Listen again to S2, E12-13 of the podcast Success Beyond The Score
Let’s wrap up the individual interviews section of my podcast Success Beyond The Score S2 with the one and only Ruby Turner.
Music in the UK
‘Music Is Your Superpower: How Music Changes Lives’
Sammy Stein has a rich and extensive bibliography about music —particularly jazz— and gender. She has recently published a new book, probably her most ambitious in terms of scope so far. It is titled ‘Music Is Your Superpower: How Music Changes Lives’. I already ordered my copy!
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‘You’re Still The One’ Sax Cover – The Millicent Stephenson Trio
‘You’re Still The One’ is arguably one of the best known songs of Shania Twain, which is a lot to say, given her extraordinary career as the best-selling female artist in country music history. Here is a sax version by The Millicent Stephenson Trio.
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‘Because You Loved Me’ Sax Cover – The Millicent Stephenson Trio
Celine Dion has one of those voices that has moved the hearts of entire generations. In the same line of our cover of Whitney Houston’s ‘Run To You’, which is part of a movie soundtrack, for Celine we picked the main theme of the film Up, Close & Personal: ‘Because You Loved Me’. Have a listen here.
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‘Fly Me To The Moon’ Sax Cover – The Millicent Stephenson Trio
A new, lovely Sunday afternoon, a new video for all of you. Back at Ditton Manor, the Millicent Stephenson Trio performed the legendary song ‘Fly Me To The Moon’, written by Bart Howard in 1954. Our interpretation is based on Frank Sinatra’s recording of it, which released around a decade later.
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‘Run To You’ Sax Cover – The Millicent Stephenson Trio
Music has been a vehicle to express love for thousands of years. As a result, we have an extraordinary musical vocabulary to convey, or attempt to convey, what newly-weds feel. A voice who added many words to this metaphorical dictionary was Whitney Houston, including ‘Run To You’, the fourth single of the now legendary ‘The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album’ (1992).
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MU Manifesto for the 2026 Senedd election
On May 7, Wales will vote to elect the 96 new members of the Senedd Cymru (Welsh Parliament). In preparation, the Musicians Union has written a manifesto that proposes practical actions to improve conditions for music, culture and the arts.
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Listen again to S2, E4-7 of the podcast Success Beyond The Score
Today, I want to take you back to two podcast interviews I had with brilliant women in music: Louise Dengate and Abigail Kelly.
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A hopeful type of melancholy
Many rivers to cross | But I can’t seem to find my way over | Wandering, I am lost | As I travel along White Cliffs of Dover
