Monthly Archives: April, 2012
“Flash Forward” – A Blast from the Past
This is a reprint of a story on the long defunct TV show “Flash Forward.” Listing all the music played on the cancelled TV show “Flash Forward” To see all the music played in the series click this link! Right now on eBay I find it incredible that this gripping and fascinating show was cancelled by the …
The Ting Tings
Introducing the Ting Tings In another of our reviews of bands that are destined for the big time (or in this case have pretty well made it big already in Europe) we present The Ting Tings, a duo from the north of England, consisting of Jules De Martino, and Katie White, who share vocals. The …
Carolina Liar
Introducing Carolina Liar who have had several songs featured on TV shows, and performed two songs on 90210. I love the current single “Show Me What I’m Looking For”. It was a free single of the week on iTunes recently and I picked it up there and have played it a lot since. Lead singer is Chad …
“Flashpoint”
For those of you, like me, hooked on the Canadian TV Series Flashpoint, the success of the police procedural series is no surprise, but CBS, who started to show the series in July 2008 in the USA as a summer filler, did not initially hold out much hope for it. Canadian series do not traditionally do …
Emmylou Harris
Emmylou Harris Emmylou’s incredible voice can be heard in the background of many T.V. shows as her haunting lyrics often fit the drama going on on the screen remarkably well!I first came across Emmylou when I borrowed Gram Parsons’ “G.P.” album many many years ago. Her voice just commanded my attention and I went out …
Lucinda Williams
Lucinda has had her songs played in many top T.V. shows, including The Sopranos, House, Crossing Jordan, Brothers and Sisters, and Men In Trees. I first heard of Lucinda as a singing partner of Emmylou Harris, and the writer of several songs recorded by Emmylou and Mary-Chapin Carpenter, and when I heard her singing, …
Sandy Denny
Sandy Denny (1947-1978) Some of my favorite artists died young. Buddy Holly, Jim Croce, John Denver, and the subject of this article, Sandy Denny. Born Alexandra Elene MacLean Denny in Wimbledon, U.K. in 1947, Sandy was influenced early on by traditional and folk music and over her tragically short career was recognized by her …
Joy Division
“Joy Division” were a short lived Manchester UK band comprising Ian Curtis, Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook and Stephen Morris. You may well recognize the last three names as they went on to form “New Order” together with Morris’s wife Gillian Gilbert and to have massive international success. The event that led to the demise of “Joy …
Cowboy Junkies
COWBOY JUNKIES I recently picked up a second hand copy of “The Trinity Session” by Cowboy Junkies. I had had the album for years but had somehow lost it over time. The album was once hardly ever off my CD player, and since ‘re-discovering’ it, it has gone back to being one of my most-played discs. …
Gram Parsons
Gram Parsons With a rather strange family background involving his real father’s suicide, and his mother’s descent into alcoholism, it’s maybe not so surprising that Gram’s life was short although he packed into his time on Earth more than most people accomplish in three score years and ten. Gram’s interest in music is rumored …
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