Bring on the kitsch! Bring on the kitsch! Semi final 2, was in contrast to the relative blandness of semi final 1 – which nonetheless featured some impressive songs and performances – a veritable richness of traditional Eurovision kitschy extravagance. And I absolutely loved Georgia (a parachute-wearing drummer? Yes Continue Reading
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Done and dusted: Eurovision 2014 Semi-Final #1 review
My lord, Copenhagen, is that a gigantic boat-shaped stage you have in your B&W Hallerne arena – it was a shipbuilding area so the shape of the stage was a beautifully styled nod to the building’s past life – or are you just happy to see all the wind Continue Reading
Now this is music: Artists from my big glittery Eurovision party playlist
It would be patently obvious by now that I am a Eurovision tragic of epic proportions. Well not so tragic really since I have the time of my life reviewing all the songs, planning, making and/or buying the decorations for the party my partner and an awesomely good friend Continue Reading
“Let It Go” (Frozen) goes clubbing thanks to Armin van Buuren
A darkened club full of pulsing strobe lights, heaving, sweating bodies and bass-heavy EDM (electronic dance music) may not be the first place you’d picture Elsa from Disney’s mega smash-hit feature film Frozen. But that’s exactly where Armin van Buuren’s haunting remix of the song “Let It Go”, easily Continue Reading
Road to Eurovision: Top 10 picks of semi finals 1 & 2
It may be hard to believe for those of us who still have the sound of last year’s Eurovision Song Contest-winning song “Teardrops” by Emmelie de Forest from Denmark still ringing in our glitter-filled ears but the time has arrived for the first semi-final in this year’s event with Continue Reading
Now this is music #28: IYES, GusGus, Paperwhite, Wilfred Giroux, Benjamin Francis Leftwich
Shakespeare once said “If music be the food of love, then play on.” It spoke of music’s ability to create and sustain an air of romance, but referred to the idea that it is as vital as anything else in sustaining life. (Honestly that’s possibly not even close to Continue Reading
Road to Eurovision 2014: Week 6 – Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Ukraine, United Kingdom
WHAT IS THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST? Started way back in 1956 as a way to draw 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 2014: Week 5 – Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Slovenia
WHAT IS THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST? Started way back in 1956 as a way to draw 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
Everybody listen to the music, yeah: Review of Deluxe Edition of ABBA’s Waterloo album
It was 1975, and just a year after ABBA had won the Eurovision Song Contest on 6 April 1974 in spectacularly convincing fashion, opening the way for their now legendary international career as pop superstars, I had discovered the music of Björn & Benny, Agnetha and Anni-Frid as they were Continue Reading
Now this is music #27: Figgy, TĀLĀ , Racing Glaciers, Bagheera, Bayou
So life huh? We expect it to be filled with premiere parties, champagne and organic entrees, mingling with stars and staying over for the weekend at Sandra Bullock’s place in Austin, Texas … … but instead we somehow end up, well, doing the ironing on a Saturday night while Continue Reading