Year: 2023

Moving on from Berlin in Germany we find ourselves in Vienna the capital of Austria. It is known as the ‘City of Music’due to its musical legacy, as many famous classical musicians such as Beethoven and Mozart called Vienna home. Vienna is also said to be the “City of Dreams” because it was home to […]

Today we begin a new series – ‘Songs About Places’. Songwriters have frequently been inspired by their hometown or places that they have visited to capture them in words and music. So, we will follow in their footsteps on a journey that will no doubt take us around the world to discover the best songs […]

A second trawl through the songs inspired by the month of April. “Pieces of April” is a ballad written by Dave Loggins which became a Top 20 hit for Three Dog Night in January 1973. First recorded by Loggins himself for his 1972 debut album Personal Belongings, “Pieces of April” was recorded for the 1972 […]

April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian and Julian calendars. It is the first of four months to have a length of 30 days, and the second of five months to have a length of less than 31 days. April is commonly associated with the season of spring in the Northern […]

Today we turn our attention from Amsterdam in the Netherlands to Berlin the capital of its neighbour Germany. “Berlin” is the opening track from the third solo studio album of the same name by American musician Lou Reed, released in October 1973 by RCA. A concept album, Berlin tells the story of a couple’s struggle […]

Martha and the Vandellas (known from 1967 to 1972 as Martha Reeves & The Vandellas) were an American vocal girl group formed in Detroit in 1957. The group achieved fame in the 1960s with Motown. An act founded by friends Annette Beard, Rosalind Ashford and Gloria Williams, the group eventually included Martha Reeves, who moved […]

Magda Andersson, Swedish singer-songwriter and singer with Ye Banished Privateers makes her international solo debut with her new alter ego Magda Novels. ‘Prologue’ was released on 29 March and will be followed by a release concert, with its very first live show in P60 Amstelveen on Thursday 6 April 2023. ‘Prologue’ is an EP with […]

Emilie Autumn Liddell is an American singer-songwriter, poet, author and violinist. Autumn’s musical style is described by her as “Fairy Pop”, “Fantasy Rock” or “Victoriandustrial”. It is influenced by glam rock and from plays, novels, and history, particularly the Victorian era. Performing with her all-female backup dancers The Bloody Crumpets, Autumn incorporates elements of classical […]

Boygenius is an American indie rock supergroup formed in 2018 by Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus. Their self-titled debut EP was written and recorded at Sound City Studios in Los Angeles. Bridgers has called the formation of the group “kind of an accident,” wherein each of the members were simply fans of each […]

“Creep” is the debut single by the English rock band Radiohead, released in September 1992. It appeared on their debut studio album, Pablo Honey (1993). Radiohead took elements from the 1972 song “The Air That I Breathe”; following legal action, Albert Hammond and Mike Hazlewood are credited as cowriters. EMI releaseed “Creep” as a single. […]