Singer-songwriter Emily Rose performs ‘Alma’
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Singer-songwriter Emily Rose performs ‘Alma,’ a love ballad about commitment through life.
Taking the Marygrove Theater stage for “Detroit Performs: Live from Marygrove,” Detroit singer-songwriter-poet Emily Rose sings an original song, “Alma,” a western, acoustic love ballad that tells the story of an elderly husband who is resharing his love and memories of life with his wife as they’ve aged. Plus, catch her live in concert Saturday, July 22 at the Detroit House of Music.
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Singer-songwriter Emily Rose performs ‘Alma’
Clip: Season 8 Episode 3 | 3m 24sVideo has Closed Captions
Taking the Marygrove Theater stage for “Detroit Performs: Live from Marygrove,” Detroit singer-songwriter-poet Emily Rose sings an original song, “Alma,” a western, acoustic love ballad that tells the story of an elderly husband who is resharing his love and memories of life with his wife as they’ve aged. Plus, catch her live in concert Saturday, July 22 at the Detroit House of Music.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship♪ Alma we've been married 60 years and still I live ♪ ♪ For the sights of your smile ♪ Big and bright like a kid ♪ And to think it all began at a silly high school dance ♪ ♪ Like a portrait, I've preserved it in my mind ♪ ♪ Alma, oh, so steady on the dot was supper time ♪ ♪ You gathered our loose pages, sewed us up a spine ♪ ♪ And our family it grew ♪ Time as it does flew ♪ Do you remember love me tender, love me true ♪ ♪ Alma I am stubborn and I do things on my own ♪ ♪ It's part of who I am ♪ It's what I was shown ♪ I put these little notes all around the house ♪ ♪ This one is your toothbrush ♪ And here is your nightgown ♪ Won't you sit with me tonight and watch the sun go down ♪ (soothing guitar music) ♪ Alma, I've been hiding that my body's failing too ♪ ♪ The children want to help but that's not what we do ♪ ♪ You don't recognize me but my life I promise to you ♪ ♪ And I won't leave your side ♪ Alma I been thinking ♪ We could slip away ♪ Leave our broken bodies on the bed where they lay ♪ ♪ And we'll go dancing once again under the stars ♪ ♪ That's when I first found your heart ♪ ♪ That's when you first stole my heart ♪ (soothing music)
Armenian American music celebrated in ‘We Thrive’ film
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Clip: S8 Ep3 | 8m 23s | A new documentary, “We Thrive,” celebrates the history of Armenian music in Detroit. (8m 23s)
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