
Aadal (Norway) – Death by Dyson (sample track from the album Aggressive Hymns, Energetic Ballads)
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Reading time: 2 minutesWhen I was a kid I used to be fascinated by Acker Bilk, something of a one-hit wonder I guess, with his ‘Stranger on the

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