Divamensch

I'm ending my Rock and Roll Woman tribute with my favorite rock singer, Annie Lennox. I was in high school when The Eurythmics hit the scene and I went nutty for them, like I had never gone for a contemporary rock group. I had their albums on LP and listened to them often. I was even a member of the Eurythmics Fan Club! I saw them at Alpine Valley in East Troy, WI in the summer of 1986, my first rock concert ever. I was mostly into classical music and Broadway original cast

I heard Jordi Savall at Carnegie Hall on Apr 14, 2026. I’d never heard of him but my friend Stephanie had bought a ticket, ended up being out of town, and gave me her ticket. Thank you Stephanie, the concert was sensational! My friend Bill tells me that Savall was one of the people most responsible for what we call early music having a place in concert stages and recordings. He trained as a viola da gamba player (that’s a precursor to a cello) and formed an early music ensemb