It’s a nice change to finally bring you some Colombian music today. Los de Adentro (Eng: Those Inside) is a Colombian Latin pop rock band formed in Barranquilla, on the Caribbean coast, in 1994. They first became known here in…
It’s a nice change to finally bring you some Colombian music today. Los de Adentro (Eng: Those Inside) is a Colombian Latin pop rock band formed in Barranquilla, on the Caribbean coast, in 1994. They first became known here in…
Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door comes from soundtrack album Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid. I’ve always thought it’s a bit of an underrated record, even if today’s song certainly isn’t – it’s one of Bob Dylan’s most recognisable tracks and…
It’s been a long time since the divine voice of Marcela Gándara has graced these pages. The Mexican Christian singer has perhaps the biggest following of any Christian music artist I can think of in Latin America. All denominations alike…
It looks like a lovely family portrait of dutiful, clean-cut brothers right there. They scrub up OK – don’t they? – those handsome devils. The band did include two brothers, though: lead singer John Fogerty and his guitarist brother Tom…
It’s a delight to bring to you today one of Italian composer Giacomo Puccini’s most beautiful soprano arias – Un bel dì, vedremo (Eng: “One fine day we’ll see”). Listening to this certainly elicits deep emotion and sends shivers down…
Welcome back to my Wednesday literature segment. Today I feature a four-page excerpt from The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood, a novel I’m still early into and already finding quite intriguing. As usual, if you enjoy dabbling in books, feel…
The late Eva Cassidy is one of my favourite female singers and has featured here prominently. There are few other voices I have heard that sound as pure and angelic as hers. It’s a real pity Eva didn’t see musical…
This American punk rock song The Kids Aren’t Alright by The Offspring hits all the right buttons for me – from the shredding guitar to Dexter Holland’s urgent vocals and that breakneck, driving rhythm. The music video matches the frenzy…
I couldn’t wait any longer to present today’s featured ‘El Saber’ (Eng: Knowing) by Gaby Moreno. I find it such a profound and enlightening song. I discovered her a few months ago on the film & arts channel performing at…
Tweeter and the Monkey Man” was really [written by] Tom Petty and Bob [Dylan]. Well, Jeff [Lynne] and I were there too, but they were just sitting there around in the kitchen, and he was for some reason talking about all this stuff that…