A quick glance around the schedules

[Globaltruth]

WM & similar @ The Proms 2012

I believe thanks are due to bluestateprommer for the full list but here is an edited extract that may tempt regular habitues. There are other interesting items too (Angry Planet for example)

Check out Prom 74!

Prom 14: Kronos Quartet
Tuesday 24 July
10.00pm – c. 11.15pm
Royal Albert Hall

Omar Souleyman
I'll Prevent the Hunters from Hunting You (La sidounak sayyada) (arr. Jacob Garchik) (4 mins)
UK Premiere
Sofia Gubaidulina
String Quartet No. 4 (12 mins)
Ben Johnston
String Quartet No. 4, 'Amazing Grace' (11 mins)
Nicole Lizée
The Golden Age of the Radiophonic Workshop (Fibre-Optic Flowers) (c10 mins)
BBC Commission, World Premiere
Traditional
Tusen tankar (A Thousand Thoughts) transcr. Ljova, arr. Kronos Quartet (5 mins)
Aleksandra Vrebalov
… hold me, neighbor, in this storm … (22 mins)
Kronos Quartet

Prom 24: BBC Radio 3 World Routes Academy
Tuesday 31 July
10.15pm – c. 11.30pm
Royal Albert Hall

Now in its third year, BBC Radio 3’s World Routes Academy
mentoring project turns to Latin America. Born in London of
Colombian descent, 2012’s young apprentice is self-taught
20-year-old accordionist, singer and guitarist José Hernando
Arias Noguera. His mentor, the renowned Bogotá-based
accordion king Egidio Cuadrado – who brings his own band
– is probably best known for his collaborations with Carlos
Vives, the Latin American superstar actor-turned-singer.
Fusing the folk tradition of vallenato with elements of rock
and pop has proved a game-changer for music now enjoyed
all over the Spanish-speaking world and beyond.

Prom 65: Taylor/Barker – The Spirit of Django
Friday 31 August
10.15pm – c. 11.15pm
Royal Albert Hall

Martin Taylor/Guy Barker
The Spirit of Django – orchestral suite (54 mins)
London Premiere
Martin Taylor guitar
Britten Sinfonia
Guy Barker Jazz Orchestra
Spirit of Django
Guy Barker conductor

Prom 74: Staff Benda Bilili & Baloji
Thursday 6 September
10.15pm – c. 11.30pm
Royal Albert Hall

Staff Benda Bilili
Baloji

Staff Benda Bilili are like nothing you have ever seen
or heard before: a group of paraplegic street musicians
and ex-street kids from the Democratic Republic of Congo,
making music rooted in Soukous (or African rumba) with
elements of old-school rhythm and blues, reggae and funk.

‘Afropean’ Congolese-born, Belgian-educated rapper Baloji
mixes old and cutting-edge sounds with bitingly modern
lyrics. But his most recent album finds him returning to
his motherland in search of musical understanding and
communal improvisation.

[johncorrigan]

Thanks Global. I was worried that they weren't going to run the Prominents this year - they're such an anchor in my listening year.

Great to see Staff Benda Bilili - I still love that film they made about them (but I don't think Lat likes the Baloji guy). Wonder if there's a folk prom this year - I loved June Tabor singing unaccompanied last year with a choir and musicians sitting silent in the background - had my imagination operating overtime.

[Lateralthinking1]

Thanks Global. I was worried that they weren't going to run the Prominents this year - they're such an anchor in my listening year.

Great to see Staff Benda Bilili - I still love that film they made about them (but I don't think Lat likes the Baloji guy). Wonder if there's a folk prom this year - I loved June Tabor singing unaccompanied last year with a choir and musicians sitting silent in the background - had my imagination operating overtime.

"Ostende Transit" is OK but I didn't go for most of his recent output on R3. I do like Staff Benda Bilili and congratulations to them for getting this "slot" but even they are not very "Proms" to me.

Someone like Ismael Lo would be great - he is 55 now so sooner rather than later - but perhaps he is ill. He never seems to tour. Ditto Arto Tuncboyaciyan. Plus Vusi Mahlasela who John you mentioned a couple of days ago and Gochag Askarov who is giving a free concert soon but I'm not saying where as the place will be flooded with people. All of them big voices.

Am obviously pleased for José Hernando Arias Noguera whose name keeps getting longer. The performance with Egidio Cuadrado should be something very special. Agree that there should be a folk night too and also a bit of modern jazz.

[johncorrigan]

Anais Mitchell's on with Cerys this morning.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01hlfcx

[Lateralthinking1]

Anais Mitchell's on with Cerys this morning.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01hlfcx

Thanks John - I tuned in at 10.55pm and got the Malawi BBQ mice-on-a-stick track. Beats a cheeseburger I suppose. Think though I will be having dinner a bit later than usual. Roast hamster always tastes better in the afternoon anyway:



Good. Haven't missed AM. "The UK Uncut magazine called "Young Man In America" a "remarkable, genre-defying album" and the BBC's online music review described it as "a modern folk record that snaps and sparkles with energy, daring to take on some formidable themes in the process... a marvel of a record from start to finish". Q said the album was "magical and rewarding" and "marks her out as a true American original" The Guardian noted the themes touched on by the album, saying "she transforms her surveys of her country's belligerence and social irresponsibility into powerful rituals smeared with blood and dirt. Certain themes recur: the mother as shelterer, the father as shepherd, both vulnerable, both imposing fearful legacies." Common Reactor gave the album its highest rating, saying that, following up from the ambitious folk opera of her last album, it proves that sticking to your roots can be just as successful as shooting for the stars when it comes to making a fantastic record."

