Simple Gifts
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Uploaded by jimcrotty on Feb 20, 2008
Professional photographer Jim Crotty presents "Simple Gifts," set to the classic Shaker traditional performed by Yo-Yo Ma and Alison Krauss, representing spring nature and landscape photographs taken in Southern Ohio as well as the Great Smoky Mountain National Park.
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Alison Krauss has a spooky good voice. And Yo Yo Ma plays this just perfectly.
3 years ago 10
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just amazing, just simple! so clear, so lovely!
just yo-yo ma and alison krauss!
3 years ago 6
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Fantastico!! da vida!
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"tis the gift to be free" Watching the 911 tribute and Yo Yo Ma's performance brought me here. How sad this day is , I didn't realize how much emotion it was going to still evoke as I have been crying for over an hour. God Bless all those who lost their lives due to this tragic event, all the family and friends that mourn their loved ones everyday, all those who helped rescue, clean up and rebuild the WTC site & all those who protect our country everyday. Life is a gift! Let freedom ring!
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this song is one of the most beautiful i've ever heard. the cello, the voice, the words sung, and the photographs shown... all uplifting beyond measure. for all thats wrong with the world and the people thereon - here is something beautiful and good. oh that we could realize what is most important while there is still time - the Simple Gifts
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Gorgeous, love it. What a beautiful way to tie love and beauty together.
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Oh.. Sweet Heaven. Yo-yo and Alison. thank-you for this tIny but BEAUTIFUL sound and vision of a beautiful life.
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What beautiful music and lyrics. My blog today entitled "Parents, A Frugal Christmas Can Be A Fantastic Christmas" features this song. Log on to to see how it fits in to my topic.
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Spooky Voice!!?? I hardly see it that way.
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Peaceful, simple,relaxing
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I dare say that tomorrow (Black Friday), this song be put in a continuous loop in every shopping mall and big-box store in the United States.
Humility made this country great; materialism made it awful. Turn back, America, before it's too late.
1 year ago 5
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"Shall the nightingale offend the stillness of the night...?"
- Kahlil Gibran.
Paradoxically, this sound of the vibrant voice and the
quivering strings deletes the cacophony in the soul,
the echo of life's noises ringing in our minds.
It deepens the quiet of the soul, leads to solitude,
not in loneliness, but in enchantment into an
unknown distance....
Thanks for the sound and images uploaded.
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I have some Yo-Yo Ma on cd (saw him in concert when he was a young 'un in Pasadena, CA in 1979-80 forget exactly what month) - and I have Alison Krauss. So I'm definately looking for this CD/song. Very good. My kid is learning the song in his 6th grade band - seemed frustrated by how it was but now he seems encouraged after watching this video!
KSMSDRPEPPER 2 years ago 5
Knowing that this video has encouraged your son makes it all worth the effort. Thank you.
jimcrotty 2 years ago