“Ain’t No Rest for the Wicked” is the third single by the American rock band Cage the Elephant. It was released as a CD single on June 16, 2008, by Relentless Records and became the first Top 40 hit for the band in the UK. A music video was filmed for this song which was […]
Rossini – Duetto Buffo Di Due Gatti (Cat Duet)
The “Duetto buffo di due gatti” (humorous duet for two cats) is a performance piece for two sopranos and piano. Often performed as a comical concert encore, it consists entirely of the repeated word miau (“meow”) sung by the singers. It is sometimes performed by a soprano and a tenor, or a soprano and a […]
Manic Street Preachers
Manic Street Preachers, also known simply as the Manics, are a Welsh rock band formed in Blackwood, Caerphilly, in 1986. The band consists of Nicky Wire (bass guitar, lyrics) and cousins James Dean Bradfield (lead vocals, lead guitar) and Sean Moore (drums, percussion, soundscapes). They form a key part of the 1990s Welsh Cool Cymru […]
Star of the Country Down
“Star of the County Down” (Roud 4801) is an Irish ballad set near Banbridge in County Down, Northern Ireland. The words are by Cathal MacGarvey (1866–1927) from Ramelton, County Donegal. MacGarvey’s song was first collected in Herbert Hughes Irish Country Songs. The tune is traditional, and may be known as “Dives and Lazarus” or (as […]
Junior Wells
Junior Wells (born Amos Wells Blakemore Jr.) was an American singer, harmonica player, and recording artist. He is best known for his signature song “Messin’ with the Kid” and his 1965 album Hoodoo Man Blues, described by the critic Bill Dahl as “one of the truly classic blues albums of the 1960s”. Wells himself categorised […]
Quando, Quando, Quando
Quando, Quando, Quando” (“When, When, When”) is an Italian pop song from 1962, in the bossa nova style, with music written by Tony Renis and lyrics by Alberto Testa. The song expresses a romantic plea where the singer anxiously asks when their love interest will reciprocate their feelings and agree to be together. The repetition of […]
Emilio Piano
Emil Jean Joachim Reinert, known as “Emilio Piano,” was born on July 4, 1994, in Paris and holds both German and French citizenship. His great passion for the musical arts, particularly the piano, developed early in his childhood and was generously fostered and supported by his family. Emil Reinert received a top-tier musical education. From […]
God Bless The Child
“God Bless the Child” is a song written by Billie Holiday and Arthur Herzog Jr. in 1939. It was first recorded on May 9, 1941, by Billie Holiday and released by Okeh Records in 1942. Holiday’s version of the song was honoured with the Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1976. It was also included […]
La Rioule des Compagnons du Monde
La Rioule des Compagnons du Monde began in 2016, when an assembly of eight musicians gathered around a camp: La Rioule (the festival in Savoyards); all volunteers in the Andilly’s Grandes Medievals, cradle of their meeting and their first steps in the footsteps of the Middle Ages…From ancient songs to recent revived songs, the Rioule […]
Richard Fariña
Richard George Fariña was an American folksinger, songwriter, poet and novelist. Fariña was born in Brooklyn, New York, United States, the son of an Irish mother, Theresa Crozier, and a Cuban father of Galician origin, also named Richard Fariña. He grew up in the Flatbush neighbourhood of Brooklyn and attended Brooklyn Technical High School. He […]