Tag/category: jeff buckley
Facebook. Underestimate it at your peril
If you’ve ever doubted the power, might, relevance and influence of Facebook, ponder this. On Saturday, music lovers across the land began hearing the news that X-factor winner (“Alexandra”) would be releasing her competition-winning rendition of Cohen’s Hallelujah, Cowell and his associated svengali eyeing the coveted Christmas #1 spot. Uproar. By Monday morning, tens of thousands of apoplectic — I …
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Hallelujah, maybe there's a God above!
I was at Nick Park’s 50th birthday party at the weekend, singing with Partsong, a close-harmony group who occasionally land some high profile gigs. What began as an artistically deflating experience – singing to a hall-full of people talking, anyone more than 10 yards from us unable to hear a note – culminated in a choir-best performance and a hauntingly …
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