Rolling Stone recently published a list of Top 500 Songs, voted for by over 250 artists, musicians and producers. They first did this in 2004 but more than half of the songs on the updated selection...
In Paraguay, garbage is transformed into music, giving hope to vulnerable sectors of the capital. These children and young people had no prospects in life but now, they dream of becoming musicians,...
While many of us have known that Britney Spears was living under a conservatorship for several years now, I don’t think many of us had realized the extent of it, and the extent of the abuse she has...
The Eurovision Song Contest has been around since the 50s. It was created to unite the countries of Europe after the Second World War and it has only grown since then. Last year’s edition was...
The book Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain brings together a series of neurological histories of those who, after suffering an injury or pathology, exhibit a marked deficit or an...
Many people only ever associate jazz music with certain Black communities in the USA but there have actually been some impressive albums created outside of New Orleans or New York's 52nd Street....
Netflix released Selena: The Series on December 4, 2020. The show is a retelling of the life of famous Tejano singer Selena Quintanilla and her family. Born in Texas in 1971, Quintanilla entered the...
Welcome to the final and third part of our Greatest Songs of All Time series. This is the last time I’ll be covering some of the greatest songs and some of the fascinating backstories behind the...
Angel Olsen’s fans have just finished sobbing along to her previous album, All Mirrors (2019), whose tracks sorted through her reflections after the disintegration of a five-year relationship. And...
Welcome to the second instalment of our “Greatest Songs of All Time” series. This week, we’re looking at another fantastic set of songs from different eras, all with interesting backstories...
