Paul Schiernecker

This week, I have been delving in the era of the Top 8 on MySpace with Emmy The Great. While I remember her work on Lightspeed Champion’s Falling Off The Lavender Bridge, this was the first time I’d listened to the English singer/songwriter. There’s a certain (and I’m sorry for using this word) tweeness present…… Continue reading Music Jar – week 24

This week I have been listening to Tracy Chapman. Now we all know Chapman right? It a god-given right that we are born with some awareness there but each person has their own story. I believe I first got into Tracy Chapman when I was at university because someone I fancied who had been on…… Continue reading Music Jar – week 23

This week, I have been listening to singer/songwriter/actress, Ingrid Michaelson. While I am now very interested in tracking down her romcom, Humor Me, it’s more a case of rumour me when it comes to the stories that she has started working on a musical adaptation of The Notebook. While it’s clear from her background that…… Continue reading Music Jar – week 22

This week, I have been listening to Yebba – an artist I hadn’t heard of and was unlikely to if it wasn’t for Becca’s recommendation. She’s a lot better at identifying these new trends in music and knowing about what is cool.  Yebba is a singer/songwriter from West Memphi who has worked with Sam Smith, Stormzy…… Continue reading Music Jar – week 21

This week has been my triumphant joy to listen to nothing but Paramore. Now listen, due to me being so indie that it hurt at the time, I wasn’t allowed to listen to Paramore at the time although I do remember “Barry the Castle” (Brick By Boring Brick) as a colleague called it being played…… Continue reading Music Jar – week 20

This week, I have been enjoying the music of Brandi Carlile. Carlile, from Washington, Seattle is a legend in the field of Grey’s Anatomy as well as being a gay icon. Whatever you do, don’t get her mixed up with Belinda Carlisle, who performed Heaven Is A Place On Earth and is probably also a…… Continue reading Music Jar – week 19

This week, I have been lost in my very own indie movie with the help of the bird and the bee – stylised in lowercase for hipster cool emphasis. I would like to take this opportunity to thank my boyfriend, Scott Rose, for making me aware of this group. The pair from Los Angeles are…… Continue reading Music Jar – week 18

This week, I corrected a twenty-five year error on my part by listening to Lauryn Hill. While I may have been exposed to The Fugees in the past, it’s not the same as the might of The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. Lauryn Hill is credited not just as breaking down barriers for women in music…… Continue reading Music Jar – week 17

This week I have mostly been riding my skateboard and drinking orange and cranberry because it has been the turn of Stevie Nicks. We all know Stevie Nicks from Fleetwood Mac but she also wrote a league of stuff herself and in particular, her debut album, Bella Donna, deserves to be heralded as one of…… Continue reading Music Jar – week 16

This week, I got to listen to Billie Holiday, an artist that everyone knows but I couldn’t have told you much about. Billie was a jazz singer from Philadelphia who changed the landscape of music as well as what was considered possible as a black woman in the arts, performing in a time of segregation…… Continue reading Music Jar – week 15