The House of the Rising Sun by The Animals is one of the most recognisable tunes in the canon of Western popular music. The first few bars of the haunting intro sends chills down the spine and the guitar riff…
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The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1982) – The Smiths
Here is a Smiths’ lullaby of love and unease. It showcases the eerie tenderness and poetic ambiguity that would come to define The Smiths. The Hand That Rocks the Cradle is said to be their first musical collaboration – Morrissey’s…
Fuori Dal Mondo (1998) – Einaudi
I saw recently on the ‘Film and Arts‘ channel a documentary on minimalism and neoclassical music composers. A segment of it was dedicated to the Italian artist Ludovico Einaudi in which today’s featured piece Fuori Dal Mondo (Eng. Out of…
Fiesta Pagana (2000) – Mägo de Oz
For the devoted religious folk reading this, you may want to give today’s featured track Fiesta Pagana (Pagan Festival) by Mago de Oz a wide berth. Ok, that was a bit of banter. Anyhows, musically, this song begins with an…
Moonlight (2001) – Bob Dylan
At the blessed age of 60, Bob Dylan released Moonlight – a tender and tranquil song on his 31st studio album record – Love and Theft. This song is often overlooked on the record in lieu of other showier songs…
Starving in the Belly of a Whale (2002) – Tom Waits
“Life is whittled, life’s a riddle, Man’s a fiddle that life plays on, when the day breaks and the earth quakes, life’s a mistake all day long” Washing the dishes ranks high on my list of domestic drudgeries – but…
Dance Crip (2021) – Trueno
And if we pay attention (in the video), we can see graffiti that says: “Is he the most stuck-up guy?” He (Trueno) definitely is! – Megastar article My son introduced me to the Latino urban style hip-hop / rap song…
Henry, Come On (2025) – Lana Del Rey
Lana Del Rey, the post 2010’s American icon of pop culture and music Americana is back again with a fantastic new single – Henry, Come On. Released on Friday, April 11, it has nearly broken the Internet with views and…
Green Fields Of France (1981) – The Fureys and Davey Arthur
On my ‘Friday’s Finest‘ movie segment, I’ve spotlighted two powerful films depicting what was once called “the war to end all wars” – Gallipoli (1981) and Testament of Youth (2014). Today, however, we shift tracks from cinema to song, turning…
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