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A Fourth Selection Of Ten Essential UK & Irish Folk Music Songs From 1960s-1980s
Introduction This is the fourth episode in this series and I am trying to not repeat myself and to include artists that have not appeared in previous ones. I don't think I will have any problem with that, and I am lucky enough to start this off with someone that I have met a corresponded with.
Mike Singleton - MikeydredPublished 4 months ago in BeatRate-O-Rama: Year-End Special
Welcome to Rate-O-Rama This week, the last week of the year, we have a slightly different round of Rate-O-Rama. Instead of featuring three versions of one song. This week we are going to have the three songs over the past 17 weeks that have received the highest ratings.
Rick Henry ChristopherPublished 4 months ago in BeatA Third Selection Of Ten Essential UK & Irish Folk Music Songs From 1960s-1980s
Introduction This is the third selection that I have created to share in UK & Irish Folk Music 60s-80s and you can visit them here to discover even more musical treasures.
Mike Singleton - MikeydredPublished 4 months ago in BeatA Second Selection Of Ten Essential UK & Irish Folk Music Songs From 1960s-1980s
Introduction Peter Guy said this in a comment on the story below: It’s ascribed to various blues singers I think, that “all music is folk music, at least I never heard a horse sing” or words to that effect.
Mike Singleton - MikeydredPublished 4 months ago in BeatUnderrated Albums: Discovering Musical Gems
The following ten albums are all, in their own right, underrated by the general music-listening public and are deserving of a closer look.
Rick Henry ChristopherPublished 4 months ago in BeatStrolling Down Lovers Lane 1950s
Love is a wondrous thing. There are many songs written about true love, wishing for love, unrequited love, and even heartbreak when breaking up. I want to take you through the years along Lovers Lane with popular love songs from the 1940s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s.
Rasma RaistersPublished 4 months ago in BeatA Playlist For A Rainy Day
Introduction Today's weather is dreich and dark and rainy. It is also cold, so hardly inspirational, but there is a lot of music that addresses rain, so I thought I might share a few favourites of mine that will brighten anyone's day, even days like this.
Mike Singleton - MikeydredPublished 5 months ago in BeatChirino: the portrait of the champion of salsa
Willy Chirino, born Wilfredo Jose Chirino, Pinar del Rio, consolación del sur Cuba. Who left Cuba at age 14 through Operación: Pedro pan, which is a program that airlifted 14,000 children out of Cuba to America Willy was among them. This program was designed to rescue children from what the Castro regime would do to them due to their parents fears that were later confirmed to be reality.
RIKKI LA ROUGE (UK) (London)Published 5 months ago in BeatRate-O-Rama: Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
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Rick Henry ChristopherPublished 5 months ago in BeatA Review of Rob Sheffield's "Dreaming the Beatles"
Note: I had this in mind as the anniversary of John Lennon's death approached, but I never thought it would coincide with the poem I left here. A nice touch, doncha think? ;)
Kendall DefoePublished 5 months ago in BeatThe Default Language Of Pop Music
I was not sure how to title this but I knew what I wanted to say. Essentially the English expect everyone to be able to understand them by having English as a second language. It's a spill out from Imperialism where a lot of people seem to think it still exists. You see so much that is skewed towards English despite Mandarin being the most spoken language in the world.
Mike Singleton - MikeydredPublished 5 months ago in BeatA Short Stop At The Skipton Sound Bar
Introduction A few years back ( probably more than a few) we discovered the Skipton Sound Bar. Back then it was essentially a second-hand music shop with a small bar and they were always playing Jeff Wayne's "War Of The Worlds", not a favourite of mine. At the time my vinyl collection was smaller than it is now and I managed to lay my hands on an original of Jethro Tull's "Thick As A Brick" complete with the full broadsheet newspaper cover. According to the band, putting together the newspaper took more time and effort than the actual album, which is still very good.
Mike Singleton - MikeydredPublished 5 months ago in Beat