Mike Ramnarine

Music, Technology, Life

Katzenjammer Live 23rd May 2012

At XOYO Katzenjammer is four girls from Norway making mad and energetic folk pop. They are incredibly upbeat and are hard to dislike. It was the kind of gig that left you with a smile on your face for the rest of the night. [youtube http://youtu.be/-kbdCDeKSoI] The opening act, Ben Caplan, was a solo singer-songwriter from Canada.…

May 25, 2012
Strive

The future is all around us. Its in the air; we live and breathe it. Each day it shifts in and out of focus. There are brief moments that I feel I know what I am doing. There are others I am lost. There are times I feel I’m heading in a direction I want.…

May 24, 2012
Bristol Folk Festival 2012

A week on from The Bristol Folk Festival and I have decided that a blow by blow account of the festival may not be the best idea. It would leave me with questions such as ‘you spent how much?’ and ‘you did what until seven in the morning on the bank holiday Monday?’ As a…

May 15, 2012
The Sound In Your Head

There are times when a song just gets under your skin. Causes a visceral change in brain chemistry. This may manifest as bobbing and weaving in time or a fixation and disinterest in the rest of the world. Other than subtle cues an observer is largely unaware of the listeners state of mind. Truely a ‘you had…

March 19, 2012
John Cage’s Musicircus

by the English National Opera at the London Coliseum 3rd March 2012 When invited to an event that even the person inviting me doesn’t know what to expect what am I to do other than check my calendar and say ‘sure’. John Cage is not an artist I was familiar with and the event was…

March 4, 2012