I have not listened to Tori Amos in awhile. I shouldn’t have stopped, she’s still great. Amos wrote “Spark” after suffering a miscarriage. She discussed the song in an article from Q magazine in May 1998. “Y’know, once you’ve felt life in your body, you can’t go back to having
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Dead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical(?) Interlude – Brahms and Ravel on the “V”
I enjoy many musical modes of expression – this isn’t one of them – but performing good music despite technical limitations is a worthy undertaking. And really, the V is only a few steps away from the trombone… 🙂 Filed under: Music Tagged: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Slightly Scary Musical Interlude – Viral Music Videos
I’m not sure if the CBC has done us a favour by curating the recent spate of musical ‘viral’ videos, although I’m not sure how I missed Darth Vader vs. Hitler from the epic rap battle category… Anyhow, viva la musica! I have the music for the Trolololo song.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – The CBC Music Songcamp- Cecilia
The Collected works of Simon and Garfunkel was my very first CD purchase. Let me assure you that all three of those disks saw a great deal of rotation back in the day (1987ish onward). The third disc was my favourite back then, as it was the most ‘modern’
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – John Legend: Featuring Common
There is so much anger and frustration over the racism that seethes in the United States. Flash points like Ferguson, Missouri are about communities rising up in the face of injustice and demanding a better place to live in. Their stories, their feelings, the keen edge of their Weltschmerz is
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – Hurt
Nine Inch Nails has some great songs, this happens to be one of them. I swam through google and found some sheet music that seems to be pretty close to what Reznor sings and plays. The music isn’t to difficult and that is saying quite a bit considering my skill
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – The Baroque Christmas Album
This CD does not leave my player until late January. I highly recommend acquiring a copy of this wonderful disk. I’ll share some of my favorite tracks here. 1. J.S. Bach: “Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland”, BWV 62 – 1. Chorus “Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland” (Choir) 2. Praetorius:
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – How we got the ‘Do’ in Do-Re-Mi
This is the sorta thing CBC should be doing much much more of. Interesting features that entertain and educate people about the music we love. Filed under: Music Tagged: CBC Music, Do-Re-Mi, The DWR Friday Musical Interlude, Ut-Re-mi
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – Ants Marching/Ode to Joy
Leave it to the Piano Guys to concoct something as neat as this. Filed under: Music Tagged: Beethoven, Piano Guys, The DWR Friday Musical Interlude
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Muscial Interlude – The Art of Fugue
This disk has not left rotation in my CD player for week month long stretches. One hour and twenty minutes of bliss. Enjoy. Filed under: Music Tagged: Back, Baroque, The Art Of Fugue, The DWR Friday Musical Interlude
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor by Sarah Svendsen
Wow, just wow. Impressive keyboarding skills. 5 tiers of keys, your instrument is the damn hall… no pressure at all. And I still get timid while playing the piano..:/ Masterful work by Sara Svendsen. Enjoy! Filed under: Music Tagged: Johann Sebastion Bach, The DWR Friday Musical Interlude, Toccata and
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – Game of Thrones Medly -Featuring Maluka
A wonderful medley featuring the main title theme and a theme called “The Children” from the fourth season of the show. Filed under: Music Tagged: Game of Thrones, The DWR Friday Musical Interlude
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – Baba Yetu
Featuring the Cape Town Youth Choir Filed under: Music Tagged: Choral Music, The DWR Friday Musical Interlude
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Muscial Interlude – Batman Evolution
One of our authors in residence just happens to by a huge bat-fan. So, a big hat tip to the Piano Guys for making Mystro’s day. 🙂 Filed under: Music Tagged: Batman Evolution, The DWR Friday Musical Interlude, The Piano Guys
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – Distant Cousins?
Rich Terfry explores some similar sounding tunes in this clip. Filed under: Music Tagged: CBC Music, The DWR Friday Musical Interlude
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – Bach, Air “On the G-string”
The original orchestral suite was generally believed to have been written by Bach for his patron Prince Leopold of Anhalt some time between the years 1717 and 1723. However, the oldest surviving score is later, dating from Bach’s time in Leipzig. Current thinking is that the suite may well have
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – CBC Musics The 80’s Spoken Word Super Cut.
I’m not sure I should be happy or sad that I don’t recognize most of the clips. 🙂 Filed under: Music Tagged: The 80’s, The DWR Friday Musical Interlude
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Friday Musical Interlude – The Souljazz Orchestra
I have our local University Radio station CJSR to thank for turning me onto this Canadian band called the Souljazz Orchestra. The songs I’ve heard so far all make me want to chair dance and/or wiggle embarrassingly in my car. Filed under: Housekeeping Tagged: Kingdom Come, SoulJazz Orchestra, The
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Friday Musical Interlude: Argentine Tango
The tango that they dance in Argentina is a very, very different dance than you might see on Dancing with the Stars. It’s highly improvisational, and allows not only the leader, but also the follower, to make artistic decisions. Everything is communicated between the partners through physical contact, whether it’s
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Friday Musical Interlude: The Intransigent One’s Favourite Band
This is VNV Nation, an Irish/English alternative electronic/industrial duo currently based out of Berlin, but touring to Canada this fall/winter – I’ve already got tickets – and plane tickets because the closest they’re coming is Vancouver. They were my first exposure to electronic/industrial music – I grew up in a
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