Etiket: songs
Qatar’s sportswashing is clearly audible in the official songs released by the World Cup host country
Fifa president Gianni Infantino with Hassan Al Thawadi, the top boss of the World Cup in Qatar, next to him.Image ANP / EPA In recent years, there has been a…
Pearl Jam release official videos for “You Are” and “1/2 Full” – 20 years after the release of the songs
Pearl Jam have released a “new” video that is actually a few years old: the song “You Are” from their 2002 seventh album RIOT ACT has now been given an…
From Bill Callahan to Pur: An ode to the escapist songs of the past few decades
Given the world situation, I recommend you just draw the curtains, turn off the WiFi and put on some records. There is hardly a better start in this regard than…
Bruce Springsteen: “Only The Strong Survive” – Golden Songs (Review & Stream)
This is not an album of covers of soul songs. But it’s also an album of covers of soul songs. Bruce Springsteen is a historian of American song, and above…
No new CD, but postcards with works of art on them. Harry Niehof’s Groningen songs can be listened to in a special way
Four tickets, four songs. Not a CD, but a QR code that leads to the streaming service YouTube, where the new work of the Groningen songwriter and guitarist Harry Niehof…
Peter Fox: These are his 5 best songs – with and without Seeed
It’s almost 15 years since Peter Fox alias Pierre Baigorry single-handedly turned the German music landscape upside down on STADTAFFE, only to disappear just as quickly into oblivion – the…
Taylor Swift breaks record with ten songs in American top 10
It’s unprecedented: Taylor Swift occupies all the places in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100, one of the most important charts in the United States. She is the…
Review: Bono: Surrender – 40 Songs, One Story (Review & Stream)
Of course it starts with the heart. With what else? This little big singer has often referred to the music of his band U2 as “open heart surgery”, one tour…
The Beatles: All “Revolver” songs in the ranking
14. “Doctor Robert” The fact that John Lennon does not write about himself, but more or less invents a character (otherwise more like Paul McCartney’s approach), suggests a serious writing…
“Songs of Ascent” is almost done, but before that comes a “loud rock record”
<!– –> Bono in Berlin 2018 Photo: Getty Images, Frank Hoensch. All rights reserved. <!– –> <!– –> Back in 2009, U2 announced Songs of Ascent, a sister album to…