A little bit of magic

One of the things I love about music is the infinite interpretations there are to any one piece. If you listen to classical music you know that no two orchestras or conductors or soloists perform the music exactly the same way. In the Rock/Pop world there an unending number of covers of classic songs - an exercise that allows a new discovery of the song or a revealing look at the layers underneath it that may have been ignored or unseen until now.

Recently Bruce Springsteen was given a Kennedy Centre Honor and in tribute there were several performances by his contemporaries. The love and respect shown by the performers and the joy on Springsteen's face as he listened felt every single note is nothing short of magic.

Here is a sampling of some of my favourite moments: