The Best Unique Music You’ve Never Heard, from 2016 It's that time of the year where we reflect on the best of the music that came out in 2016. The song that moved me most? Hard choice, but here we go! Den Sista Sången by Kent. I wasn't at...
2015 EUROVISION Song contest Semi-final 2 With the first semi-final over and done with, 17 more countries will compete tomorrow in Vienna for their chance to perform again in the grand final on Saturday. After listening to all the entries I can...
2015 EUROVISION Song Contest Semi-final 1 (pt 2) Now let's take a look at the second half of semi-final 1 of the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest BOJANA STAMENOV Beauty Never Lies (Serbia) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zCz_fJa1yA I really don't feel...
2015 EUROVISION Song Contest: Semi-final 1 (pt 1) It's that time of year again. The Eurovision Song Contest is back for its 60th anniversary and most countries in Europe take this very seriously. Not only will the contest be shown all over Europe, but it's...
Your Travel Guide to World Music pt 3: ANOUSHKA SHANKAR’s travels (Here is the 3rd installment of Galileo's Travel Guide to World Music series) The music of India is quite possibly one of the most famous sub-genres of world music. Thanks to the increasing popularity of...
Your travel guide to world music pt 2: Norway’s ANNBJORG LIEN (Here is the 2nd article of Galileo's Travel Guide serie) It's often a general rule that extreme conditions breed fantastic music. Scandinavia's dark and dismal winters, followed by its too-short summers,...
Your travel guide to world music pt.1: ALI FARKA TOURÉ and TOUMANI DIABATÉ It often still amazes me just how many different styles of music there are to listen to and how music varies from country to country. When you think about how many variants of scales you find and look at just...