Posts filed under: Other Artists

OLD ROCKER NEEDS A NEW SONG!!!

He’s certainly NOT the Rolling Stones or Elvis (Presley or Costello) or Stormzy or Sheeran or Manilow or even Screamin’ Lord Sutch! But he DOES need a GREAT ORIGINAL NEW SONG. He WILL find an amazing original new song on... Read More

DOES VLADIMIR PUTIN WRITE GREAT SONGS?

Nothing would surprise us nowadays – The Russian President may well have abilities that the world is unaware of as yet? One thing you can be sure of though is that Starsongs.co.uk has some of the best new songs available... Read More

IS EMANUAL MACRON THE BEST FRENCH SONGWRITER OF ALL TIME?

Even if the French President is a good songwriter, we believe that the accolade of best French songwriter would probably go to the late great Charles Aznavour – What do you think? Still do not dispair, because at Starsongs.co.uk we... Read More

THREE TIMS @ THE FAIRFIELD HALL.

Tuesday this week saw the Tyber Trio (“The Three Tims”) performing a fine selection of J S Bach Variations in the atmospheric foyer of the newly reopened Fairfield Halls  in Croydon. The Fairfeld  Halls are rapidly re-establishing their long standing... Read More

Hey – That’s some way to say goodbye!!!

Well not exactly, it’s NOT really goodbye I’m afraid, even though I am sure that there are some  who might be glad to see the back of moi! I am actually only off for a six week adventure to the... Read More

Hello Halo Hello!

An interactive, LED-lit, halo device that will help people find their way around Croydon’s changing streetscape has been crowned winner of the Croydon i-street competition. The halos which come in three forms – a simple ring, a ribbon and a... Read More

LEAN ON BILL – Plenty Sunshine!

Amazingly the composer and performer of such original soul classics as “Ain’t No Sunshine” from 1971 and “Lean On Me” from the same period is now almost eighty years of age!  Many of Bill’s is songs including the timeless “Just... Read More

JEZZA STORMS GLASTONBURY!

Whether Jeremy Corbyn actually stormed Glastonbury or not is probably a mute point, I think that storming is probably best left to my fellow “Thornton Heathen” the rap star Stormzy, or even General ‘Stormin’ Norman Schwartzkopf, the US commander during... Read More

LOVE, FOOD & MUSIC – THAT’S IT!

Well today was the annual Croydon Food & Music Festival, and a fantabulous time was had by everyone. It goes without saying that the eclectic range of food on offer ranged from A – Z (Angola to Zanzibar) but this... Read More

Is Mavis Staples the best female soul singer?

  I have come to the conclusion that she may well be. We went to the David Lean arts cinema here in Croydon this evening (completely run by local Croydonian volunteers) to see Mavis! The Documentary about the super talented... Read More
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