Month: December 2017

Holiday Special: John Denver and the Muppets – A Christmas Together (1979)

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What is it about Christmas and holiday music? One thing’s for sure, it definitely takes us back to our childhoods. That’s precisely where Graeme, Shannon, and Rob went on this special holiday episode of  Deeper Cuts; specifically, to the 1979 album John Denver and The Muppets – A Christmas Together. They discuss favourite tracks, common Read more about Holiday Special: John Denver and the Muppets – A Christmas Together (1979)[…]

9: Supertramp – Breakfast In America (1979)

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Pop music; we all have to start somewhere. For Graeme, pop music was a big part of his journey as a pre-teen, skipping a grade in school and finding himself surrounded by the monstrous reality known as Junior High School. During that time of awkwardness and alienation, it was Supertramp’s massively popular 1979 album Breakfast Read more about 9: Supertramp – Breakfast In America (1979)[…]

Deeper Cuts Spotify Playlist: Week Eight

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You might think all of us at Deeper Cuts have gone Hollywood with this week’s Spotify playlist. It’s only logical that you feel this way. But we don’t think you’ll be saying goodbye stranger to Supertramp’s Breakfast in America anytime soon. I mean, oh darling, if you ask Graeme there hasn’t been a better album from the Read more about Deeper Cuts Spotify Playlist: Week Eight[…]

Beethoven addendum: Classical music recommendations

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Sometimes we have to cut material from the podcast. From episode 8, we have Graeme, Rob and Shannon offering their recommendations of other classical pieces to listen to. Graeme suggests Bach’s Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers wake) and Thomas Tallis’ Spem in Alium; Rob recommends Claude Debussy’s La fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Read more about Beethoven addendum: Classical music recommendations[…]