Come take a break and go Mallorca

So sang Loft in their 1996 single “Mallorca”. Loft a German band founded by two Jamaican brothers Courtney and Richard Williams had a number of chart hits with their earlier singles but this one unfortunately didn’t but became a club favourite. However as we grow older we start to appreciate a different side to Mallorca. …

Should I stay or should I go (2).

That is the dilemma facing most of us at this time.  The UK government is yet to decide whether to change the May 17th for international travel and even then the list of destinations that UK residents can travel to is likely to be limited.  So we are faced with 1982 eternal dilemma of staying …

I Imagine the Country

The song has its origins in the summer of 1989 just prior to the collapse of communism. At a local festival Dežo Ursiny sang John Lennon’s Imagine.  This was followed by a Slovak version written by Ivan Štrpka. The Slovak version became “Predstavujem Si Krajinu” (I imagine the country).  At the time it symbolised living …

Nostalgia de Milan

Giovanni D’Anzi is the writer of the song that bares the title “Nostalgia de Milan”. He was born in Milan in 1906 and wrote many songs relating to Milan. He is most famous for this song ” O mia bela Madonina“. Written in 1934 as a counter to the songs of the Napolean immigrants and …