Creole music
Once again I discovered something that everyone else has known about for some time: at least I’m consistent. I first came across Po’ Girl while watching the 2008 documentary Down … Continue reading
Voyager: an interview with Bïa Krieger
Bïa Krieger is a singer/songwriter, instrumentalist, dancer, broadcaster and author who has a unique ability to cross fertilise the musical cultures of Brazil, Spanish South America and France. She sings … Continue reading
National Anthems
I wonder how attached people still are to national anthems, and flags and all the paraphernalia of nationalism. Most of them date from the 19th century and are the vestiges … Continue reading
Salute to Vivaldi
Piazza San Marco in Venice by Vivaldi’s contemporary Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal 1697-1768) Everyone knows Antonio Vivaldi, right? The man from Venice who wrote The Four Seasons, a set of … Continue reading
Songs in C
Women have a vocal singing range that runs approximately over the notes between middle and high C in pitch (something to do with the comparative shortness of their vocal chords … Continue reading
Three pictures of Mozart
You would think that after all this time Mozart’s status would be secure. But I’ve found that most people put him into one of two categories, and a few into … Continue reading
The Fat Man
Fats Domino composed and released almost as many songs as the Beatles, had almost as many hits as they did, and performed for over 60 years, from the late 1940s, … Continue reading
