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Songwriter
Baba O'Riley or Teenage Wasteland brought to life by Lowrey organ

The now-iconic album opener Baba O'Riley was first released on the fifth studio album by the English rock band The Who…

September 20, 2020
Songwriter
Rollin' and Tumblin' as the essence of slide guitar technique combined with lyrics diversity

Rollin' and Tumblin' is one of the great Delta blues songs that has been interpreted by many blues artists long before…

September 4, 2020
Music Theory
5 songs featuring Dorian mode

Out of all seven diatonic scales, the major and minor scales have been the two most prevalent in Western music…

August 30, 2020
Nature Sounds
8 orchestral pieces depicting thunderstorms

Of all the meteorological phenomena, thunderstorms are perhaps one of the most imposing forces of nature, so it is not…

August 23, 2020
Review
The 2020 guide to research of Granville Bantock's life and music

Published by Clemson University Press in 2020, Granville Bantock (1868–1946) A Guide to Research by Dr. John C…

August 13, 2020
Music Theory
Popular songs using Lydian mode

In Western music, the vast majority of classical compositions and popular songs are written using only two diatonic…

July 26, 20206 comments
Sea Shanty
Randy Dandy O: sea chantey for raising anchors and sailing around Cape Horn

Randy Dandy O is one of the most famous sea shanties, a song genre presumed to have originated in the 19th century…

July 23, 2020
Synthesizer
Plainsong: The Cure's psychedelic liturgy on the edge of the world

Plainsong is the opening track of the album Disintegration released in 1989 by the English rock band The Cure. The…

July 19, 2020
Music Theory
Deceptive cadence: chord progressions and song examples

In music, cadences play a crucial role in the organization of musical phrases and sentences. The concept of cadences is…

July 9, 2020
Music Theory
Locrian mode: music examples and harmonic structure

Music theory describes seven diatonic scales of which the major and minor scales are the most functional and therefore…

June 17, 2020
Songwriter
Savoy Truffle: cautionary song about chocolate by the quiet Beatle

Savoy Truffle is one of four songs written by George Harrison for the 1968 album The Beatles, also known as the White…

June 14, 2020
Music Theory
Picardy third: cadence for a happy ending in classical music and popular songs

In musical theory, the term Picardy third is used to refer to a special way of ending a minor piece with a major chord…

May 13, 2020
Songwriter
Twist in My Sobriety: rare oboe solo in Tanita Tikaram's best song

Twist in My Sobriety is a song by British pop-folk singer Tanita Tikaram released as a single from her debut album…

May 10, 2020
Music Theory
Popular songs featuring Phrygian mode and Neapolitan chord

Western music theory describes seven diatonic scales that are the basis of corresponding musical modes, among which the…

April 29, 2020
Synthesizer
Progressive rock adaptation of Alberto Ginastera's piano concerto features innovative electronic drums

One of the works of the iconic Argentine composer Alberto Ginastera went far beyond the attention of the classical…

April 12, 20204 comments
Music Theory
Mixolydian mode: famous examples in classical and pop music

In the 17th century, the major and minor scales became the basis for almost all classical music compositions. This…

April 5, 202013 comments
Collaboration
Shakespearean characters expressed through atonality in atypical guitar sonata by Hans Werner Henze

Royal Winter Music is one of the most atypical works for classical guitar that reveals incredible possibilities of the…

March 22, 2020
Sitar
The first-ever concerto for sitar and Western orchestra was dedicated to glorious music teacher Allauddin Khan by his most successful pupil

Released in 1971, Concerto for Sitar & Orchestra was the first-ever recording to feature Indian classical music in a…

March 18, 2020
Orchestra
The instrumental re-imagining of vocal music by Gerald Finzi, a countryside composer and apple grower

Gerald Finzi was an English composer whose work and lifestyle were immersed in the culture of his country, remaining…

February 23, 2020
Music Theory
Microtonality: the variety of approaches to microtonal music in world cultures

In theory, microtonal music describes a piece that contains one or more intervals measuring below a semitone. Although…

February 19, 2020
Music Theory
Lydian mode: famous examples throughout the music history

Major and minor modes are the most used diatonic scales in classical and popular music due to their versatile structure…

January 12, 2020
Orchestra
The first English musical criticism written by Charles Avison argued that music evokes purely positive emotions

The fascination with the innermost working of the human mind and the nature of its response to certain triggers have…

December 18, 2019
Poetry
Peter Sinfield: the songwriter whose lyrics embellished the formative prog rock albums of the 1970s

Peter Sinfield is an iconic songwriter who has written for most influential albums of the prog-rock genre released…

December 15, 20193 comments
Band
Bird In The Belly: the dark side of old British ballads re-imagined in polyphonic folk songs

Bird in the Belly is an English folk band that draws their inspiration through collecting little known or forgotten…

November 20, 2019
Collaboration
Marius Neset and London Sinfonietta: saxophone accompanied by world-class orchestra acquainted classical harmony with jazz rhythms

The intriguing cross-genre collaboration between the Norwegian jazz saxophonist Marius Neset and the London Sinfonietta…

November 13, 2019
Orchestra
Abdelazer: Purcell's suite for the failed play gained popularity thanks to Britten's arrangement for children

Abdelazer, or The Moor's Revenge, is a 1676 play by Aphra Behn who is considered to be one of the first known English…

October 27, 2019
Orchestra
Mozart and Tom Waits wrote music for the glass armonica which was rumored to cause mental health damage

The glass armonica is one of many curious instruments that came into use with small ensembles during the transition…

September 3, 20191 comment
Music Theory
Classic examples of the Phrygian mode through the music eras

From Middle Ages to modernity, Western music has been largely based on diatonic scales that organize seven notes into…

August 24, 20194 comments
Violin
A spice of Italy, delivered to London by Nicola Matteis, edged out the French dance fashion from violin music

One of the first pieces of evidence of Italian invasion during the Baroque period in England is Ayrs for the Violin—the…

July 14, 2019
Classical Guitar
Giulio Regondi, the guitar prodigy behind early Romantic repertoire, was conned by false parent

Giulio Regondi was one of the most virtuosic guitarists of the early Romantic period who began earning flattering…

June 29, 20199 comments