Broad Oak Magazine

Henry Roeland “Roy” Byrd (December 19, 1918 – January 30, 1980), better known as Professor Longhair or “Fess” for short, was an American sin...

Award-winning Santa Fe-based singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Martha Reich has performed at venues around the world. Her music t...

A selection of music in celebration of football’s World Cup, 2026... Barrett Strong - Money (That’s What I Want) (Lyric Video) Pink Floyd - ...

Hamilton Camp was a British-born actor and singer, who relocated to the United States with his family when he was a young child. He is known...

And some more golden oldies from this ageing baby boomer reminiscing about the good old days when life made more sense and there was such a ...

I see we have been here before when I did a post of music ‘The Likely Lads’ would have been listening to in their younger days - https://the...

A front page article in The Times says a study from Cornell University shows that people who are taken in by ‘corporate bullshit’ tend to b...

 “Creativity grows out of two things; curiosity and imagination” - Benny Goodman. Benjamin David Goodman was an American jazz clarinetist an...

This is the music of the Estonian composer Arvo Pärt. It may not be to everyone’s liking but when I first heard it about 30 years ago it ‘gr...

 “Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American pianist who was the greatest jazz composer and bandleader ...

  In this post JD argues that the threat of AI is overstated - but we wonder whether it may narrow the gap between the blue collar and the w...

Skiffle is a DIY, high-energy music genre blending folk, blues, and jazz, originating in 1920s America but surging in 1950s Britain. Popular...

This post began life as a rumination on languages in general but my mind works in mysterious ways and it drifted off into wondering why and ...

Clannad were an Irish band formed in 1970 in Gweedore, County Donegal, by siblings Ciarán, Pól and Máire Uí Bhraonáin and their twin uncles ...

Supertramp emerged from the unlikely partnership of two contrasting musical minds: Rick Davies, a working-class pianist with jazz and blues ...

Yes, it is time for tango once more and a suitable diversion from the madness of the world’s political lunatics/’leaders’: We have had one ...

Caroline Lavelle is a British cellist, composer, and singer / songwriter. She has released three solo albums, collaborated with numerous int...

Fire Mountain - eternally burning natural gas - Yanar Dag, Azerbaijan Yanar Dagh (Azerbaijani: Yanar Dağ, literally ‘burning mountain’) is a...

Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (1906 - 1975) was a Soviet composer and pianist who became internationally known after the premiere of his ...

Tom Lehrer was born on April 9, 1928 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He was a composer and actor, known for A Gathering of Eagle...