Visions of Johanna is my favourite song in contemporary music. It’s the official bootleg version below from Live 1966 that I feel is the definitive one, at least for me. As you can see from the official bootleg cover above,…
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Visions of Johanna (1966) – Bob Dylan
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Volví a Nacer (2012) – Carlos Vives
Volví A Nacer (Eng: I Was Born Again) is a song by the Colombian recording artist Carlos Vives. It is a romantic song with strong elements of Colombian vallenato and pop music. I remember it saturating the Colombian airwaves when…
Waka Waka (This Time for Africa) 2010 – Shakira
How timely this song should appear in the alphabetical listing since we are now just 27 days away from the commencement of the 2026 World Cup. Waka Waka (This Time for Africa) was the official theme song for the 2010…
Waitin’ On A Sunny Day (2002) – Bruce Springsteen
Waitin’ On A Sunny Day is a song from The Rising, released by Bruce Springsteen in 2002 after the terrorist attacks in the United States on September 11th, 2001. The record was dedicated to the victims, survivors and spirit of…
Cafe Society (2016) – Woody Allen (Friday’s Finest)
I hadn’t had as much fun watching a movie for a good while as I did watching Cafe Society by Woody Allen yesterday. Someone once wrote that you either get Woody or you don’t, and judging by the sharply contrasting…
Waiting For You (2019) – Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
In the aftermath of the tragic death of Nick Cave’s son Arthur at just 15 years old in 2015, Nick Cave dedicated the 2019 record Ghosteen to processing his grief. Three other songs from that remarkable album have appeared here…
Hold My Hand (1994) – Hootie & The Blowfish
In my post on Wagon Wheel the other day, my friend Ashley at The Gentle Chapter told me how much she enjoyed the Darius Rucker version of the song. In a follow-up comment, Ash mentioned that her mind was blown…
Waiting For The Miracle (1992) – Leonard Cohen
I like this solemn and meandering song from Leonard, which whisks you away with its personal chant and reflection on love, its prodding medieval-like sound, and the sense that the thoughts are just appearing to him there and then. On…
Wagon Wheel (2004) – Old Crow Medicine Show
Such is my fascination with this song, I wrote about Wagon Wheel just after the inception of my blog back in 2014, but today we take a proper look at this Americana gem written by Bob Dylan and Ketch Secor…
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Vivir Mi Vida (2013) – Marc Anthony
I can’t think of a bigger celebratory Latin song, or one more universally adored by both Latin and Anglo audiences, than Vivir Mi Vida (Eng: Live My Life). The spectacular video below encapsulates just how massive it is, and I…
