Peng Jingxuan is a Harp student, street performer and online influencer. The 28-year-old is famous for her street performance of guzheng – a traditional Chinese stringed instrument. Born in central China’s Hunan Province in 1995, Peng Jingxuan has been fascinated by the unique sound of guzheng since she was a child.”I started learning guzheng when […]
Lemon Tree
“Lemon Tree” is a song by German band Fool’s Garden released in April 1995 in the USA, and October 1995 in the UK, and is taken from their third album, Dish of the Day (1995). There are many theories about the lyrics. The first one is about the girlfriend of Peter Freudenthaler, the lead singer […]
Walk Off The Earth
Walk off the Earth are a Canadian indie rock band that was formed in 2006. The band began releasing music independently and created a variety of cover versions of songs including The Gregory Brothers. In early 2012, the band’s live cover of “Somebody That I Used To Know” on YouTube gathered over 175 million views […]
La Campanella
La Campanella” (Italian for “The little bell”) is the subtitle given to the third of Franz Liszt’s six Grandes Etudes de Paganini, (S.141) 1851. It is in the key of G-sharp minor. “La Campanella” is a revision of an earlier version from 1838, the Études d’exécution transcendente d’après Paganini, S. 140, and is widely considered […]
It’s Been A Long, Long Time
“It’s Been a Long, Long Time” is a big band-era song that was a hit at the end of World War II, with music by Julie Styne and lyrics by Sammy Cahn. The lyrics are written from the perspective of a person welcoming home their spouse at the end of the war. The most popular […]
¡Ay Carmela!
“¡Ay Carmela!” is one of the most famous songs of the Spanish Republican troops during the Spanish Civil War. It had originally been a nineteenth century folk song, El Paso del Ebro, commemorating the routing of Napoleonic troops across the river Ebro in 1807, during the War of Independence. During the Spanish Civil War, in […]
Come And Get Your Love
“Come and Get Your Love” is a song by the American rock band Redbone. The song was originally released as a promo track under the name “Hail” and was later featured on their fifth album, Wovoka (1973), under its current name. The song was released as the album’s first single the following year. Written and […]
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
“Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” is a show tune written by American composer Jerome Kern and lyricist Otto Harbach for the 1933 musical comedy Roberta. The song was sung in the Broadway show by Tamara Drasin. It was first recorded by Gertrude Niesen, with orchestral direction from Ray Sinatra, Frank Sinatra’s second cousin, on October […]
Masterpiece
“Masterpiece” is song recorded by English singer Jessie J released as the third single from her third studio album, Sweet Talker (2014). The song was written and produced by Josh Alexander and was co-written by Britt Burton and Emily Warren the latter of whom also co-wrote the album’s opening track “Ain’t Been Done”. “Masterpiece” is […]
I, Daedalus
“I, Daedalus” composed by Andrea Price is inspired by the Greek myth of Daedalus, the brilliant craftsman whose inventions were as remarkable as they were tragic. The piece is through-composed, moving seamlessly between five distinct sections. Opening with a short, reflective introduction, it explores themes of ingenuity and ambition, building into moments of energy and […]