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Jon Lord’s Concerto for Group and Orchestra

Jon Lord’s Concerto for Group and Orchestra

Singer Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden)
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Francine Fallara
U2 Without Me

U2 Without Me

Please forgive the pomposity of this story’s title but it has a purpose. First, since the first five articles were titled U2 and Me, parts…
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Dermott Hayes
U2 and Me, part 5

U2 and Me, part 5

And this brings me right back to the reason why I decided to write this series of stories for Music Voices. Reading a review of U2 in…
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Dermott Hayes
U2 and Me, part 4

U2 and Me, part 4

U2’s management company, the rather pompously titled Principle Management, was in a refurbished old building, a former banana curing…
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Dermott Hayes
U2 and Me, part 3

U2 and Me, part 3

While U2 licked their wounds inflicted by the backlash against their jive through the archives of rock ’n’ roll that was Rattle & Hum…
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Dermott Hayes
U2 and Me, part 2

U2 and Me, part 2

There was a feeling in the air, a zinging electric tension, sparking randomly, somewhere at the outer limits of perception but it was…
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Dermott Hayes
U2 and me, part 1

U2 and me, part 1

To characterise my relationship with the music of U2 as of the ‘love/hate’ variety is to preclude other adjectives and expletives with as…
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Dermott Hayes
“Monsters” — James Blunt

“Monsters” — James Blunt

James Blunt’s “Monsters” will make you cry like you’ve never cried before. It may well be the saddest song ever written.
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No Words, No Song
The Beauty of Björk’s Biophilia

The Beauty of Björk’s Biophilia

A personal take on her most confounding album.
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Isaac Middle
Albums That Impacted Me

Albums That Impacted Me

The Beatles 1962–1966 | My First Album
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Mark Starlin
Can Classical Music Ever be the Next Indie Hype?

Can Classical Music Ever be the Next Indie Hype?

I go through a phase all the time.
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Jungwon Lee
I’ll Never Forget the First Album I Bought

I’ll Never Forget the First Album I Bought

“More songs about buildings and food,” Talking Heads, 1978
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Paul Gallagher
Battleme

Battleme

‘Hey Hey My My’
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Francine Fallara
Jean Leloup — John the Wolf

Jean Leloup — John the Wolf

Eclectic singer-songwriter
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Francine Fallara
This is For You Brian Wilson

This is For You Brian Wilson

a poem for the Beach Boys songwriter
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Michelle Monet
Daydreamer

Daydreamer

I’m a Believer
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Francine Fallara
Learning To Fly…

Learning To Fly…

…I won’t back down
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Francine Fallara
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