Oregon has so much more going for it than Antifa and BLM mobs looting and burning Portland. There is some amazing music in the state; and it is a cappella. Peter Hollens and his classically trained voice is beatific in such renditions as Shenandoah, Loch Lomond, You Raise Me Up and much more.
If you have 3 minutes, check out this version of Shenandoah which Hollens says is his favorite folk song. No wonder. It is staggeringly beautiful and the music video version has more than 3 million views: https://peterhollens.com/video/shenandoah/
Hollens is an entrepreneur, producer, father, and husband, with “two amazing kids and an equally amazing wife (who is a professional singer too) who features in many of my covers and videos.” Among his sites is FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/LegendaryVocals/
The origin of the song and the meaning of Shenandoah has various interpretations — from a sea chantey sung by French-Canadian voyageurs to a native American (Oneida Iroquois chief John Skenandoa), whose daughter’s hand is sought by a fur trader.
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We post this beautiful song, Shenandoah, as a peace offering in lieu of PowerLine’s Paul Mirengoff, who slandered a Yaqui Indian prayer in 2011 used at a Tucson memorial service honoring six who were murdered and several more who were injured by a shooter during a gathering for constituents of Congresswoman Gabby Giffords. Giffords herself was shot in the head “at point-blank range” and survived.
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