Life can get busy, hectic. Sometimes, it’s just all too much and we need some respite from the grind. We need quiet time, or at least space to refasten our anchors to solid ground. Music can help with that. It can soothe us by way of gentle tones and comforting melodies. It can remind us Read more about Deeper Questions: Restful Refrains![…]
Our favourite music provokes an emotional response. Sometimes, it provokes a physical one, too – laughter! Whether silly or sophisticated, wacky or risibly wise, the music that makes us laugh can hold the same kind of importance to us as the music that makes us cry, or dance for that matter. So, the deeper question Read more about Deeper Questions: Mirthful Melodies![…]
Across music history, cover versions have been plentiful. Some are good. Some are decidedly not! Some are earnest and reverential of the source material. Some depart from it in order to shock, or take the piss. But some stand out from the crowd by completely re-defining the source material. They get us to completely re-assess Read more about Deeper Questions: Re-Defining Cover Versions![…]
Music is sometimes at its best when it helps us make a connection to our own feelings about things, whatever those feelings happen to be. Maybe it has an impact on us because of the bottomless sorrow or indescribable joy as described by narrators in the song. It makes it easy to put ourselves in Read more about Deeper Questions: Tearful Tuneage![…]
Sometimes, songs tell us the story of our own lives. Sometimes, they tell the stories of others. And in some cases, those two things even intersect. What are our favourite story songs? What is it about them that brings relatable themes forward, and even create a sense of empathy while wrapping everything in a beloved Read more about Deeper Questions: Story Songs![…]
As Marvin and Tammi once said, it takes two, baby. With that in mind, what duets and vocal blends from two singers are the pinnacle to the principle that sometimes, it takes two voices to really bring out the magic in a song? That’s this week’s Deeper Question, gentle readers. How did the Deeper Cuts Read more about Deeper Questions: Duets That Do it![…]
Television is more than just a visual medium. Some of the best music we remember comes from the opening songs and themes to our favourite TV shows. Some are cheesy. Some are very catchy. Some are both! So, which TV theme songs do the Deeper Cuts Trio love to this day? Since all three are Read more about Deeper Questions: Favourite TV Theme Songs![…]
They say that music is the international language. Sometimes, melodies, tones, and atmospheres that music can create can transcend everything even if the lyrics are in another language. That’s this week’s Deeper Question, Deeper Cuts fans: What piece of music, song, or even whole album had immediate impact even when delivered in a language that Read more about Deeper Questions: Foreign Language Favourites![…]
In these dark days of political upheaval and world-class asshattery at the very top tiers of power, we all want to accentuate the positive. So, what songs make us look up from our shoes, and tell us to quit our mopin’? That’s the Deeper Question of the week: defiantly happy songs. It’s those tunes that Read more about Deeper Questions: Defiantly Happy Songs[…]
At one time, and even still for some today, the radio served as the primary vehicle for discovering the world of pop music that we continue to love throughout our lives even as our tastes change. So the Deeper Question this week is: What’s the first pop song on the radio that you remember hearing Read more about Deeper Questions: Early Radio Faves![…]
Hey, Deeper Cuts fans! We’re excited about upcoming season 2 of our show which we’ll be recording very soon. In the meantime, we thought we shouldn’t keep you hanging. So, this is a new series that’s exclusive (at least right now!) to this site; Deeper Questions! Every week, or as often as we can anyway, Read more about Deeper Questions: The Tingles![…]