13 Jan 2017 Toquinho – Aquarela (Watercolour) – 1983 Along with Romaria (Elis Regina version) and Canção da América (Milton Nascimento) this is another song from my childhood that makes me feel very emotional and melancholic whenever I hear it. I can’t even try to sing along to Canção da…
Chico Buarque de Hollanda
13 December 2014 Chico Buarque de Hollanda I was talking to friends on Friday and they had never heard Chico Buarque. He’s one of my favourite composers/singer/song-writers ever – I grew up listening to his songs and still listen to them regularly. He has composed hundreds of songs and I…
My extremely brief foray into DJ land
02 July 2014 My extremely brief foray into DJ land Back in 2007, when Serious Business nights were running, I thought it would be a good idea to have a go at being a DJ for one night. At around 10pm and with mostly only my friends in the room…
The Trip – Jeff Mills + A Guy Called Gerald
22 June 2014 The Trip – Jeff Mills + A Guy Called Gerald http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whatson/jeff-mills-the-trip-83719 We weren’t sure what to expect from this. Dance music at the Royal Festival Hall? Not allowed to stand up, for starters. What would the atmosphere be like? When we got to the Southbank Centre we…
Perfection – Perfeição, Legião Urbana
11/04/2014 Perfection – Perfeição, Legião Urbana Play the song while you read… Renato Russo, my teenage local hero made big (for people who need parallels, think a Brazilian Morrissey, although he was very different from that) wrote most of Legião Urbana’s lyrics. But it turns out it was the one…