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pause to reflect
Jan. 3rd, 2022 12:57 pmI've been on a retro-soul kick since last fall, getting into obscure-to-me indie bands of this century who are recreating the feel of soul music from the 60s and early 70s. One very recent discovery is Take the Cake by The Getup. Just got it a couple days ago and was listening to it last night. Realized that I quite like their vocalist, looked up her name [Sasha Goodman], found that she had Twitter and Instagram accounts, followed them.
On closer inspection, I realized that she hasn't posted anything for over five years, and wondered what she's been up to. Researched further, and finally learned that she died just over five years ago. Cancer. She was only thirty-six.
Hard to explain why, but I find it a bit stunning, to just discover someone with appealing talent and learn that they are already long gone and we won't be hearing more from them. If this was my first exposure to some rare jazz artist from the forties or somesuch, then learning they were gone would not be such a shock. But this music is only a few years ago, and this artist is clearly young, and I just didn't see this coming. I'm not sure why this matters so much to me today, but somehow it does.
On closer inspection, I realized that she hasn't posted anything for over five years, and wondered what she's been up to. Researched further, and finally learned that she died just over five years ago. Cancer. She was only thirty-six.
Hard to explain why, but I find it a bit stunning, to just discover someone with appealing talent and learn that they are already long gone and we won't be hearing more from them. If this was my first exposure to some rare jazz artist from the forties or somesuch, then learning they were gone would not be such a shock. But this music is only a few years ago, and this artist is clearly young, and I just didn't see this coming. I'm not sure why this matters so much to me today, but somehow it does.
