Tag Archives: Music

Song(s) for the Road 5 – Waylaid by the War on Drugs

Posted on May 9, 2017 by

It was meant to be a busy afternoon. I’ve spent the day delivering a course, the first time in my life being a trainer rather than a trainee (if only my mother could’ve seen me!) and I’ve returned to 60 … Continue reading →

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Four years and two days.

Posted on April 4, 2015 by

I nearly missed, I must confess. Had it not been for the urge of seeing Shut Up and Play the Hits that, at regular intervals, comes to haunt me I’d have probably missed it altogether (and you’d have escaped this post, possibly). … Continue reading →

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Widening my cultural horizons – classical concert night

Posted on February 21, 2015 by

Have you ever read those jokes where books, historical events or theatre plays are synthetized in one or two sentences? You know, those where Homer’s Odyssey is condensed in something along the lines of “A man leaves home for twenty … Continue reading →

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Songs for the Road 4 – A slightly introspective Christmas

Posted on December 18, 2014 by

This year will be an odd Christmas, at least for me. In the last 12 months, in facts, my biological family has shrunk – through deaths and inheritance-caused greed – from 8 members to two, my brother and father. It … Continue reading →

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Travelling through a country’s music – Mali

Posted on December 14, 2014 by

It all started with two groups and neither of them were Malian. Ofo The Black Company was the first and I discovered them in the Botswana special of Top Gear: James May was overtaking, in a old and battered beige … Continue reading →

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Scotland, Part 2. Reasons why you should visit Edinburgh before anywhere else in Britain.

Posted on July 19, 2014 by

Later this year, Scotswomen and men will be queuing up at polling stations to have their say about what’s probably the most important decision they’ll collectively make in their life time. Given the historic importance of such an event I … Continue reading →

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Scotland, Part 1. Winter, or “what’s that white stuff falling from the sky?”

Posted on July 17, 2014 by

Later this year, Scotswomen and men will be queuing up at polling stations to have their say about what’s probably the most important decision they’ll collectively make in their life time. Given the historic importance of such an event I … Continue reading →

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Songs for the road No. 2

Posted on July 5, 2014 by

I’m currently cruising at some 30,000 ft between London and Budapest, with a funny 9-months toddler sitting next to me, his dad profiting of the empty middle seat between us… And what’s bangin’ in my eardrums? Read on. Left Lane … Continue reading →

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Songs for the road No. 1

Posted on June 22, 2014 by

Are you one of those people who cannot stop from humming a tune whilst en route, or that associate a record to a particular trip? Then you’re not alone! These are the albums I’m listening to while travelling these days, … Continue reading →

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