The famous composer George Frideric Handel composed a set of English Baroque-style church music known as the “Water Music” between 1717 and 1727. The accompanying dance movements are performed to four parts of the music. […]

Watching a movie is a great way to learn about music. The film score is usually the first thing we hear in a movie, and it gives us some insight into the genre of the […]

When we listen to music, our brain automatically has the ability to make sense of rhythms, melodies and similar sounds. There are different levels of recognition for each specific sound and this is what makes […]

The Auckland band, Blue Train, has just covered by Steve Sherriff’s composition “Combover Blues” that happened to be originally written for a blues music group. The song was originally released in 1981, but the popularity […]

For the past 17 years, the band Blue Train has been a mainstay on Auckland’s music scene. The band is well known for their original compositions and even more so for their irreverent sense of […]