Tag: Piano

Evgeni’s Waltz

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“Evgeni’s Waltz” is a composition written by Abel Korzeniowski for the movie W.E.  W.E. is a 2011 British romantic drama film co-written and directed by Madonna that tells the story of two women—Wally Winthrop and Wallis Simpson—separated by more than six decades. Madonna had decided to sign Korzeniowski for composing W.E.’s score after hearing his work on the soundtrack for the 2009 drama film, A Single Man. The singer recalled that she was “struck by the score’s ‘bittersweet’ qualities, this melancholic, romantic, sweeping emotional kind of heartbreak.

  • The movie on Amazon: W.E.
  • The soundtrack on iTunes for W.E.
  • The soundtrack on iTunes for: A Single Man

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Sunday Morning: Why I live in mortal dread

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You’ll say you don’t have time to watch this.
It’s 13 minutes.
You need to move on to the next post.

And I’m telling you that
this woman is something special.

Don’t quit on this one.
Take it to the finish.

Good Sunday Morning.

Megan Alexandra Washington, 28, was born in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. She is an Australian musician and songwriter also known mononymously as Washington. Originally performing jazz music her style evolved to indie pop and alternative rock where she sings and plays piano and guitar.  She developed a stutter early in her life and continues to struggle with her speech.  Find her website here: washingtonmusic.com.au. Find her album on iTunes here: I Believe You Liar

Saturday Morning Coffee

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Topology is quintet from Australia formed in 1997. They perform throughout Australia and abroad and have to date released four albums. Find their album on iTunes here: Difference Engine

Árstíðir

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Árstíðir (English: Seasons) is an Icelandic indie-folk band with classical, progressive rock and minimalist elements. This tune is titled “Ljóð í sand” (Poetry In The Sand). Árstíðir became known to a wider internet audience in 2013 when a Youtube video went viral (3,000,000+ hits) showed them performing impromptu, Heyr himna smiður (“Hear, Smith of heavens”, a 13th century Icelandic hymn) at a train station in Germany. The video was shot by their PR manager after they had played a concert the venue inside the train station. The a capella was noted for improvising with the vaulted acoustics of the train station to effect the echo chambers of a monastic chapel.

Find the Icelandic Hymn that went viral on Youtube here.

Find their album on iTunes here: Svefns Og Voku Skil (Sleep & Waking Returns)

Carry Me Home

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Jamie Scott, 30, is a British singer, songwriter and producer. He started playing guitar and piano at the age of seven. Scott is heavily influenced by 1970s artists like Cat Stevens and James Taylor, and also by neo-soul artists like D’Angelo. Scott has had major success as a song writer with many artists and is one of the main collaborators with UK boy band sensations One Direction.

Jamie Scott official website.