Name it the King’s Speech, with music.
To have a good time Commonwealth Day on March 10, King Charles has put collectively a playlist, dubbed The King’s Music Room, for Apple Music. It options musicians from throughout the 56 nations of the Commonwealth.
King Charles recorded a trailer/introduction to the playlist from his workplace at Buckingham Palace. You possibly can watch it here.
“All through my life, music has meant an ideal deal to me,” he says within the recording. “I do know that can be the case for thus many others. It has that outstanding skill to carry glad recollections flooding again from the deepest recesses of our reminiscence, to consolation us in instances of unhappiness, and to take us to distant locations.”
The King continues, “However maybe, above all, it could possibly raise our spirits to such a level, and all of the extra so when it brings us collectively in celebration. In different phrases, it brings us pleasure.”
The playlist contains artists from way back to the Nineteen Thirties in addition to Kylie Minogue (from Australia) and Bob Marley (from Jamaica) Grace Jones (additionally Jamaican) and disco and Afrobeats stars.
“Human curation has all the time been a key pillar of our distinctive editorial strategy,” stated Apple Music’s international head of Content material and Editorial Rachel Newman in a press release. “Apple Music Radio is the place tradition is occurring worldwide, and we’re honored that King Charles III selected to share his private playlist with us, and with music followers world wide.”
The King’s Music Room will probably be out there March 10 at 1 a.m. EST on Apple Music 1 at no cost or anytime on demand with an Apple Music subscription.
