"... They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years contemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them." For the Fallen, Laurence Binyon
Today, 2018-11-11, is the centenary of the end of World War I.
"The Art of Listening" presents a view of music and music listening from the perspectives of those who make the instruments and systems used to produce music, the musicians who create and perform it, the engineers who record, mix and master it and those who make the products we use to listen to it.
Legendary calypsonian Calypso Rose, Rose McCartha Linda Sandy Lewis, is the winner of the WOMEX 16 Artist Award.
WOMEX, the World Music Expo, is an annual international networking event for the world music industry. At WOMEX 16, held from 2016-10-19 to 2016-10-23 in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, Calypso Rose received the prestigious WOMEX Artist Award.
The hugely influential Canadian songwriter and singer, Leonard Cohen, died at the age of 82 on 2016-11-07.
A poet as well as a songwriter, Leonard Cohen is famous for such classic and widely covered songs as Suzanne and Halleluja. Among the many honours he has received are:
Internationally renowned pianist, conductor and humanitarian, Daniel Barenboim shares some thoughts on listening to music.
While Barenboim's references may be to classical music, the thoughts apply equally to good music of all genres. Check out the You Tube video and hear what he has to say.
