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. …

Les Maldvies ou les Seychelles?

Swift Guad is a French Hip-Hop artist, who like many artists sings about failed relationships.  In this track translated into English as “I turn around”.  He asks “Question existentielle : les Maldvies ou les Seychelles?”  This is a question that is asked by many travellers considering a trip to the Indian Ocean.  The chorus of …

Streets of Bucharest

“We danced on the streets of Bucharest” sing the Romanian pop stars Florian Rus and Maria Mirabela Cismaru, better known as MIRA.The song “Strazile din Bucuresti“ is about young lovers who meet on a Bucharest city street. Bucharest is home to the world’s biggest parliamentary building.  Originally at The Palace of Parliament but more commonly …