Category: Music

  • What is on Spotify this week?

    This week the playlist features… Southern Alps by Gary Daverne Gary Daverne is a composer and conductor with the distinction of being New Zealand’s most prolific arranger and composer of music for accordion. This piece, Ka Puke Maeroero, is a tone poem that evokes the mountains of Te Waipounamu/ The South Island of Aotearoa. Driving…

  • This week’s playlist

    Each week a playlist of audio is curated to go along with the blog. The entries on the playlist have something to do with the articles on the blog although it is not always obvious what that link might be. To listen click on the player above or head over to Spotify and search for…

  • The listening tracks this week

    The playlist this week features: Safari by John Barry. British composer, John Barry, was known for his prolific output for film music. This track comes from Out of Africa, the cinematic rendition of Karen Blixen‘s famous memoir about her life in East Africa in the first decades of the Twentieth Century. That Happy Feeling by…

  • Spotify – the playlist

    Each week a curated playlist of audio goes along with the blog. A separate blog post about has been reinstated this week that describes the tracks and why they have been included in the list. Paying subscribers to Spotify, the platform that hosts the list, can hear all the tracks by clicking on the player…

  • Black History Month

    February is Black History Month, a celebration that is marked by the birthdays of famous abolitionist Americans: Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. Black History Month is recognised in the North America, Europe and Africa, and in the USA the annual event has a theme. This year it is “African Americans and Labor“ The music, fashion…

  • The Spotify playlist

    Each week’s blog is accompanied by a playlist on the streaming platform: Spotify. The playlist is curated from across Spotify to reflect the articles on the blog. Sometimes the link is obvious, sometimes it is more oblique. To listen click on the player above or search for “Music to read a blog by” on the…

  • Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee

    A recent addition to the textile collection shares a great link between textiles and music. Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee are two small characters from the “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” books by Lewis Carroll. The twins were made by artist Sharon Mitchell from Oamaru as part of an exhibition in her hometown of various characters…

  • TOTA – connecting cultures

    If you like reading about the many different ways in which people live around the world then TOTA might just be the ticket… From videos to stories and articles, from photographs to recipes, this website holds a wealth of information about culture. Although attitudes have changed since many of the articles were originally written, losing…

  • The Spotify playlist for the week

    Each week a Spotify playlist is compiled to reflect the entries on the blog. To listen to the playlist either click on the player above or head over to Spotify and search for “Music to read a blog by”. Depending on your subscription type, you will either hear the playlist without interruption or with advertising…

  • This Week’s Spotify playlist

    Each week a playlist of audio on Spotify is curated to go along with the blog. Each item has something to do with the articles on the blog, although sometimes the links are not obvious. To wisent either click on the Player above or go to the Spotify app or website and search for “Music…