The Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041, is a violin concerto by Johann Sebastian Bach. It shows the influence of Italian composers such as Bach’s older contemporary Vivaldi. Bach is known to have studied Vivaldi’s music from around 1714 when he was working at Weimar. Italian influence can be seen in keyboard music he […]
Beabadoobee
Beatrice Kristi Ilejay Laus, known professionally as Beabadoobee, is a Filipino-British singer-songwriter. Laus was born in Iloilo City in the Philippines in June 2000 and moved to the United Kingdom with her parents at the age of three. She grew up in West London listening to original Pinoy music as well as pop and rock […]
Glamorous Sky
“Glamorous Sky” is Mika Nakashima’s 16th single overall, her 1st under the name Nana starring Mika Nakashima, and the second most successful single in her career after “Stars”. Released in 2005, it is her first rock song and it was used as one of the image songs for the film Nana (as one of the […]
Kaleidoscope
Kaleidoscope are an English psychedelic rock band from London that originally were active between 1967 and 1970. The band’s songs combined the elements of psychedelia with whimsical lyrics. The band were also known at various times as The Sidekicks, The Key, I Luv Wight and Fairfield Parlour. Having performed since 1963 under the name The […]
Comus
Comus are a British progressive folk band who had a brief career in the early 1970s. Comus was formed in 1969 by art students Roger Wootton and Glenn Goring, who developed their musical style performing in folk clubs in and around Bromley in Kent. The band was named after Comus (a masque by John Milton), […]
Get It On
“Get It On” is a song by the English rock band T. Rex, featured on their 1971 album Electric Warrior. Written by frontman Marc Bolan, “Get It On” was the second chart-topper for T. Rex on the UK Singles Chart. In the United States, it was re titled “Bang a Gong (Get It On)” to […]
The Lambeth Walk
“The Lambeth Walk” is a song from the 1937 musical Me and My Girl (with book and lyrics by Douglas Furber and L. Arthur Rose and music by Noel Gay). The song takes its name from a local street, Lambeth Walk, once notable for its street market and working-class culture in Lambeth, an area of […]
Babe I’m Gonna Leave You
“Babe I’m Gonna Leave You” is a folk song written by Anne Bredon in the late 1950s. Joan Baez, who learned the song from a student at Oberlin College, recorded the first published version for her 1962 album Joan Baez in Concert and a variety of musicians subsequently adapted it to a variety of styles, […]
The Adverts
The Adverts were an English punk rock band formed in 1976 that existed until late 1979. They were one of the first punk bands to achieve mainstream success in the UK; their 1977 single “Gary Gilmore’s Eyes” reached No. 18 on the UK singles chart. The Virgin Encyclopaedia of 70s Music described bassist and founding […]
Meester Prikkebeen
Meester Prikkebeen (lit: Prickly Leg). The song is a duet with Elly Nieman , but her name is not mentioned on many compilation albums, while her name is on the single. The lyrics were written by Lennaert Nijgh , the music is by the singer herself. They are accompanied by an orchestra conducted by Bert […]