Music Challenge Day 25: Miriam Makeba - “Chove Chuva”

A song by an artist no longer living...How do I even pick?? One of the problems with liking oldies is that a lot of the musicians you enjoy will just happen to be deceased. And then there’s the fact that some musicians have been battling addictions or psychological issues their entire career until one day they just can’t cope anymore. And then there are fluke, tragic accidents that come out of nowhere. Death takes everyone eventually.

I first saw Miriam Makeba on Youtube maybe a year after she died. She was amazing but I’ll never get to see her in concert and there won't be any new music to look forward to from her. At least there are recordings. Anyway, here’s “Chove Chuva”(a cover, but a beautiful one):

And here are the rules:

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