The Bookshop Band – the offspring of an artistic love-affair between a duo of English folk singer-songwriters and a multi-award winning independent bookshop in the UK, Mr B’s Emporium of Reading Delights. They writeand perform songs inspired by books, inspired by hundreds of authors from Shakespeare to Philip Pullman, Here they perform A Shop with Books in, at The […]
At Last – Which Is the Best Version?
“At Last” is a song written by Mack Gordon and Harry Warren for the Sun Valley Serenade (1941) was performed in the film by Glenn Miller and his orchestra. Prior to release of Sun Valley Serenade, with vocals by Studio head Darryl Zanuck reportedly said, “There are too many big ones in this. Let’s save […]
H.U.M. Gospel Choir
THe HUM Gospel Choir came to attention when the were recommended to me by Alan Gibson, who organises evenings of music at the Barn in Meanwood. I had been in search of a gospel choir to perform at LIve @ Costa for over five years. The heart of the problem was that gospel choirs by […]
Emmelie De Forest
The watching of the Eurovision Song Contest became ‘de rigueur’ in our house during the incumbancy of Terry Wogan, when the winner was less important than wondering which country would take most offence at his ascerbic comments and predicting the arcane nature of the voting. Here is his assessment of the 2007 contest “Who knows […]
Dame Diana Rigg
One of the icons on my youth sadly died yesterday. For my generation Diana Rigg will always be remembered as Emma Peel from The Avengers. However her career was much more varied and impressive that one part. Perhaps this is an opportunity to reflect on breadth of her acting and to enjoy some favourite moments […]
Edie Brickell
When Microsoft released their indows 95 operating system not only was it a groundbreaking development from their previous Windows 3, but it also shipped with a companian CD Rom containing some multimedia samples. This was way cool at the time and it was there that I first heard the music of Edie Brickell. The video […]
The Cult
I was introduced to the music of The Cult in the mid eighties by the members of our then youth group ‘Focus’. As I researched their origins further it came as a surprise to find that they actually came from Bradford, a city to which we were translated in 2009. As Shakespeare put it: and […]
Wilde Roses
The Wilde Roses are led by singer, multi-instrumentalist, composer and passionate researcher Anna Tam and featuring singer and medieval wind performer Emily Baines, and medieval plucked string and percussion performer Arngeir Hauksson – are musically and visually inspired by the medieval and renaissance world. Their repertoire is drawn from illuminated manuscripts, courtly song books, Elizabethan […]
Keira Knightley Sings!
Keira Knightley is a British actress. Knightley began acting as a child on television and made her feature film debut in 1995, before making her breakthrough with the 2002 sports film Bend it like Beckham. She gained wider recognition for playing Elizabeth Swann in the 2003 fantasy swashbuckler film Pirates of the Caribbean, a role […]
Songs of Hope – Gospel from the Obama White House
“A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away….” to quote from Star Wars, the White House used to be a place of hope and filled with music. The Obama’s would regularly host evenings that celebrated the best of American music. One such evening was entitled ‘Songs of Hope’ a word spoken by the […]