Also known as “Will The Circle Be Unbroken”, it was first released in 1935 but it’s still as powerful as ever. This intensely sad folky, gospel song about the death and funeral of a mother, sung by her child, is best represented when left sparse and solemn. It needs no fancy embellishments; it simply is [...]
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Is it just me or has it been an incredibly slow music news week? Here’s just a few news-ish stories I came across in my internet travels… Rolling Stone has an interesting run-down of all the musicians who have disagreed with the use of their music in the current US election campaigning. Am I the [...]
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With the Hoo-Ha! of the Democratic and Republican National Conventions now behind us and the next two months set to be a knock-down, drag-out fight to the finish between the Obama-Biden and McCain-Palin campaigns, I got to thinking about presidential campaign theme songs of the past. I’m thinking here about those from 1960 to the [...]
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I make no bones about knowing next to nothing about music news. I don’t follow it very aggressively and tend to zero in on those stories that light a fire under me. So, everytime my at bat for the Round-Up comes around I break out in panic sweats trying to find out what, if anything, [...]
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Jumping right in to our overview of things that may or may not be considered news, this morning brought us the announcement of this year’s Bafta nominations. Definitely the best news I’ve seen all week is that Control has been nominated for Best British Film, and Samantha Morton for Supporting Actress. I honestly can’t see [...]
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