When I was in high school in the 1970’s, it was not “cool” to like the music of the Carpenters. But I wasn’t very cool, so…
Lately, due to someone named Pedro Andrade on youtube, a whole new generation is getting exposed to Karen Carpenter. He’s removed all of the instrumentation in her recordings except the drums and bass, leaving us with only that voice. Oh my!
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