14 Feb 2012

Soluna Samay sings out loud

[6:37 pm] by Author: Ken Ley | Filed under: Music - album

21 years old, Guatemalan born Dane Soluna Samay recently reached instant fame in Denmark when she won the Danish ticket for the Eurovision 2012 in Azerbaijan in May. But digging beyond the status as TV darling one finds music much more intense and attentive – an almost secret debut album from 2011.

11 Dec 2011

Part of the way with Nice Little Penguins

[3:58 pm] by Author: Ken Ley | Filed under: Music - album

Not counting a single-blurp midway the first pop-tunes (in English) from Danish harmony-champs Nice Little Penguins in six years has reached the stores. The EP ‘Part Of The Way’ takes the band just that far before the release of its sixth full studio expected early 2012.

12 Nov 2011

Nik Kershaw best with ‘no frills’

[3:13 pm] by Author: Ken Ley | Filed under: Music - album

The first fully accoustic album by one of Britain’s best songwriters, Nik Kershaw, is perhaps the best he ever published. It shows the artist as he really is – no filter, ‘no frills’.

13 Aug 2011

Super 8 Cynics

[8:34 pm] by Author: Anne Mette | Filed under: Music - misc

I just found a new band I think might make it onto my list of favorite boys. Super 8 Cynics from my old stomping grounds in Merseyside/Lancashire in the UK.

7 Jul 2011

How to enrich Music Class with an iPad

[7:34 pm] by Author: Ken Ley | Filed under: Music - misc

When the younger teachers say, that the iPad can add value to various classes in school, they’re absolutely right. Check out how a Music Class can develop, when everybody can play an instrument.

13 Jun 2011

Duran Duran publishes Rome gig

[11:43 am] by Author: Ken Ley | Filed under: Music - live

In a humble attempt to comfort the 1000s of fans across Europe missing out their concert of the year, brummies Duran Duran released the recording of the band’s May 12 gig in Rome as a free download. THANK YOU :-)

15 May 2011

Falling asleep to Eurovision 2011

[6:01 pm] by Author: Ken Ley | Filed under: Music - TV

A complete lack of originallity permeated this year’s edition of the Eurovision Song Contest held in Düsseldorf, Germany. Lots of sharp looking, young people designed to look and sound just like artists like Andreas Johnson, Cher, Take That and Britney Spears et al.

27 Feb 2011

Melissa Polinar – a perfect grey Sunday soundtrack

[2:39 pm] by Author: Anne Mette | Filed under: Music - misc

We realized something awful today: Latebar is fiercely dominated by male artists and bands! Wonderful boys, obviously, and we love them all equally! But we need more girls to visit the bar, so on that note, I would like to introduce you to Melissa Polinar. We came across her video “Sing to me” on YouTube, [...]

27 Feb 2011

Plagiarism in Danish Eurovision entry?

[12:31 pm] by Author: Ken Ley | Filed under: Music - TV

For some reason one of the side-stories to the annual Eurovision Song Contest is always plagiarism. In 2010 the Danish winner sounded awfully like ‘Every Breath You Take’ by The Police. And this year’s A Friend in London was also under siege just few seconds after they’ve won the Danish qualifier on Saturday.

6 Feb 2011

Gary Moore dies at 58

[8:56 pm] by Author: Ken Ley | Filed under: Music - misc

Just a month and a half short of his 59th birthday one of the world’s most renowned guitarists of the past decades, Gary Moore, passes away.