“I’ll Fly Away” is a hymn written in 1929 by Albert E. Brumley and published in 1932 by the Hartford Music company in a collection titled Wonderful Message. Brumley’s writing was influenced by the 1924 secular ballad ‘The Prisioners Song’. “I’ll Fly Away” has been called the most recorded gospel song and it is frequently […]
Miss A
Miss A was a South Korean girl group formed by JYP Entertainment. Originally, the group consisted of five trainees in 2010. They first appeared in Chinese variety shows performing dance routines and songs as the “Chinese Wonder Girls,” with Woo Hyerim as a member, who was placed in Wonder Girls soon before Miss A’s debut […]
The Jeeves & Wooster Theme
Jeeves and Wooster is a British comedy drama television series adapted by CliveExton from P.G.Wodehouse’s “Jeeves” stories. The series was a collaboration between Brian Eastman and Granada Television. It aired on the ITV network from 22 April 1990 to 20 June 1993, with the last series nominated for a BAFTA for Best Drama Series. Set […]
The Waterboys
The Waterboys are a British-Irish folk rock band formed in Edinburgh in 1983 by Scottish musician Mike Scott. The band’s membership, past and present, has been composed mainly of musicians from Scotland, Ireland, Wales and England. Mike Scott has remained as the only constant member throughout the band’s career. The Waterboys takes their name from […]
Altered Images
Altered Images were an early 1980s Scottish new wave/post punk band. Former schoolmates with a shared interest in the UK post punk scene, Clare Grogan (vocals), Gerard “Caesar” McNulty (guitar), Michael “Tich” Anderson (drums), Tony McDaid (guitar), and Johnny McElhone (bass guitar), were all members of the Siouxsie and the Banshees official fan club. When […]
The Corrs
The Corrs are an Irish family band that combine pop rock with traditional Irish themes within their music. The group consists of the Corr siblings, Andrea (lead vocals, tin whistle, ukulele), Sharon (violin, keyboards, vocals), Caroline (drums, percussion, piano, bodhran, vocals) and Jim (guitar, piano, keyboards, vocals). They are from Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland. Their […]
Renaissance
Renaissance are a progressive rock band. The original line-up included two former members of the Yardbirds, Keith Relf and Jim McCarty, along with John Hawken, Louis Cennamo and Relf’s sister Jane. They intended to put “something together with more of a classical influence”. Renaissance was born, and the band released a studio album in 1969, […]
Wade in the Water
“Wade in the Water” is the name of a spiritual first published in New Jubilee Songs as Sung by the Fisk Jubilee Singers (1901) by John Wesley Work II and his brother, Frederick J. Work. It is associated with the songs of the Underground Railroad. The song relates to both the Old and New Testaments. […]
The Thrill Is Gone
“The Thrill Is Gone” is a slow minor-key blues song written by West Coast blues musician Roy Hawkins and Rick Darnell in 1951. After working in clubs, he broke through with his 1950 song “Why Do Things Happen to Me” inspired by an auto accident which paralyzed his right arm. Hawkins continued to release singles […]
Steve Winwood
Steve Winwood is an English singer, songwriter and musician whose genres include progressive rock, rhythm and blues, pop rock, and jazz. Though primarily a vocalist and keyboard player, Winwood also plays a wide variety of other instruments; on several of his solo albums he has played all instrumentation, including drums, mandolin, guitars, bass and saxophone. […]