Friday 20 September 2013

PASSENGER: THE BEST BRITISH FOLK


You may have listened to a song called "Let Her Go" without even knowing the name of the singer. You are not to blame! He is not the most famous artist in the world, not even in Britain-at least for the moment being.



His name is Mike Rosemberg and he is called "Passenger" since he chose to keep the name of his previous folk-rock band. He was born in Brighton (England) in 1984. There he founded "Passenger" with Andrew Philips in 2003. The band only released an album, Wicked Man´s Rest, before separating.


As a solo artist, he has produced three albums: Wide Eyes Blind Love (2009), Flight of the Crow (2010) and All The Little Lights (2012).


It would be with that song from this album (Let Her Go) that he became successful, topping the charts in at least 16 countries all over the world. It´s one of those few cases when a fantastic song finds its way into the most popular musical radio programmes (nobody knows how).


Let´s hope that this unexpected success doesn´t have a counterproductive effect on his career. We want to show you that there is much more about Passenger than a song (no matter how good it can be!)


There is a curious anecdote about him and Spain: Some months ago, he started to play the guitar and sing in Preciados Street in Madrid, to many people´s amazement, when suddenly he was asked to stop singing by the police, who had no idea who that man could be. They might have listened and enjoyed his music from then on.


As we usually say, enjoy some of his best songs!


                                                               The Wrong Direction


                                                                          Holes



                                                                   I Hate


                                                                  Wide Eyes

Monday 16 September 2013

WE ARE BACK!


A new schoolyear is just about to begin. The long summer is now behind us and the difficult time to start again to work or to study has already come.

Yes, we know that the first days will be hard but we are also sure that in the next few weeks we won´t even remember the last holidays. This is going to be a schoolyear like many others but don´t forget that it is also going to be different to all the other you have lived through.

The English Department will go on with this blog. You know that all your contributions will be welcome since the main goal of it is to share with you many cultural or linguistic aspects related to English language and the culture of the countries where it is spoken.

Come with us! To start with, listen to Chuck Berry´s famous School Days. We have a cover of the song by AC/DC for those of you who love hard rock. Enjoy them both!