Every December, as fairy lights twinkle across frosted windows and champagne glasses clink at candlelit parties, the same question arises: what is the definitive Christmas soundtrack? Music, after all, is the invisible garland that binds together the rituals of the season — from midnight masses to after-dinner slow dances. Some songs are frothy, sequined confectionsContinue reading “The Soundtrack of the Season – Santa Claus is Back in Town”
Category Archives: Music
SHE, WHO IS MOTHER: BJÖRK
For more than four decades, Björk Guðmundsdóttir has moved through genres, art forms, and technologies with the elemental force of Iceland’s geology: eruptive, unpredictable, deeply rooted in nature, and yet astonishingly futuristic. To speak of Björk is to speak of sound as sculpture, voice as topography, emotion as a form of design. Hers is notContinue reading “SHE, WHO IS MOTHER: BJÖRK”
The Sugarcubes: Iceland’s Beautiful Shock to the System
In the late 1980s, at the faint edge of Europe’s cultural radar, a strange and electrifying sound drifted out of Reykjavik. It came from The Sugarcubes, a band whose brief but incandescent life changed the trajectory of Icelandic music — and launched one of the most singular voices of the 20th and 21st centuries, BjörkContinue reading “The Sugarcubes: Iceland’s Beautiful Shock to the System”
Monthly Picks: The Track Star Podcast
Why You Should Be Listening to The Track Star Podcast If you love music, stories behind songs, or simply want a podcast that blends insight with entertainment, The Track Star Podcast deserves a place in your rotation. I listen to it religiously. I learn something new about music every week, and it has opened myContinue reading “Monthly Picks: The Track Star Podcast”
An Ode to Rosalía
There are artists who sing, and then there are artists who shift the air around them. Rosalía belongs firmly to the latter. She moves through sound the way a dancer moves through space—boldly, incandescently, with that exquisite balance of rigour and risk that marks a true original. To listen to her is to feel aContinue reading “An Ode to Rosalía”
Jimmy Cliff (1944–2025)
A titan of reggae, a voice of resilience, and the man who carried Jamaica to the world. Jimmy Cliff — singer, songwriter, actor, activist, and one of the towering architects of reggae — has died at the age of 81 after a seizure and complications from pneumonia. His wife, Latifa Chambers, announced his passing onContinue reading “Jimmy Cliff (1944–2025)”
Monthly Pick: Pulp & Suede — Britpop Elders, Future Tense
Two 1990s powerhouses return with records that feel resolutely now. I am currently listening to both on repeat. Maybe because I came of age in the 1990s, but more so because they are that good. Pulp’s More is the first studio album in 24 years — Jarvis Cocker’s wry surveillance of middle age set toContinue reading “Monthly Pick: Pulp & Suede — Britpop Elders, Future Tense”
Pick of the Month: Beyoncé x Levi’s
The Denim Cowboy Rides—Why Beyoncé x Levi’s Is Our Style Sensation of the Month
R.E.S.P.E.C.T.
There’s not just one, but two 20th Century Legends we love above and beyond here at MWoI. The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll and The Queen of Soul, Miss Aretha Franklin.
African American Music
As part of my deep dive into the history of the United States of America, and my recent Deep South obsession, as well as love for music, and modern music history, I have been endlessly listening to Mississippi Delta Blues (see post image of the legendary Robert Johnson) and Motown. If any of this isContinue reading “African American Music”
My World of Interiors 