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Clearly out of her comfort zone, Chip Monck she ain't.
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I agree, but, in my permanent role as churlish mod, have to point out that LK is a less than perfect host.
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Didn't hear the Wo3, Global - that one I was mentioning was on Beeb 2 Scotty. I've kinda given up on LK I'm afaid.Originally posted by Globaltruth View Post
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Thanks for the tip - hopefully available on Listen Again.Originally posted by johncorrigan View PostDidn't hear the Wo3, Global - that one I was mentioning was on Beeb 2 Scotty. I've kinda given up on LK I'm afaid.Comment
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You'll find it here, Global
First piece on the programme is a bit of the now, it would seem, ubiquitous jockrock,
but the rest was most enjoyable - you can find it here. I love the guy sitting next to Baaba.
Programme 1 wasn't just so good, but there was a fine Scottish trio in there and Karen Matheson....but then the programme finished with an endless bit of the jockrock. Preserve us from this betrayal of the pipes. But there's also a fine young Uillean piper on there...at the beginning I think.
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Thanks JC - that TV coverage certainly beats r3 on this one.Originally posted by johncorrigan View PostYou'll find it here, Global
First piece on the programme is a bit of the now, it would seem, ubiquitous jockrock, but the rest was most enjoyable - you can find it here. I love the guy sitting next to Baaba.
Programme 1 wasn't just so good, but there was a fine Scottish trio in there and Karen Matheson....but then the programme finished with an endless bit of the jockrock. Preserve us from this betrayal of the pipes. But there's also a fine young Uillean piper on there...at the beginning I think.
'Jockrock' has now entered our vocab....
You don't know if that Pilgrimer concert is available anywhere by any chance? I would have liked to see/listen to that...Last edited by Globaltruth; 31-01-16, 14:17.Comment
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Mrs JC thinks I should copyright it, Global!Originally posted by Globaltruth View Post
'Jockrock' has now entered our vocab.......
No sign so far, Global...nice review here from the Scotsman...great to hear that Rod Patterson was in there - I like him a lot.Originally posted by Globaltruth View Post
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Sometimes these concerts end up on YouTube a bit later - here's hoping.Originally posted by johncorrigan View Post
However talking of Karine Polwart, she was cast away on the Isle of Eigg with other singers last year and they've produced this...
which can be listened to here
and here (one of the best songs on the album imho)
and here's a short piece about the making of it
they performed at Celtic Connection, so it all kind of joins up...
That's quite enough folk for a while, although I'm off to see C. Wood tonight, and I will just mention that The Gloaming are on the Radio 2 Folk Music show at the end of this month.
What are number 1 & 2 in the Transglobal World Music Chart Top 20 I hear you ask...?
No 1 Bixiga 70 iii (complete album)
No 2 Kandia Kouyate, Ranascence
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Thanks for the corncrake, Global...sound of the Western island summer...and great to see the yellow flag irises - cheers the dark days.
Not strictly speaking true of that this is new, but this delightful piece by Kwadrofonik turned up on a Songlines 'freebie' this issue called Polish Radio Folk Festival - the track is Bylem tu, Fryderyk. I would love to see who's doing the singing, mind you.
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'Bhupali Blues' - Michael Messer's Mitra.
Heard them on Paul Jones tonight doing a fine cross-cultural blues version of Rollin' and Tumblin' and loved this one when I went looking.Comment
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This one really works for me but as you imply the absence of detail about the vocals is frustrating and it leaves something of doubt about authenticity. I have tried to discover a bit more via translations from the Polish and have found the following although I am not 100% sure the information applies to them. I think it does. It is certainly there or thereabouts:Originally posted by johncorrigan View Post
"In this project we are trying to understand which folk songs could inspire Frederic Chopin to write his greatest works. Is it possible that on Chopin, beyond the nuances of melody, could also influence the words contained in the folk songs? The concert is like a fictional story, a fantasy about what the composer could hear in the rural music, which most collapsed in his soul before leaving Polish forever, and what valuable melodies kept for myself in order to be later used in the preludes, mazurkas or sonatas. Using two pianos and percussion instruments combine rich authentic, raw folk music with quotations of Chopin's works, belonging to the aristocracy of musical literature. But also we we play Chopin's harmony by juxtaposing it in an unconventional and subversive way. The compositions of our present path from the source, the inspiration to Chopin's fascination with genius ?"
"Kwadrofonik team debuted in 2008 album "Folklove", after brilliantly won the IX Festival of Polish Radio Folk Music "New Tradition 2006" contest and the European Broadcasting Union EBU "Svetozar Stracina" 2007 Bratislava. The band was formed from the merger of two duets: piano (Emilia Sitarz and Bartłomiej Wasik) and percussion (Kordylasińska Magdalena and Miłosz Pękala). The Quartet is unconventional, often appear ethno associations, but really still looking for a new sound and sources of inspiration. This does not preclude the fact that the concerts successfully perform the music written for this type of composition, among others, by Bartok, Berio and Crumb". (my emphasis in bold!)
