Maggie Holland sang her own song A Place Called England on her 1999 album Getting There. She re-recorded it in 2007 for her anthology Bones. She noted on the first album: “It took me a long time to finish this song—and I probably would never even have started it if I hadn’t emigrated to Scotland […]
British Political Satire
Political Satire is a type of satire that specialises in gaining entertainment from politics. Political satire can also act as a tool for advancing political arguments in conditions where political speech and dissent are banned. Political satire is usually distinguished from political protest or political dissent, as it does not necessarily carry an agenda nor […]
Liar Liar
Captain SKA is a politically-active British band which produces and performs reggae and ska songs. The band is composed of unsigned, freelance session musicians. Members of the band have recorded and performed with artists including Culture Club, Paloma Faith, the Friendly Fires, Girls Aloud, The Streets, and Vampire Weekend. The band first came to prominence […]
Which Side Are You On?
Which Side Are You On?” is a song written in 1931 by activist Florence Reece, who was the wife of Sam Reece, a union organiser for the United Mine Workers in Harlan County, Kentucky. In 1931, the miners and the mine owners in southeastern Kentucky were locked in a bitter and violent struggle called the […]
Won’t Get Fooled Again
“Won’t Get Fooled Again” is a song by the English rock band the Who, written by guitarist and primary songwriter Pete Townsend. It was released as a single in June 1971, reaching the top 10 in the UK, while the full eight-and-a-half-minute version appears as the final track on the band’s 1971 album Who’s Next, […]
The Marsh Family
The Marsh Family are an English family musical group. The group consists of parents Ben and Danielle Marsh and their children Alfie, Thomas, Ella, and Tess Marsh. The family live in Faversham, a town in Kent. The Marsh Family uploaded a parody of “One Day More” to Facebook in March 2020, satirising life during COVID-19 […]
Leonid and Friends
Leonid and Friends is a Chicago tribute band based in Moscow. They began as a YouTube band, and now occasionally tour as well. Leonid Vorobyev, is the founder and leader of the band. Vorobyev is a multi-instrumentalist, a recording studio sound engineer and choir conductor by training, at the East Siberian Institute of Culture. Vorobyev […]
Karolina Protsenko
Karolina Protsenko is a 15 year old performing violinist, who was born in October 2008 in Ukraine to a musical family. Her parents play guitar and piano. The Family moved to the United States in 2015 when Karolina was 6. She started violin lessons the same year and is classically trained. Karolina began busking in […]
IV of Spades
IV of Spades was a Filipino rock band from Metro Manila, Philippines, consisting of vocalist, bassist and keyboardist Zild Benitez, vocalist and lead guitarist Blaster Silonga, and drummer Badjao de Castro. Unique served as the band’s lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist until he left the band in 2018. Their musical style has been described as […]
The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
The Arrival of the Quuen of Sheba is probably the most well known piece from Solomon, (HWV 67), an oratorio by George Frideric Handel. The anonymous libretto – currently thought to have been penned by the English Jewish poet/playwright Moses Mendes (d.1758) – is based on the biblical stories of the wise king Solomon from […]