Art and Music

BBC may scrap ‘Rule Britannia’ from Last Night of the Proms over colonialism links BBC organisers are reportedly considering the move amid debate over the anthems’ themes of slavery and

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Arts Ahead: 6 June 2018   Bread and Roses at Oldman Coliseum   OLDHAM THEATREBread and RosesColiseumJune 22-July 7 Ian Kershaw’s new play, full of songs and comedy, tells the

The Internationale “Интернационал” – Russian Version   https://youtu.be/t8EMx7Y16Vo   Originally composed by Pierre de Geyter in 1888, it has been the standard for most socialist and left wing movements with

  A message from Jake Painter, Captain Ska   “On behalf of the whole band I’d like to say a massive thanks to everyone who’s supported us this year, and

  Download from Friday 15 December#ToriesOutForXmas Click here to watch the teaser video Captain Ska, the band behind this summer’s viral smash hit Liar Liar GE2017, a scathing attack on Theresa

    In 1944, to honor the Allied victory in Italy, legendary counductor Arturo Toscanini–a refugee from Fascisim in his home country–decided to conduct a performance of Verdi’s “Hymn of

The Untamed review – a film about love, pleasure and a tentacular sex monster 4/5stars This sly and subversive allegorical body horror from the Mexican director of Heli is about

  If it wasn’t for its geography, it probably wouldn’t have grown up in Edinburgh.    As the world’s biggest arts festivals kicks off, David Pollock takes a look back

Horn Fair   Ashley Hutchings noted in his songbook A Little Music: This song has been sung at the Ebernoe, Sussex, Horn Fair [which is held annually on St. James’s Day,

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Billy Bragg: ‘It’s my duty to make people go away feeling they’re not alone’   The singer-songwriter on his new book – Roots, Radicals and Rockers – the political power

  Classy, Challenging, Ceilidh, Chantry,College, Country,Common,Complimentary and  Complete Works   classical music serious music following long-established principles rather than a folk, jazz, or popular tradition.   (more specifically) music written

  KEEPING THE DREAM ALIVE  Munchener Freiheit   https://youtu.be/Xr2vXDLK7wk

  SO, DON’T JUST JOIN THE LABOUR PM – BEAT THEM BLUES   The Radical  13th May 2017   AND COME TO  A CORBYN CLUB   So as a double

  He Moved Through the Fair An Eriskay Love Lilt Danny Boy An English Country Garden O Waly Waly All Through the Night Spinning Wheel Lullaby Skye Boat Song The

  “When the Going Gets Tough the Tough Get Going”     https://youtu.be/-n3sUWR4FV4     1. Don’t take it all on your own shoulders   2. Get your own media

We watched the recording of Gershwins opera , Porgy and Bess and the ?2500 variations on Summertime,…   The Radical 26th July 2016…     the song written by Du

“Barbara Allen” is a traditional Scottish ballad; it later travelled to America both orally and in print, where it became a popular folk song.   Wikipedia   Ethnomusicologists Steve Roud

 https://youtu.be/9lt0cAKQk04   The Spinners Song by Postcards of Life     -the Radical’s Choice –   Because It Does Not Mention “God”

Old Rosin the Beau From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia “Old Rosin the Beau”“Rosin the Bow” 　 Song by (various)The ClancysPete Seeger(& others) 　 Genre Irish waltz Length 4, 5, or

  Furry Dance   From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   The Furry Dance (pronounced to rhyme with “hurry”), also known as The Flora (or incorrectly as the Floral Dance or

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If  you like beer, you’ll like this.   If you don’t like beer, you’ll like this.                                                                                        https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/NkbZlautuUc?rel=0

In 2004, the American Film Institute recognized this version of “Yankee Doodle Boy” on the AFI’s 100 Years… 100 Songs list as part of the AFI 100 Years… series, placing

Paul Robeson spoke in excess of 20 languages, 12 of which he was fluent or near fluent in. Some of the languages he spoke were Chinese, Russian, Spanish and Gaelic.