This appears to be from the same stable and it is very appealing:
Kwadrofonik [Quadrophonic] - Part 1 - "Near Lida" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l78eukccKmQ
Not that I would be so uncouth as to mention a woman's age but Karine Polwart is something of a late developer, having risen spectacularly in her thirties (c.2003) following spells with Malinky and the Battlefield Band. The links just keep on coming from the CD being recorded on Eigg and JC's recent outlook to Karine's song "Cover Your Eyes" about Donald the Trump's golf course. It seems to me that "Songs of Separation" is an early contender for album of the year, given the impressive line-up and content of substance. I hope GT that you enjoyed Chris Wood live. As for the Top 20 - and especially re Kandia Kouyate - for once sales are right and the critics less so as they failed to give her CD a 5 out of 5.Originally posted by Globaltruth View PostSometimes these concerts end up on YouTube a bit later - here's hoping.
However talking of Karine Polwart, she was cast away on the Isle of Eigg with other singers last year and they've produced this...
which can be listened to here
and here (one of the best songs on the album imho)
and here's a short piece about the making of it
they performed at Celtic Connection, so it all kind of joins up...
That's quite enough folk for a while, although I'm off to see C. Wood tonight, and I will just mention that The Gloaming are on the Radio 2 Folk Music show at the end of this month.
What are number 1 & 2 in the Transglobal World Music Chart Top 20 I hear you ask...?
No 1 Bixiga 70 iii (complete album)
No 2 Kandia Kouyate, Ranascence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPcn30VesoA
In a roundabout way, this one reminds me that my anticipated Indian journey hasn't taken me very far yet. It's partially the very long names and also a lack of a good road map!Originally posted by johncorrigan View Post'Bhupali Blues' - Michael Messer's Mitra.
Heard them on Paul Jones tonight doing a fine cross-cultural blues version of Rollin' and Tumblin' and loved this one when I went looking.Last edited by Lat-Literal; 16-02-16, 17:36.Comment
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I knew I'd posted that Songs of Separation stuff somewhere....I'm just impressed we're all managing to spell SEPARATION correctly!
If The Donald (golf course/Guthrie/Masters of War) gets any more mentions then I think he should have his own thread:
This following picture is A Bad Thing:What World Music is Donald Trump listening to now
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Well, that has completely thrown me GT. There was I reading up on Chip Monck and the Woodstock Preservation Society, Howard Snead and the liberal media, a celtic version of Hejira and whatever is Jockrock and now you have bowled this one. Apparently Neil Young says he doesn't like or dislike Trump but at least he asked him if he could use "Rockin' in the Free World" unlike Bernie Sanders. Me? I've only just recovered from hearing that Bernie is the brother of Larry and that the latter isn't after all fictitious. I still don't believe it.Originally posted by Globaltruth View PostI knew I'd posted that Songs of Separation stuff somewhere....I'm just impressed we're all managing to spell SEPARATION correctly!
If The Donald (golf course/Guthrie/Masters of War) gets any more mentions then I think he should have his own thread:
This following picture is A Bad Thing:
Somewhere along the line socialism, liberalism and conservatism all lost their true meanings and, of course, it happened first across the pond. The main problem with liberals is that they didn't work out that liberalism shouldn't extend significantly to money. They are tangled up in blue. As I've said before, I'm now post-political. I don't understand what Don wants. I see a nut case who may or may not be supported by John McCain, the man who organised the Dutch sponsored revolution in Ukraine and whose mother is 104. He thinks Ted Cruz is a "wacko bird" which almost endears Cruz to me even if nothing else does. And, worse - far, far worse - I don't think Neil Young understands what he wants himself.
This completely non-political individual - I switch it off whenever confronted with it - believes that the Republican nomination will go to the unknown John Kasich and Hillary will run for the Democrats. But what do I know and what do I care? The world lost the plot in the 1990s. I will, yes, be commenting on Celtic Connections on the Folk Connections thread.
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As Tom Lehrer so aptly put it, 'political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Prize.'
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Well said JC. Now i remember why we have this quiet corner...so back to reality:Originally posted by johncorrigan View PostAs Tom Lehrer so aptly put it, 'political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Prize.'
And another plug for Djelimady Tounkara - Djely Blues. It's new! It's WM! Hilary Clinton loves it (joking/joking)
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You had me going there for a moment, GlobalOriginally posted by Globaltruth View Post
...doesn't he sound wonderful...such joy, such enthusiasm, such rhythm.
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