“On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe” is a popular song written by Harry Warren with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. The song was published in 1944, spanned the hit chart in mid-1945, and won the 1946 Academy Award for Best Original Song, the first win for Mercer. The song refers to the famous eponymous […]
Elly Duhé
Elley Frances Duhé, known commonly as Elley Duhé, is an American singer born in Mobile, Alabama. After her father got Elley her first guitar when she was 14, she began her career at 15 singing in coffee shops. Duhé felt inspired by her musician father and uncles who are in the New Orleans music scene. […]
Roswell Road
Jasmine Watkiss and Zoë Wren formed Americana duo Roswell Road after a chance meeting led to them being gently forced to sing together in a busy Cambridgeshire market square. Their musical chemistry was instantaneous and they’ve been singing and writing songs together ever since. The London-based multi-instrumentalists blend close harmonies with candid storytelling, drawing on […]
La Violetera
“La Violetera” is a 1914 cuplé song, with the rhythm of a habanera. The song was composed in 1914 by José Padilla during his stay in Paris as director of the orchestra of the Casino de Paris music hall. The lyricist was Eduardo Montesinos. Its premiere took place in Barcelona with a performance by Carmen […]
Carmen Miranda
Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha, known professionally as Carmen Miranda, was a Portuguese-born Brazilian singer, dancer, and actress. Nicknamed “the Brazilian Bombshell”, she was known for her signature fruit hat outfit that she wore in her American films. Miranda was born in 1909 in Várzea da Ovelha e Aliviada, a village in the northern […]
The Move
The Move were a British rock band formed in Birmingham in 1965. They scored nine top 20 UK singles in five years, but were among the most popular British bands not to find any real success in the United States. For most of their career The Move were led by guitarist, singer and songwriter Roy […]
Rock Me Baby
“Rock Me Baby” is a blues standard that has become one of the most recorded blues songs of all time. It originated as “Rockin’ and Rollin’”, a 1951 song by Lil’ Son Jackson, itself inspired by earlier blues. Renditions by Muddy Waters and B.B. King made the song well-known. When B.B. King’s recording of “Rock […]
She Moved Through The Fair
“She Moved Through the Fair” (Roud 861) (also called “Our Wedding Day“)is a traditional Irish folk song, with a number of iterations, that has been performed and recorded by various artists. The narrator sees his lover move away from him through the fair, after telling him that since her family will approve, “it will not […]
I Shall Be Released
I Shall Be Released” is a 1967 song written by Bob Dylan. Dylan recorded two primary versions. The first recording was made in collaboration with the Band during the Basement Tapes sessions in 1967, and released on The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 in 1991. A remixed version of the 1967 recording was re-released with a […]
Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major
The Brandenburg Concertos (BWV 1046–1051) by Johann Sebastian Bach are a collection of six instrumental works presented by Bach to Christian Ludwig, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt, in 1721 (though probably composed earlier). The original French title is Six Concerts Avec plusieurs instruments, meaning “Six Concertos for several instruments”. Some of the pieces feature several solo instruments […]