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[Globaltruth]

Thanks G, that's great...unfortunately there's no Alemu Aga for me - they're all that faded way when you know they're there but you're not getting a listen.

those were picked up from my own collection - which, sadly, I cannot share via the Spoot. Notwishtanding this is a great plist & I've contacted WorthyFarm, lat(e) of this parish who has promised to contribute. Here's the link again now I've tempted you....

http://open.spotify.com/user/trautigan/playlist/2xtCLTWTESgxP7JXjSlVjD

[johncorrigan]

Le Grand Depart

Thought that to celebrate Le Grand Depart of the Tour de France in Yorkshire might be a time to start a short collab playlist of things cycle related - just for a bit of fun - different from a Chain! Drop by and add your faves.

http://open.spotify.com/user/jcorrigan1452/playlist/68hw6FSn8ERRS7l3JyTPZc

[Tevot]

Thought that to celebrate Le Grand Depart of the Tour de France in Yorkshire might be a time to start a short collab playlist of things cycle related - just for a bit of fun - different from a Chain! Drop by and add your faves.

http://open.spotify.com/user/jcorrig...8ERRS7l3JyTPZc

Surely there must be room for Pink Floyd's Bike ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBCctL88dRk

Bws,

Tevot

[johncorrigan]

Surely there must be room for Pink Floyd's Bike ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBCctL88dRk

Bws,

Tevot

Still one of my all time favourite lines Tevot: (don't know why!)
I know a mouse, and he hasn't got a house.
I don't know why I call him Gerald.

[cloughie]

Still one of my all time favourite lines Tevot: (don't know why!)
I know a mouse, and he hasn't got a house.
I don't know why I call him Gerald.

A couple of obvious ones are Tomorrow - My white bicycle and Queen Bicycle Song but my favoured contribution would be Cream's Disraeli Gears.

[Tevot]

A couple of obvious ones are Tomorrow - My white bicycle and Queen Bicycle Song but my favoured contribution would be Cream's Disraeli Gears.

For shame - I forgot the mighty and inimitable Pushbike Song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WmhMKWt8DI

Lovely day in West Yorkshire today (after a rather grey and wet early morning...) The countryside looked beautiful

[johncorrigan]

For shame - I forgot the mighty and inimitable Pushbike Song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WmhMKWt8DI

Lovely day in West Yorkshire today (after a rather grey and wet early morning...) The countryside looked beautiful

Great pictures and terrific crowds - Yorkshire did a grand job.

For me it's can always be Viv Stanshall...nowadays it's helmets, then it were clips!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ktXxhC5dcU

[Globaltruth]

Great pictures and terrific crowds - Yorkshire did a grand job.

For me it's can always be Viv Stanshall...nowadays it's helmets, then it were clips!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ktXxhC5dcU

Right, I'm on it now JC - Michael Nyman, the Attraction of the Pedalling Ankle, Pedal Up - Roland Kirk, Sgancia e pedalia - Fred Buscaglione and on and on...

Bit slow, apologies, I've been at their Tour y'know...

[johncorrigan]

Accordions, mellodeons, concertinas and all that

I was reading Accordion Crimes by the wonderful Annie Proulx over the summer, a series of short stories bound together by an accordion that starts life in Sicily before going to New Orleans, Texas and beyond. I suppose that when I was a kid I assumed it was a Scottish instrument and of course nothing could be further from the truth. It, and its relations turn up in all types of music and cultures. So I thought I'd start a collab playlist on Spotty and welcome all contributions as we celebrate the accordion family. Just follow the link!

http://open.spotify.com/user/jcorrigan1452/playlist/0INZHwN9BsM8cWoMZLTY14

[johncorrigan]

I was reading Accordion Crimes by the wonderful Annie Proulx over the summer, a series of short stories bound together by an accordion that starts life in Sicily before going to New Orleans, Texas and beyond. I suppose that when I was a kid I assumed it was a Scottish instrument and of course nothing could be further from the truth. It, and its relations turn up in all types of music and cultures. So I thought I'd start a collab playlist on Spotty and welcome all contributions as we celebrate the accordion family. Just follow the link!
http://open.spotify.com/user/jcorrig...BsM8cWoMZLTY14

The playlist is coming along a treat as you can find out if you would like to make a visit - accordionists and their ilk from around the globe - all additions most welcome.

http://open.spotify.com/user/jcorrigan1452/playlist/0INZHwN9BsM8cWoMZLTY14

...and in the process this rather excellent companion site.

