The Common Linnets are a Dutch band that was formed in 2013. The band originally consisted of Ilse DeLange and Waylon. DeLange has stated that the group is a platform for Dutch artists to make country, Americana, and bluegrass music, and that the members will be changing. In May 2014, Waylon left the group and […]
Liszt – Piano Sonata in B Minor
The Piano Sonata in B minor S.178, is a single movement piano sonata by Franz Liszt. Liszt completed the work during his time in Weimar, Germany in 1853, a year before it was published in 1854 and performed in 1857. Liszt noted on the sonata’s manuscript that it was completed on 2 February 1853, but […]
(There’s) Always Something There to Remind Me
“(There’s) Always Something There to Remind Me” is a song written by American songwriting duo Burt Bacharach and Hal David. Originally recorded as a demonstration tape by Dionne Warwick in 1963, “(There’s) Always Something There to Remind Me” first charted for Lou Johnson, whose version reached number 49 on the Billboard Hot 100 in mid-1964. […]
Veronica Swift
“Veronica Swift” is an American jazz and bebop singer. Swift was raised in Charlottesville, Virginia, as part of a family of musicians. Her parents are late jazz pianist Hod O’Brien and singer Stephanie Nakasian. At the age of nine, she recorded her debut album, Veronica’s House of Jazz (2004), featuring Richie Cole playing with her […]
Song So-hee
Song So-hee widely known as the “Traditional Music Girl” (국악소녀), is a South Korean Gyeonggi minyo (경기민요) or traditional folk singer. She rose to fame after winning the KBS National Singing Contest in 2008 at the age of 11, earning her a reputation as a gugak prodigy. Her performance left a deep impression upon the […]
Regarde !
France was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 with the song “Regarde !”, written by Christopher Cohen, Fredie Marche, Maxime Morise, and Fred Savio, and performed by Monroe. The French participating broadcaster, France Télévisions, internally selected its entry for the contest. As a member of the “Big Four”, France automatically qualified to compete in the […]
Chabrier – España
España, Rhapsody for Orchestra is the most famous orchestral composition by French composer Emmanuel Chabrier (1841–1894). Written in 1883 after a trip to Spain, it was dedicated to the conductor Charles Lamoureux, who conducted the first public performance on 4 November 1883, at the Théâtre du Château d’Eau for the Société des Nouveaux Concerts in […]
Nami Kineie
A native of Tokyo, Nami Kineie is a member of the renowned Pro Ensemble Nipponia. She is a graduate of the Tokyo University of Fine Arts (1980), is on faculty at Bunkyo University, and heads her own school of Shamisen. The shamisen is the traditional three-string lute of Japan and is heard in many styles […]
MÖNG
MÖNG is a captivating French musical project that blends traditional folk melodies from regions like Mongolia, India, and Iran with contemporary electronic and ambient elements. Led by singer and composer Lily Noroozi, and her collaborator Isao Bredel, their signature sound explores a mesmerising, oneiric sonic world. The band’s compositions are heavily rooted in world music, […]
Moya Brennan
Moya Brennan (born Máire Philomena Ní Bhraonáin; also known as Máire Brennan, was an Irish folk singer, songwriter, harpist and philanthropist. Máire grew up as the eldest child of a musical family in the remote parish of Gweedore, a Gaeltacht area in County Donegal, where Irish was her first language and traditional music continued to […]