A surprise in a couple of the later Highlander films, in complete contrast to the music by Queen, was this haunting song called Bonny Portmore, featuring the wonderfully clear voice of Loreena McKennitt. This video is from the third of those movies... Also from Scotland, and written by Vladimir Cosma for the TV series of Kidnapped, is this theme, presented as a video but really just a still

A few weeks ago there was a lot in the papers about Google and the Performing Rights Society failing to agree a deal. We were told that British surfers would soon be blocked from viewing Youtube music videos. Then the story went quiet and I thought no more of it. Until yesterday, when I tried to view a music video and was told "This video is not available in your country". So maybe it has started....

There is something about just really good Music. It touches the bones in all of us. Now our tastes may vary greatly, but we all can recognize a piece that is just done really well. In this video is a song that hits my bones, it has all the essentials of a sound in music that you only get out of the backward hills, swamps and bayous of the U.S.I hope you enjoy this, the song starts at 02:35 . I cou...

Oxfam have produced this rather splendid video, Face The Music, to illustrate how the people least able to cope with this warming world of ours (and will suffer more as a result) are also the ones who've contributed the least in terms of emissions. Worth watching for the music alone, which will hopefully reach the ears of those currently engaged in the Poznan talks.

Video of the Week 25/11 - 01/12: Chromeo - 'Momma's Boy' There's something of a dearth of good new music around at the moment, so it's all the more gratifying when a gem of a pop song like this comes along. And, it has a great little retro video to boot...

The debt ceiling debate is on the forefront of the minds of Americans. That said, and with President Obama seemingly using the national crisis surrounding the debt ceiling solely for political maneuvering ahead of the 2012 presidential election, let this video serve as reminder of just what a disaster that this President as been! For those of you who voted for Obama the first time around and for t...

Modern classical music is so widely disliked by audiences because the human brain struggles to find patterns it needs to understand the compositions as music. So, let us start at the beginning. Music is what the human brain recognises as music: if it ain’t so recognised then it’s noise. Humans do not recognise “modern music” as

Sexually explicit music videos should have age ratings, an inquiry into the sexualisation and commercialisation of childhood is to say.

I draw to your attention an informative and powerful essay by Guido Fackler on music in the Nazi camp system. It deals both with music as an instrument of domination and torment and with music as 'a defense against the...

Is this the best that Draper can come up with? No attribution for the music either! (This Labour video is NSFW, wear your headphones!) Click on the video to see the comments left at YouTube. Hat Tip - Chicken Yoghurt :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: ::