The main thing is to let your creativity loose and capture a moment that really shows the spirit of the music, Ritva says. Well, my music is mostly played in my house – and from an ordinary cd-player. Concerts are very seldom on the agenda. It’s not easy to get a dog- sitter Saturday nights…So, I knew I would have to struggle with this challenge, but I finally came up with these old photos.
Music and concerts offer a great escape to many of us. At least for a moment. This is Camelot and its brilliant singer, Roy Cahn. The group was a favourite with our two younsters for some years, (I liked them too) and we took the car up to Norway to listen to them live.
Lodz Light Move Festival in 2018 – (and a ghost to the left…) was a real treat both visually and orally.
Every Midsummer’s Eve in Sweden, old and young dance around the maypole to traditional music from the violin and the accordion. The youngest are the happiest ones!
Some of the ABBA gold and platina collection in Stockholm at the ABBA museum. Thank you for the Music!
More festivals abroad – they can be quite genuine and lovely. Old musicians are usually the best. I totally love the Edinburgh Tattoo but have no pictures because it was raining too much.
Some music can be hard to really appreciate – Chinese opera is one of those and Bhutanese festival music is another. If you didn’t grow up with this kind of music, it takes time and effort to understand it.
Music can be a passion – and it is – for those musicians who make their livelihood from it.
Happy energy on the Dahlia festival in Holland!
One of the first experiences with making music was by filling glasses of water and playing with my hands – I am still impressed every time I come across it! It can be so easy…my children used to do it too.
Many thanks to Anne for her wonderful theme! I think we all liked it – which was evident in the posts I saw. And for this week’s challenge, please don’t forget to use the “lens-artists” hashtag in your posts so people can find you in the WP Reader.
Next week, Egídio is giving us a new challenge that I am sure you do not want to miss. Check out his site and the WP reader at noon EST in the USA.
Brilliant post, AC! Great variety and a very upbeat selection oof images!
Thank you, Sue!
Such a fun mix of musical images!
I am glad you liked them, thanks!
A fun response Ann-Christine – you truly covered the gamut! Must admit my favorite was your last. I’ve seen playing glasses on TV but never in person. How was he???
Thank you, Tina, he was brilliant. Don’t see this very often nowadays!
Excellent street concerts, even water glasses!
Thank you, Rebecca!
You came up with some great ones – the ABBA gold records are impressive!!
Thank you, Nora – and that was only a tenth of the row…
Well even though you said you struggled you found some great images
Happy you think so!
I wasn’t ”tuned in” to ABBA in their heyday, but I’ve changed my ways. I enjoy their music when listening to satellite radio from the 1970s and 80s. Thanks for the reminder of their success. That’s quite a collection of albums.
My response also reaches back to my archives, but I did happen across some fairly current photos to share this week.
Thank you – and those albums were only a tenth of the whole row…
I can agree, thank you for the music. ABBA was the music of teenage years. Loved the variety of music you showed us in words and photos. the Bhutanese dancers… love that image. There is a beat to that shot.
Thank you, Ritva, happy I could contribute with something even if I am not a big music lover. So interesting to see all the music lovers in the posts – many surprises!
I loved this far-ranging post which shows that music really can offer something to everyone, whatever our age, tastes, interests and underlying culture. I was going to say that your next-to-last shot says it all. But really – they all do!
You are very kind, Margaret – thank you!
That last photo brought back a memory of when my oldest niece was about four months old. She was exploring the top of our dinner table, crawling around it. To prevent her from toppling the glasses, I filled them with water and played them. Her eyes turned big and she burst into laughter. Music can be a delight
It can! Thank you for the story!
Thatsca lifetime capture 😃
Ooops… Thats a lifetime capture 😃
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This classics and trad jazz lover is really smiling at the variety of musical streams you managed to gather . . . 🙂 !
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What a fun and eclectic mix of music and photos Ann-Christine. And wow, that’s a lot of ABBA awards!
Thanks, Brad! And that was a tenth of the whole row of awards…
Wow!
Wonderful variety of music photos!
Thank you so much!
A lovely response to this week’s challenge. 🎵 The images flow together beautifully, just like a great melody. Well done!
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A wonderful variety of music Ann-Christine
Just came from your post…talk about music lover and collector!
Thanks. This is just a bit of my life in music 😀
Thanks for the music – I love anything with ABBA and their music. You got me right from the start. The rest of the gallery is very lively and also captured the spirit of music.
Thank you, Egidio! I had to struggle a bit here…as I am not a big lover of music if i compare to what I’ve seen in this challenge posts!
Awesome collection of images!
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Lovely! pp