Search Results Tag: Celine Dion
Susan Boyle’s international fame is all the more shocking when you consider she’s attained it, more or less, through the power of her own voice (and, of course, her breakthrough stint on “Britain’s Got Talent“). Many musicians need a bit of a helping hand to get their careers off the ground, but Boyle got there through a lot of determination, talent and luck.
Those of us on this side of the Pond may not recognize as “classical” all of the artists who have made “Classical Relief for Haiti,” but the sincerity behind their efforts is beyond question.
Among the UK performers are cellist Julian Lloyd Webber, tenor Paul Potts (a reality-show sensation before Susan Boyle), the Priests (often featured in PBS pledge-time programming) and percussionist Evelyn Glennie, not to mention the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
This “We Are The World”-type fundraiser to benefit Haitian relief efforts is a performance of “The Prayer,” a pop ballad recorded orginally by Andrea Bocelli and Celine Dion. Although the Web info on obtaining a copy of the recording says the CD version is for delivery to UK addresses only, I imagine that the downloadable version would be obtainable by anyone.
