Amy Winehouse singing live at Cardiff Student Union I clearly remember the first time I listened to Amy Winehouse’s album Frank. More than any other album in my life, the songs and the clarity of her lyrics had a massive impact on me. That’s what her legacy should be – the ability to move millions [...]
January 20, 2010 – 4:55 pm
Source Devil’s Spoke – Laura Marling Laura Marling may not have had a string of Number One hits, but it’s her understated success with critics and music lovers which suggests her hauntingly beautiful music will be around for decades to come. I have only listened to Devil’s Spoke, the first release from I Speak Because [...]
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Tagged 3 words, alas i cannot swim, cheryl cole, cocorosie, devil's spoke, i speak because i can, laura marling, Music, rainbowarriors, shakira, videos, youtube
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October 13, 2009 – 7:16 am
Music On My Mind is a new blog series I’ll be doing for the site. Enjoy! Empire of the Sun Enough.said. The XX First up is a band that I have been hopelessly addicted to since I got their album in August. The XX have that rare ability to create minimalistic music that packs a [...]
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Also posted in Moi
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Tagged alison, crystalised, daniel merriweather, empire of the sun, florence, florence & the machine, goldfrapp, impossible, massive attack, mind, Music, protection, red, road to somewhere, seventh tree, standig on the shoe, the xx, xx, you've got the love
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September 26, 2009 – 7:40 pm
Digital file-sharing is not going to go away. It is a passion for music which sustains such habits, and yet it is also a passion for music which argues that it cannot go on. Falling sales revenues raises fears that fewer and fewer artists will be able to fund themselves and their music if their [...]
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Also posted in Celebrity & Media, Musings
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Tagged Annie Lennox, Downloads, Ed O'Brien, FAC, Featured Artists Coalition, File-Sharing, Government, illegal, Kate Nash, Lord Mandelson, Music, music industry, piracy, radiohead, Spotify, Three-Strikes
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September 26, 2009 – 3:08 pm
While the hype around Lady GaGa has much more to do with her insanely dangerous style choices than her music, she has been lauded as an icon of the YouTube generation. In spite of her classically-trained pianist skills, I suspect her success has a lot more to do with her quick-thinking and publicity-savvy management. Combining [...]
August 16, 2009 – 9:49 am
Ranked 18th on The Rolling Stones’ list of “greatest guitarists of all time” in 2003, John Frusciante is best known for being in Red Hot Chilli Peppers but is also a solo artist in his own right. He caught my eye when I watched this very old video of Anthony Kiedis and himself performing Under [...]
Often, music is the only thing that can fix my mood when I’m sad, depressed, bored, lonely or all these things. Below is a list of my favourite songs that, no matter what, always help lift my mood up and restore some zen in my mind! Radiohead – The Tourist. (click to get mp3) PLEASE [...]
