The two that particularly stick in mind are The Kinks’ ‘Waterloo Sunset’ and The Pogues’ ‘Fairytale of New York’. In the former, musician and writer Christopher Young recounts his experience working in mental health at some sheltered housing. Strumming the song and highlighting certain ly...
Weaving through uninhibited, relatable, and sometimes political lyrics, and... Performance Blind You and Formaldehyde | Didirri In a moving performance, Melbourne singer-songwriter Didirri performs two songs, Blind You and Formaldehyde at TEDxSydney 2018. Didirri’s challenging and thoughtful writing ...
In November 1943 Charendorf took his script to Meier Tzelniker, the actor-producer-director who ran the Grand Palais Yiddish theatre on the Commercial Road in Whitechapel. Tzelniker commissioned some music and wrote the lyrics himself. He also cast himself in the lead role alongside his daught...