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Category Archives: Song for Sunday
Zero Gravity by Kate Millder-Heidke (A Song for Sunday)
A song for Sunday: Kate Miller-Heidke’s amazing performance of Zero Gravity. Continue reading
Special (Song for Sunday)
I’ve decided to get back to my blog more seriously and as a way of easing my way in, decided to find a great song to warm me up. I recently came across Special by LP (Laura Pergolizzi) when a … Continue reading
Song for Sunday – Times like these
Love this version of Times Like These (originally by the Foo Fighters).
Song for Sunday – Sing Gently
The actual song is under 3.5 minutes, but the video is over 10 minutes. Most of it is listing the 17,572 singers from 129 countries who come together to perform Eric Whitacre’s “Sing Gently”. If you liked this post please … Continue reading
Song for Sunday – Heal Together
It’s been over four years since I posted a song for Sunday so one is well over due. I’m in the process of updating a couple of online courses I teach and I’m wanting to have a greater focus on … Continue reading
A song for Sunday – This Machine
This is the first Song for Sunday in ages – but it is a great one, and one you probably haven’t heard; it’s had under 6000 views on YouTube. Over Christmas/New Year we went to the Woodford Folk Festival (a … Continue reading
Song for Sunday – Happy
I haven’t done a song for Sunday for a while, but as it was Alexa’s birthday this week, I thought it was time to return to it. This week’s song is “Happy” by Pharrell Williams because whenever I hear (and … Continue reading
Song for Sunday – Gabriel’s Oboe (for Aylan Kurdi)
Like many people I have been moved by the photo’s of Aylan Kurdi lying dead on the beach. His heart-rending death has highlighted the plight of so many others, and I can only hope it encourages world leaders and voters … Continue reading
Song for Sunday – Shine
You can give your life You can lose your soul You can bang your head or you can drown in a hole Nothing lasts forever, but, you can try Look around you, Everyone you see, everyone you know is gonna … Continue reading
Song for Sunday – When I grow up (from Matilda)
I’m not sure if it makes us bad parents, but Jasmine and Alexa have been into Tim Minchin for many years. When we heard, in 2011, he had written the lyrics and music for a musical based on “Matilda” by … Continue reading