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Podcast: Translation Confessional
Episode: MUSIC EDITION: "La edad del cielo" by Jorge Drexler
Description: Today I wanted to highlight the third Spanish song here at Translation Confessional Music Edition. It’s called “La edad del cielo” by Uruguayan singer and songwriter Jorge Drexler.
I actually only became aware of this song and Jorge Drexler’s body of work because of last episode’s featured singer, Brazilian singer Paulinho Moska, who recorded a version in Portuguese called “A idade do céu.”
By the way, here's a clip of the 2005 Academy Award ceremony in which Drexler's Oscar-winning song, "Al otro lado del río," was performed by Antonio Banderas and Carlos Santana...