Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. 8 Questions with blogger/writer Stacey E. Bryan Blog article at Inner Circle: I was tickled pink to wander across this recent interview with my…
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Symphony No 101 in D Mayor ‘The Clock’ Andante (1794) – Joseph Haydn
This delightful little piece will put a spring in your step, speaking of which I just read that from 27 Abril we will be allowed outdoors to exercise in Bogotá. Symphony No. 101 in D major is the ninth of…
Brothers in Arms (1985) – Dire Straits
Today’s featured song is the title track from Dire Straits 1985 album. It’s the first song to feature in this music library from Dire Straits and cofounder/lead singer/guitarist Mark Knopfler, although Mark’s musical influence and collaborative efforts with Bob Dylan…
Brilliant Disguise (1987) – Bruce Springsteen
Thanks to my school friend Daniel Olsen at secondary school I had been following the Boss a year or so shy of the release of Brilliant Disguise. I distinctly remember seeing this remarkable music video appear on the Saturday morning…
Bright Horses (2019) – Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Bright Horses is the first song from Nick Cave to feature here in the Music Library Project. Nick Cave is one of Australia’s most successful musical exports in Alternative – Indie music. When people cite great influential songwriters and poets…
Breath (2000) – David Bridie
The music from Australian singer-songwriter David Bridie features prominently in my music library. Today’s song Breath is from his debut solo album Act of Free Choice (cover above) released in 2000. Unlike the high-art pop music he composed with his…
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22 (1868) – Camille Saint-Saëns
Today’s music piece is the Piano Concerto No. 2 by Camille Saint-Saëns. Saint-Saëns was born in Paris and was one of the most remarkable child prodigies in music-history, which included Mozart. Before he was three years old he displayed perfect…
The Boys of Summer (1984) – Don Henley
Boys of Summer is one of the most indelible rock songs of the 1980’s and was number one on the Billboard Top Rock Tracks chart for five weeks. In a 1987 interview with Rolling Stone, Henley explained that the song…
Singing the Enhanced Community Quarantine Away (Part 2) — The Open Concavity
I thought I would share the following post from Tina who is a follower of my blog. Tina and her brother have lovely voices and they introduced me to a wonderful new song, which I have shared with family and…
Boundary Rider (2005) – The Go-Betweens
It’s a toss-up between today’s song Boundary Rider and Finding You as to which Go-Betweens song I would take away with me to my Desert island. That should tell you everything you need to know about what I think of…
