Archive for the ‘Musical Notes’ Category

There’s a new Iron Maiden album out next week! I’m ticking the “excited” box.

No, not the BBC/OU programme about the UK coastline but an excellent track from the wonderful Devin Townsend. I seem to have missed a few albums recently. I need to catch up – the guy is one of the Metal world’s best kept secrets

I love science and I love music. This video has mixed them up in a rather wonderful way. Visit Symphony of Science for more

Found via Glinner on Twitter

Enjoy this astonishing video from innovative band OK Go – absolutely brilliant.

This is one of my most favourite pieces of music. It never fails to give me goosebumps.

So, Christmas is nearly here. The goose is getting fat, or at least it’s getting ready for pickup from the local farm shop. There’s no escaping it: I get to play a lot of Christmas Carols. It’s not that I dislike Christmas or anything but after 30-odd years of playing the same tunes out in [...]

I love this song. The fact that it didn’t get to number one because of one of the biggest musical mistakes of all time makes me almost physically sick (not really). It’s still a work of genius, in my honest opinion. One of the finest songs to emerge from the early 80s and still one [...]