Chatoulette has been talked about for weeks now and already there are some sensational videos coming from its existence. Whether it is a fad or not, remains to be seen but while we wait, lets enjoy these few videos that have been banished across youTube.

Classical music is nothing to cough at, it is often seen as a serious affair, with many dressing for the occasion. On Friday I went the Royal Festival Hall, London, to see Daniel Barenboim and the Berlin Staatskapelle. The performance of Beethoven’s First Piano Concerto was wonderfully sublime, whereas the critically successful performance of Schoenberg’s symphonic poem Pelleas und Melisande was not to my liking. But this post isn’t about reviewing the music, as I am no expert in this field and review by ‘professionals’ can be seen in related …

On Monday I saw múm at the Tabernacle and all I can say is their new album (which I’m yet to find the name of)… sounds totally awesome. It’s funny how music can completely change your mood, before walking into the concert, I was tried, stressed and slightly pissed off at the days events but I came out of this gig a new person, refreshed, happy and reinvigourated. So this is me publicly thanking múm and the half sister, who were supporting, for a wondrously enjoyable evening, may there be …

As much as I love music, I seldom has reason to write about it, unless of course it is a piece of music that rocks into my life for some reason and becomes an intrinsic part of a moment. Balmorhea and Peter Broderick each in their own right play such pieces of music, I just can’t stop listening to it’s supple calming tones.
This is a beautiful song by Balmorhea, I’ll doubt that you’ll be able to find as chilled classical music anywhere else.

This is a duet of Peter Broderick and …

This was the final playlist for the boat section ofmy brothers wedding on the 06/06/09. It went down a treat, with both young and old.
Genius and the thieves – Eluvium
Air For G String – Bach
Love blossoms – Jocelyn Pook
The Scent Of Love – Michael Nyman
Broken monitors – B. Fleischmann
Blue Bicycle – Hauschka
Mushaboom – Feist
Tears Dry On Their Own – Amy Winehouse
Race For The Prize (Mokran Mix) – The Flaming Lips Soft Bulletin
I’d Rather Dance With You – Kings Of Convenience
Trains To Brazil – Guillemots
On Top – The Killers
Loving You – …

My Brothers wedding is right round the corner, and in my capacity as best man, I agreed to do the music for the 2 hours after the church ceremony, where the guest will be shunted onto a boat cruise on a huge lake. This is the playlist so far:
1. On The Nature Of Daylight – Max Richter
2. Love blossoms – Jocelyn Pook
3. Broken monitors – B. Fleischmann
4. Mushaboom – Feist
5. Something Stupid – Frank Sinatra
6. The Bucket – Kings Of Leon
7. Tears Dry On Their Own – Amy …

What an awesome gig. Amiina was ‘headlining’ Music Through Unconventional Means, on the 15th May 2009. The Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, is a wonderful venue, having seen Love with Arthur Lee there a few years back I was excited to go back. Now I remember why, the sound is fabulous, every tone pitch perfectly.
Shlomo as artist in residence and a supreme human beatboxers for me infused this night with a passion rarely seen and brought the whole concert up to the next level.
This was the first time I came …

ambling on my way from London Bridge to Farringdon, my place of work; on mixed seasoned day, the type that can only happen in spring, I found my mind drifting, pleasured by walking at no particular speed or rhythm, except to the beat of mixed electronic infused music. As I caressed the Themes with my eyes, for the first time in a long time I felt at one, at total peace in a city that seldom has that to offer. It felt that for the brief 25 minute walk, London …

yeah it maybe hosted in russia and that might count against it’s legitimacy but in my experience Russians are smart. And when they build something, then it’s worth looking in to. This is most definitely something worth looking into. My experience has been short live to about 20 minutes, but damn it, if that is anything to go by, i might claim this as the best musical discovery since the Flaming Lips. http://tagoo.ru/en/

Patrick Watson, is without a doubt one of the most infectious musicians I have had the pleasure of seeing live. This concert was unforgettable!!