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Now what? We marked the Queen Mum's death with an "It's a Queen Mum Knockout" - humorous comments on popular music and national ceremony, United Kingdom Festivals, birthdays and jubilees help us measure time and break up the boredom of daily life. For me, though, it's the music that makes a celebration....(Continue Reading) Queen of Persia: rock in the lap of the gods THE FIRST ROCK group to have its music officially authorized for sale by Iran's ruling mullahs is, of all acts, Queen. The band, popular in the 1970s ......(Continue Reading)Sweet smell of sicks-cess: with tight harmonies, tough politics, and a new show at New York's Studio 54, the Kinsey Sicks have arrived - performance - Give a former presidential adviser a big wig, smear on gobs of makeup, put him in a garish gown that rivals the infamous flip-flop dress from Priscilla, ......(Continue Reading)At home with Ladysmith Black Mambazo - South African music group Joseph Shabalala heads a South African singing group that has gone from performing locally to touring internationally. Although his group has become an ......(Continue Reading)Off with his head! A modest proposal for the Master of the Queen's Music - Malcolm Williamson The position of Master of the Queen's Music, held by Malcolm Williamson since 1975, has become unimportant and redundant. Williamson's comments receive ......(Continue Reading)
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