2010 in music – 1 In Music Playlist Best Of

by | Dec 31, 2010 | Yearly Favourites in Music

  1. Prelude in E minor We are joining in the celebration of the 200th anniversary of Chopin’s birthday with this amazing little familiar piece
  2. Girl in a green dress, Sa dingding Welcome to the fantasy world of Sa Dingding
  3. Imagine, The Herbie Hancock project Covering the genius John Lennon is a bunch of talents and Herbie Hancock’s arrangement
  4. She was a boy, Yael Naim The title track of her 2010 release is a fusion of her English lyrics with her own accent Israeli/Tunisian accents set on Latin lazy tango music background with almost unrecognisable in the bath of original instrumentation chosen.
  5. I lillà, Alessandro Belli, Andrea Belli, … (Georges Brassens) Preparing for Georges Brassens anniversary, Italy had the easy-listening cantatori folk of the Belli brothers. The album, A mon frère revenant d’Italie is clearly dedicated to brassens and contain one own composition inspired by the French legend and some brilliantly heartfelt arrangements and harmonies.
  6. I’m all over it, Jamie Cullum The pop-jazz musician releases another album whose main highlight is the track I’m all over it.
  7. Gal Mitthi Mitthi, Tochi Raina (India) It is impossible not to move to this whether you are listening to it as part of the soundtrack of the Bollywood movie it accompanies, on the dancefloor or on your sofa. It is infectious.
  8. Tala Rasa Ranga, Ravi Shankar This track is one of the discoveries on The Very Best of Ravi Shankar, the Sitar virtuoso and master who opened up the musical vision of many a Westerner with his craft.
  9. Il est trop tard, Orlika and Georges Moustaki (Greece) Singer Orlika joins Georges Moustaki to render his timeless classic ‘Il est trop tard’ this time in Hebrew.
  10. Kajra Kajra Kajraare Kajra, Himesh Reshammiya (India) We admit to having watched a couple more Bollywood movies this year than we normally do. This track is another stand-out soundtrack.
  11. Song for November, Chris Pureka
  12. Ngamen (No limit) found anothers song ai don’t like this one by JustinAdams, Juldeh Camara
  13. f you, Cee Lo green