“Gimme Shelter” is a song by English band the Rolling Stones and is the opening track off their 1969 album Let it Bleed. The song covers topics of war, murder,rape and fear. Greil Marcus, writing for Rolling Stone magazine at the time of its release, praised the song, stating that the band has “never done […]
Waterloo Sunset (14)
“Waterloo Sunset” is a song by British band the Kinks. It was released as a single in 1967, and featured on their album Something Else by the KInks. Composed and produced by Kinks frontman Ray Davies, “Waterloo Sunset” is one of the band’s best known and most acclaimed songs, and is ranked Number 14 on […]
I Want to Hold Your Hand (15)
I Want to Hold Your Hand” is a song by the English band the Beatles. Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, and recorded in October 1963, it was the first Beatles record to be made using four track equipment. The song was recorded on one day, and needed seventeen takes to complete. Mono and […]
Crazy in Love (16)
“Crazy in Love” is a song recorded by American singer Beyonce featuring rapping from her then-boyfriend Jay-Z from her debut solo studio album Dangerously in Love (2003). The song was released as the album’s lead single in May 2003, through Columbia Records and WME. Both artists wrote and composed the song in collaboration with Rich […]
Bohemian Rhapsody (17)
Today I thought I would look at a famous song and see what others have made of it. “Bohemian Rhapsody” is a song by Queen. It was written by Freddie Mercury for the band’s 1975 album A Night at the Opera. The song is a six-minute suite, notable for its lack of a refraining chorus […]
Meat Loaf
Michael Lee Aday (born Marvin Lee Aday), better known as Meat Loaf, was an American singer and actor. He was noted for his powerful, wide-ranging voice and theatrical live shows. His Bat Out of Hell trilogy— Bat Out of Hell, Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell, Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster […]
O Magnum Mysterium
The birth of Jesus is such a small event in the darkness of a Bethlehem stable and yet this was to be the moment when the world changed forever. This is the great mystery of Christmas and so today our choice of listening is O Magnum Mysterium (O great mystery) a motet for choir a […]
One More Drifter in the Snow
One More Drifter in the Snow is the sixth album and first Christmas album by Aimee Mann, released by SuperEgo Records in the US in October 2006. It was produced by Paul Bryan and comprises covers of “standard great Christmas classics” and two original compositions: “Christmastime”, written by Mann’s husband Michael Penn, and “Calling on […]
And Winter Came
And Winter Came… is the seventh studio album by Irish singer, songwriter, and musician Enya, released in November 2008 by Warner Music. After recording new Christmas songs for her fourth EP Sounds of the Season: The Enya Collection (2006). It was recorded with her longtime collaborators, arranger and producer Nicky Ryan and his wife, lyricist […]
The Jethro Tull Christmas Album
The Jethro Tull Christmas Album is the 21st studio album released by Jethro Tull, in September 2003. This is the band’s last studio album as of 2021 (although a new studio album, The Zealot Gene, has been announced for early 2022), as well as the last album to feature the lineup of Ian Anderson, guitarist […]