Felix Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor Op. 64, MWV014, is his last concerto. Well received at its premiere, it has remained among the most prominent and highly-regarded violin concerto. It holds a central place in the violin repertoire and has developed a reputation as an essential concerto for all aspiring concert violinists to master, […]
Mustang Sally
Mustang Sally” is a rhythm and blues (R&B) song written and first recorded by Mark Rice in 1965. It was released on the Blue Rock label (4014) in May 1965 with “Sir Mack Rice” as the artist. The song uses an AAB layout with a 24-bar structure. Rice was visiting singer Della Reese, who was […]
Emily Rossum
Emmanuelle Grey Rossum is an American actress, director, producer, singer, and songwriter. The accolades she has received include a Saturn Award and Critic’ Choice Movie Award, alongside nominations for a Golden Globe, an independent Spirit Award, and two Critics’ Choice Television Awards. Upon singing “Happy Birthday” in all 12 keys, Rossum was welcomed to join […]
Summer In The City
“Summer in the City” is a song by the American folk rock band the Lovin’ Spoonful. Written by John Sebastian, Mark Sebastian and Steve Boone, the song was released as a non-album single in July 1966 and was included on the album Hums of the Lovin’ Spoonful later that year. The single was the Lovin’ […]
Jack Strachey
Jack Strachey was an English composer and songwriter. Born John Francis Strachey in London in September 1894, he began writing songs in the 1920s for the theatre and the music hall, scoring his first success with songs he had written for Frith Shephard’s long-running musical revue Lady Luck which opened at The Carlton Theatre in […]
Marie Hopkinson
Marie Hopkinson is a singer-songwriter from Perth, Australia. She is a multi-instrumentalist and songwriter. Marie’s love of music started at age 4, when she used to beg her mum to learn violin after watching the ABC Orchestra come on each day after Sesame Street. Marie’s musical passion grew in childhood and she was admitted to Perth […]
Coig
Còig is one of Atlantic Canada’s most exciting Celtic traditional groups made up of accomplished multi-instrumentalists, Chrissy Crowley, Rachel Davis and Darren McMullen. With the fiery Celtic high-energy style as its musical core, Còig easily shifts between century-old tunes of past generations to original and upbeat compositions, featuring the band’s range of over a dozen […]
The Parting Glass
“The Parting Glass” (Roud 3004) is a Scottish traditional song, often sung at the end of a gathering of friends. It has also long been sung in Ireland, where it remains popular; this has strongly influenced how it is often sung today. It was purportedly the most popular parting song sung in Scotland before Robert […]
Glory Box
“Glory Box” is a song by English electronic band Portishead, released in January 1995 as the third and final single from their debut album, Dummy (1994). It samples “Ike’s Rap II” by Issac Hayes and peaked at number 13 in the UK. Additionally, the song was a top 10 hit in Iceland, while entering the […]
Auld Lang Syne
“Auld Lang Syne” is a Scottish song. In the English-speaking world, it is traditionally sung to bid farewell to the old year at the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve/Hogmanay. By extension, it is also often heard at funerals, graduations, and as a farewell or ending to other occasions; for instance, many branches of […]