What is the Eurovision Song Contest?Started way back in 1956 as a way of drawing a fractured Europe back together with the healing power of music, the Eurovision Song Contest, or Concours Eurovision de la Chanson – the contest is telecast in both English and French – is open to Continue Reading
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Songs, songs and more songs #105: Kasbo, GusGus, Lindsey Stirling, Maddy O’Neal & COFRESI + Zerb & the Chainsmokers
(via Shutterstock) Sesame Street is always encouraging us to work with others nicely and in a spirit of fruitful cooperation and it’s heartening to see that many of the artists in this post have taken that to heart. By combining their hearts, they have given us tracks that are not Continue Reading
Road to Eurovision 2024: Week 3 – Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Slovenia, Ukraine (Semi final 1, part 3)
What is the Eurovision Song Contest?Started way back in 1956 as a way of drawing a fractured Europe back together with the healing power of music, the Eurovision Song Contest, or Concours Eurovision de la Chanson – the contest is telecast in both English and French – is open to Continue Reading
Songs, songs and more songs #104: ETHAN, Zerb, girli, Kiesza and Steve Aoki + listen to all 37 Eurovision 2024 entries … and Swedish artists thank ABBA for the music in song
(via Shutterstock) Life can feeling horribly drab and boring a lot of the time. Sure, that’s the nature of being alive; not every single moment can be a technicolour wonderland of explosive fun and fabulousness but wouldn’t it be nice if there was something to bring vivacity to the drab Continue Reading
Road to Eurovision 2024: Week 2 – Iceland, Ireland, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moldova (Semi final 1, part 2)
What is the Eurovision Song Contest?Started way back in 1956 as a way of drawing a fractured Europe back together with the healing power of music, the Eurovision Song Contest, or Concours Eurovision de la Chanson – the contest is telecast in both English and French – is open to Continue Reading
Road to Eurovision 2024: Week 1 – Australia, Azerbaijan, Croatia, Cyprus, Finland (Semi final 1, part 1)
What is the Eurovision Song Contest?Started way back in 1956 as a way of drawing a fractured Europe back together with the healing power of music, the Eurovision Song Contest, or Concours Eurovision de la Chanson – the contest is telecast in both English and French – is open to Continue Reading
Songs, songs and more songs #103: Charli XCX, Angus1, camoufly, Griff, Allie X+ new Lindsey Stirling song
(via Shutterstock) Our world runs on energy. And naturally so do we, so it makes sense that the music we listen to would be heaving and bristling and danceably alive with the stuff, in turn gifting it to us so we can make live through those moments when our energy Continue Reading
Songs, songs and more songs #102: Pet Shop Boys, Heartaches + Golden Vessel, Tourist, Gold Fang + Justice … and Eurovision 2024 update
(via Shutterstock) Be in the moment. Be swept out of the moment. Whatever you need, and whatever you’re feeling, these five artists can deliver it, with each of their songs reaching into the very heart of what it means to be human, to be alive and to be present and Continue Reading
Songs, songs and more songs #101: K.Flay, Caravan Palace, Jacob Collier, Ida Just, Ariana Grande + Eurovision 2024 update!
(via Shutterstock) Welcome to the first music post of the year which is all about finding music and being changed by it. All five of these immensely talented artists or groups of artists have shown they are worth being found, marrying up lyrics that really hit home with music that Continue Reading
Fire up the stereo and let the music fly free: My top 25 songs of 2023
(via Shutterstock) I love music. It moves me in so many different, profoundly deep ways and it acts as a soundtrack to my life, sometimes making sense of stuff I’m going through and other times simply giving me some diversion from the annoying bits and pieces of life. Like commuting; Continue Reading