Sonya Cohen Cramer feat. Pete Seeger - "When I Was Most Beautiful" (Official Audio)
Listen to Sonya Cohen Cramer's "When I Was Most Beautiful" from her new album You've Been a Friend to Me. Sparse and allusive, the song incorporates lyrics from a poem Sonya's uncle Pete Seeger found while on tour in Japan in 1967. Seeger accompanies her on guitar.
Sonya Cohen Cramer: vocals
Pete Seeger: guitar
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Sonya Cohen Cramer (1965-2015) was raised in a family committed to revitalizing the oldest songs of the American musical canon. Like her father John Cohen of The New Lost City Ramblers, Sonya shared a belief in the transformative qualities of folk songs and traditional ballads. You’ve Been a Friend to Me is the first collection featuring Sonya’s singing, and it reveals the full arc of her musical life through collaborations with her aunt Peggy Seeger, uncle Pete Seeger, Elizabeth Mitchell, Daniel Littleton, and the folk-fusion group Last Forever. While shaped by the roots of her family tree, the radiating and clear sound of Sonya’s voice is distinctly her own.
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One of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard! 😪 Written by some post-WWII Japanese, set to music by Pete Seeger and then performed by his niece with such a wonderful voice. So sad that she is gone..
The whole album is great!
I knew Sonya in college. Hearing this recording is bringing me sweet memories of the music we made together, and how much I admired her and loved her voice. I didn't know of her passing until I saw this album release. Of course I ordered a copy and look forward to listening to the whole record. Rest in song, sister.
Lyrics When I was most beautiful, Cities were falling And from unexpected places Blue sky was seen When I was most beautiful People around me were killed And for paint and powder I lost the chance When I was most beautiful Nobody gave me kind gifts. Men knew only to salute And went away. When I was most beautiful My country lost the war I paraded the main street With my blouse sleeves rolled high When I was most beautiful Jazz overflowed the radio; I broke the prohibition against smoking; Sweet music of another land! When I was most beautiful I was most unhappy I was quite absurd I was quite lonely That's why I decided to live long Like Monsieur Rouault, Who was a very old man, When he painted such terribly beautiful pictures, You see...?
A beautiful folk ballad from a great lyrical poet. We don't have such music today, but it's beautiful to know we can always revisit this music again and again in this digital age
¡Que hermosa voz!
Sonya Cohen Cramer is Pete Seeger's niece.