The Gentle Wanderlust of Matthew and the Arrogant Sea’s “Travelling Show”
What’s our fascination with songs about travelling shows? From soul classics like “Don’t Cry Out Loud”, to show tune standards like “Have I Stayed Too Long At The Fair”, songs about running away with the circus are everywhere. Even contemporary pop music is enamoured with the idea, Emma Dean’s concept album “Dr. Dream and the […]
The Effortless Flair of Duets and Stuff’s “Serve Somebody”
There’s no denying it, making a good single is hard. It can take days, weeks, or even months for a song to go from a mere idea to a finished product, with hours being spent on everything from lyrics to melodies and instrumentation to production. Sometimes, you can hear that effort in the final piece, […]
Henriette Linja – The Story Of “In The Middle Of The Night”
Other music lovers may disagree but, for me, the one thing at the heart of all great songwriting is honesty. Whether you’re writing an emotional ballad about a past relationship, or a sprawling pop-opera about fictional characters in a fictional world, all songwriting is at least a little bit autobiographical. It can’t help but be. […]
The Story of “The Life and Death of Mary Read”
You just can’t beat a concept album. Whether it’s the story of one man trying to find out who stole the moon, like in the Small Faces’ classic Ogdens’ Nut Gone Flake, or an exploration of disenfranchised youth like Green Day’s American Idiot, the genre has allowed artists to push boundaries ever since Frank Sinatra […]
