Two Irish lasses in a row….you could do worse. Enya’s A Day Without Rain is my favourite piece that I’ve heard from her collection and it was one of the first songs I posted on here. Today’s song Only Time…
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Only a Woman’s Heart (1992) – Eleanor McEvoy
Today’s featured track has got everything that captures my musical senses: An impassioned Irish lass by the name of Eleanor McEvoy and an achingly haunting melody and lyric. I can see why Only A Woman’s Heart headlined the best-selling Irish…
Ones Who Love You (2014) – Alvvays
Like most of the songs from Alvvays spectacular self-titled debut album, Ones Who Love You is some sweet indiepop. The album topped the US college charts. I didn’t even know they had college charts until now. This is the third…
One Country (1990) – Midnight Oil
One Country by Australian rock band Midnight Oil is the ultimate call to reconciliation – “one country, one…”. It’s true patriotism, without the ‘ranting and raving’. This is the second song presented here by ‘the Oils‘ after their first entry…
One (1991) – U2
[Bridge]You say love is a temple, love a higher lawLove is a temple, love the higher lawYou ask me to enter but then you make me crawlAnd I can’t be holding on to what you gotWhen all you got is…
On the Turning Away (1987) – Pink Floyd
On the Turning Away is the second song to feature here from Pink Floyd’s 1987 record A Momentary Lapse of Reason. Their previous entry was Learning to Fly – atmospheric rock at its best. Although described as a protest song…
On the Level (2016) – Leonard Cohen
Cohen’s voice is front and centre on his 14th and final album You Want It Darker released on October 21, 2016, 17 days before his passing. Musically, the album is “a little bit more sparse and acoustic” compared to his…
On Earth as it is in Heaven, The Falls & Gabriel’s Oboe (The Mission,1986) – Ennio Morricone
Our life, our life, our life, our life, so they cry.Our life, our life, our life, our life, they cry like this.Punishment, punishment, our strength, our punishment, cry out like thisPunishment Punishment Our Strength Our Punishment So So So So…
Blood Wolf Moon (2022) – Vulture Party
Blood Wolf Moon is a contemporary take on European werewolf folklore where, through isolation and lack of human connection, people were labelled as outcasts, leading to their basic need for love not being met. Our theme for the song and music video…
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