City of Stars is the third song to appear here from my favourite musical La La Land. It won the Academy Award for Best Music (original Song). The music of the song was composed by Justin Hurwitz while the lyrics…
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Buena Vista Social Club (1999) – Wim Wenders (Friday’s Finest)
Director Wim Wenders and guitarist Ry Cooder team up again to present this marvellous music documentary Buena Vista Social Club. Cooder did the slide guitar soundtrack for Wender’s Paris, Texas 1984 which featured here recently on Friday’s Finest. Buena Vista…
Chelsea Hotel (1974) – Leonard Cohen
(Reader discretion is advised)This is Leonard Cohen’s musical attempt of ‘Sex! Now I have your attention.’ Well, not really, but kind of. This infamous song of Leonard’s escapades with Janis Joplin at the Chelsea Hotel will be the discussion of…
Circle of Life (1994) – Elton John
I was iffing and butting as to whether to include today’s song just because of how commercial – certainly for its time and mainstream it is. So I listened to it again and it pricked my ears as it has…
Changing of the Guards (1978) – Bob Dylan
Changing of the Guards is one of Dylan’s many masterpieces as is the album it opens – Street Legal. Both are underrated outputs of Dylan’s astounding discography. If I had to choose just one album from Dylan’s catalogue to have…
Chaflan (1993) – Jorge Ariza
It has been a bit more than a quarter of a century since Colombian Jorge Ariza passed away. He is renowned as the King of the Requinto here and is somewhat a national folklore in Colombian music. The Requinto is…
Cemetery Polka (1985) – Tom Waits
The whacky circus music and Waits accustomed minstrel role is all here. You know good writing in a song when you have great characterization in few short words, but it’s elusive enough to impel the reader to interpret it based…
Cavalleria Rusticana Intermezzo (1890)- Pietro Mascagni
It’s difficult to imagine this most charming piece of music is the result of a competition won. A young Italian composer Mascagni (pictured above) who hadn’t had an Opera performed on stage (and hence eligible) entered the Milanese competition by…
5/4 – 11/4/21 incl. Fructose, The Band & Dostoevsky
Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. Peter Attia – The Drive Podcast – #87—Rick Johnson, MD: Fructose—the common link in hypertension, insulin resistance, T2D, & obesity? Audio podcast at Peter…
Catch the Wind (1965) – Donovan
This song like any other entered my prepubescent teenhood as they all do, but none other besides ‘Catch the Wind‘ was as powerful on my psyche or upon how I should orientate myself like ‘Catch The Wind‘. I wrote in…
