Stringspace from Australia, are an interesting attempt to combine a string orchestra and a jazz band, although they can and do operate separately. They were established in 2003 by musician Lucie Miller. Her interest and mission are to provide extremely high quality & vibrant musicians for events. Lucie is from a family of third-generation professional […]
Cab Calloway
Cabell “Cab” Calloway III was an American jazz singer, dancer, bandleader and actor. In 1927, Calloway joined his older sister, Blanche Calloway, on tour for the popular black musical revue Plantation Days. Calloway spent most of his nights at Chicago’s Dreamland Café, Sunset Cafe, and Club Berlin, performing as a singer, drummer, and master of […]
London 2
A second visit to London for another selection of songs. “London Boys” is a song by English glam rock act T. Rex. It was released a single in 1976 by record label T. Rex Wax Co. The track was not released on an album, but was originally intended to feature in Bolan’s aborted rock operas […]
London 1
London is the capital and largest city of England. London is an ancient name, already attested in the first century AD, usually in the Latinised form Londinium; for example, handwritten Roman tablets recovered in the city originating from AD 65/70–80 include the word Londinio (‘in London’). As one of the world’s major global cities, London […]
Ebony Buckle
Moving on from one of our previous themes – colours, to an artist who featured on ‘Silver’ and who co-incidentally is named after a colour herself, we find ourselves in the company of Ebony Buckle. She is a London-based singer/songwriter, originally from her tropical seaside home of Townsville, Australia. Writing and performing with her husband, […]
Dublin
Dublin is the capital and largest city of Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. Dublin is a centre for education, arts and culture, administration, and industry. As of […]
Belfast
Belfast from the Irish: Béal Feirste, meaning ‘mouth of the sand-bank ford’ is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast. It is the 10th-largest primary urban area in the UK and the second-largest city in Ireland. It has been the subject for […]
Prague
Now we journey to Prague the capital of what used to be known as the Czech Republic but in recent times has become Czechia. Prague is a political, cultural, and economic hub of central Europe, with a rich history and Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque architectures. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia […]
Paris 2
A second visit to the city of light for some songs performed by people from outside France. “Free Man in Paris” is a song written by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell. It appeared on her 1974 album Court and Spark, as well as her 1980 live album Shadows and Light. It is ranked No. 470 on […]
Copenhagen
Our journey moves north again to Copenhagen the capital of Denmark. Originally a Viking fishing village established in the 10th century in the vicinity of what is now Gammel Strand, Copenhagen became the capital of Denmark in the early 15th century. Beginning in the 17th century, it consolidated its position as a regional centre of […]