Music

SNAPSHOTSleeveface is an amusing participatory photo project in which people from all over the world strategically pose with matching album covers, creating the illusion that the original picture is complete. The photos bring the inert photo to life, much in the same way that has been done with books and Continue Reading

Distinctive musical artists are such a joy. Standing apart from the crowd, and possessed of a sensibility that doesn’t march in lockstep with the unthinking mainstream, they offer incisive thoughtful insights, interesting melodies and a sense of uniqueness that makes their songs truly something to savour. These five artists epitomise Continue Reading

Feeling things deeply Feeling things deeply can be hard but it can also be amazing. For all the dark and awful feelings that weigh down the soul, there are those moments that elevate it, that send it soaring, the duality representative of life in all its contrary, messy glory. These Continue Reading

If you’re paying attention, and not everyone does, life has some pretty big lessons to teach us. Whether it’s stepping away from the manic fray when you’re existentially on the edge or wanting to let loose but not sure now is the time to do it because of the people Continue Reading

It’s tempting to think of pop music as throwaway music that entertains briefly, shimmers and shines for a moment before ebbing away into nothingness. That’s not true, of course, but nowhere is this better illustrated than in the artistic efforts of the following five artists who blend sparse, elegantly-beautiful melodies Continue Reading

One of the great joys of life is listening to music that you really love. I mean really, REALLY love. Each month I listen to a lot of new music, and while I like pretty much all of it, not all of it really gets down into the very depths Continue Reading

Sit down! Set a spell. Think quiet thoughts. Don’t think at all. We live in a busy, frantic, manic, noisy world and taking some time out to just ruminate, smell the roses and let your mind wander is one of the greatest gifts we can gift ourselves. These five amazingly Continue Reading

One of the reasons certain songs stick with us is because they connect so deeply and profoundly with something we have gone through. It helps, of course, if they sound insanely catchy musically, but ultimately what hooks them deep into our souls is a sense that this artist is speaking Continue Reading