Santana: Black Magic Woman

If you might be as old as I am you might recall an album called “Abraxas”. It was released in September 1970 (I was 17 years old then) by a group called Santana and hit the charts. It was music to listen to, maybe also to get drunk to or to smoke your joint to. [...]

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Morning has Broken

“Morning has broken” is one of the most played songs of Cat Stevens here in Germany (I still prefer to think of him as “Cat Stevens” and not as “Yussuf Islam”, but I digress). The video you can watch here and listen to doesn’t cover the song in full length, but [...]

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Politics and Music – George Frideric Handel

George Frideric Handel, the great German-English baroque composer, lived from 1685 – 1759 (so we celebrate 250 years after his death in 2009). He was born in Germany, trained in Italy and lived in England.
He composed the Music for the Royal Fireworks (HWV 351)   in 1749 under contract of George II of Great Britain for [...]

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