When you hear "Stuck Like Glue" announced as a song title, you might think to yourself that it probably won't be a good song. Then you watch the video, hear the song a few more times on the radio, then someone plays the video...
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The following piece of music written by Joseph Haydn is the perfect piece to get you into a joyous and happy mood! When I listened to it in order to check whether it is appropriate to be presented here I could not but move...
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Paperli.PaperWidget.Show({ pid: 'tag/CountryMusic', width: 500, background: '#000000' }); Today, I started the #CountryMusic Daily. It will be updated every 24 hours with items found through the Twitter hashtag, #CountryMusic. With the initiating website, paper.li,...
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"For Elise" (in German: "Für Elise") is one of Ludwig v. Beethoven's most famous composition for solo piano. He wrote it in 1810. It is full of tenderness and love, and often played as an additional piece in concerts. If you can see this, then...
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Nowadays a "drink" for me is the rare glass of wine. Back in the day, though, I got drunk a few times. Too many times really. It took awhile, but I finally realized that I like having my senses. Occasionally, I am in a certain...
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John Jorgenson, University of Redlands grad of 1978, may be the best guitar player you have never heard of. But then again, maybe you have and just do not realize it. Jorgenson, born in Madison Wisconsin in 1956, is generally hailed as one of the...
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If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player upgrade or you need to install Flash Player if it's missing. Get Flash Player from Adobe. The composer of these two dances is Jean Baptiste de Lully who lived at the court of...
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Stealing Angels is a trio with a bloodline you might recognize: Jennifer Wayne — Granddaughter of John Wayne Tayla Lynn — Granddaughter of Loretta Lynn Caroline Cutbirth — Descendant of Daniel Boone Here is a rehearsal video of "He Better Be Dead." This song hit Billboard Hot Country...
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The ballet "Swan Lake" is one of the most famous ballets written by Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky, the great Russian composer of the Romantic era. He wrote it in the years 1875-1876. It tells about the love between a prince and a girl who has been...
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Some actors lip sync. Some actors are allowed to use their own singing voices in movies even though their singing isn't too much better than mine. Others are ego-driven and do it because they are the Director or Producer and have the say-so. And...
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The following Violin Romance written by Ludwig v. Beethoven is the perfect piece on a summer evening to sit back, look out of the window or light a candle and follow your dreams. It makes you come down after a hard day and relax....
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If you have won the CMA Best New Artist award, that's a huge acknowledgment of your talents. Darius Rucker won the award in 2009, and yet, before this, he's had other accolades. Remember Hootie And The Blowfish? This group, from Columbia, SC, soared to...
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Charles Gounod was a French composer who lived from 1818 to 1893. "Ave Maria" is one of his most known works. He wrote it in 1859, and there are many different musical arrangements. The one I present here is quite often played - a violin...
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Shelby Lynne is blues, she's rock, pop, country, and I don't know what all, all rolled into one. And she's finally being recognized. When I first noticed Shelby Lynne, it was on CMT. This was back in the early nineties. The song that brought...
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The soul songstress Millie Jackson celebrated her 66th birthday this week, and it is therefore appropriate that the Soul Studio takes a look back at her controversial career. Always underrated, Jackson courted controversy almost at every turn. Her material was often sprinkled with obscenities and...
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Right from the beginning Led Zeppelin was breaking the rules. Most radio stations wouldn't play songs that were much longer than three minutes, and perhaps originally due to the time restraints of of the old 78 rpm discs, record companies didn't often release singles...
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I know this may disappoint a few of you, but due to the terrible heat here in Berlin I did not manage to present a "real" post to you with music and all. Our temperatures are high in the 80s F (about 38 Celsius), and...
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We're celebrating our first anniversary as 10-Finity group today. We've been hard at work all week updating our Squidoo Step By Step guidebook, and I am feeling right wore out -- that's Southernese for "I am tuckered." No, that's Southernese too, I believe. ...Well, I'm...
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Maybe you will know Vivaldi from his Concerto "The Four Seasons". Today I present to you a piece which you probably never heard of - the Mandolin Concerto RV 425. It is one of the most famous pieces for mandolin, and Antonio Vivaldi wrote it...
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Happy July Fourth Weekend, country music fans! Did you know that July 4th is National Country Music Day? Well, it is, but I don't think it's official or anything. However, this weekend, with all its outdoor activities, is still a great time to start...
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The harpsichord was a keyboard instrument widely used in Renaissance and Baroque music. Sounds are produced by plucking a string when a certain key is pressed. The music video below presents a selection of pieces in which the harpsichord plays an important role. The music...
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Zac Brown, of the Zac Brown Band, is what we in the South call the "knee baby." He is number 11 out of 12 siblings. Since discovering the Zac Brown Band, I've been captivated by them. When a band like this hits my radar, I...
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Today I present to you the Concerto in D-Major for Trumpet and two Oboes, written by Georg Philipp Telemann. I selected it because I love the sound of the trumpet in baroque music. It is a mixture of ceremonial and jubilating music, and while...
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I heard through the grapevine that June 21st is a very special day in the life of one of the leading lights on Squidoo. So to celebrate Mimi's birthday I thought I would throw open the doors of the Soul Studio,...
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Jimmy Dean made his home in Henrico County, Virginia, in a town called Varina. In his home in Varina is where he died at the age of 81 last Sunday night (June 13, 2010). This past February, he said that he felt "honored" upon hearing...
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Although Sly and the Family Stone continued recording until 1983, it is the period between 1967 and the mid-1970s for which the band will probably be best remembered. Starting out as a fusion of two groups, each headed by brothers Freddie and Sly Stone, the...
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Did any band have more direct impact on the music of the '80s and '90s than Led Zeppelin? I'll show my bias by saying, "No", but I'm sure there are those who'll disagree. They aren't writing this post so... Too Bad! One thing that...
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The following piece is the 1st movement from the Horn concerto KV 412 written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1791. Mozart wrote many works for this instrument, but I think this concerto is one of the most beautiful of his works. Commonly called the "French...
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With the Country Music Festival Fan Fair being in full swing this weekend of June 12, 2010, it seems only appropriate to get us housebound netizens into a little bit of the excitement. I found a list of country music stars on Twitter, visited them...
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