JACKSON, Wyo. — Observational humor and casual stage banter goes a long way for a performing singer-songwriter. For California folk troubadour John Craigie, this tension-and-release performance style of storytelling and witty lyrics is all about relating to the audience. He cites Bob Dylan and The Band as influences, with
Obituaries, Feb. 2, 2023 | FYIMusicNews
Al Hooper, an East Coast country singer/songwriter, died at his home in St. George’s, NB, on Jan. 27, at age 79.
Canadian country music authority Larry Delaney supplied FYI with this obituary.
“During the 1960’s-’70s, one of the more prolific Canadian country recording acts was Al Hooper & The
Celtic folk duo coming to Okotoks with winter-warming tunes
Halifax sisters Cassie and Maggie to play Rotary Performing Arts Centre Feb. 9.
While temperatures may be dipping, warm harmonies are blowing in from the East Coast.
Halifax folk duo and sisters Cassie and Maggie are playing the Rotary Performing Arts Centre (RPAC) on Thursday, Feb. 9 at 7:30 p.m
Journalist Yair Rosenberg Releases Traditional Shabbat Songs With Fresh Melodies
As a journalist for The Atlantic, Yair Rosenberg is known for his writing about politics, culture, and religion. He’s written for Tablet; his newsletter Deep Shtetl has a significant following; and of course, he has been quoted a litany of times in the Jewish Journal.
But now Rosenberg is being
15 most famous opera songs and arias
Opera is home to some of music history’s most hummable tunes. And we’ve cherrypicked 15 of the absolute best.
From its role in airline commercials and World Cup stadiums, to Oscar-winning films and record-breaking Netflix series, opera has become part of our popular culture landscape, its catchy melodies and hummable … Read more
Sacred Songs in Unexpected Places
“He who sings prays twice.”
So wrote St. Augustine of Hippo, in an aphorism I have seen framed on many a choir director’s wall.
Unfortunately no source has been found in Augustine’s works, in translation or in Latin. There is a citation in a Catholic catechism, but when you track