Swedish music and Sweden during WWII
Swedens neutrality can be argued therefor it might not bet that strange that a song named ”My Soldier” or in Swedish ”Min soldat” was
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Polish music and uprising during WWII
This song translates to ”Axe, Hoe” and was a famous Polish military and street-level protest song from the war. It became the most
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Zarah Leander, Novgorod and White Roses in Germany
For this part of my series on music during World War II I’m mostly staying in Germany, but it’ll include a little bit
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Allied music during WWII
Compered to the music from World War I many World War II songs focused more on romance and strength instead of propaganda, morale,
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Japan and japanese music during WWII
In Japan the musical genre of ”ryūkōka” had been popular since the 20’s. It was influenced by western music, however after 1936 war
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French music during WWII
It took only six weeks for France to capitulate to the German invaders, which was a stunning defeat. The occupation of France is a
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Danish music during WWII
The occupation of Denmark began in the middle of the danish golden jazz era. The Germans came on the 9th of April 1940 and
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Atheism and intelligent life
Last night in a periscope, while talking about religion I came out as the atheist I am. Perhaps a bit sloppy I wrote;
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Uppfinningar och p-pillret närmar sig pensionsåldern
Varje vecka skriver jag minst en artikel till Tidningen Gränslöst. Den här veckans artikel handlar om p-pillret och dess historia, eftersom det fyller 60
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Belgian popcorn & oldies – Vol. I
Belgian Popcorn is a style of music and dancing established in Antwerpen in the 70s. There it became a sub-culture – comparable with Northern
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