Agneta Åse “Agnetha” Fältskog is a Swedish singer, songwriter, and a member of the pop group ABBA. She first achieved success in Sweden with the release of her 1968 self-titled debut album. She rose to international stardom in the 1970s as a member of ABBA, which is one of the best-selling music acts in history. […]
Mary Bergin
Mary Bergin, born in Shankill, County Dublin, Ireland, is celebrated as a pioneering Irish folk musician and a master of the tin whistle. Growing up in a musical family, with her parents being accomplished melodeon and fiddle players, Bergin’s talent flourished early. By the age of nine, she was already on her path to mastery, […]
A Thousand Years
“A Thousand Years” is a ballad recorded by American singer and songwriter Christina Perri, written by Perri and her producer David Hodges, for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1. The song was released worldwide as a digital download on October 18, 2011 and serves as the second single by Atlantic Records from the […]
Trio Wolski
Trio Wolski consists of the musicians Hanna Blomberg, Kristian Wolski and Petter Ferneman, who met and began playing together while studying at Malmö Academy of Music. They were quickly nominated in the category Best Newcomer at the Danish Music Awards Folk, recognition that helped the band to progress to playing several major folk music festivals […]
The Last of the Mohicans
The Last of the Mohicans is the soundtrack album of the 1992 film of the same name. Director Michael Mann initially asked Trevor Jones to provide an electronic score for the film, but late in production, it was decided an orchestral score would be more appropriate for this historic epic. Jones hurried to re-fashion the […]
Mozart – Symphony No.41 in C Major (Jupiter)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completed his Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551, on 10 August 1788. The longest and last symphony that he composed, it is regarded by many critics as among the greatest symphonies in classical music. The work is nicknamed the Jupiter Symphony, probably coined by the impresario Johann Peter Salomon. It […]
Music From Howl’s Moving Castle
The music to Studio Ghibli’s 2004 Japanese animated fantasy film Howl’s Moving Castle directed by Hayao Miyazaki, featured a score composed by Joe Hisaishi, Miyazaki’s regular collaborator and performed by the New Japan Philharmonic orchestra. Hisaishi had introduced several leitfmotifs for the first time, as his previous scores for the Miyazaki and Ghibli ventures did […]
Believer
“Believer” is a song by American pop rock band Imagine Dragons. The song was released on February 1, 2017, through Kidinakorner and Interscope Records as the lead single from the band’s third studio album, Evolve (2017). It was written by the band members, Justin Tranter, and its producers Mattman & Robin. “Believer” peaked at number […]
Mozart – Symphony No.40 in G Minor
Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550, was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1788. It is one of his most celebrated and widely performed works. Work on the symphony occupied an exceptionally productive period of just a few weeks during which time he also completed the 39th and 41st symphonies. Nikolaus Harnoncourt conjectured […]
The High Kings
The High Kings are Finbarr Clancy, Darren Holden, Brian Dunphy and newest member Paul O’ Brien. The High Kings formed in June 2007 when Brian, Darren, Finbarr and former member Martin Furey were asked to join a brand-new Irish ballad group by David Kavanagh after he had noticed a gap in the market for a […]