Category: Music

Alicia Edelweiss is an Anglo-Austrian musician based in Vienna. She started her musical career as a street musician and travelled all over Europe for two years, setting off at the age of 19. On her quest for freedom and travelling without any money, she pretty soon discovered her passion and talent for music – back then solely armed […]

The Beths are a New Zealand indie rock band, formed in Auckland in 2014. The group principally consists of lead vocalist Elizabeth Stokes, guitarist Jonathan Pearce, bassist Benjamin Sinclair, and drummer Tristan Deck. Elizabeth Stokes and Jonathan Pearce originally met in high school, and they met both Benjamin Sinclair and Ivan Luketina-Johnston when all four […]

Zoe Gotusso is an Argentine singer and songwriter from Cordoba. She gained recognition as one of the members of the duo Salvapantallas and later as a solo artist, releasing her debut solo album Mi Primer Día Triste in 2020. Gotusso began her career as one of the members of the musical duo Salvapantallas alongside the […]

“Love Is the Drug” is a song by the English rock band Roxy Music, from their fifth studio album, Siren (1975), released as a single in September 1975. Co-written by Bryan Ferry and Andy MacKay, the song originated as a slower, dreamier track until the band transformed its arrangement to become more dance-friendly and uptempo. […]

Joseph Nathan “King” Oliver was an American jazz cornet player and bandleader. Born in Aben, Louisiana, he moved to New Orleans in his youth. He first studied the trombone, then changed to cornet. From 1908 to 1917, he played cornet in New Orleans Brass bands and dance bands and in the city’s red-light district, which […]

Pyrolysis was born in 2012, when Laurens and Stan, decided to begin a metal band, together with Sven Schipper, their guitar player at that time. The band’s name still stems from this time of electric guitars, drum kit and keyboard. “Pyrolysis” is a chemical reaction where warmth and energy are created through decomposition. While this […]

“All of Me” is a popular song and jazz standard. Gerald Marks and Seymour Simons wrote the words and music of “All of Me” in 1931. It has an ABAC structure, and is written in the key of B-flat major. There is a 20-bar introductory verse, but this is routinely omitted. “The melody combines the […]

“This Masquerade” is a song written by American singer and musician Leon Russell. It was originally recorded in 1972 by Russell for his album Carney and as a b-side for the album’s hit single “Tight Rope”. Russell’s version starts off with a somewhat extended instrumental intro and then features his uniquely soulful – if rather […]

Roger Whittaker was a Kenyan-born British singer-songwriter and musician. His music is an eclectic mix of folk music and popular songs, the latter variously in a crooning or in a schlager style. He is best known for his baritone singing voice and trademark whistling ability as well as his guitar skills. “The show works better […]

Pavane, (probably from Italian padovana, “Paduan”), majestic processional dance of the 16th and 17th century European aristocracy. Until about 1650 the pavane opened ceremonial balls and was used as a display of elegant dress. Adapted from the basse danse, an earlier court dance, the pavane presumably travelled from Italy to France and England by way […]