Tag: songs

Not all candidates participated, so I need some help filling in the gaps. Here is a starter list from Politico for some, but not all of the candidates. Bruce is pretty much spoken for here and elsewhere by Chris Christie, former Governor of New Jersey. He claims to have gone to over 100...

In the heart of Minnesota, the Iron Range stretches, a testament to the dichotomy of human artifice and nature. It is a place where the raw beauty of the wilderness meets the relentless pursuit of industry, a place where the silent whisper of the wind through the pines is punctuated by the distant e...

Yumiko Yoshioka is a butoh dance master who plays Hiro in Hiro’s Lied, a dance and theater performance. Her mother had dementia. Hiro is a mother who has dementia. Yumiko Yoshioka used to perform under the stage name of Mizelle Hanaoka as a cabaret dancer. Hiro is a mother w...

I’ve lived in Boston pretty much my entire life. There are a few things people say when you’re from here. If they like history, they’ll talk about the Boston Tea Party and Paul Revere. If they’re a sports fan, they mention Fenway Park and the Patriots. You’ll also so...

While the song never mentions our fair city by name, this track off of Cohen’s 1967 LP Songs of Leonard Cohen has long been known to be about Montreal. The song depicts Cohen’s platonic relationship with Suzanne Verdal, a prominent muse of the beat era. The song’s lyrics ...

When you think of Toronto music these days, your instinct is probably to think of Drake and the Weeknd. Their brand of moody, atmospheric hip hop and R&B have permeated the mainstream so much in the 2010s that it became known as the “Toronto sound”. In the mid-2010s though, Toronto r...

Iwalked out of the bakery with a baguette, a scoop of country bread and three chocolate pastries. There is a certain advantage to living across the street from one of the best bakeries in your area. Well, it’s not really an advantage if you want to keep your figure and parade on the beach in y...

I count — not to accumulate the seeded wealth but to honour your blessings, your glory within your lips are like the crimson thread that connects each ruby-polished pearl nestled there waiting Waiting for me and I kiss them in awe, in delight, oh! in glorious reverence my mouth ...

When music tackles identity, it can get happy or sad, light or heavy, sweet or sour — after all, everyone expresses themselves differently. In the past few years, women have been owning the true power of their identity more and more. From the international Women’s Marches to #MeToo to va...

It is one of the best-known cultural routes in Portugal and one of the most prestigious in the world, due to the effort made in the rehabilitation of the Romanesque churches in the north of the country. The result of the efforts of the Association of Municipalities of Vale do Sousa, the Route of the...

Hello! A language and culture enthusiast here. I love following articles on etymology, especially between Farsi, Hindi, Sanskrit and Avestan. Coincidently, I have many friends from Afghanistan and Iran, making it a bit easier to dig into the cultures and languages on daily basis. I have two GitHub r...

Well, you’re in the right place. This blog post dives into the realm of the best sad Spanish songs, exploring a multitude of styles that are as varied as they are captivating. From the heartfelt tunes of Latin Grammy winners to the touching lyrics of old and contemporary Spanish singer...