Posted by admin on 09 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: events, tip
This is a last-minute notice for anyone in Belgium. One of my longest-standing writing partners, Perry Rose, will be doing a special show on Tuesday 19 and Wednesday August 20 in the town of Huy. He has been given a carte blanche to invite a few people on stage with him (and a second night [...]
Posted by admin on 07 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: news, tip
Israeli Nobel Peace Prize winner Shimon Peres has turned up in an unusual place: songweavers.com. The distinguished president of Israel wrote a few lines of lyrics called “Ray of Hope” last year, and invited musicians from around the world to add music. So far, some 57 songs have been created. My personal favourite is a [...]
Posted by admin on 29 Jul 2008 | Tagged as: meanings, tip
Nope, it’s not the song by David Bowie (which is ripe for a cover, I’d say). The new single from Glasgow band Babygod, “Time”, is being seriously tipped at the moment. I must admit that just like it says in the lyrics (click through to read them), I came across the band when I was [...]
Posted by admin on 06 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: news, tip, tribute
Superbus - Heart of Glass - Live -Generation 80Uploaded by Channel_Zero
A perfect pop band (Superbus) playing a perfect pop tune (”Heart of Glass”). It doesn’t get much better than this on a rainy Friday. But what about the words?
Posted by admin on 18 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: tip
I really, really, really like this track. Sin is a Yugoslav who now lives and works in Canada. I won’t bore you with the details (there’s the usual self-aggrandizing bio on his MySpace page). Just check out the music - a sassy mix of Hip-Hop and Arabic-style strings with a darkish girl vocal over the [...]
Posted by admin on 23 Aug 2007 | Tagged as: tip
This is more of a plug than a tip. I’ve written often with Perry Rose over the years. I just discovered this track on You Tube. Perry was invited by accordion player Didier Laloy to play a tune with him. He chose “Lords and Thieves”, to which I had contributed some lyrics. I don’t know [...]
Posted by admin on 30 Jun 2007 | Tagged as: tip
In some parts of the world, the summer has arrived. This track reminds of the warming up tracks I used to hear before the night really kicked in on summer nights. “Can You Feel It”, as well as having one of the most-used names in pop, has a breezy House feel and glorious soulful singing [...]
Posted by admin on 22 Jun 2007 | Tagged as: awards, tip
Following on our tip of a few weeks, ago, the jazz chanteuse Melanie De Biasio has just picked up an Octave music award in her native Belgium, in the jazz section. De Biasio released “A Stomach is Burning” on the Igloo label earlier in the year and has been picking up rave reviews for its [...]
Posted by admin on 25 May 2007 | Tagged as: news, tip
Smooth, silky, bluesy, smokey: how do you like your jazz? Melanie De Biasio’s debut release was album of the week for Ireland’s Tribune after some shows there. “A Stomach is Burning” is a low-beat acoustic homage to jazz. I haven’t got the lyrics, but I can’t help loving a track where so many of [...]
Posted by admin on 25 Apr 2007 | Tagged as: news, tip
Here’s a freebie MP3 to check out. Adam Tensta is a rapper based in Sweden and who tours in the region. “Bangin’ on the System”, featuring Eboi, is an extract from his upcoming album “It’s a Tensta Thing”. To download the track, try bangin_on_the_system.mp3! To find outmore, visit RMH Entertainment.
So what’s it all about? [...]