Pop Essays. It's the series where every Thursday I shine new light on a forgotten pop gem from my vast library for you all. Eurovision fans - and Swedish ones in particular - may be rather familiar with our featured song this week... Artist: BWO Song: Sunshine In The Rain Release Date: 25/02/2008 Writers: Alexander … Continue reading Pop Essays #18: BWO, ‘Sunshine In The Rain’
Welcome to this week's Pop Essays, our series bringing a fresh polishing up of a lost pop music diamond for your eyes and ears. This week: the first single from the second album of an X Factor legend... Artist: Diana VickersSong: CindrellaRelease Date: 19/07/2013Writers: Diana Vickers / Miranda Cooper / Simen Eriksrud / Simone LarsonProducers: … Continue reading Pop Essays #17: Diana Vickers, ‘Cinderella’
Good afternoon and welcome aboard this week's Pop Essays, our weekly look back at some lost classics in our music library that we dust off and polish good and proper to shine as they deserve to. This week: an overlooked single from one of my all time favourite bands... Artist: All Saints Song: Chick Fit … Continue reading Pop Essays #16: All Saints, ‘Chick Fit’
It's time - as we do every Thursday at midday - to bring you another pop classic that never was and give it the time to shine it deserves with Pop Essays. This week: our first single release of this series that (unjustly) failed to chart... Artist: Andrea Corr Song: Champagne From A Straw Release … Continue reading Pop Essays #15: Andrea Corr, ‘Champagne From A Straw’
Welcome to this week's Pop Essays, our regular series offering a chance to revisit some of the lesser started gems of pop music and rightly giving them the chance to shine. This week: an early discovery from one of the biggest shows on British TV in the 00s that truly didn't deserve to get away... … Continue reading Pop Essays #14: Maria Lawson, ‘Sleepwalking’
Howdy! Firstly before we start a quick Happy Easter to you all. Secondly - time for this week's Pop Essays, as we revisit another lost gem of a track from the mists of pop time. This week: one of the greatest songs you've probably never heard by the greatest pop production team of the 00s... … Continue reading Pop Essays #13: Frank, ‘Never Left A Girl’
Welcome to this week's Pop Essays, as I cast my eye over another lost gem from my music listening adventures of the last two decades or so and give previously overlooked moments of brilliance the spotlight they deserve. Without any ado, let's get down to this week's one... Artist: Tyler James Song: Why Do I … Continue reading Pop Essays #12: Tyler James, ‘Why Do I Do?’
Shining light on more lesser spotted gems from my personal back catalogue of music, it's time once again for this week's Pop Essays post. This week: the story of how one childhood musical memory begat another for 9 year old me... Artist: Deetah Song: Relax Release Date: 14/09/1998 Writers: Mark Knopfler / Anders Bagge / … Continue reading Pop Essays #11: Deetah, ‘Relax’
Hello and welcome to this week's Pop Essays, our weekly series of posts where we give new light to those lesser shined on gems from our Spotify library. This week: a boundary breaking cut of Scando electropop from the mid 00s... Artist: Annie Song: Heartbeat Release Date: 07/03/2005 Writers: Anne Lilia Berge Strand / Svein … Continue reading Pop Essays #10: Annie, ‘Heartbeat’
Good afternoon, it's Thursday and time as always for our latest post in the Pop Essays series, where we bring you a second light on forgotten gems from pop music history. Bit of a first this week, as I write about my first non-single of the series... Artist: Siobhan Donaghy Song: Man Without Friends Release … Continue reading Pop Essays #9: Siobhan Donaghy, ‘Man Without Friends’
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