Eres Tu (It’s You) is one of my favourite Spanish songs. It was written by Juan Carlos Calderón and performed by the Spanish band Mocedades, with Amaya Uranga performing the lead vocal. We are not just talking about any song…
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Piano Concerto No 20 in D Minor K466 2nd Movement (1785) – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Above any other piece, this Mozart concerto is why I chose to write about music. My grandmother Dorothy Walton (pictured above) who I adored so much and miss beyond belief played this Mozart concerto to us. Dot as she was…
Tagged with: Piano Concerto No 20 in D Minor K466 2nd Movement, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Posted in Music
Posted in Music
13/12 – 19/12/21 Hidden Treasures, Amadeus Making & Christmas
Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. Hidden TreasuresShort Story at Weave a Web Bruce Goodman is not only a good friend in virtual world, but my favourite story-teller or cuentero.…
Tagged with: Amadeus, Bruce Goodman, Christmas, Weave a Web
Posted in Movies and TV, Music, News, Reading, Reflections
Posted in Movies and TV, Music, News, Reading, Reflections
End of the Line (1988) – Traveling Wilburys
End of the Line is from one of the most accessible country and folk – rock records I have ever heard – Traveling Wilburys Volume 1. If I had to choose just one album to introduce someone to this genre…
The Holy City (Jerusalem) – David Hobson
It’s Christmas time. I don’t know how David Hobson did it, but he did. There are fewer songs more difficult than this one to sing, but Hobson in Melbourne Christmas Eve 2012 sung this song and absolutely killed it. I…
Epilogue La La Land (2016) – Justin Hurwitz
This movie currently sits at No. 8 on my all-time list of favourite movies. Songs from La La Land have featured here before and I will exhaust the soundtrack by the time this music project is over. Apart from Remains…
Endless Love (1981) – Lionel Richie
Today’s song is about as commercial as it gets, but I always liked it. It was written by Lionel Richie and recorded with Diana Ross. It was recorded for Motown and it became the second biggest single that year behind…
6/12 – 12/12/21 Painting of Trees, Making the Beach Boys & Stewart Francis
Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. Painting of Trees in Moonlight Poem by Theodora Goss I am painting the trees.For whom am I painting the trees?The trees say, this is…
Tagged with: Beach boys, stewart francis, theodora goss
Posted in Movies and TV, Music, News, Reading
Posted in Movies and TV, Music, News, Reading
The End of the Innocence (1989) – Don Henley
This is simply one of the greatest songs I’ve ever heard. It made such a huge impression on me as an adolescent that I tried writing the lyrics of it to give to a girlfriend. My first ever girlfriend was…
Muriel’s Wedding (1994) – P.J. Hogan (Friday’s Finest)
Someone asked me the other day, who are your favourite actresses? Last week’s protagonist Cate Blanchett in Blue Jasmine is one and the Swedish blonde lass with sunglasses who heads this blog – Bibi Andersson in one of the all…
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