The music of English singer-songwriter Mike Batt has featured prominently here, though most mentions have focused on songs from his 1979 album- Tarot Suite. It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time comes from the record he did prior…
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It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time (1977) – Mike Batt
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Sonido Bestial (1971) – Richie Ray & Bobby Cruz
‘The title track Sonido Bestial remains one of the most remarkable (and recognizable) tunes of the salsa era‘– Critic José A. Estévez, Jr As I’ve mentioned in other articles on salsa music, the sub genre of salsa that initially captivated me when…
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The Last Song (1992) – Elton John
When Elton John sang Sad Songs (Say So Much) in 1984, he wasn’t kidding. That message proved to be a prelude to what would come nearly a decade later with today’s featured track – The Last Song – from an…
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La Folia (Madness) 1705 – Antonio Vivaldi (Ft. Apollo’s Fire)
In response to my post on Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, Polly MacDavid at SilverAppleQueen recommended today’s featured piece La Folia (Madness). The name refers to the frenzied way peasants twirled to the music. Interestingly La Folia is not attributed to…
The Last Great Magician (2000) – David Bridie
Two tracks in quick succession from one of my favourite singer-songwriters, David Bridie, in my Music Library Project – a happy quirk of the alphabetical sequence that sometimes throws up these fortuitous double features. Curiously, both songs hail from Bridie’s…
The Koran, the Ghan and a Yarn (2000) – David Bridie
The Koran, the Ghan and a Yarn is from David Bridie’s debut solo album Act of Free Choice. He is by far the most prominent Australian singer-songwriter to feature here and comes from the northern suburbs of Melbourne where I…
House of the Rising Sun (1964) – The Animals
The House of the Rising Sun by The Animals is one of the most recognisable tunes in the canon of Western popular music. The first few bars of the haunting intro sends chills down the spine and the guitar riff…
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1982) – The Smiths
Here is a Smiths’ lullaby of love and unease. It showcases the eerie tenderness and poetic ambiguity that would come to define The Smiths. The Hand That Rocks the Cradle is said to be their first musical collaboration – Morrissey’s…
Fuori Dal Mondo (1998) – Einaudi
I saw recently on the ‘Film and Arts‘ channel a documentary on minimalism and neoclassical music composers. A segment of it was dedicated to the Italian artist Ludovico Einaudi in which today’s featured piece Fuori Dal Mondo (Eng. Out of…
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