Music

  • I am 2ndwitch: Carole Brooks comes to DOSBBIS Island

    I don’t suppose who or what I am is that interesting – fat, nearly fifty, inveterate academic, politically on the extreme ranting side of left wing, keen photographer, writer, poet, singer, musician, and passionate person. And I knit. But I’ve told you anyhow. And so, if asked to choose my favourite tracks, I can say…

  • How to Bake a Life Musically by Robert W Kinkaid Jr

    My latest visitor to *DOSBBIS Island is photographer, Robert W Kinkaid Jr. Let’s see what music Robert ahs chosen. I spent the day baking, so baking analogies will follow. Your youth as a whole is your ingredients, and you bake the cake of your life over time based on those ingredients;  and everyone’s is different,…

  • Roisin Meaney Visits *DOSBBIS Island With Her Music Choices

    Today, I’d like to welcome best-selling Irish author Roisin Meaney to *DOSBBIS Island with her five musical choices. Since I’m an Irish colleen (or cailín, if you want to spell it like we do) I thought I’d share with you my Irish top 5, as in songs sung by, if not written by, Irish people.…

  • Welcome to *DOSBBIS Island, Ailsa Abraham!

    I had a lot of interest from friends wanting to share their *DOSBBIS Island Discs with me on my blog and am delighted to hand over to the lovely Ailsa Abraham to kick us off. Slipped Discs I so agree with Nettie that personal choice is just that – personal. Like “social media” speaks for…

  • Your Playlist Can Save Your Life: Ten Proven Ways Your Favorite Music Can Revolutionize Your Health, Memory, Organization, Alertness and More

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] Just as most of us know how our sense of smell can evoke memories, I’m sure we can all agree that music can lift our spirits or help us chill. Music has always been a big part of my life – I play several instruments and have been in a few bands…

  • Big Horn Love

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] It seems that several bloggers are taking part in a challenge where each day for 30 days they have to write about and provide a link to different songs that have meant something to them in their lives. Being a little commitment-phobic about blogging every day, it’s not a challenge I felt…