Having (so far!) survived the greatest global health crisis for a century – and what is arguably the most consequential sociocultural catastrophe since the second world war – among the things this technophobe has been most grateful for over the past couple of years is my smartphone and its now most-used application: WhatsApp.
Music Mate
Your monthly music column by singer/songwriter Franki August
Hey friends and a big hip hip hooray happy new year to you all! I hope you had a wonderful...
Music Mate
Your monthly music column with Franki August
I think it’s fair to say that these uncertain times impact us all in different ways. Some of us get quiet, others get loud, some of us get busy doing anything and everything, others do nothing at all. Some of us get upset at everyone and everything and others revert...
‘Google it’ is so entrenched in our everyday vernacular, most have probably forgotten how we used to ‘Ask Jeeves’ to settle pop culture trivia or reveal the capital city of some obscure former Soviet state. But well before we had our own virtual valets there was Archie – before most even had computers in our households, let alone an internet connection.
Though it’s somewhat subjective, a good case can be made for music being the most evocative, immediate, and downright powerful art form. It’s also one of the of the oldest and most mysterious.









