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When Paul McCartney released his first post-Beatles solo album it didn't do well, at least with the critics. Compared to his radical bandmate John Lennon, he just seemed twee and lo-fi.

Many years later the album is seen as hugely influential. In fact the pendulum has swung on so much of his solo work. Even so, it is hard to believe no-one at the time thought 'Every Night' a great song.

Marshall Bruce Mathers III (aka Eminem) has announced that he is finishing off his alter ego, Slim Shady. A highly controversial and comic creation he gave vent to what Eminem saw in everyone, though, as is perhaps inevitable, the artist gradually turned in to a grumpy old dad, moaning at what rap had become. Marshall also had his addictions and became close friends with Elton John who helped him through them.

Yes, I know, having said last week was a one-off here it is again. But last week got a lot of views so here's James Maynard on how he accepted the Fields Medal.

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Okay, don't worry, it won't be a regular feature, but in an otherwise somewhat dull Bulletin here is one of the 'Shorts' on our YouTube Channel from our Nobel Prize winner. Shorts are going rather well. 'Longs' are also okay though. 

Fanny Mendelssohn was a prolific composer of over 400 works, mainly piano pieces and songs, most of which were never published in her lifetime (the first half of the nineteenth century). She was also a very talented pianist herself.

Dance away the heartache

Dance away fears

This concert of woodwind chamber music by 'Crosswinds', will feature music from Beethoven and Poulenc played by our own Nick Jones (pictured) on bassoon and, from Statistics, Matthias Winkel (oboe) and James Martin (piano).

St John's College, 29 April 2024 - 7.00 pm.

'The Harder They Come' is a 1972 Jamaican crime film that achieved international success and played a major role in bringing reggae to a wider audience. Ska and reggae artist Jimmy Cliff was its star and this is the title track.

Beyoncé's country album (she cannily calls it a 'Beyoncé' album not a 'Country' album) is inevitably causing much debate, not least about the origins of country music itself. In fact one of the key moments in the emergence of Country was the 1927 Bristol session, recorded in Bristol, Tennessee. The Carter Family were one of the artists at the session and they became one of the first big Country recording stars. This song is from that 1927 session.