English Self Storage - Playwrights (The)

Advantages: It is simply one of the finest pieces of music ever written
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...THE MAN: SIR EDWARD ELGAR It's probably futile for me to tell you who is Edward Elgar. To the British readers here he holds about the same position as Sibelius does for me as a Finn, being THE composer whose musical language captures the ideologies of the country, working as a kind of stereotypical signature for the people. Elgar was born in 1857 as the son of a music shop owner and through a course of self-instruction became a masterful orchestrator and soon found himself as a reknowned choral composer with a great deal of choral works and other religiously titled pieces to his credit. However, it was not until 1899 that his reputation was sealed as a truly great composer when he wrote the masterful "Variations on an Original Theme 'Enigma'", which contained musical portraits of friends of Elgar and became an instant success. After... Read review

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Advantages: Great pop songs, meaningful lyrics, wonderful voice
Disadvantages: Sadly no more

...to Kirsty’s talents; she was a brilliant songwriter who managed to fuse together so many different musical styles. If you confined Carole King, the Clash, Ralph Mctell, Bob Dylan and Phil Spectre to self imposed exile on a desert island for twelve months, they would have invented Kirsty. As the daughter of a legendary Irish folk singer, it was only to be expected that she would develop a style based on passion and conviction and she held very strong socialist views which her fans could relate to, so unlike the mega-rich stars of today. She was a very imaginative and evocative song writer who was able to absorb new musical influences. She was also very highly rated amongst her musical peers, David Byrne from Talking Heads, rated her talents highly and once said, “She has the wit of Ray Davies and harmonic invention of the Beach... Read review

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...Patti Smith has been called the high priestess of Punk. I'm not sure how useful these labels can be but she was part of the early 70's New York Punk scene and she has always displayed what later would be identified as the punk ethos in her music. After years earning a living as a music critic, playwright, songwriter, poet and actress She joined forces with guitarist and friend Lenny Kaye, Richard Sohl and Tom Verlaine to record a single 'Hey Joe' an adaptation of the old Jimi Hendrix hit. This is by many considered to be the first Punk Indie single. With the departure of Tom Verlaine they were joined by lead guitarist and Czech exile Ivan Kral, the group followed the single by recording an album 'Horses' in 1976. THE ALBUM (Track Listing) 1. Gloria 2. Redondo Beach 3. Birdland 4. Free Money 5. Kimberly 6. Break It Up 7. Land [Medley... Read review

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