Despite all the offshoots, including musicals and movies, that the Swedish pop group ABBA has produced, that spectacular harmony created by the two ladies, namely Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad, has never been matched. ABBA remains something of an enigma…
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Waterfall (2004) – Reuben Morgan
Waterfall is a Christian worship song by Reuben Morgan. As a worship pastor, he sang and wrote for the Pentecostal megachurch Hillsong Church for many years. When I was a member of Mornington Baptist Church in the early 2000s, a…
1/06/26 – 7/06/26 – Judas, Harper Lee, Shapiro on Springsteen
Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. My last News on the March post was way back in March, so it’s nice to return to it again. I hope it becomes…
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Watching The River Flow (1971) – Bob Dylan
This little bluesy rocker from Dylan certainly kicks the day into gear with its toe-tap-inducing rhythm, screeching guitar and saloon bar piano. And wouldn’t you know it? This was recorded in 1971 at Blue Rock Studio in New York City.…
Watch Me Gone (2024) – Mark Knopfler
Watch Me Gone delicately weaves between a graceful and subtle Celtic melody something Mark has long been partial to in his solo work, and a pedal steel guitar that conjures atmospheric images of breezy air and open terrain. It’s a…
Highway Song (1979) – Blackfoot
Who’s up for a highway song? I first heard this only recently when I was researching another rocker from the Southern rock band Blackfoot called Train, Train. You see, that song and today’s featured song Highway Song were their big…
In the Country of Last Things (1987) – Paul Auster
Warning: The following post contains discussion of death and, in particular, suicide. It should therefore be approached with caution, or avoided altogether by readers who may be sensitive to such material. Welcome back to my Wednesday literature segment. Today I…
Waltz in C Sharp Minor (Op. 64 No. 2) 1846–47 – Frédéric Chopin
When I see Chopin’s name appear alongside a piece such as today’s, and without even discerning which one it may be, my eyes still light up in anticipation because I know I’m guaranteed to be swept away by something so…
Bold as Love (1967) – Jimi Hendrix
Bold as Love might not be as popular as Hey Joe or All Along the Watchtower, but I think it stands right up there with those towering greats, at least for me. I liked how one person described Jimi Hendrix…
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