Category Archives: Music
Random Filler Thursday
Alas, again I have no guest posts scheduled for today, so here’s a music video to entertain in the absence of more literary content:
Song of the Week
Since I was writing about Peter Gabriel this week for Sonplaces, I have once again become addicted to the man’s voice. I love his progressive, sometimes weird, approach to music and his allegorical lyrics.
Songplaces: Peter Gabriel
New Songplaces article up, read all about Peter Gabriel’s “Solsbury Hill”
More Songplaces Articles…
Today you can head over to Songplaces.com and read about songs by The Mountain Goats and Minnesota hip-hoppers, Atmosphere:
Song of the Week
“Heavyweight” by Our Lady Peace This is the first single off the Canadian rock band’s new album, Curve, released just last week. This has been my earworm for the week.
Using Music when Writing
I’ve been a musician for most of life, playing piano and flute, pursuing both in university, hoping to make performance my career. That didn’t work out so well when I discovered that my dream of playing in the Vienna Philharmonic … Continue reading
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Something Different on Songplaces
New articles up on Songplaces for songs connected to Cuba, Mexico, Texas and Georgia: Enjoy the official video, as mentioned in the article, for Estefan’s “Hotel Nacional” :
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Tagged country, gloria estefan, hank snow, iron & wine, latino, marty robbins, songplaces
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Going to Jamaica, Haiti and then Alaska
New Songplaces articles up for songs by The Mountain Goats, Arcade Fire and Johnny Cash.
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Tagged Alaska, Arcade Fire, Haiti, Jamaica, Johnny Cash, Mountain Goats
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Less Than Jake
New Songplaces article, Less Than Jakes’s Gainesville Rock City
Joy Division
Discover the story behind the song Warsaw by 1970s British band Joy Division. Listen to the song here: Joy Division – Warsaw
