Sonic Truth
Posted by Aarti on January 3rd, 2013 . Filed under: brendan, Music .
Bren is the real music collector in the McSequeira household. Every few months, he puts together a mix of songs he’s jamming to, and it’s always, always good.
(If you wanna hear his end-of-the-year mix, listen here. It’s called “If’n a Flame”.)
Music is one of the things that brought us together, since we both were lovers of angst-y women who played the piano. Think Tori Amos and Fiona Apple. I know. Now you know what my “dark” side looks like.
Ha!
Bren oftens uses music to describe what God feels like: you can’t touch it, but you know it’s there and it’s swelling your heart to heights previously unscaled.
To that end, Bren discovered this song yesterday, by LA artist Active Child. It’s storming the music blogs with its plaintive, other-worldly cry to the heavens, a cover of “His Eye is on the Sparrow”.
I CANNOT STOP LISTENING TO THIS!
And perhaps, as we scribble down New Year’s resolutions, attempting to grab hold of this tenuous thing called time… as we eye the horizon with hope and — in my case — trepidation… this song might be the most appropriate soundtrack to keep us rooted in the reality whispering to us from behind the mist.
-x-
aarti
January 3rd, 2013 at 12:05 pm
Track listing?
January 4th, 2013 at 5:27 am
AARTI! So I’ve always wanted to travel to India and I finally woke up one morning, was weirdly inspired by the good ol’ “YOLO”, and booked a flight just for myself. Now I am in Pushkar, looking out into the nightscape on the rooftop of my hostel. I tried samosas for the first time in my life and they are quite tasty. As I was biting into my first one, all I could think about was you and your old Youtube video about the baked samosas and how you talked about going out to buy cloth to make your saris and sometimes you couldn’t get your samosa and you would get sad. I feel ya. Stuff is deliciousness all up in yo mouth. I also had a banana lassi here; I wanted to find the rose water lassi that you made but I didn’t find it on the menu. The lassi I had seemed to be much thicker than the one you made in your original Youtube video. I must reproduce them as soon as I get home. Thank you for always being an inspiration! I hope you and Bren had a great new years
January 4th, 2013 at 8:11 am
Dear Aarti,
The song “His Eye is on the Sparrow” is indeed beautiful. I was reading your post about food addictions. I can relate. But once I read “Eat Fat, Look Thin” by Bruce Fife, C.N., N.D, my views on food took a 180 degree turn.
I now know how to eat well. And I am not troubled with food cravings (which I read is caused by a mineral deficiency). Especially cravings for sweet and/or salty foods.
I also like to look through Sally Fallon’s book “Nourishing Traditions”. In this book, she recommends eating a teaspoon of azomite to get your daily mineral intake. I do this and I don’t get as fatigued as I used to. Feel free to contact me if you would like more information.
And thank you again for all the wonderful information you share with us on a regular basis. Congratulations on your show “Taste in Translation”. You are an inspiration to me.
Blessings,
Rachel
January 6th, 2013 at 6:23 pm
One of my favorite classic songs. I usually don’t like remixes but this one’s pretty cool and I love Audrey Assad’s take with her song, “Sparrow”. Check it out.
BTW – I love your transparency…I feel like we don’t get anything fake from you and I love watching you cook. This year, I hope to actually get to cooking some of your recipes. Growing up in an Indian family in the Carribbean, there are a lot of familiar aspects to your cooking. Keep up the good work!
January 25th, 2013 at 4:43 pm
Looking forward to catching your new show for the first time tonight!