Finland: Käärijä and Cha Cha Cha

Is Käärijä review-proof? I mean, this is a man whose music reflects his mantra of “It’s Crazy. It’s Party.” And … More

Romania – Theodor Andrei and D.G.T.

I think we’ve established by now that, by Eurovision standards, I am an old, withered crone, a husk of a … More

First of all, i have to like Bridges. It’s the one Eurovision song this year in which I make an … More

Duncan Laurence’s Arcade is a Eurovision winner I just did not get. It was 2019; I was living in a … More

I used to think that Denmark, one of the happiest nations in the world, had so little angst that it … More

OOOF. (I know I should stop opening these reviews with OOOF, but some of these songs are OOF.) My Sister’s … More

OOOF. I could go into a long blog post here about Sanremo and how the Italian music industry is doing … More

So yesterday, Euronista Twitter had a bit of a meltdown after reading a BBC news article by a BBC music … More

Ooh la la! I associate France with chansons (Patricia Kass, Barbara) or aburdist comedy (Sebastien Tellier, Les Fatals Picards, Twin … More

I woke up with a migraine this morning, and while the pain is largely gone, I’m now in the stage … More