(via Shutterstock) Life is fast … and noisy … and unceasing in its demands and challenges. No news flashes there, of couse. So, in amongst all the tumult and chaos and cacophony of everything seemingly happening all at once, we need moment, many moments in fact, where we just slow Continue Reading
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Songs, songs and more songs #112: Lemonade Baby, SOFI TUKKER, Merry Lamb Lamb, St. Lucia and Jude York + Eurovision 2025 update
(via Shutterstock) Had a big week?! Haven’t we all so what we all need now, and needs lots of, is music that feels something, says something and makes us sense that maybe, just maybe, things might get better. Or at least feel better for a few minutes … These five Continue Reading
Songs, songs and more songs #111: Yannis & the Yaw, Skeleton, Ellur, Lodet and The Blessed Madonna & Kylie Minogue
(via Shutterstock) INTRO “Rain Can’t Reach Us” by Yannis & the Yaw (courtesy Yannis & the Yaw official Facebook page) One of the things that songs capture almost better than anything are emotions so intense they feel as if no vessel, human or otherwise, can contain them. In the songs Continue Reading
Songs, songs and more songs #110: Sycco, Toro y Moi, LUPO.THEBOY, KUČKA and Anna Lunoe & Y U QT + Top 20 Eurovision songs for July
(via Shutterstock) Music by itself is wonderfully good, true, but how much better is it with some real emotional vocal power and insight added to it? Very, very good, indeed, and that is borne out in these five superlatively great songs which not only deliver a musical adrenaline hit but Continue Reading
What makes things so Wicked? New featurette pulls back the curtain …
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTWicked, the untold story of the witches of Oz, stars Emmy, Grammy, Tony winning powerhouse Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba, a young woman, misunderstood because of her unusual green skin, who has yet to discover her true power, and Grammy-winning, multi-platinum recording artist and global superstar Ariana Grande Continue Reading
Because we need more Christmas in July music! Thoughts on Mark Tremonti, Kate Rusby, Samara Joy, Chloe Flower + Bing Crosby
(via Shutterstock) Christmas music in July? What, what, WHAT are you even thinking?! Well, I’m thinking that the world is a dumpster fire of climate change and fascistic chaos and listening to music that is dedicated to conjuring up a warm-and-fuzzy winter wonderland of loveliness is no bad thing (and Continue Reading
Songs, songs and more songs #109: Jessie Ware & Romy, Kylie Minogue & Rexha & Tove Lo, Pixey, Tones and I and Michael Franti & Spearhead
(via Shutterstock) There’s a lot of awful stuff going on in the world. No newsflash there, alas; what also needs to be mentioned though is that there’s also a lot of good still around which includes these five songs from artists who refuse to let a broken reality get them Continue Reading
Songs, songs and more songs #108: Orla Gartland, Elderbrook, Foster the People, Orville Peck and Florrie + ABBA’s Summer Night City is given a bright new video clip sheen
(via Shutterstock) You need an end of the week musical pick-me-up? Of course you do, and these five artists, all of whom have married great lyrics with compulsively listenable music, are serving up songs that not only make you want to get up and dance but also feel #allthethings and Continue Reading
Songs, songs and more songs #107: BRUX, The Aston Shuffle, Brad Mullins, Jamie xx + Låpsley + Eurovision 24 winner Nemo goes orchestral
(via Shutterstock) We’re heading to the club this time around and honestly you may not ever want to leave! The five songs featured are not out and out furious dance numbers but they are all beat heavy in their own way and come with lyrics and a mix of tempos Continue Reading
Everyone deserves a chance to fly: Epic new trailer drops for Wicked the movie
(image courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTWicked, the untold story of the witches of Oz, stars Emmy, Grammy, Tony winning powerhouse Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba, a young woman, misunderstood because of her unusual green skin, who has yet to discover her true power, and Grammy-winning, multi-platinum recording artist and global superstar Ariana Continue Reading