Songs Without Words (Lieder ohne Worte) is a series of short lyrical piano works by the Romantic composer Felix Mendelssohn written between 1829 and 1845. His sister, Fanny Mendelssohn, and other composers also wrote pieces in the same genre. The first volume was published by Novello in London (1832) as Original Melodies for the Pianoforte, […]
Infinity Of Sound
Infinity of Sound is a New-Age Korean traditional music group that consists of triplet sisters Kim Jin-ah who plays the gayageum, Kim Sun-ah on geomungo and Kim Min-ah on haegeum. They first attracted public attention at the 2005 Traditional Music Festival in Vietnam, and are well known for having performed in joint concerts with numerous […]
Steve Cropper
Steven Lee Cropper, sometimes known as “The Colonel“, was an American guitarist, songwriter and record producer. Cropper was born in Dora, Missouri on October 21, 1941. He was raised in Dora and West Plains before moving with his family to Memphis at age 9. In Memphis, he was exposed to black church music, which had […]
Chopin – Waltz in C♯ minor
The Waltz in C♯ minor is a piano waltz composed by Frédéric Chopin in 1846–47, the second of the three waltzes of his Opus 64, and the companion to the “Minute Waltz” (Op. 64, No. 1). The second of the waltzes published as opus 64 was dedicated to another queen of the Paris salons – […]
Mississippi Fred McDowell
Fred McDowell known by his stage name Mississippi Fred McDowell, was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist of hill country blues music. McDowell was born in Rossville, Tennessee. His parents were farmers, who both died while Fred was in his youth. He took up the guitar at the age of 14 and was soon playing for […]
The Ventures
The Ventures are an American instrumental rock band formed in Tacoma, Washington, in 1958, by Don Wilson and Bob Bogle. The band, which was a quartet for most of its existence, helped to popularise the electric guitar across the world during the 1960s. While their popularity in the United States waned in the 1970s, the […]
Baba Yaga
In Slavic mythology, we know Baba Yaga as a wild, unpredictable, and often dangerous female figure. And that’s exactly how the band Baba Yaga sounds: fiery Balkan tunes blend with virtuosic Klezmer pieces, lively Gypsy jazz, and sensual Oriental dances. The five young musicians from Austria, Montenegro, and Israel fire you up with violin, double […]
Helianthème
Helianthème. It’s 2020, somewhere between Saint-Malo and Groix. Two old friends meet on a sailboat for a few days, in the company of experienced sailors. During the stopovers, it is the dean on the side that pushes them out of the boat to play on the pontoons and other ships of the ports of Brittany. […]
Tartini – The Devil’s Trill
The Violin Sonata in G minor, GT 2.g05; B.g5, more familiarly known as the Devil’s Trill Sonata is a work for solo violin (with figured bass accompaniment) by Giuseppe Tartini (1692–1770). It is Tartini’s best-known composition, notable for its technically difficult passages. A typical performance lasts 15 minutes. Tartini allegedly told the French astronomer Jérôme […]
Frederic Bernard (aka PianoPassion )
Frederic Bernard (aka PianoPassion) is a multi-talented German composer, arranger and pianist with a wealth of international scoring credits. With an extensive list of clients and collaborations that include renowned brands and broadcasters such as Sony, Nestlé, Intel, Sixt, Time Inc., AXA, LG, Canon, Doritos, Discovery Channel, PBS, National Geographic, or BBC, Frederic Bernard has established […]