Leonard Cohen penned The Sisters of Mercy as a tribute to two girls that he shared a hotel room with during a snowstorm in Edmonton, Canada. In the April 1993 issue of Song Talk, he explained: “That’s the only song I wrote in one sitting. The melody I had worked on for some time. I […]
Two Songs for Elizabeth – Bigger Than The Whole Sky/My Lighthouse
In ‘Bigger Than The Whole Sky’ Taylor Swift expresses grief and heartache over a person the narrator has never met and the track has become an anthem for those who are grieving a loved one”. The opening verse depicts the narrator in grievance, “No words appear before me in the aftermath/ Salt streams out my […]
Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Green Day)
“Boulevard of Broken Dreams” is a song by American rock band Green Day. The power ballad is the fourth track from their seventh studio album American Idiot (2004). Reprise Records released “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” as the second single from American Idiot in November 2004. The song’s lyrics were written by lead singer Billie Joe […]
Eva Scow
Eva Scow is an American mandolinist and violinist from Fresno, California. She began studying music at a young age, starting on the piano and violin at age 4, and later adding the mandolin at age 8. Growing up she played in Classical orchestras and bands, exploring different kinds of music from Bluegrass to Brazilian Jazz. […]
Lola Young
Lola Young is a British singer and songwriter from London. She is best known for covering “Together in Electric Dreams” for the 2021 John Lewis Christmas advert and for her 2024 song “Messy”, which was her first song to top the UK Singles Chart. Young has been recognised receiving many nominations for awards. She was […]
The 5.6.7.8’s
The 5.6.7.8’s are a Japanese rock band from Tokyo with a retro-inspired sound that draws heavily from the 1960s garage rock scene. They first started performing as a quartet in Tokyo, and recruited guest performers during their Australian tour. They became a trio in 1992, before touring Australia.The 5.6.7.8’s formed when Sachiko and Yoshiko “Ronnie” […]
Haydn – Cello Concerto No. 1
The Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major by Joseph Haydn was composed around 1761-65 for long time friend Joseph Franz Weigl, then the principal cellist of Prince Nicolaus’s Esterházy Orchestra. The work was presumed lost until 1961, when musicologist Oldřich Pulkert discovered a copy of the score at the Prague National Museum. Though some […]
Sharon Tandy
Sharon Tandy was a South African singer who achieved some success in the United Kingdom in the 1960s as part of the blue-eyed soul and psychedelic movements. In 1966, she recorded some songs at Stax studios, a rarity for a white singer. She also had several chart hits in South Africa in the 1970s. Based […]
Ashton – La Fille Mal Gardee (The Clog Dance)
La Fill Mal Gardee (The Wayward Daughter, literal translation: “The Poorly Guarded Girl” and also known as The Girl Who Needed Watching) is a comic ballet presented in two acts. In 1959, the choreographer Frederick Ashton began creating a completely new version of La Fille mal gardée for the Royal Ballet of London. This production […]
Francesca Michielin
Francesca Michielin is an Italian singer-songwriter, music producer, writer and television presenter. Michielin was born in Bassano del Grappa. Her first experience with playing music came from studying piano, when she was 9-years-old. She later started studying electric bass. At the age of fourteen, she started singing in her hometown’s gospel choir.She rose to fame […]