In this episode of Between Birds of Prey we will focus on the largest military invasion of human history – Germany’s invasion of Soviet Russia during World War II. Operation Barbarossa (or Fall Barbarossa in German) was the name of this operation started on the 22nd of June 1941. Lets make a musical reflexion on…
This episode of Between Birds of Prey is dedicated to the arrival of Summer. We will pay a tribute to this season of the year with a sort of preview of the Summer solstice of next Friday (on the Northern Hemisphere). “Sumer is Icumen In” is the title of an English medieval poem and means…
This week the focus of Between Birds of Prey is John Milton’s epic poem “Paradise Lost”. This very large poem, first published in 1667, tells the story of the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel Satan and their expulsion from the Garden of Eden. “I sung of Chaos and Eternal Night, Taught…
Today, Between Birds of Prey is inspired by Dead Can Dance’s concert in Lisbon in the last week. With this in mind, we have a sort of tribute to the main thematics that Dead Can Dance focus on their songs. Beneath the Lake – Frail Sinking Spirit (Inside Passage) Raison D’être – Death in the…