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The Music of The Glacier
Falling Into Sigur Rós I once heard the music of Sigur Rós described as glacial, but in a very positive way. The band hail from Reykjavík, Iceland so that is probably not an unexpected description. All their songs are sung entirely in the constructed language Hopelandic (or Vonlenska in Icelandic)., but sound absolutely beautiful.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred about an hour ago in Beat
Dark Delight: The Lyric
I am starting off by sharing my new lyric, “Dark Delight,” which is a prelude to my Summer 2026 project which will meld electronic, trance, and industrial into an EDM umbrella. This will be a dark project which will touch on painful and/or dangerous relationships.
By Rick Henry Christopher about 2 hours ago in Beat
Giant
John Lithgow who plays Roald Dahl in "Giant" at the Music Box, looks physically very much like the writer that he is playing. He moves about the stage sometimes child-like, other times flashing the bad temper that Dahl was known for. The real life Roald Dahl was an intellect, a soft spoken gentleman who could become irate when talking about world issues, especially the children who have suffered from around the world due to war efforts.The two- and -a -half hour show starts off slow with Dahl (John Lithgow), his fiance Felicity Crosland (Rachael Stirling) and his close confidant, Tom Maschler (Elliott Levey) conversing about his new book about to be released. Writer Mark Rosenblatt tries to introduce the main characters, give some insight into their personalities. The play in the first ten minutes drags but picks up steam nicely when publicist Jessie Stone enters (Aya Cash).
By Robert M Massimi. ( Broadway Bob).about 19 hours ago in Beat
'Surf's Up'
After the disappointment following the August 1970 release of the critically lauded but commercially unsuccessful Sunflower album the Beach Boys realized that it would take more than quality songwriting and a new record label to solve their "Image problem" in the early 1970s.
By Sean Callaghana day ago in Beat
Theremin - A Playlist
Introduction The theremin is an unconventional electronic instrument, named after its Soviet inventor Léon Theremin in 1928, and which doesn't require any contact to be operated. The fruit of research into proximity sensors, the theremin's setup is usually consisting of two metal antennas that sense the distance to the player's hands and react accordingly, one controlling the volume of the sound, and the other controlling the frequency and therefore the pitch. By moving both hands in the air and changing the distance to the antennas, musicians produce an eerie electronic sound.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 2 days ago in Beat
