I love listening to music. (If you haven’t figured that out yet, then clearly you haven’t been paying attention.) But more than that, I need the music to say something meaningful to me, to dig into the marrow of life and really think about what makes it tick, what Continue Reading
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Now this is music: Scandipop special 2 – Bishat, EIRIK, Blissful, Louam, Stockholm Noir
I remain, as always, a devotee of all things Scandinavian. It started as a child with books and TV shows – obviously at that age I had no idea they were Scandinavian; I simply loved the quirk and storytelling idiosyncrasies of the material – and continued on with ABBA Continue Reading
Download. Play. Dance. Sing. My favourite songs of 2017
Music powers my life. Every last part of it in fact. Whether I’m commuting, exercising, sitting and working – but not when I’m writing alas; I’m one of those people who must write in monastic silence or the worlds will not flow – or simply sitting and watching the Continue Reading
Happy Christmas everyone! May pop culture bless you every one …
What a big year it has been! Horrible in some respects – Trump, Australia’s treatment of refugees and North Korea sending off missiles I’m looking at you – but also delightful, wonderful, warm, funny and good for the heart, soul and spirit. Much of that joy has come from Continue Reading
On 12th day of Christmas … I listened to Warmer in the Winter by Lindsey Stirling
There are quite a few festive things that, right at home in the depth of a northern hemisphere winter, are almost comically out of place in a southern hemisphere summery Christmas. Take chestnuts roasting on an open fire. Or walking in a winter wonderland perhaps? Or even dashing through the Continue Reading
Now this is Christmas music: 10 favourite festive tracks + 5 fab indie covers
When you’re a Christmas tragic such as myself, one of the key ingredients to falling headfirst, and utterly, completely and absolutely so into the festive spirit – it begins sometime around the end of November, ending only on Boxing Day or in my case, considerably after that – is music, Continue Reading
On 9th day of Christmas … I listened to Gwen Stefani’s “You Make it Feel Like Christmas”
As a recording artist, it makes sense that you’d be tempted to go Full Throttle Retro Festive when it comes to putting together a Christmas album. After all, consumers of festive tunes know what they like, and what they generally like is for your album of Christmas songs to Continue Reading
On 4th day of Christmas … I listened to Sia’s Everyday is Christmas
Let’s be honest – when it comes to Christmas albums, and I will be the first to admit that I am a slave to these expectations more often than not, there are two major rules that must be followed. 1. The album must feel Christmassy. Granted this is a Continue Reading
Now this is music: Festive chill – SYML, JW Ridley, Liyv, Hundred Waters, Shells
The “Silly Season”, as it’s fondly known in Australia, is well underway, and with it, the swirl of festive fun that is Christmas. Now even if you love the most wonderful time of the year, you’ll have to admit that it can be stressful, busy and bereft of any Continue Reading
Now this is music #100: LANY, Novo Amor and Ed Tullett, Jacob Banks, RYD, Tom Ronsenthal
Our hearts and souls are often filled with so mnay emotions, it can sometimes (or often) feel like you’ll never be able to express them all. And if we do feel like the power to articulate them all lies within us, finding the words, especially when the emotions are Continue Reading