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Music… and my favourite gigs
Music has always been an important part of my life even though I don’t play any instrument myself. You can read all about how I became a groupie (… there’s more of a story to those posts than you might guess from the title!) Music has also enabled me to meet the most wonderful people and make some great friends… and music has been an inspiration too!
Listen again
I’ve shared this before, several times, but it is just such a sweet song… I don’t care that I don’t speak Swedish, I understand it all the same!
MoreLilac Wine
I always thought ‘Lilac Wine’ was written by Elkie Brooks… I was wrong, it was written in 1950 by James Shelton and loads of other people have recorded it, including Eartha Kitt, Nina Simone, and Katie Melua; it seems a female sort of song to e but maybe that’s because I associate it with Elkie Brooks, […]
MoreThe Air that I breathe
There is no video… only stills, so whack on your headphones and just listen!!!
MoreHappy birthday, Raul Malo
It’s the birthday today of one of my most favourite singers, an intelligent, clever, talented, handsome, charismatic man… and lovely too! A friend reminded me of this song, and here is something I wrote about it a while ago: Clichés and well-worn phrases lurk in wait for the unwary writer; like lots of writers I really try […]
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Lois Elsden 