‘On The Night’: Dire Straits Take A Final Bow With 1993 Live Album
We didn’t know it then, but May 22, 1993 was the date on which Dire Straits entered the UK chart with a new album for...
‘Hit Maker!’: Burt Bacharach Gets British Seal Of Approval
By the spring of 1965, Burt Bacharach’s reputation as a songwriter had even surpassed the one he had earlier carved as Marlene Dietrich’s arranger and...
Black Celebration: How Goth Rock Emerged From The Shadows
Defining the essence of “goth” is notoriously tricky. Its detractors deride it as a doom-laden, fashion-driven genre where black is perennially the new black, but...
reDiscover Verdi’s ‘Requiem’: The Story Behind The Masterpiece
Verdi’s Requiem is one of the most famous and enthralling settings of the Catholic funeral mass. The work was composed in memory of the Italian...
‘Mamma Mia’: My My, How Could We Resist ABBA?
In 1976, ABBA were expanding in all directions, and on the Billboard Hot 100 for May 22, they took their next step in the American...
Best Wagner Works: 10 Essential Pieces By The Great Composer
Richard Wagner’s radical works sent shock waves across nineteenth-century Europe. Each of his mature operas expresses deep insights into the nature of the human condition,...