No mundo dos/as cantautores/as há sempre um local
especial para o coração, as aventuras e desventuras dos amores, as confissões
de amores que poderiam ser, mas nunca foram e o intimismo lírico típico de quem
encontrou a sua voz na música.
Jackie Cohen é uma cantautora de Los Angeles (EUA) que
editou recentemente ZAGG, um disco cheio de canções que deambulam liricamente por
episódios de coração partido, ansiedades, missivas de amor e muitas mais aventuras
de uma cantautora que adoptou a sua alcunha de liceu para apelidar o álbum.
O seu mundo interior é exposto em ZAGG e merece várias
escutas atentas. Perguntámos a Jackie as suas predilecções para 5 livros,
5 discos, 5 filmes/séries e aqui ficam as suas escolhas:
Livros:
- Still Life with Woodpecker, Tom Robbins
- A Lover’s Discourse, Roland Barthes
- The Art of Recklessness, Dean Young
- To the Lighthouse,Virginia Woolf
- Valley of the Dolls, Jacqueline Susann
Discos:
- Astral Weeks, Van Morrison
- Double Fantasy, John & Yoko
- Rich Kid Blues, Marianne Faithfull
- Minor Love, Adam Green
- 69 Love Songs,The Magnetic Fields
Filmes/Séries:
- Hedwig and the Angry Inch, John Cameron Mitchell
- Harry Potter Series
- Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, Peter Jackson
- The Mindy Project, Mindy Kaling
- Naruto, Masashi Kishimoto
- TRANSLATION -
In the world of singer songwriters there is always a
special place for the heart, the adventures and misadventures of love, the
confessions about loves that could be but never were, and the lyrical intimacy
of those who have found their voice in music.
Jackie Cohen is a singer songwriter from Los Angeles (USA)
that has recently released ZAGG, a record filled with songs that lyrically
wander through episodes of heartbreak, anxieties, love’s little notes and many
more adventures of a songwriter that adopted her high-school nickname to name
the album.
Jackie's interior world is exposed in ZAGG that deserves
multiple listens. We asked Jackie about her predilections for 5 books, 5
records, 5 films/tv shows and here are her choices:
Books:
- Still Life with Woodpecker, Tom Robbins
- A Lover’s Discourse, Roland Barthes
- The Art of Recklessness, Dean Young
- To the Lighthouse,Virginia Woolf
- Valley of the Dolls, Jacqueline Susann
Records:
- Astral Weeks, Van Morrison
- Double Fantasy, John & Yoko
- Rich Kid Blues, Marianne Faithfull
- Minor Love, Adam Green
- 69 Love Songs,The Magnetic Fields
Films/Tv shows:
- Hedwig and the Angry Inch, John Cameron Mitchell
- Harry Potter Series
- Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, Peter Jackson
- The Mindy Project, Mindy Kaling
- Naruto, Masashi Kishimoto
Texto | Text: Cláudia Zafre
Tradução | Translation: Cláudia Zafre
Escolhas | Choices: Jackie Cohen
Escolhas | Choices: Jackie Cohen