I came to the Smiths and their lead singer Morrissey late in my musical journey. Their music runs rampant in my music project, so I’m surprised this is my first post by them or specifically Morrissey solo. It was because…
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Everyday (1957) – Buddy Holly
I adored this song as a kid in the coming-of-age movie Stand By Me. It is one of the monumental tracks in the origin of Rock n Roll music. Buddy Holly influenced the cream of the crop in music who…
Everybody Knows (1988) – Leonard Cohen
This song is for those who like to maintain appearances and feel secure that their secrets remain in the closet. I think this song poetically is one of Leonard’s finest and sung below by his good friend Rufus Wainwright which…
3/1/22 – 9/01/22 Deadliness of COVID, 100 Best Songs 2021 & My Girlfriend
Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. How Deadly is COVID? – Jay Bhattacharrya and Lex FridmenVideo at Lex Clips Jay Bhattacharya is a professor of medicine at Stanford University and…
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Every Grain of Sand (1981) – Bob Dylan
I familiarised myself with Every Grain of Sand after hearing it on 1991’s The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 (version below) featuring Jennifer Warnes on backing vocal. I was in complete awe of it when I first…
Evermore (2004) – Hillsong
After I became baptised at Mornington Baptist Church I couldn’t hear enough of the 2004 Hillsong album – For All You’ve Done which peaked at No1 on the Australian album charts. A lot of the songs from that album will…
Even Flow (1991) – Pearl Jam
Even Flow is the third song to appear here from Pearl Jam’s debut masterpiece record – Ten. More information about my connection to this music and the founding of Pearl Jam is in my article on their debut single ‘Alive‘.…
Eugene Onegin Overture (1879) – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
It’s raining again here in Bogotá and by golly did I need this tune on New Years Day to lift the spirits! Tchaikovsky was a Russian composer of the Romantic period. The Eugene Onegin Overture is the second featured Tchaikovsky…
Etud Op 10 No. 3 (1832) – Frédéric Chopin
Étude Op. 10, No. 3, in E major, is the first piece to appear here from Polish composer Frédéric Chopin. He was a virtuoso pianist from the Romantic period who wrote primarily for piano. Today’s piece was first published in…
Estrellitas y Duendes (1990) – Juan Luis Guerra
This latina song I could hear over and over and never grow tired listening to. Juan Luis Guerra has featured here many times, but if I had to pick just one song of his which I could have on repeat…
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