Yo ho! Nightrider here! Spanish composers and songwriters Manuel Alejandro and Ana Magdalena produced albums that made international hits for singers. Notable examples include Emmanuel, Luis Miguel, Plácido Domingo, Julio Iglesias, and José José. In this session of...

Yo ho ho! NIghtrider here! In this installment of Hidden Gems, we'll look at the album Íntimamente, released in 1980 and is the fourth album by Mexican singer Emmanuel. Translated in English as Intimately, Íntimamente is Emmanuel's most successful album. Under the...

Today on Hidden Gems we are going to talk about the song that was played during The Joker trailer and that song is "Smile." The song was composed by none other than Charlie Chaplin as a musical piece for the final scene of his movie Modern Times. As we see how the...

Today on Hidden Gem we are going to look at a song the embodies a show that it is a hidden gem in its own right, and that show is Shinya Shokudo, or better know here as Midnight Diner and the song is "Omoide." The series itself is about the main character "The Master"...

Today on Hidden Gem we are going to talk about a sub-genre that has been taking the internet music scene by storm, and that is Future Funk. Future Funk is a sub-genre of Vaporwave. Vaporwave is electronic music that came from the internet in the early 2010s, it...

Today on Hidden Gems I'm going to talk about the intro and outro of an anime that is as dark as they come and it is Berserk. If you are wondering "Why the 2016-2017 series?" then you will be wrong. While they are fine for what they are, they don't get what makes this...

Today on hidden gems we are going to talk about a band who upcoming album release will be their last, and they are The Cranberries. The Cranberries were formed in Limerick, Ireland back in 1989 with the Hogan Brothers on both bass, which Mike plays and guitar, which...

Today we are doing something a bit different today in Hidden Gems because we are going to talk about some exciting news about Prince. While this news is a few weeks old, it is still something big, and I think this news flew under the radar of many people including...

Today in hidden gems we are going to talk about Masashi Kageyama and to many one of the best and underrated soundtrack in not only the 8-bit era but of all time and that game is Gimmick!  Gimmick or Mr. Gimmick in the USA was a platformer created by Sunsoft back in...

Today in Hidden Gems we are going to talk about a landmark album by English Post-Punk band Joy Division and their debut album Unknown Pleasure. Unknown Pleasure was released on April of 1979 and clocks in at just under 40 minutes. The album itself was influential for...