“I’m in Manchester singing ‘Prison Song’ and the show was taped. I look at the film and who do I see but the judge who sent my father to jail? I really wanted to talk to him.” ...
and Dad and his friends provided the music, playing and singing all the old Cape Verdean songs.” And all this is what would lead to Song For My Father, Silver’s outstanding album released in ...
odds are you’ll find nary a love song. Tracks about heartbreak, friendship and self-empowerment abound, but straightforward ballads about falling for someone seem to be declining in popular music.
But few have continued to touch the hearts of successive generations as much as “Father and Son.” The song arrived as the London-born artist was truly finding his voice among the new cohort of ...