Wer die Stadt Soulville auf der Landkarte sucht, wird garantiert nicht fündig. Denn: Sie ist fiktiv und existiert nur in der Fantasie des Komponisten Lars Ericsen. Für ihn ist sie das Zentrum der Soul...
Kubas Hauptstadt, Havanna, ist nicht nur Herkunftsort exquisiter Zigarren, sondern auch musikalische Heimat vieler Tänze und Stile, die Eingang in unsere Unterhaltungsmusik gefunden haben: Cha-Cha-Cha...
Havana, the capital of Cuba, is not only the point of origin of exquisite cigars, but also the musical home of many dances and styles that have found their way into popular music: Cha Cha, Mambo, Rumb...
The ragtime, also known as rag for short, originated as a piano style in the late 19th century in the United States. Characteristic of this style are many syncopations of the melody. Accordingly, the...
Der Ragtime, kurz auch Rag genannt, entstand als Klavierstil im späten 19. Jahrhundert in den USA. Charakteristisch für diesen Stil sind die vielen Synkopierungen der Melodie. Dementsprechend leitet s...
Glücklicherweise hat es die Natur so eingerichtet, dass uns langfristig die positiven Dinge im Gedächtnis stärker haften bleiben als Negatives. Schöne Erinnerungen verblassen nie und begleiten uns ein...
Sailor songs are probably as old as the seafaring itself, because in old times the sailors only had their own singing as cultural entertainment. The typical shanty is mostly in minor and is often char...
If you are trying to find the town of Soulville on a map, you will definitely not succeed. It is fictitious and only exists in the imagination of the composer Lars Ericsen. For him, it is the centre o...
As is well known, it is easier to go through life with a partner than alone, and if you are solo, you usually want a second "soloist" at your side. Seen in this way, Lars Ericsen fulfills a very basic...
Probably any other country in the world is as identified with a particular musical instrument as Scotland is with the bagpipes. In fact there were and are bagpipes in various types and tunings in almo...