Death and the Lady
Posted by Vole Norma Waterson and Martin Carthy with their version of Death and the Lady As I walked out one day, one day I met an aged man by the way. His head was bald, his beard was grey, His clothing made of the cold earthen clay, His clothing made of the cold earthen […]
Adios Noninos
Posted by Vale In my very occasional series (see Song for my father by Horace Silver) here’s another piece written as a tribute to a much loved father. It’s a version of Adios Noninos by the great musician of the tango, Astor Piazzola.
Just walking the dead
Posted by Richard Rawlinson When David Bowie is on good form, he’s darn good. As a childhood fan, I was pleased to read rave reviews of his new album, The Next Day, marking a return, aged 66, from a decade of semi-retired obscurity in which the cigarette-puffing, ex-coke sniffer suffered bouts of ill health. His new […]
No Tears In Glory
This old eye, is filled with sorrow Heartaches and pain, and tears that flow But when we reach there, city called Glory We won’t have to cry no more CHORUS There’ll be no tears, no tears in Glory Over there, no tears will flow There’ll be no tears, no tears Glory We wont have to […]
For the glory of the world (Gloria Mundi)
Posted by our Tudor music correspondent Richard Rawlinson England’s finest early composer Thomas Tallis died in 1585, having served as court musician for Henry VIII, Edward VI, Queen Mary and Elizabeth I. Royal patronage then was the equivalent of being signed up to a major record label pre iTunes. He also held posts at a Benedictine priory […]
Clouds — Zach Sobiech
In 2009, at aged 14, Sobiech was diagnosed with the bone cancer Osteosarcoma. Several operations and bouts of chemotherapy have followed, but in May this year doctors told him that the cancer had spread and that he only had a few months to live. Well I fell down, down, down Into this dark and lonely […]
Thank You For Being My Dad
Surprisingly, perhaps, this is not more popular at funerals. Simple and catchy. A son rarely tells his Father How he really feels, A handshake or a pat on the back is all that he reveals, I’d like to right that wrong, Here in this little song. Thank you for shaping my life, Thank you for […]
If music be the food of love, play on
Posted by Richard Rawlinson We sometimes differentiate between religious and secular music at funerals, hymns such as Abide with Me or popular hits such as Candle in the Wind. It was ever thus with music’s capacity to move, ranging, even in the Middle Ages, from sacred Gregorian Chant to itinerant troubadours with their songs about love […]
Leave your body behind you
posted by Vale Leave Your Body Behind You” Child of Eden your time is short, You can’t leave with more than you’ve brought. Love given lightly can never be owned, A thing we feel but can never hold. You leave your body behind you, When you leave this place, You leave your body behind you, […]
In Memory
Andras Schram, the maker, says: 7 years ago I lost my grand father, I was unable to make it to his funeral as I was travelling. The first moment I had a chance I visited his grave. It was late fall in Hungary and as I looked around I saw how beautiful the light was […]
