Music: From Jools Holland to Glastonbury
The musician Jools Holland has recorded his 200th music show. Holland was happy to joke and take a walk down memory lane when asked. He spoke about starting his own band when he was fifteen. The band was named Squeeze. There were two other members Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook.
However, Holland’s musical ability was already being nurtured from an earlier age. By the time he was eight he could play the piano faultlessly simply by ear. He had not learnt to read music. By his teens he was so accomplished he was able to perform in pubs in and around London.
The Jools Holland Show has been responsible for highlighting hot new talent. This show could also be regarded as a compilation of the greatest musicians for future generations. The musician and host stated that life would be boring without music. The show’s 200th anniversary will include many of Holland’s favorite bands and singers. Some of the performers are:
Dionne Warwick
Mary J Blige
Cat Power
Radiohead
Feist
The Beatles are Universal
NASA is going to beam music into outer space. The US space agency has made their choice of the first song in the history of humankind to travel through deep space. A network of antennae called the Deep Space Network will beam a song to Polaris. This North Star is four hundred and thirty one light years away from planet Earth.
This event has been selected by Nasa to commemorate the agency’s fiftieth anniversary. The song they chose is Across the Universe by the British band the Beatles. Sir Paul McCartney has asked Nasa to send his love to the aliens. Yoko Ono the widow of John Lennon saw it as a means of communicating with the planets. Fans can do their bit by playing Across the Universe at midnight GMT on Monday night. This is when the song will be transmitted.
Leave No Trace at Glastonbury
Attendees of the Glastonbury music festival will not be allowed to use metal tent pegs. This is the decision made regarding this summer’s festival. The festival is held on the farm of Michael Eavis in Somerset. This farmer has a skip full of metal pegs left behind by previous festival goers. These items are very bad for the cows being raised on this Somerset diary farm and even dangerous. The festival takes place each year at the end of June. Approximately one hundred and seventy five thousand people take part.
However, there is an alternative that will not harm the cows and will allow the festival to be held as usual on the dairy farm. The only kind of tent peg permitted during the festival will be a bio degradable product. It has been tried and tested in the turf industry. This item is made of potato starch. There will be other measures taken to keep the Glastonbury music festival as green as possible. Since the last festival tents left behind are donated to needy causes.
