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Continue reading →: Song review: Die with A Smile by Lady Gaga and Bruno MarsThe pop collaboration of the year: a pure love ballad After her latest album in 2021, Love For Sale, the superstar Lady Gaga is back with her new single Die With A Smile, promising an eight album soon, one that could take a similar path to Joanne (2016) with a more acoustic and rock inspired production. Featuring Bruno Mars, the…
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Continue reading →: New Releases: Mendelssohn by Isata Kanneh-MasonThe piano recording of the year The brilliant pianist, Isata Kanneh-Mason, is returning with her fifth album Mendelssohn, performing several pieces of the composer with the London Mozart Players conducted by Jonathan Bloxham. Opening with Mendelssohn‘s Piano Concerto No.1 in G Minor, Op.25, Mason’s incomparable virtuosity is put in the…
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Continue reading →: Behind the Words: Virtual Insanity by JamiroquaiVirtual Insanity, released in 1996, describes the danger of our use of electronics and the possible dependence of the virtuality it offers us. With its captivating rhythm, we are transported into the thrill of the world of electronics, with all its possibilities and dangers.In the lyrics, we can sense the…
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Continue reading →: Song review: For Cryin’ Out Loud! by FinneasConfessions of a musician’s life: the two sides of the coin For Cryin’ Out Loud! depicts the trials and tribulations of a tensed relationship, trying to navigate the doubts and fears for each other. Throughout the record, Finneas expresses his frustration and confusion, with the hardships of the lifestyle of…
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Continue reading →: New releases: La Ballade de la reine de Mab, Romeo and Juliet by Huw Montague RendallAn opera star rising Huw Montague Rendall is back, announcing his second album Contemplation, coming out on September 6th, 2024. To give us a little taste of what’s to come, his new single, La Ballade de la reine Mab, showcases perfectly his skills as a singer and actor. This aria…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Week: Reflecting Light by Sam PhillipsArt making peace with life: A human tale In 2004, Sam Phillips, released her album A Boot and a Shoe, with her most well-known to date record: Reflecting Light. Composed of an acoustic instrumental (guitar, violin, alto, cello, bass, organ and piano), we have an intimate setting, with Phillips’ voice…
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Continue reading →: Music in Cinema: This is HalloweenAn introduction to set the tone: The uncanny as normality This is Halloween, the opening song of The Nightmare before Christmas, is the perfect example of the use of music to introduce the characters and the tone of the movie to the audience. Throughout the piece, we meet the different…
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Continue reading →: Behind the Words: How It Ends by FinneasHow It Ends is the last track on Finneas’ debut album Optimism, a body of work full of satire, transpiring the life of a rising star and a young adult in a flawed society. From the start, with have an opposition between machine and human being, with the sound of…
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Continue reading →: Behind the Words: Daughter by BeyoncéDaughter by Beyoncé is probably her most vulnerable track to date. In this record, the superstar reflects on her actions, and on the ones made before her by her father. Through this, she expresses her faults, fears and doubts about herself. Through the song’s narration, Beyoncé confesses to the audience…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Week: Sunlight To My Soul by Angélique KidjoA celebration of love: A most needed festive record The legend Angélique Kidjo is back with her new single Sunlight to my Soul, a track written by the great Diane Warren (I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing by Aerosmith) and produced by Shizzi (Love My Baby by Wizkid). In…
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