"Words make you think thoughts. Music makes you feel a feeling. But a song makes you feel a thought."

A friend sent me a video of Keith Jarrett playing somewhere over the rainbow today. <youtu.be/AyLQGDIrG…> Such a beautiful arrangement which took me to a place of reverie, and after hearing it, I began listening to others versions of the song, one by Tommy Emmanuel. <youtu.be/xjzDECtdE…> Then I came across this documentary by PBS in the USA where Jeffrey Brown talks to composer and musician Rob Kapilow, who helps explain why we love the story of a girl caught yearning for both home and adventure, and what makes the song so special.

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