SNAPSHOTSocial distancing is the new normal and it will be for a while. 6 feet or 1.8 meters is the distance that experts recommend we keep between each other. We will rock again soon. Just remember to keep the 6 feet distance. It will save lives. (synopsis via Laughing Squid) Continue Reading
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COVID-19 strikes again – #Eurovision 2020 has been cancelled
To my great sorrow, COVID-19 has claimed yet another event – the Eurovision Song Contest 2020. It is nothing compared to the suffering it has caused countless people worldwide and you could well argue it’s cancellation is a minor thing in the grand scheme of things. But it’s something I Continue Reading
Songs, songs and more songs #23: Celeste, Jack Garratt, LOVER, Bearcubs, Joe Hertz + Eurovision 2020 update
It’s Friday! (Yes, I know you know this, but for the sake of a snappy intro, let’s just pretend you’re oblivious to the fact.) After a frantic, crazily-busy week in which you likely haven’t stopped or really haven’t had a moment to yourself, it’s not a bad idea to sit Continue Reading
Songs, songs and more songs #22: BAYNK, French 79, Big Wild, blackbear, Yumi Zouma + Eurovision update
Time to turn things down, people. Not simply because it’s Friday, it’s been a big week and we are ridiculously exhausted but because quiet times are good for the soul. And the heart and the body … and really, just about everything. These five quietly but powerfully talented artists know Continue Reading
Goodnight, ABBA: Björn Ulvaeus reads a bedtime story to the inner child in all of us
It turns out, and why would you have doubted it, that ABBA are good for even more than just stellar classic classic pop songs and an almost assailable position at the very heights of the pop pantheon. They are, in fact, warm and engaging storytellers; well, at least we have Continue Reading
Billie Eilish unleashes atmospheric theme song for new Bond film No Time to Die
Bond songs are, for the most part, exercises in euphoric or profoundly-troubled bombast. They are not subtle but then are they are not lacking in elegance either, something brought beautifully to life by Billie Eilish, fresh from winning a swag of Grammy Awards, who invests a whole lot of angst Continue Reading
Songs, songs and more romantic songs: PVRIS, Monsune, Little Dragon, Johnny Utah, Tom Rosenthal #ValentinesDay
Falling in love is a wonderful thing. And while you don’t need an artificial construct like Valentine’s Day to let someone you love, or someone you want to love, how you feel, it is, like all these sorts of days, a great time to take stock, think about why you Continue Reading
Australia Decides for #Eurovision 2020: Which of 10 songs will be the country’s official entry? + Eurovision update
Australia is, once again, going to Eurovision! To make sure we make quite a splash and make the most of our time in the Eurovision musical sun – we are in the contest until 2023 at this stage – Australia Decides has been created to select the artist who will Continue Reading
Songs, songs and more songs #21: ONUKA, Storm, Agnes Obel, Russ, REYKO + #Eurovision 2020 update
If you’re going to do life properly, there’s a lot to navigate. And which all that busyness can come a sense of being overwhelmed and subsumed, with things rushing at you far too fast to make any meaningful sense of them. Which is why having these five artists along for Continue Reading
Open up! Update from the Eurovision Song Contest 2020
It might seem like a long wait until the Eurovision Song Contest 2020, which takes place on 12-16 May, but truth be told, it’s just 135 days until the grand final! In a busy month for organisers, the first tranche of tickets went on sale, and surprise, surprise, completely sold Continue Reading