{"id":23942,"date":"2020-12-22T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=23942"},"modified":"2021-12-21T08:14:59","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T16:14:59","slug":"cover-me-smaf-and-stjerne-streets-of-philadelphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2020\/12\/22\/cover-me-smaf-and-stjerne-streets-of-philadelphia\/","title":{"rendered":"Cover Me, SMAF and Stjerne: Streets of Philadelphia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SMAF is a German combo that describe their music as &#8220;a soundtrack Quentin Tarantino would dance to on acid at a soul music party,&#8221; inspired by &#8220;spaghetti westerns, Motown, and reggae.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know about any of that, but I do know that their recently released cover of &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/30\/roll-of-the-dice-streets-of-philadelphia\/\">Streets of Philadelphia<\/a>&#8221; (filmed in late 2019) is absolutely stunning.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N-w-jcAkIRU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>That&#8217;s singer-songwriter Stjerne guesting on lead vocals. On her facebook page, she revealed that she sang this song for her grandmother, &#8220;a woman with a wonderful voice, as I was told. A woman with a fate that touched me a lot and triggers a strong feeling in me, even though I never met her.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Stjerne&#8217;s vocals are filled with more longing than Bruce&#8217;s haunting original, and it&#8217;s every bit as powerful.<\/p>\n<p>For more music from SMAF, check out their YouTube page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCH_QbJClMEErPYiiZ1s2SqQ\">here<\/a>, and for more solo performances from Stjerne, visit her collection <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TGZY0jRn2ec\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Singer-songwriter Stjerne teams up with the eclectic SMAF! combo on a beautiful, longing, torchy arrangement of &#8220;Streets of 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