This video – Womyn by Alysha Brilla – is the title song of her second album by the same name. I recently heard the Canadian singer-songwriter, who hails from Kitchener, at a wonderful house concert is east Toronto. I didn’t know then but Alysha...
Both Sides Now is a Canadian classic, written and performed by Canadian musician, singer songwriter and painter, Joni Mitchell. Joni began her professional career performing in small Saskatchewan nightclubs in the early 60s, later moving to Toronto where she became...
I Want You. This very simple Tom Wait’s song is interpreted here by Toronto’s own – jazz singer Holly Cole. I love how she interprets her songs. A while back, Holly put out an album of American singer-songwriter Tom Wait’s songs where this one...
What are muscle buttons? In the following video, pronunciation instructor, Adrian Underhill, talks of the key physical elements which we all need to be able to isolate in order to move from habitual mouth movements to adjusting these movements at...
I often write about the connection between music and language skills. I believe that music plays a huge role in how we develop our communication skills. I have noticed that very few of my accent students have ever studied music which seems to indicate the...