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Fence Records on Let’s Get Lyrical 9 May 2011 | 09:40 pm
We’ve been asking celebrities of the music world and further afield to share their favourite song lyrics with us on Let’s Get Lyrical and we’ve had a number of great stories and interviews from the fa...
Let’s Get Lyrical Pocketcards… 5 May 2011 | 11:54 pm
We love song lyrics at Let’s Get Lyrical and what better way to remind you of your favourite lyrics than a fantastic lyrical pocketcard? We’ll be distributing these around Edinburgh all next week – be...
A Chorus Line 4 May 2011 | 09:33 pm
One of the very best fusions of words and music is of course the good old fashioned musical, which is enjoying a bit of a resurgence at the moment. With the news of the South Park creators Trey Parker...
Marion C’s Story: John Martyn’s ‘May You Never’ 26 Apr 2011 | 10:40 pm
groovy funky twangy sweet rhythmic melodic sad wistful hopeful growly sexy earthy painful soft gentle – just some of the things that come to mind when I listen to that track…which I just have. This so...
Ae Fond Kiss of Folk 14 Apr 2011 | 06:24 pm
One of the most popular picks for our celebration of words in music is the good old folk song. Whether it’s an old classic like Burns’ ‘Ae Fond Kiss’, picked by Culture Minister Fiona Hyslop, a tradit...
The Return of Shatner’s Ghost 1 Apr 2011 | 09:13 pm
Through the miracles of modern technology – and perhaps also the rigours of a video editing suite – we can now present a few videos from our classic The Ghost of William Shatner event. The mission – t...
Police and Criminals 30 Mar 2011 | 09:49 pm
We’ve been following the Reader Recommends section on the Guardian blog over the past couple of weeks, where they asked for their readers’ favourite songs about the police one week and about criminals...
Katie T’s Story: Eminem’s ‘Space Bound’ 29 Mar 2011 | 10:48 pm
I love it so much because it’s full of life, telling it how it is. Showing people how much hurts in love and all that stuff, being alone, lonely. And it’s so sad, because he’s showing how much he love...
Spring in your step 25 Mar 2011 | 10:55 pm
Well, everyone, we’ve finally arrived at lovely springtime! We asked a few of you on Twitter what your favourite spring songs were earlier in the week, but we’d though we’d explore a few more suggesti...
Vic Galloway and Withered Hand Speechless 25 Mar 2011 | 10:14 pm
A wordless video with Let’s Get Lyrical favourites Vic Galloway and Withered Hand from the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas.
