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How They Made It: serotinia
Hi! My most recent release, "serotinia" came out this last month, on the 16th. It's one hour and a half divided into 28 tracks.
My Modern 80s Playlist
As someone who grew up with 80s music. I have been accustomed to the genre. I wasn’t even four years old before my mother sat me on the couch and played Pat Benatar, Bonnie Tyler, Natalie Cole, and the list goes on. My mother is the reason I got into 80s music and she's also the reason I raided her CD collection (Sorry Mom).
Samantha ParrishPublished about a month ago in Beat- Top Story - March 2024
Playlist: Politics
Jen Dixon – The Sound Political is personal. The rumbling scandal around the Teesside freeport might seem arcane, but the whiff of dodgy deals seeps into people’s lives. And, when those people are gifted songwriters, it sparks the creative process. Jen Dixon’s work has tended to be a response to her own relationships and feelings, but the more she read about the freeport in the likes of Private Eye, the more she was inspired to write.
Andy PottsPublished about a month ago in Beat Enya
I was touched like an Angel when I hear Enya’s voice, when I watched the movie Sweet November. Yes, I had a crush on Keanu Reeves. I got side track again. 🤦🏽♀️
Mariann CarrollPublished about a month ago in BeatPlaylist: Folksy flavours
Amelia Coburn - See Saw With echoes of a nursery rhyme, and lyrics that gently straddle the boundary between fairy tale and dark fantasy, this is a delight. If a tribute to a great new song is that it reminds you of a forgotten old favourite, this one had hints of Copenhagen’s Blanketshow, another waltz with a hint of the macabre that got some heavy rotation in the early 2000s. The video, which continues Amelia’s collaboration with the Whippet Up puppet theatre, is also well worth a look, highlighting some acting talent to go with the music.
Andy PottsPublished 2 months ago in BeatThe Dear Departed
Introduction In the fifties and sixties, there was a remarkable obsession with songs about lovers and friends who died, usually in violent circumstances. These were not like the folk songs and murder ballads that I wrote about here, but romanticized death in these three-minute eulogies.
Mike Singleton - MikeydredPublished 2 months ago in BeatThe Dragon Beside Me.
My journey through pain started before I had heard of Christina Aguilera. I was bullied through my childhood into my young adulthood. I walked into a relationship that I thought would work in 1993. I had a baby in 1994, and my relationship went seriously wrong.
Carol TownendPublished 2 months ago in BeatConsequences
Introduction In 1976 Kevin Godley and Lol Creme invented a device called a Gizmo that could expand the note played on a guitar, and change the sound generated to sound like among other things, violins and an orchestra.
Mike Singleton - MikeydredPublished 2 months ago in BeatUnaccompanied Folk Ballads
Introduction This originally was going to be a selection from the 100 Ballads site shared by Rosie Whinray and commented on by Julie Henigan in The Ballad Tree: Traditional Folk Ballads and Songs, but the site itself contains recordings of the songs for you to listen to, along with documents and the words, so I saw no point in trying to put them into a piece of my own. Ihave pondered what to do for a few weeks and thought I would simply trawl the world wide web for unaccompanied folk ballads. I think this will create a random feel and hopefully give some people something to listen to that they haven't heard before,
Mike Singleton - MikeydredPublished 2 months ago in BeatMillennium Number Two
Introduction For my two thousandth Vocal Story, I am going to be a little lazy and create a playlist of songs that reference the number two thousand. You may know some, and some you may never have heard of.
Mike Singleton - MikeydredPublished 2 months ago in BeatLeon Rosselson - An Introduction To A Folk Colossus
Introduction I discovered Leon Rosselson from covers of one of his songs, which I attempted myself and I won't expand on it but you can check it out here:
Mike Singleton - MikeydredPublished 2 months ago in BeatStrange Relations
Introduction I had an idea to create a playlist where after the start each subsequent song would have a related band member from the previous song, the timeline may be a bit haphazard and is probably going to be concentrated on the nineteen sixties and seventies. I have written about how some people only listen to the music of a certain era, but in my opinion, ninety-five per cent is always rubbish and it is up to us to find that five per cent.
Mike Singleton - MikeydredPublished 2 months ago in Beat