“Flowers” is a song by American singer Miley Cyrus, taken from her eighth studio album, Endless Summer Vacation (2023). Columbia Records released it as the album’s lead single in January 2023 worldwide. Cyrus wrote “Flowers” with Gregory Aldae Hein and Michael Pollack, while Kid Harpoon and Tyler Johnson handled the production. A pop song with […]
Là ci darem la mano
“Là ci darem la mano” (Italian for “There we will give each other our hands”) is a duet for the characters Don Giovanni (baritone) and Zerlina(soprano) in Mozart’s 1787 opera Don Giovanni (act 1, scene 9). The duet, with words by Lorenzo Da Ponte, is sung during the first act of the opera. Don Giovanni […]
We Will Rock You
“We Will Rock You” is a song by the British rock band Queen for their 1977 album News of the World, written by guitarist Brian May. Rolling Stone ranked it number 330 of “The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time” in 2004, and it placed at number 146 on the Songs of the Century list […]
Funiculì, Funiculà
Funiculì, Funiculà is a Neapolitan song composed in 1880 by Luigi Denza to lyrics by Peppino Turco. It was written to commemorate the opening of the first funicular railway on Mount Vesuvius. It was presented by Turco and Denza at the Piedigrotta festival the same year. The sheet music was published by Rocordi and sold […]
Oum
Oum El Ghaït Benessahraoui, better known as Oum, from Casablanca, Morocco, is a singer-songwriter of modern Moroccan popular music. Oum, who grew up in Marrakech, is inspired by Hassani poetry (Moroccan desert culture) and African rhythms. She interprets her lyrics in Moroccan Arabic (Darija), French, English and Spanish. At the young age of fourteen, Oum […]
Hannes De Maeyer
Hannes De Maeyer is one of Belgium’s most versatile composers, best known for his collaboration with director duo Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah His work ranges from contemporary electronic scores with pop and hip hop influences, to rich, orchestral and symphonic works. After meeting the talented Belgian directing duo Adil El Arbi and Bilall […]
John Mayall – The Turning Point
John Mayall, who died today aged 90, was a true giant of British music. He, almost single handedly caused the revival of interst in the blues inthe UK in the late 1960’s. When I was growing up his ‘Blues From Laurel Canyon’ album was the vinyl that everyone who was interested in the blues wanted […]
Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor (Pathetique)
Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 by Beethoven, commonly known as Sonata Pathétique, was written in 1798 when the composer was 27 years old, and was published the following year. It has remained one of his most celebrated compositions. Beethoven dedicated the work to his friend Prince Karl von Lichnowsky. Although commonly […]
The Donnas
The Donnas were an American rock band formed in Palo Alto, California, in 1993. The band consisted of Brett Anderson (lead vocals), Allison Robertson (guitar, backing vocals), Maya Ford (bass guitar, backing vocals) and Torry Castellano (drums, percussion, backing vocals). Attending the same school, They all became friends by eighth grade and formed as a […]
Aldous Harding
Hannah Sian Topp, known professionally as Aldous Harding, is a New Zealand indie folk singer-songwriter, originally based in Lyttelton, New Zealand. Harding comes from a musical family, her mother is folk singer Lorina Harding. As of 2020, she is based in Cardiff, Wales, where she had previously lived with partner and collaborator H. Hawkline. One […]