Tag Archives: Kate Rusby

Some multi-cultural songs

Posted on June 24, 2018 by

The latest concert of the excellent Willoughby Symphony Choir featured a collection of popular and folk songs, rather than their usual classical performances.  I was struck by the mixture of cultural influences in many of the songs, and have collected  a … Continue reading →

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A Very Relaxing Post

Posted on October 19, 2011 by

Another Bach installment, with (possibly) a splash of Newton: Scientists discover most relaxing tune ever A British band and a group of scientists have made the most relaxing tune in the history of man, an Mp3 of which is at … Continue reading →

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Wonders of the Universe – Kate Rusby

Posted on August 2, 2011 by

At the end of the Brian Cox “Wonders of the Universe” session on gravity the closing sequence is accompanied by a haunting folk song that I was not familiar with. A quick search found that it was the appropriate “Falling” … Continue reading →

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