Hugues Aufray / Carla Bruni – N’y Pense Plus, Tout Est Bien

Stumbled across this fab song today given my current love of Carla Bruni’s music, and I have to say that I really really love it! NB – YouTube doesn’t seem to carry a version of the duet, though I cannot implore you enough to check out the song on Spotify with Carla Bruni’s vocal on […]

SPOTIFY: Music from Ugly Betty (S1-4)

As many people will know, I am madly in love with Ugly Betty! (don’t even get me started on how sad I am that they’ve pulled the plug on it!). One of the things that always seems to make the show so fab is the music that they use on the episodes and so I […]

Patrick Wolf

Last night, my fab pal Tom very kindly took me to see Patrick Wolf at Bush Hall in London, and I have to say, I absolutely loved it! T’was an intimate gig (around 200 people) and we were right up near the front, and constantly in his eye line. I’ve been a Patrick fan for […]

Tina Turner – HELP! / Tonight

This morning, my Spotify has been loving Dame Tina of Turnips. I came across her recording of HELP! (originally by The Beatles) and I have to say that I absolutely love it! … I’m also very much liking Tonight, which she recorded with David Bowie (incidentally, who had originally written it with Iggy Pop). 1984 […]

Soap&Skin – Mr Gaunt Pt 1000

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been using Spotify to discover more and more music artists that I’m finding that I’m really liking. Today’s discovery is Soap&Skin, with Mr Gaunt Pt 1000 being a particular favourite of mine: Soap&Skin is the experimental musical project of Austrian artist Anja Plaschg (born 5 April 1990). Anja Plaschg […]