30 August 2021

Struggles of streaming is music to my ears

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Recording music

LET’S be clear on this from the start: I bear no ill-will to anyone engaged on artistic endeavour. Certainly not to all those struggling performers, musos, writers, actors, artists, creatives, dancers, singers and all who gather under that misunderstood umbrella of culture. That said, there was a certain frisson of pleasure experienced this week in… Continue Reading

31 December 2014

Oh Danny Boy, we all love you

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A whole hour … and just one song. But what a song. Absolutely fascinating viewing from BBC Four with the screening of Danny Boy: the song that bewitched the world. There was not a minute of boredom or padding in this wide-ranging analysis of Danny Boy, its beginnings, its history, its performers and, above all,… Continue Reading

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