17 February 2010 0 Comments

365 Songs: Lift the wings – Riverdance

365 Songs: Lift the wings – Riverdance

Today’s song is a bit different: Lift the wings is from the full stage version of Riverdance, first performed at Dublin’s Point Theatre in 1995, following the successful Riverdance interval act at the previous year’s Eurovision Song Contest. As a song, Lift the wings is not particularly well-known, but I’ve always really liked it and [...]

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2 February 2010 1 Comment

365 Songs: Sun and Moon – Miss Saigon

365 Songs: Sun and Moon – Miss Saigon

So, our second song of February is from the Schönberg/Boublil musical Miss Saigon. The song is a duet by the characters Chris and Kim as they pledge their love for each other. I’m not sure if it works, but I’ve tried to give the song a bit of a far eastern flavour by using lots [...]

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23 January 2010 0 Comments

365 Songs – Wild Mountain Thyme

365 Songs – Wild Mountain Thyme

On Monday here in Scotland we celebrate Burns’ Day, 251 years after his birth. All across Scotland people will be attending Burns Suppers and celebrating ‘Scottishness’. Tonight we’re off to a ceilidh so I thought I’d make this weekend a bit of a “Scottish special”, starting today with one of my favourite Scottish songs, Wild [...]

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19 January 2010 0 Comments

365 Songs – When all is said and done – Abba

365 Songs – When all is said and done – Abba

This song was first appeared on the Visitors album in 1981 and it is said to tell the story of the separation of Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. It was reworked into a ballad for the Mamma Mia film, this time focusing on two people finding love again. I think it’s one of the best [...]

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