http://accordionvideos.info/great-accordion-players/

[johncorrigan]

Here's a rather interesting and enjoyable taster from our old correspondent of these threads, Mr Lateralthinking, giving us a concertina/mbira combination not on Spotty but it's an example of the wealth of enjoyment to be found on our acc/con/mel playlist.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBNJdiEZOlo

...and here's a reminder of the playlist for anyone who fancies a visit or might even enjoy contributing.

http://open.spotify.com/user/jcorrigan1452/playlist/0INZHwN9BsM8cWoMZLTY14

[Globaltruth]

and so, after much discussion, the accordion list has had everything possible squeezed out of it. And on we go, up and down, avast there landlubbers....

http://open.spotify.com/user/trautigan/playlist/2ZawdroEi67DKTf97CjeTZ

who'll weaken first & post the Trenet?

[Lat-Literal]

Dropped out of Spotify when I bought a new computer and it all got much too complicated. I'm still on the old XP Cape Canaveral rather than the Windows 8 but will sort out that situation quickly somehow. Attaching a mouse might help.

This seems as good a thread as any to post a few clips. No one could fault the promotion around Mbongwana Star. As for the content, I'm not too sure about it. I do like the summer dust that rises in it but it is very much in Gilles Peterson territory. Note the direct reference to Todd Terry's "Bango". That is not a bad thing in the slightest but it proves the point.

Always welcome intelligent football songs, especially those conveying elements of wistfulness. Like the Harry Harris track and he is well-meaning but vocally he is more a male Tracy Chapman than anything of greater emotional substance or roots.

Always keep an eye on the Daptone site as one of the few places on earth with a commitment to true soul and with the promotion of artists who are in the here and now. However, they do seem to be going very poppy. Saun and Starr's links to Sharon Jones are to be applauded and I really don't mind them at all. But.......they seem to typify the lighter direction.

The last recordings of Pops Staples......of the four this one is the best - but there could never have been any doubt.

Mbongwana Star - Shegue - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtmsdFU30_k (6 out of 10)

Harry Harris - Ronnie Radford - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHIbXTFA7fc (6 out of 10)

Saun and Starr - Look Closer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssDpPwKrfZw (6 out of 10)

Pops Staples - Friendship - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDNB5MkvR6I (8.5 out of 10)

[johncorrigan]

The last recordings of Pops Staples......of the four this one is the best - but there could never have been any doubt.

Really enjoying the Pops record, Lat-Lit. Bobby Dylan got a hard time during his born-again phase, but I still love 'Slow Train Coming' and I thought Pops did a wonderful version of the mighty fine 'Gotta Serve Somebody' from that period on 'Don't lose this'. Agree wholeheartedly about Mbongwana Star - don't quite get there though I want them to.

I like The Soil and this one in particular. Not a Beat box kind of guy but I make an exception for this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8RvqS17HHY

[Lat-Literal]

Really enjoying the Pops record, Lat-Lit. Bobby Dylan got a hard time during his born-again phase, but I still love 'Slow Train Coming' and I thought Pops did a wonderful version of the mighty fine 'Gotta Serve Somebody' from that period on 'Don't lose this'. Agree wholeheartedly about Mbongwana Star - don't quite get there though I want them to.

I like The Soil and this one in particular. Not a Beat box kind of guy but I make an exception for this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8RvqS17HHY

Yes - new to me and I like it very much. Many thanks John.

I also like Slow Train Coming, Saved and the fact that I am attempting to type this on Windows 8.

A very small screen and I have no idea where to find the volume control but it is a start.

A few more:

Michael Chapman - Savage Amusement (Secret Recordings SECCD115) - Reissue of 1976 album, recorded by Stax producer Don Nix. Toughened-up band versions of originals and well-chosen covers make for an exciting roots-rock record. Bonus tracks, 16-page booklet. The Secret of the Locks - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ9GnTGwcr4 (6 out of 10)

Gina Williams and Guy Ghouse on ABC Radio performing a song in the Noongar language about the indigenous men who fought in WWI despite official prohibition. Noongar is only spoken now by a very small number of people. Williams and Ghouse have other songs on You Tube. Minny OK - http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/...lliams/6419022 (7 out of 10)

Tom Russell's frontier musical "The Rose of Roscrae": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zLha1neU8k// http://www.theguardian.com/music/201...roscrae-review (8.5 out of 10)

Manatee Commune - WAKE (NPR Tiny Desk Submission Contest) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qdtVdqbenw (6.5 out of 10)