“Classical Gas” is an instrumental musical piece composed and originally performed by American guitarist Mason Williams with instrumental backing by members of the Wrecking Crew. Originally released in 1968 on the album The Mason Williams Phonograph Record, it has been rerecorded and rereleased numerous times since by Williams. Originally named “Classical Gasoline”, the tune was […]
Popcorn
“Popcorn” (first version “Pop Corn“) is an instrumental composed by Gershon Kingsley in 1969 for the album Music to Moog By on the Audio Fidelity label. The name is a combination of pop for pop music and corn for kitsch. Kingsley conducted and arranged many Broadway musicals, and composed for film, television shows and commercials. […]
Sweet Child O’ Mine
“Sweet Child O’ Mine” is a song by American rock band Guns N’ Roses, released on their debut studio album, Appetite for Destruction (1987). In the United States, the song was released in June 1988 as the album’s first single, topping the US Billboard chart and becoming the band’s only US number-one single. In the […]
The Kransky Sisters
The Kransky Sisters are an Australian musical comedy trio created, written and performed by Annie Lee (Mourne) and Christine Johnston (Eve) initially with Michele Watt (Arva – 2000 til 2006) and later with Carolyn Johns (Dawn – 2007 onwards). During their act, the Kransky Sisters tell off-beat, macabre stories accompanied by cover versions of popular […]
Otava Yo
Otava Yo (Russian: Отава Ё, ота́ва meaning “aftergrass”) is a Russian folk rock band from Saint Petersburg. Alexey Belkin, Alexey Skosyrev, Dmitriy Shikhardin, and Peter Sergeev worked together as buskers on the streets of St. Petersburg for about three years. The positive feedback from the listeners inspired them to officially form a band in 2003. […]
Alice Deejay
Alice Deejay are a Dutch Eurodance-pop project founded and produced by Wessel van Diepen, Dennis van den Driesschen, Sebastiaan Molijn and Eelke Kalberg (Pronti & Kalmani), fronted by singer Judith Anna Pronk. Formed in 1998, Alice Deejay launched their career in July 1999 with their debut single, “Better Off Alone”, credited as DJ Jurgen presents […]
Widor’s Toccata
The Symphony for Organ No. 5 in F Minor, Op. 42, No. 1, was composed by the French composer Charles-Marie Widor in 1879, with numerous revisions published by the composer in later years. The full symphony lasts for about 35 minutes. Widor wrote a total of ten organ symphonies – but sadly, it is only […]
Alt-J
Alt-J (stylised as alt-J, real name Δ) are an English indie rock band. Their lineup includes Joe Newman (guitar/lead vocals), Thom Sonny Green (drums), Gus Unger-Hamilton (keyboards/vocals), and formerly Gwilym Sainsbury (guitar/bass), met at University of Leeds in 2007. In their second year of studies, Newman showed Sainsbury some of his own songs and the […]
J.S. Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
The Brandenburg Concertos (BWV 1046–1051) by Johann Sebastian Bach is a collection of six instrumental works presented by Bach to Christian Ludwig, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt, in 1721 (though probably composed earlier). The original French title is Six Concerts à plusieurs instruments, meaning “Six Concertos for several instruments”. Some of the pieces feature several solo instruments […]