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Gimme cover – Susan Boyle and Wild Horses
The infobahn is alive with Susan Boyle’s rendition (nice word, eh?) of the Rolling Stones’ “Wild Horses”. There is an overwhelming opinion […]
Book review: Karl Bartos – The Sound of the Machine
There’s a fundamental friction that runs through the whole of Karl Bartos’ encyclopaedic autobiography, “The Sound of the Machine”. The cover features […]
Read ArticleYouTube lyrics moving behind a paywall
Free YouTube lyrics might be a thing of the past. The streaming giant is continuing to move features behind its Premium subscription […]
Read ArticleThe Closest Thing to Crazy
Is a book about songwriter/producer Mike Batt worth writing? More importantly, is it worth reading? The answer to that probably lies in […]
Read ArticleIt was 56 years ago today…
September 26 should be Abbey Road day The 56th anniversary of the release of the iconic Abbey Road album by The Beatles […]
Read ArticleWhere did all the rock bands go
A while back, British broadcaster Rick Osman pointed to a weird statistic: the number of weeks that bands had dominated the UK […]
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Perry Rose co-writes with my comments
The way music is licenced around the world means that I have no control over where the tracks I work on eventually […]
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China to “review” online song lyrics
Given the control that the Chinese authorities try to maintain over other arts, it’s hardly surprising song lyrics are now being targetted. […]
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Vera Lynn re-enters British charts at age 92
I just got back from Normandy, which has been celebrating the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landing this year. So it was […]
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RIP: Ellie Greenwich
Elton John, Cher, Tina Turner, Mariah Carey, Bette Midler, Celine Dion, U2 and Twisted Sister are just some of the performers that have covered Elle Greenwich songs.
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Songs in code: the logic behind emotions
As WordPress users are often told by WordPress, “code is poetry“. But what happens when coders take a look at songs and […]