Kalimba is the name given by the ethnomusicologist Hugh Tracey in the 1950s when he began to introduce in the West this musical instrument of African origin, called mbira by the Shonas ethnic group of Zimbabwe. The mbira is an emblematic instrument of the Shonas culture. This instrument has ...
of course tethered to a love of music. Becky has previously contributed toStuff,FourFourTwo,This is CabaretandThe Stage.When not writing, she dances, spins in the air, drinks coffee, watches football or surfs in Cornwall with her other half – a football writer whose talent knows no bounds....
Ten months since its release, if you can make it through the day without half-singing “Cinema Cinema Cinemaaaaa" to yourself, then you’re a stronger person than I. — Lucy Ford, Culture Writer In the Doom and Gloom of 2021, the Bright Light That Is SHINee “Don’t Call Me” ...
The history of the music box is long and complicated, with the common factor being the mechanism employed. Music boxes make use of a rotating medium covered in raised bumps to strike a line of keys similar in tone and design to a kalimba, or "thumb piano." The technology dates back, in...
to make it possible for those who would like to contribute but for whatever reason are unable to pay the standard 'Digital download' price in this moment. I want to make it possible for all peoples in whatever situation to be able to pre-buy the music giving what you are able to give...
40 50 IF WE MAKE IT THROUGH DECEMBER –•– Merle Haggard (Capitol)-7 (40)THIS WEEK’S DROPS43 31 MIDNIGHT TRAIN TO GEORGIA –•– Gladys Knight and the Pips (Buddah)-19 (1)POWER PLAYS41 42 I CAN’T STAND THE RAIN –•– Ann Peebles (Hi)-19 (38)42 44 THIS TIME I’M...
The history of the music box is long and complicated, with the common factor being the mechanism employed. Music boxes make use of a rotating medium covered in raised bumps to strike a line of keys similar in tone and design to a kalimba, or "thumb piano." The technology dates back, in...
The history of the music box is long and complicated, with the common factor being the mechanism employed. Music boxes make use of a rotating medium covered in raised bumps to strike a line of keys similar in tone and design to a kalimba, or "thumb piano." The technology dates back, in...
and the imnage of a lonesome truck driver appears to be a fitting one here soWhitneydecided to make a music video based around this feeling. They explain:“The concept of “life on the road” itself is romantic in nature, however anyone who has been there knows that it can be a lonely...
“We did it because my career was on the wane and we wanted something to make a hit,” Harry Nilsson bluntly told an interviewer when asked why he covered Badfinger’s near-despondent ballad: “I heard it and searched through every Beatles album for two and a half weeks, trying to find...