In this installment of KD’s long-running series about popular song, the theme is songs that reference rock and roll. As usual, readers’ responses are warmly welcomed.
Almanac Music: ‘Let There Be Rock’ – Songs That Reference Rock and Roll
May 31, 2024 by 158 Comments
Almanac Music: ‘Here Comes the…’ – Songs Involving the Sun
May 17, 2024 by 145 Comments
In this instalment of his long-running series about popular music themes, KD deals with songs involving the sun. As usual, readers’ responses are warmly welcomed.
Almanac Music: ‘My Huckleberry Friend’ – Songs about the Moon
May 3, 2024 by 168 Comments
In the latest instalment of his long-running series on popular music themes, KD look at songs involving the moon. As usual, readers’ responses are warmly welcomed.
Almanac Music: ‘Eat the Music’ – Songs Involving Food
March 22, 2024 by 196 Comments
This week, in his ongoing series on popular music themes, KD focuses upon songs involving food. As usual, readers’ contributions are warmly welcomed.
Almanac Music: ‘Now and Then’ – Why the world has shed a tear
November 5, 2023 by 4 Comments
Like many, Richard Griffiths is enthralled with the release of ‘Now and Then’ by The Beatles, as his wonderful review so clearly states.
Almanac Music: Songs About Mail
November 3, 2023 by 47 Comments
In his ongoing series about popular music themes, KD writes about songs involving mail – letters, posties, mail in general…
Almanac Music: The Beatles Best 50 Songs
October 24, 2023 by 22 Comments
Smokie takes us on an epic personal journey through his 50 favourite Beatles songs. [With Paul McCartney touring Australia at the moment it is an opportune time to reprise Smokie’s Beatles story. – ED]
Almanac Life: Melbourne’s resurgence
October 23, 2023 by 2 Comments
Ian Wilson compares the wellbeing of Melbourne’s social night life with the earlier days of the covid pandemic and can’t help but feel buoyed, while two of the biggest names in the last 70 years of music feature too.
Almanac Book Review: The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present by Paul McCartney
October 23, 2023 by 4 Comments
With Paul McCartney touring locally (for possibly the last time) Kevin Densley’s review of the music man’s monumental, two-volume boxed set, The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present is being reprised. Get Back to the words behind the songs before Macca and friends become a Band on the Run home.
Almanac Music: You Go To My Head – Songs Involving the Mind
October 20, 2023 by 44 Comments
This week’s music piece from KD concerns songs involving the mind as a central aspect. As usual, readers’ choices and comments are warmly encouraged.
Almanac Music: Songs about Roads
September 22, 2023 by 74 Comments
This week’s music piece from KD concerns songs that mention roads in the title, whether they be specifically highways, streets, avenues, boulevards, esplanades or similar infrastructure.
Almanac Music: Songs with One Word Titles (No Personal Names or Places)
August 11, 2023 by 67 Comments
This week’s music theme from KD is songs with one word titles – but in the comments section, readers, no songs with names of people or places, please. Songs relevant to these topics have been covered to some extent in other Footy Almanac articles Kevin has written.
Almanac Music: The French Connection
July 14, 2023 by 33 Comments
This week’s music piece by KD concerns songs with French content that were successful in English-speaking countries. As usual, readers are warmly invited to contribute their own choices.
Almanac Music: Women and Men, and Songs: Part 2 – Songs Featuring a Male Name
May 19, 2023 by 54 Comments
In Part 2 of ‘Women and Men, and Songs’, KD focuses upon songs which highlight a male name. As usual, Almanackers are encouraged to put forward their own selections.
Almanac Music: Women and Men, and Songs: Part 1 – Songs Featuring a Female Name
May 12, 2023 by 77 Comments
In this week’s piece, KD focuses upon songs which highlight female names. As usual, Almanackers are encouraged to put forward their own choices. (Part 2 of the piece, dealing with songs featuring male names, will appear next week.)
Almanac Music: Instrumentals
April 28, 2023 by 47 Comments
In this Friday’s piece, KD looks at instrumentals of the rock / pop era, and, as usual, welcomes feedback from Almanac readers.
Almanac Music: Angels, Devils and Flawed Humanity – Part 2: Ten Songs About Devils
April 14, 2023 by 39 Comments
‘Part 2: Ten Songs About Devils’ is the second article in a three-part piece for The Footy Almanac, to appear over successive weeks. The focus is upon songs which are closely connected to devils in some way. Almanac readers are warmly welcomed to add to Kevin Densley’s list.
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