The Rezillos are a punk and new wave band formed in Edinburgh, in 1976. Although emerging at the same time as other bands in the punk rock movement, the Rezillos did not share the nihilism or social commentary of their contemporaries. Instead, the band took a more light-hearted approach in their songs; at the time, […]
Mozart – Exsultate, Jubilate
Exsultate, jubilate (Exult, rejoice), K 165, is a 1773 motet by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. This religious solo motet was composed when Mozart was staying in Milan during the production of his opera Lucio Silla which was being performed there in the Teatro Regio Ducale. It was written for the castrato Venanzio Rauzzini, who had sung […]
Foggy Dew
“Foggy Dew” is the name of several Irish ballads, and of an Irish lament. The most popular song of that name (written by Fr.Charles O’Neill) chronicles the Easter Rising of 1916, and encourages Irishmen to fight for the cause of Ireland, rather than for the British Empire, as so many young men were doing in […]
Blue Velvet
“Blue Velvet” is a song recorded by Japanese singer Shizuka Kudo for her thirteenth studio album, I’m Not. It was released by Pony Canyon as the album’s leading single in May 1997. It served as the third ending theme song to the Fuji Television anime series Dragon Ball GT, from episode 42 to episode 50. […]
Yoasobi
Yoasobi is a Japanese pop duo formed in 2019. It consists of musician and record producer Ayase and singer-songwriter Lilas Ikuta, under the moniker Ikura. With the slogan “”unit that turns novels into music”. With this slogan, if the song is not performed based on a fictional story, they are not credit under Yoasobi, but […]
Let’s Jump The Broomstick
“Let’s Jump the Broomstick” is a song written by Charles Robins and performed first by a black Nashville group, Alvin Gaines & The Themes, in 1959, then covered that year by Brenda Lee. Her version of Let’s Jump The Broomstick” originally released on Decca Records, reached No.12 in the United Kingdom in 1961. The song […]
Non Più Andrai
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart has composed more than 600 operas, concertos, masses, dances, arias, Singspiele and so on, and many have interesting stories behind them. The aria with the most stories and myths, however is Non più andrai, farfallone amoroso, the famous finale of the first act of Le Nozze di Figaro (K.492/1786). It is usually […]
Florrie Forde
Florrie Forde was an Australian-born British vaudevillian performer and popular singer, notable in music hall and pantomime. From 1897 she lived and worked in the United Kingdom, where she found her greatest success, as one of the most popular stars of the early 20th century as a music hall entertainer and recording artist. Forde was […]
Orange Caramel
Orange Caramel was the first subgroup of South Korean girl group After School. The subgroup was formed in 2010 with the third generation After School members Nana, Raina, and Lizzy. Orange Caramel debuted in June 2010, with the single “Magic Girl”. Their debut mini-album, The First Mini Album was released on June 21, 2010. The […]
Nina Hagen
Catharina “Nina” Hagen is a German singer, songwriter, and actress. She is known for her theatrical vocals and rise to prominence during the punk and Neue Deutsche Welle movements in the late 1970s and early 1980s. She is known as “The Godmother of German Punk”. Born and raised in the former East Berlin, German Democratic […]