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Thunder Road by Bruce Springsteen
#listeneveryday 12 Nov 2020 The opening track on Springsteen's iconic 1975 album Born To Run and perhaps one of the...

Simon Rushby
Nov 12, 20202 min read


The Lads In Their Hundreds by George Butterworth
#listeneveryday 11 Nov 2020 The lads in their hundreds to Ludlow come in for the fair, There's men from the barn and...

Simon Rushby
Nov 11, 20202 min read


Spiegel im Spiegel by Arvo Pärt
#listeneveryday 10 Nov 2020 In our busy world, stillness is hard to come by. Enforced lockdown has been cruel to...

Simon Rushby
Nov 10, 20202 min read


The Room Where It Happens by Lin-Manuel Miranda
#listeneveryday 9 Nov 2020 "This is a story about America then, told by America now" said Lin-Manuel Miranda about his new...

Simon Rushby
Nov 9, 20202 min read


West End Blues by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five
#listeneveryday 6 Nov 2020 Jazz history was made on June 28, 1928 in a Chicago recording studio, when Louis Armstrong put...

Simon Rushby
Nov 6, 20202 min read


We Didn't Start The Fire by Billy Joel
#listeneveryday 5 Nov 2020 A suggestion with a fire-related theme for Bonfire Night, this unusual song was released as a...

Simon Rushby
Nov 5, 20202 min read


Adagietto: 4th movement from Symphony No.5 by Mahler
#listeneveryday 4 Nov 2020 The beginning of the 20th century saw Austrian composer Gustav Mahler deeply in love with Alma...

Simon Rushby
Nov 4, 20202 min read


Overture to Don Giovanni by Mozart
#listeneveryday 3 Nov 2020 In early 1787 the 31-year old composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart made a very successful visit to...

Simon Rushby
Nov 3, 20202 min read


Feeling Good by Nina Simone
#listeneveryday 2 Nov 2020 A new musical toured the UK in 1964 and played on Broadway, New York in 1965. It's name was The...

Simon Rushby
Nov 1, 20202 min read


In My Life by The Beatles
An iconic Beatles song from their 1965 Rubber Soul album

Simon Rushby
Oct 27, 20201 min read


#listeneveryday - launching November 2nd!
Starting in November, I'm posting every weekday with a suggestion for something to listen to. It could be from any style of music, and...

Simon Rushby
Oct 26, 20201 min read


Singapore 2020
Just before Covid-19 made travel impossible and saw my and many other people's work schedules emptied, I was in Singapore for a few...

Simon Rushby
Oct 16, 20201 min read


Kenya 2019
After six weeks in Indonesia and five in the USA, my final work trip of an eventful 2019 was five weeks in Kenya, and my first experience...

Simon Rushby
Oct 16, 20209 min read


New Jersey and Pennsylvania 2019
In May and June 2019 I worked in North Eastern USA, just at the time that Spring's sunshine was beginning to replace levels of rainfall...

Simon Rushby
Oct 15, 20208 min read


'Morning Dawn' on Eastenders 35th anniversary finale
The track 'Morning Dawn', which I wrote with Michael Price and Nick Hill for our album 'Warm Piano', was used as the closing track in the...

Simon Rushby
Mar 24, 20201 min read


Beautiful Indonesia
I spent just over five weeks in this amazing country early in 2019, four in the bustling capital, Jakarta, a relaxing weekend on the...

Simon Rushby
Sep 12, 20194 min read


Hong Kong 2018
Time I caught up! In October and November 2018 I spent five weeks working in Hong Kong, my second trip to one of my favourite places. As...

Simon Rushby
May 27, 20191 min read


Turkey - part 3: Fethiye to Aydin
The third and final part of my travelogue of a 7-week tour of Turkey in April/May 2018. After four really beautiful days surrounded by...

Simon Rushby
Sep 24, 20184 min read


Turkey - part 2: Adana to Fethiye
Part 2 of my travelogue of a 7-week tour of Turkey in April/May 2018. The week in Adana was very comfortable in a nice hotel and though...

Simon Rushby
Jul 7, 20186 min read


Turkey - part 1: Ankara to Adana via Istanbul
I'm recently back from a 7-week tour of Turkey. I visited 10 towns and cities and learned so much about a country I had never been to...

Simon Rushby
Jun 4, 20185 min read
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