lyrics Archives - Bruce Dennill

Insight: The World Of Music Copyright – Not All Bells And Whistles

Insight: The World Of Music Copyright – Not All Bells And Whistles

Sep 14, 2022 | ARTiculate

By HUGH MELAMDOWITZ Hugh Melamdowitz is a Partner at Spoor & Fisher South Africa “There are no virgin births in music. Music comes out of other music,” says Sandy Wilbur, forensic musicologist (cited in Rolling Stone, 2020) – referring to the finite...

Music Interview: Werner Bekker – Songs And Storytelling, Or A Broken Man Under Construction

Music Interview: Werner Bekker – Songs And Storytelling, Or A Broken Man Under Construction

Jul 31, 2019 | ARTicle

[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] By BRUCE DENNILL Werner Bekker will appear as part of the Parklife Gourmet Food & Music Festival on 9 August at the Emmarentia Botanical Garden. Tickets are available now. His new EP, Parts Of A...

Music Review: Successful Joint Operation, Or Band Of Brothers

Music Review: Successful Joint Operation, Or Band Of Brothers

Jan 25, 2015 | chART

By BRUCE DENNILL Elbow: The Take Off And Landing Of Everything Elbow are not your average band. They make music their way, including literary lyrical references, telling honest stories and making mini-epics rather than songs (the average length of the...

Music: Five Things U2 Got Right On Pop

Music: Five Things U2 Got Right On Pop

Jun 7, 2014 | ARTiculate

By JOHN ELLIS There were a zillion reasons why U2’s 1997 album Pop was considered to be the band’s nadir. Today, three studio albums and a billion dollars later, U2-watchers remain fiercely divided over the glitterball-y, Warholian K-Mart of an album that The Edge...