Valerio McKennitt, “The Way I Am”

By John Q. Sanchez on May 27, 2008 | | Link | Print |

Handsome youtube troubadour Valerio, from Varese, Italy, strums and claps his way through a sunny cover of Ingrid Michaelson’s little ditty, and his homemade music video is a fun moment with a creative guy. Says Valerio: “People may say I can’t sing, but no one can ever say I didn’t sing.” Hooray to the indomitable spirt of show business!

Similarly: Brazil’s winsome Pedro Capeto sings Stevie Nicks’s “Landslide.”

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    John Q Sanchez lives in Brooklyn, New York. He went to art school with Fausto Fernós in the mid-90s in Chicago where he wrote for local publications including Babble, edited by Jim Pickett. He's worked at several high-profile magazines in New York and was an editor for the web-zine Blair. He's fascinated by oddball divas, bombastic child stars, and the everyday person capturing their unique performances for an online audience.
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    Thanks for sharing. I wish Cincinnati’s PRIDE was as exciting…lol

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