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May 28, 2011 10:46 AM

Song ID: female vocalist, not particularly engineered, lyrics include "spice markets of Marrakesh" and "the coasts of tripoli".

Looking for a song I heard on the radio a long time ago.

It was a female vocalist, I seem to remember a more folky feel rather than something like Lady Gaga or something.

Something about closing her eyes and imagining she was in all these places.

Any help?

posted by lettuchi to Media & Arts (8 answers total)

Enya, Sail Away.
posted by media_itoku at 11:04 AM on May 28, 2011

Oops.. I mean "Orinoco Flow." Sail Away is in the chorus.
posted by media_itoku at 11:06 AM on May 28, 2011 [1 favorite]

Loreena McKennitt? Her "Mask and mirror" CD has a Marrakesh song and is quite strong and folksy.
posted by Yavsy at 11:38 AM on May 28, 2011

Response by poster: It's neither of those.
posted by lettuchi at 12:28 PM on May 28, 2011

Any chance it's an older song? "You Belong to Me" has lyrics similar to that, and it's been recorded a million times. Here's the folkiest version I could find. Not quite a match to what you're describing.
posted by gladly at 12:56 PM on May 28, 2011

Had the same thought as gladly - Could it have be Kate Rusby? She did a great folksy version a few years back. If not, when you say a long time ago, how far back are we talking about?
posted by azlondon at 2:16 PM on May 28, 2011 [1 favorite]

Response by poster: We're talking 2-3 years ago. I think it was on NPR or some other alternative station, not a Pop station or anything.
posted by lettuchi at 2:20 PM on May 28, 2011

Response by poster: And it's not either of those, either. :/ (They are nice though!)
posted by lettuchi at 2:22 PM on May 28, 2011