Ja Khole Thaisii, more commonly known as the_miracle_aligner, is a singer and songwriter of Poumai Naga ancestry who started his musical journey and gianed popularity during the height of the Covid19 pandemic in 2020. After many failed attempts at finding his direction in life, he found a way to channel his good ear for sounds […]
‘A’ You’re Adorable
“‘A’ You’re Adorable” is a popular song song with music by Sid Lippman and lyrics by Buddy Kaye and Fred Wise, published in 1948. The most well-known version was recorded by Perry Como, with The Fontane Sisters in March 1949. This recording was released as a single and reached number 1 on the US chart […]
Flower Duet (Lakme)
The “Flower Duet” is a duet for soprano and mezzo-soprano in the first act of Leo Delibes’ opera Lakme. Lakmé is an opera in three acts with a libretto by Edmond Gondinet and Philippe Gille which was premiered in Paris in 1883. It is sung by the characters Lakmé, daughter of a Brahmin priest, and […]
River Flows in You
Since it was featured in the Twilight saga, ‘River Flows in You’ has morphed into the ‘Clair de lune’ of the 21st century. Yiruma, whose real name is Lee Ru-ma, is a South Korean-British composer and pianist. Born in 1978, he started playing piano at the age of five, and moved to London when he […]
Anastasia Tyurina
Anastasia Tyurina is the winner of national and international competitions. She was the winner of the All-Russian television competition for young talents “Blue Bird” in 2018. At just 7 years old, she was put in the spotlight with her balalaika while the National Academic Orchestra of Russian Folk played behind her in the Tchaikovsky Hall. […]
W. C. Handy
William Christopher Handy was an American composer and musician who referred to himself as the Father of the Blues. He was one of the most influential songwriters in the United States. Handy was born in November 1873, in Florence, Alabama. Handy’s father believed that musical instruments were tools of the devil. Without his parents’ permission, […]
Hundred Miles
“Hundred Miles” is a 2015 tropical house song by Barcelona-based DJ collective Yall featuring Gabriela Richardson. The song was written by David Borras Paronella, Joan Sala Gasol and Gabriela Richardson Torres. The song gained more fame after it was used in a 2015 advertisement for the Spanish casual clothing brand Desigual. The music video was […]
Spike Jones
Lindley Armstrong “Spike” Jones was an American musician and bandleader specializing in spoof arrangements of popular songs and classical music. Ballads receiving the Jones treatment were punctuated with gunshots, whistles, cowbells, hiccups, burps, and outlandish and comedic vocals. Jones and his band recorded under the title Spike Jones and His City Slickers from the early […]
Nouvelle Vague
Nouvelle Vague is a French cover band led by musicians Olivier Libaux and Marc Collin. Their name means “new wave” in French, and refers simultaneously to the French New Wave cinema movement of the 1960s, to the new wave music movement of the 1970s and 1980s, which provides many of the songs that the band […]
Voi Che Sapete
“Voi Che Sapete” is an aria from Mozart’s opera, “The Marriage of Figaro” is one of my all-time favourites. Mozart com posed this opera buffa in 1786 to an Italian libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte. The libretto is based on a stage comedy by Pierre Beaumarchais, which was considered scandalous at the time. It’s all […]