Posted by admin on 22 Feb 2010 | Tagged as: awards, events, protest
VALERIO SCANU Per tutte le volte che SANREMO 2010by Roma-eterna
I’ve seen audiences get riled up about song contests, but rarely seen an orchestra almost run riot. Italy’s San Remo song contest is a prestigious event that celebrates the classic tradition of Italian canzone. What is surprising is that contestants have to face two juries: the [...]
Posted by admin on 26 Sep 2009 | Tagged as: awards
The Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame has announced its nominees for 2010. It’s a great list: ABBA, Darlene Love, Donna Summer, Genesis, Jimmy Cliff, KISS, Laura Nyro, LL Cool J, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Chantels, The Hollies, and The Stooges.
The obvious question is: who the Smurf thinks that Abba is Rock’n’Roll, or Donna Summer for [...]
Posted by admin on 18 Sep 2009 | Tagged as: RIP, awards, events, meanings, news, politics, tip
The infobahn is alive with Susan Boyle’s rendition (nice word, eh?) of the Rolling Stones’ “Wild Horses”. There is an overwhelming opinion that Boyle has now recorded one of the definitive versions of the song. This, however, is seen as sacrilege by others, who cling to memories of the Stones and Gram Parsons. This sort [...]
Posted by admin on 20 Jul 2009 | Tagged as: awards, events, news
Dana Winner via last.fm
I just finished working on a track for the Belgian singer Dana Winner, who has released a string of albums in the Benelux and South Africa. She is also near the end of a major tour. This morning’s e-mail included news that she has been nominated in two sections of the “Zomerhit” [...]
Posted by admin on 06 Nov 2008 | Tagged as: awards, news
Irish songwriter, and founding member of The Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO), Brendan Graham has now officially been included in an exclusive club with the world’s top songwriters. His song “You Raise Me Up”, with music by Secret Garden’s Rolf Lovland, has been awarded “Million-Air’” status by the American Performing Rights Society, BMI. And to [...]
Posted by admin on 10 Oct 2008 | Tagged as: awards, meanings, news
Modest Mouse’s single “Dashboard” picked up the award for the College Song of the Year from BMI recently, topping a strong career since 2006’s “We Were Dead before the Ship Even Sank” (although they’ve existed since 1994). I’ve always enjoyed the band for their titles such as “This is a Long Drive for Someone With [...]
Posted by admin on 16 Nov 2007 | Tagged as: awards, news
There are no lack of song contests out there. But few come with the support of BBC Radio 2. Under the New Talent banner, they are hosting a contest to find new songwriting talent and provide coaching to the writers. So rather than a one-off goody bag, up to 60 songwriters will get a chance [...]
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 15 Feb 2007 | Tagged as: awards, meanings, news
There must be a moral to the story somewhere. After being one of the most successful boy bands, after splitting and having only very minor success as solo artists (with the exception of Robbie Williams), Take That reformed last year and were awarded with a Brit award in February 2007. The award was for the [...]
Posted by admin on 08 Feb 2007 | Tagged as: RIP, awards, gadgets, meanings, politics
Thanks for dropping by. As you can see, we have moved – and I’m still in the process of unpacking virtual boxes. The new design is easier to use, and faster. Plus you can now navigate by Tags such as Tribute, RIP, Awards and Meanings. I’ve put a few in on this article for you [...]