
Such love must be buried deep.

by Hugo Pereira




by Pedro Rodrigues

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Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

By | Published Saturday, November 17, 2012



Once Jeff Buckley said: “he is my Elvis”. He was talking about Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, an incredibly talented singer form Pakistan.

Listen to his Tumhein dillagi bhool.

 

 

 

 

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Musical: The Last Goodbye

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It seems like Romeo and Juliet will see a new approach, this time with the inclusion of a few Jeff Buckley’s songs.

“A contemporary retelling of Romeo and Juliet set to Buckley's lyrics and songs, The Last Goodbye will be directed by the two-time Tony award nominee Alex Timbers

The Last Goodbye features a number of the singer-songwriter's hits, including Lover, You Should Have Come Over and Eternal Life, and will rehearse for three weeks from 27 January, according to a casting breakdown.
Buckley shot to fame after recording a cover version of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah, and received critical acclaim for his debut album, Grace, before he drowned, aged 30, in 1997. Since his death, a number of previously unheard songs, including work from an unfinished second album, entitled My Sweetheart the Drunk, have been released.
In an interview in 2010 Buckley's mother, Mary Guibert, confessed her doubts about the project, describing the piece as a "real stretch", but said she was won round by Kimmel.
"Suddenly I felt that across centuries you had two kindred spiritstalking about the same things – love, relationships, suffering, death,"she told the New York Times. "It was like having my eyes opened to Jeff'smusic in a new light, a different and very natural light." (The Guardian)

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So Real, Jeff Buckley

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When Jeff decided that Forget Her would not be part of Grace, So Real was chosen to take its place.
"I love "So Real"… that one I produced live all one moment, the vocal is the first take, all one take. It was three o'clock in the morning."




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