Rose Cantine

I love Christmas carols, especially the traditional ones from 19th century England. But if you want to go farther back in time and listen to 17th century Christmas music, make sure you get these songs from the album “Angels and Shepherds” (in MP3 format) recorded by the Netherlands Bach Society (Nederlands Bachvereniging). Among the composers [...]

We are assaulted everyday by noise — sounds from cars, alarms, security people yelling in airports and music (or muzak) in stores, cafes, bars and restaurants. We can’t have decent conversations or concentrate on what we are doing. So I enjoyed this article from Salon talks about No Music Day in Britain (November 21) where [...]

I recommend watching Fred Wilson’s keynote at the Information Industry Summit. Fred Wilson is a partner in Union Square Ventures, an early stage venture capital fund in New York City. They focus on IT-enabled services in the media and marketing, financial services, healthcare and telecom verticals.
Fred says answers the frequently asked questions: If content is [...]

Have you ever tried to remember the title of a song and who sang it? A new application called Midomi says it can help you find music simply by singing a few bars:
Midomi.com makes it fun and easy to find and discover music and people. For the first time, you can use your voice to [...]

I am back in Amsterdam and to mark my arrival (after a month-long absence), here is a beautiful song called Amsterdam by Coldplay from their album “Rush of Blood to the Head”. Apparently Chris Martin wrote this song in Amsterdam.
To listen to the original version, click here. And to see the video taken from one [...]

Song of the day is Friday, I’m in Love. This is the perfect song for a lazy, breezy Friday afternoon in July and it’s from one of my favorite bands, The Cure.
Click here and sing along!
Friday I’m in Love
I don’t care if Monday’s blue
Tuesday’s grey and Wednesday too
Thursday I don’t care about you
It’s Friday, I’m [...]