Musica Piccolino is an innovative Japanese edutainment TV show which is designed to help children helps children to visualize and respond physically to musical sound by taking its basic mechanisms and weaving them into a story. It takes place within the imaginary world of Musicamundo, where Monstoro, a monster suffering from amnesia, performs music. The […]
The Accidental Death of An Anarchist
Today, a favourite of mine. In these days of fake news and conspiracy theories Dario Fo poses the questions: ‘Will society ever be free of corrupt and incompetent politicians, the fascists and their false flag view of the world?’ Today is Groundhog Day, a day of repetition if you have seen the movie, but also […]
Lio
Lio (born Vanda Maria Ribeiro Furtado Tavares de Vasconcelos) is a Luso-Belgian singer and actress who was a pop icon in France and Belgium during the 1980s. In her teens she was determined to become a singer, and she was encouraged by singer-songwriter Jacques Duvall (né Eric Verwilghem), a family friend. She took her stage […]
‘The Sermon’
The sermon is a strange beast, being as it is, a monologue during which the preacher traditionally stands six feet above contradiction. As such it has become the vehicle of much comic parody. As so I thought for this Sunday I would share with you the best of these parodies because as preachers we need […]
Breabach
Breabach are; Megan Henderson (Fiddle, Vocals, Step Dance), James Lindsay (Double Bass, Vocals), Calum MacCrimmon (Bagpipes, Whistle, Bouzouki, Vocals), Conal McDonagh (Bagpipes, Whistle, Vocals) and Ewan Robertson (Guitar, Vocals, Cajon). Acknowledging and respecting the origins of both the music they play and the roots of the band whilst embracing the future with new ideas, energy […]
Happy
Another in our occasional post exploring a well known song in all its versions – however bizarre. “Happy” is a song written, produced, and performed by American singer Pharrell Williams, released as the first and only single from the soundtrack album for the film “Despicable Me 2” (2013). The song was first released on November […]
Akeboshi
Today, i review one of David’s favourites Akeboshi. Yoshio Akeboshi (明星嘉男, Akeboshi Yoshio), more commonly known as Akeboshi, is a Japanese folk singer singer. He is mainly known for the song Wind, used as an ending theme for the first season of the anime Naruto. His surname means “bright star,” while his given name means […]
First Aid Kit
Prompted by my reference to them in yesterday’s post about ‘Running Up That Hill, I felt that I should give First Aid Kit a full post today. They are a Swedish folk duo that consists of the sisters Johanna and Klara Söderberg. When performing live, the duo is accompanied by a drummer, a pedal steel […]
Running Up That Hill
“Running Up That Hill” is a song by the English singer-songwriter Kate Bush. It was the first single from her 1985 album Hounds of Love, released in the United Kingdom in August 1985. It was her first 12-inch single. It was the most successful of Bush’s 1980s releases, entering the UK chart at number 9 […]
Big Country
Big Country are a Scottish rock band formed in Dunfermline in 1981. Big Country comprised Stuart Adamson ( vocals/guitar/keyboards), Bruce Watson (guitar), Tony Butler (bass/vocals) and Mark Brzezicki (drums/vocals). Adamson auditioned Parker (1981) and the next day was called on to play drums on demos for CBS at their Whitfield Street studios. Adamson asked Parker […]