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Family - A Strange Band But One Of Leicester’s Finest
Introduction My first exposure to Family was seeing them perform “In My Own Time” on Top of the Pops and was struck by the absolutely manic look and voice of their lead singer Roger Chapman. Their sound isn’t straight rock or progressive though the songs have reasonably standard formats with elements of folk and dissonance in there.
Mike Singleton - MikeydredPublished about a year ago in BeatThe Five Best Music Podcasts Of 2022
Why are so many terrific music podcasts available to tickle the inner ear of listeners? A major reason is that each music genre is the master of its own domain. Hip-hop, jazz, pop, country, easy listening and more all construct their own universe around the music. Clothes, culture, language, and morality spring forth from the notes on sheet music. Therefore, each genre can offer listeners its curated music and interviews with artists in that genre via a podcast.
Frank RacioppiPublished about a year ago in BeatBilly Joel : One Night Only In Australia (Review)
It all started on Monday 4 July 2022, when Billy Joel concert tickets, for his one and only show in Australia, was due to go on sale.
Colleen MillsteedPublished about a year ago in BeatNumber One Adult Contemporary Hits of the 1960s
The following is a list of songs that spent the most weeks at #1 for each year on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart throughout the 1960s.
Rick Henry ChristopherPublished about a year ago in BeatOh No It's Michael Bublé
Introduction and Background You may think this is because I don’t appreciate Michael Bublé but you would be wrong. Last week I was in the Talbot Arms in Settle and they were playing a Michael Bublé Christmas album and every song sounded like it had had all the life sucked out of it by a lounge jazz vampire, and that lounge jazz vampire’s name is Michael Bublé.
Mike Singleton - MikeydredPublished about a year ago in BeatJILIAAN - Little Do You Know
There’s a new female singer songwriter talent in the town that brought you Adele. Yes, London Town is the home to German born star to be JILIAAN who has just dropped her first single ‘Little Do You Know’ on the resolutely independent record label New Reality Records.
Paul ConneallyPublished about a year ago in BeatHarry Styles Dream Setlist
Harry Styles has been stealing hearts since early 2010s with his One Direction days.. but in 2017 he took us all by storm and released his first solo song.
Chances Are Your Favorite Christmas Songs Were Written By Jewish People
For most Christmas lovers, you'd think that the popular Christmas songs they've come to love were created by others who loved the holiday. Right? Well, it might come as a surprise, but most of the Christmas songs we've come to love and celebrate with every year were not written by Christians... they were written by Jews.
Jenika EnochPublished 2 years ago in BeatTop 4 Underrated Pet Shop Boys Songs
The first time I listened to Pet Shop Boys, I was 11 years old and I was in the Chick Fil A parking lot waiting for my mom to come out of the restaurant. I was going through the songs on my old blue MP3 player. My mother had put some songs on my MP3 player on a whim, most of the time I skipped them to the other songs I knew. But I decided to give it a shot and see what the song West End Girls was like. That song became a late-night lullaby for me. that is one of the songs that changed the way I listen to music. Years later, I decided to indulge in the album and expand to other songs from The Pet Shop Boys.
Samantha ParrishPublished 2 years ago in BeatSongs A Cappella
Introduction A cappella is Italian for ''in the style of the chapel''. Music is a performance by a singer or a singing group without instrumental accompaniment, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. The term a cappella was originally intended to differentiate between Renaissance polyphony and Baroque concertato musical styles. In the 19th century, a renewed interest in Renaissance polyphony, coupled with an ignorance of the fact that vocal parts were often doubled by instrumentalists, led to the term coming to mean unaccompanied vocal music.
Mike Singleton - MikeydredPublished 2 years ago in BeatA Broadside At Your Favourite Songs and Artists From Half Man Half Biscuit
Introduction Most of you will never have heard of Half Man Half Biscuit and their leader Nigel Blackwell, whose lyrics have been documenting the minutiae of everyday life in the UK. He often either refers to a band or celebrity in the title or a famous song that you might know.
Mike Singleton - MikeydredPublished 2 years ago in BeatA Brief History of "There's a Kind of Hush"
The New Vaudeville Band (1966) The studio group, The New Vaudeville Band, which was assembled by Geoff Stephens, struck gold in the fall of 1966 with their mega-hit "Winchester Cathedral" which was #1 in Australia, Canada, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, and the US. It was also Top 3 in Brazil, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Rhodesia, and the UK. After such a huge hit the pressure was on for a follow-up. Songwriter producer and arranger Geoff Stephens was tasked with the daunting duty. He chose "There's A Kind of Hush" a neo–British Music Hall number with a peppy horn section and bouncy percussion. The expectation was that this polished metropolitan pop number would follow "Winchester Cathedral" into the Top 3. The song did just that when it made it to #2 in South Africa. The only problem is that that was it. The song was a hit in only one other country: Australia where it reached #12.
Rick Henry ChristopherPublished 2 years ago in Beat