Category: MusicMonday

Newfoundland Trip – Music Monday – “To wake in the early morn/To the sound of the old fog horn/And wait for the men to return/With their boats in the bay”

Last Monday, I wrote about the musical cultures of the various provinces. Now that I’m here in Newfoundland, the musicality of this province is overwhelming. I couldn’t name

Music Monday – “But now we’re bound for ol’ St. John’s/Where all the girls are dancing/Heave away, me jolly boys/We’re all bound away!”

Hmm, do other provinces have a distinctive musical sound in the same way that the Maritime provinces do? In a very stereotypical way, I’d say that the music

Music Monday – “So serene/The world turns blue/Heads are spinning/It feels so good”

One of my favourite British bands (I consider them Britpop but not sure everyone defines them that way) does a piss-take version of the typical Ibizia club anthem

Music Monday – “Your smile is like a breath of spring/Your voice is like summer rain/And I cannot compete with you/Jolene” (Bonus: Incomplete List of Bands I’ve Seen Live)

Dolly Parton was the voice in a movie we watched this weekend (Gnomeo & Juliet – very cute!) and that somehow led to me thinking about the various

Music Monday – “Just take a look at these crow’s feet/Just look/Sitting on the prettiest eyes”

We got back from our trip to Calgary last night but after unpacking and doing a few things around the house, I didn’t get around to posting. But

Music Monday – “I used to come here when I was six/When everything hurt and I felt sick/There is something about the colder air/That made me feel better than anywhere”

We’re off to Calgary from Wednesday until early next week so it may be another blog holiday depending on how busy we are and what my Internet access

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