Music

  Ah the sweet, sweet sound of new music on my ears! While it is always good to treasure the old songs that have got us through breakups, celebrated new love or simply helped us to dance and celebrate a joyously good mood, trying on some tunes for size is Continue Reading

  There is a world weary beauty, both musical and lyrical, to Elbow’s The Takeoff and Landing of Everything that captivates the troubled soul, and soothes the ear dulled by the cacophony of life’s trials and tribulations, from the first delicate opening notes. Never afraid to tackle the weightier issues Continue Reading

  Ah, the thrill of the new! Not everyone craves it admittedly but for those of us who do, it is the elixir of youth, the magical ingredient that infuses the mundane, the banal and the downright ennui’d with all the fun and sparkle of the circus. Well, perhaps that Continue Reading

  If there is one thing that good people of Scandinavia have mastered to an almost elemental degree, it’s the ability to mix the dark and the light, ecstasy and misery in one seamless, reality-embracing package. In the case of ceo, the moniker used by Eric Burglund, one time member Continue Reading

  Music is good for you. According to Psychology Today, “listening, and creating music of any kind will provide an immediate biological and psychological benefit for everyone. In fact, music can be a salvation and antidote to most psychological challenges: that’s why people sing in the shower and while driving Continue Reading

  Could making the musical acquaintance of a pair of talented multi-instrumentalists from California, real life couple Jack Conte and Nataly Dawn, who have named their combined entity Pomplamoose after a delightful play on the French word for grapefruit pamplemousse, possibly have made my week, month and year just a short while Continue Reading

  I have felt it … and it seems many others have too. The sense that we know too much, too soon and for too long before it appears in this digital age. That all the fun, the element of surprise has disappeared in a world where we have teaser Continue Reading