Category Archives: Music

Anything to do with music.

The Best Zeppelin playlist on iTunes

Posted on September 14, 2011 by katiem2

A faithful reader of mine asked me to do a piece on Led Zeppelin.  Thinking about this amazing artist made it a quick and simple yes I will.  I created a playlist of Zeppelins best songs available on iTunes. Because … Continue reading →

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Gremlins: A Song by Leslie Fish

Posted on September 10, 2011 by Aya Katz

Leslie Fish is a serious filker who is known for some fairly heavy songs. The space exploration anthem, Hope Eyrie, is by her. Most of the Kipling songs we like to sing are set to music she has written. Flight … Continue reading →

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Bruno Mars

Posted on September 4, 2011 by Peppergum01

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Bruno Mars is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. His real name is Peter Gene Hernandez but his stage name is Bruno Mars. He became famous making music at a young age. After performing in various musical venues in … Continue reading →

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An Interview with Leslie Fish

Posted on September 1, 2011 by Aya Katz

Leslie Fish is a filker, a composer and lyricist,  a vocalist, a writer of fiction and non-fiction, and a political activist for the cause of anarchy. You can read all about her in the Wikipedia. You can also visit her … Continue reading →

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Spain, tourism, and flamenco

Posted on August 16, 2011 by John Moore

Spain often is marketed as the land of passion, bullfights, flamenco, sun, and sand.  Blurring significant regional diversity, an almost comic-book version of its southern region, Andalucía, has been promoted as the public face of Spain – it has all … Continue reading →

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A Thousand and One Stories of Pericón de Cádiz: English Translation

Posted on August 16, 2011 by admin

Inverted-A Press has entered into an agreement with José Luis Ortiz Nuevo and John Moore to publish Moore’s English translation of Ortiz Nuevo’s book Las mil y una historias de Pericón de Cádiz: A Thousand and One Stories of Pericón … Continue reading →

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“Law Abiding People”: A song from THE DEBT COLLECTOR

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Aya Katz

Daniel Carter and I have been collaborating on a musical.  We have nineteen songs written to go with my play The Debt Collector. He composed the music and I wrote the words. But the collaborative process continues, as we recruit … Continue reading →

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The Theme Song for “From Up on Poppy Hill”

Posted on July 16, 2011 by admin

Sometimes the theme song from  a movie stays with you long after a movie is over. The new Studio Ghibli movie “From Up on Poppy Hill” features such a song. The song is called “さよならの夏～コクリコ坂から” , pronounced “Sayonara no Natsu~Kokurikozaka … Continue reading →

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The Music of Victoria Trestrail

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Aya Katz

Victoria Trestrail was born and raised on the island of Trinidad in the Caribbean. She has a warm, strong voice and a persona that comes across well in both video and audio performances. In short, she has a presence! Victoria … Continue reading →

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Daniel Carter’s “Come Unto Him”

Posted on June 19, 2011 by Aya Katz

The Mormon Tabernacle Choir is world renowned for its choral singing. Recently, a new album called This is the Christ released by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir made the news for its meteoric rise in the charts. One of the songs … Continue reading →

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