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 Continue Reading
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Eurovision in LEGO? One mega fan has answered your unspoken prayers
I like to think of myself as a fairly dedicated viewer of The Eurovision Song Contest. After all, I review every single song entered for a particular year’s contest, blog about them with as much wit and insight as I can muster and host a party with my boyfriend Continue Reading
Road to Eurovision 2016: Week 3 – Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Russia, San Marino, The Netherlands
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
Now this is music #67: Freedom Fry, Your Friend, The Hour, Shylde, RYAN Playground
Music is never a fixed thing. Even after a song makes its way out to an eager public, the artist themselves can change, play with it, in the studio or in concert, or another artist entirely can cover it, offering their own interpretation of the song. But that is Continue Reading
Road to Eurovision 2016: Week 2 – Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Iceland
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 Continue Reading
Road to Eurovision 2016: Week 1 – Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus
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 Continue Reading
Now this is music #66: Grandchildren, Daithí & Sinead White, Fellow Creatures, The Wet Secrets, Brave Shores
Life is full of moments when we have to take pause and ask ourselves some tough questions. Who are? Where have we come from? And why do I have an overwhelming craving for jam jelly donuts at 3am? OK may not that last one but the first two questions Continue Reading
SMOOTH … Sesame Street seamlessly delivers a stunning rendition of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony’s “Tha Crossroads”
Sesame Street has always been way up to the minute and astutely hip to the groove. And now thanks to Adam Schleichkorn, who previously gave us the mash-up gem of The Muppets performing the Beastie Boys’ “So What’cha Want”, they just got even more street cred thanks to his Continue Reading
Now this is music #65: Alice Ivy, Eskimeaux, Drinking Flowers, Lontalius, Hans Island
Life is a busy place. Lots to do, think and feel and keep track of – thank goodness for talented artists like the following five who channel their pinpoint accurate observations of life and the human condition, and give us songs that allow us to pause, think and feel Continue Reading
The road to Eurovision 2016: Everything you need to know
Hello! Bonjour! Guten Tag! ¡Hola! Ciao! Hej Hej! We’re only 66 days away from the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 so rather than thinking about saying “Hello” in the languages of the Big Six countries at the apex of the event – UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain Continue Reading