#monday-music

Sure, we may all be getting older, but the music never stops, right? And musically I can totally connect with the same strain that has gone through my own youth, and persisted into my present days. For

Half a century ago (OMG, has it been this long already?) Berlin must have been a completely different place. Not only was the divided city the epicenter of the Cold War, it was also the place where the

So right off the bat I should mention, electronic music is not really my area of expertise. Even though I grew up around the same time this modern musical direction found its way from obscurity into the

It was a long time ago, back in the last century even, when a friend of mine came over with a bunch of eccentric music on CDs. They were rare discs of weird and obscure artists, most of which would not

There are some things that some people may be happy to simply forget. For my parents, and for most of everyone else in their generation, born in Hungary of the 1950's, this includes a certain musical

Recently a friend asked me what kind of music I could recommend that would help him with his Spanish. At first I had no idea what to suggest. Music is always a tricky medium when it comes to learning a

It happens every now and then: I put on a collection of songs I have marked as "favorite", simply because I haven't listened to it years, and I end up playing it for days on end on my headphones.

The Hipodromo Condesa is a well known neighborhood of Mexico City, famous for its cafés, bars, and restaurants. Of course, since the whole area used to be a horse racing track up until just about a century

Time for another Monday Music post, and time to add another genre to my already eclectic list of music I like. Though looking at the list of previous posts, I'm realizing that sea shanties are not even

In today's post of my Monday Music series I would like to take a wild turn towards the classical music of the 18th century, while at the same time talk about one of the weirdest musical phenomena of the

Looking back at previous posts in my Monday Music series, I'm starting to realize how fond I am of slow, dreamy tunes. This realization took me a while to fully recognize, as I had never thought myself

For today's edition of Monday Music I want to look back a few years to 2018 when I was up on Vancouver Island to participate in the Earthship build of some friends of mine. You can take a look at the links

The other day I just had the most peculiar musical experience. It started out with a brief reminiscence of my favorite computer game as a kid, the Monkey Island games I and II, and how that pirate themed

While most of my Monday Music posts are about one group or artist, I occasionally like to focus on just a song, maybe on a compilation album, or even an entire style. In the same vein I want to look at

As much as I love powerful rhythms, strong, clear melodies, and music that simply won't let you sit still, I'm also just as much a fan of etheral sounds, slow beats, and tunes so soft that you hardly notice

The other day, as I was reading a post by @senorcoconut, I saw him mention a musician whom I count among my favorites, but haven't written a Monday Music post about him. Time to change that, primarily

For this week's Monday Music I want to look at a band that combines two of my favorite musical styles: punk rock and Irish folk. The relationship between these two is not as far-fetched as you might suspect,

In today's Monday Music post I want to focus on music that has been around me for a long time, but I'm only just starting to appreciate it fully. It's very synthetic, which is why I never gave it my full

In my last Monday Music post I mentioned a band that has had a powerful impact on me, so I decided that they deserve their own post in this ever growing series, where I discuss my favorite music. Some

In my last Monday Music post, and in its subsequent comments, I kept mentioning The Grateful Dead. This unusual rock band may not ring any bell at all if you're from outside the US, or for many Americans