This month’s music post is dedicated to my new Philips Streamium Webradio. What a great gadget! How much do I love radio again (commercial free). This wonderful piece of technology allows you to listen to a few thousand radio stations from around the globe. It features all the well known treats (and yes I like BBC3), but more importantly it allowed me to tap into a few music genres that I lost touch with, or was never in touch with.

My record / CD collections got stolen about 5 years ago and since then I never really bothered to build up a new one. It is a bit like with lost love. The Streamium brings back all these old memories, as there seems to be a radio station for every genre ever invented. There is a massive pre-selection, plus a search function.

I also realized that I became very fond of world music, which is strange as I dislike people that embrace “not their own” culture, e.g. Tango dancing on public squares, Salsa classes for couples, Indian chill out music to come down, etc. And now, I wake up in the morning listening to Hawaiian folk music and fall asleep while listening to traditional Persian music. Thx Philips for this great gift.