Interview: Anna Tivel’s “Outsiders” confirms her status as one of America’s innovative songwriters.
From the Pacific Northwest of the United States, Portland-based Anna Tivel has been toiling away at her craft for overContinue Reading
Year: 2022
10 Best Albums of 2022.
Maybe, just maybe, 2022 stands out as one of those great years in music where every which way you lookedContinue Reading
My Favourite Song of 2022.
On the subject of best songs of 2022, Beyonce’s Summer Renaissance repeatedly gets mentioned. So does Kate Bush’s Running UpContinue Reading
Top Ten Australian Albums of 2022
Curating the following list of the top ten Australian albums of the year, in no particular order, was as alwaysContinue Reading
A brief history of ‘The Dance of Death’.
Many amazing works of art have been found painted on the outside walls of cloisters, of family vaults, of ossuariesContinue Reading
10 Best Songs about Cars and Driving.
There’s hundreds of songs about cars and driving going back to the early days of rock and roll. One ofContinue Reading
Richard Samuel’s ‘Portrait in the Characters of the Muses in the Temple of Apollo’ (1778).
I must confess my interest in Richard Samuel’s ‘Portrait in the Characters of the Muses in the Temple of Apollo’Continue Reading
Songs that got lost along the way: Interview with Lisa/Liza.
I have always thought of Liza Victoria aka Lisa/Liza as a gentle soul. (I’ve had the pleasure of interviewing herContinue Reading
Five interesting portraits of Ada Lovelace, the first pioneer of computer science.
Everyone has heard of Bill Gates and Steve jobs, right? These two men are modern giants of computer science. ButContinue Reading
The brief beautiful life of Zina Nicole Lahr.
I originally published this short article on Zina Nicole Zahr back in 2014. Still to this day I am incrediblyContinue Reading
Rearview Mirror 