[johncorrigan]

Think though I will be having dinner a bit later than usual. Roast hamster always tastes better in the afternoon anyway:]

......a dish best served cold, Lat?

I thought Sarah Jarosz' cover of The tourist (Radiohead song apparently) was terrific. Enjoyed Ms Mitchell - she was reminding me of Martha Wainwright a bit, but I enjoyed her songs. Still think Cerys could do with a lesson or two in interviewing - she's still not great at it - but she does play a lot of fine tunes.

[Globaltruth]

might as well include a few live tours here too....

http://www.nonesuch.com/journal/dr-john-revolution-video-unveiled-npr-new-tour-dates-announced-2012-05-09

Dr John does 3 UK dates & there is a recent video on this link too...

Oddly enough I may be able to go to the one in Strasbourg, I'm over there watching the Tour de France at that time. Pretty jazzy their bikes nowadays


Kraftwerk may be more appropriate...

[Globaltruth]

So, as Oilrig's GG sinks slowly in the west, sending out those last few bright rays into the gathering dusk, I went to have a look at the only other show on Radio Scotland which may conceivably be worth listening to (that should get a response from JC) - Travelling Folk.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01h63xh#synopsis

I admit I havent' listened yet - but the playlist looks promising (a bit of Bela Fleck in there)...


On a wider scan, if you do a search for all WM currently on iPlayer this is the list:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/programmes/genres/music/world/player/episodes

[johncorrigan]

So, as Oilrig's GG sinks slowly in the west, sending out those last few bright rays into the gathering dusk, I went to have a look at the only other show on Radio Scotland which may conceivably be worth listening to (that should get a response from JC) - Travelling Folk.

Have a look at what they've replaced GG with Global - I mean, honestly - the guy who presents speaks with a cod Italian/ Kelvinside accent when he's announcing some puccini opera or other - just run-of-the-mill as opposed to something unique that it is replacing. I mean they've got the Four Seasons tonight - after all, you never hear them tunes do you?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01hkz0l

As for Travelling Folk - well again, the presenter ain't a patch on Oilrig, though there's not many who are, but he plays some good stuff - he doesn't have that knowledge of the Gaelic that Mary Ann has, and I notice that the Radio Scotty Director's reassurance that Bruce would be playing world music, beyond a few Breton tunes, has been taken up - the problem is that he shows little real enthusiasm for it.....and he's not really exhibited much progress over the last couple of years.

Thanks for the links - there's a couple there to follow up on. Wonder if FT will be on live.

[Lateralthinking1]

Have a look at what they've replaced GG with Global - I mean, honestly - the guy who presents speaks with a cod Italian/ Kelvinside accent when he's announcing some puccini opera or other - just run-of-the-mill as opposed to something unique that it is replacing. I mean they've got the Four Seasons tonight - after all, you never hear them tunes do you?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01hkz0l

As for Travelling Folk - well again, the presenter ain't a patch on Oilrig, though there's not many who are, but he plays some good stuff - he doesn't have that knowledge of the Gaelic that Mary Ann has, and I notice that the Radio Scotty Director's reassurance that Bruce would be playing world music, beyond a few Breton tunes, has been taken up - the problem is that he shows little real enthusiasm for it.....and he's not really exhibited much progress over the last couple of years.

Thanks for the links - there's a couple there to follow up on. Wonder if FT will be on live.

Can I just add that I am sorry to hear that GG has gone from the airwaves. I did dip in to it on occasions and really enjoyed it although I find listening to hours of radio on the computer difficult. Too much whirring. I don't know if that would happen with a new pc? On the plus side, I note that David Rodigan is back on R2 with his award winning reggae show.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01hpwyn

And I became surprisingly emotional in a good way on hearing the interview with Kevin Rowland during yesterday's Front Row. There was a time in my youth when "...Young Soul Rebels" was one of my key albums (along with thousands of others). I have also always defended Too-Rye-Ay to the hilt, commercial as Eileen was and the theme to every drunk at a wedding reception.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01hjs1f

True to early form, the trailer for the forthcoming album is accompanied by great anticipation and an "oh gawd, I'm really not sure". Kev definitely fits into that category of maverick who is always forgivable because he is steadfastly bizarre. Think Nina Simone when she used to spend half an hour arriving with flowers and ten minutes actually performing songs. Obviously he has thrown in an F word to guarantee minimal airplay but it is more promotional than the last time I saw him. He was then playing Stax records from a darkened window clearly enjoying himself but peering out from time to time slightly unnervingly to up the peculiarity level.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUzK0aFkiJs&feature=related

[johncorrigan]

And I became surprisingly emotional in a good way on hearing the interview with Kevin Rowland during yesterday's Front Row. There was a time in my youth when "...Young Soul Rebels" was one of my key albums (along with thousands of others). I have also always defended Too-Rye-Ay to the hilt, commercial as Eileen was and the theme to every drunk at a wedding reception.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01hjs1f

True to early form, the trailer for the forthcoming album is accompanied by great anticipation and an "oh gawd, I'm really not sure". Kev definitely fits into that category of maverick who is always forgivable because he is steadfastly bizarre. Think Nina Simone when she used to spend half an hour arriving with flowers and ten minutes actually performing songs. Obviously he has thrown in an F word to guarantee minimal airplay but it is more promotional than the last time I saw him. He was then playing Stax records from a darkened window clearly enjoying himself but peering out from time to time slightly unnervingly to up the peculiarity level.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUzK0...eature=related

Dexy's's on again tomorrow morninig, Lat on that 'follow-up album' strand on music lovin' Radio 4.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01hl29f

...and he was on jools last night - I didn't see it but I suppose he'll be on Friday night with a couple of extra tracks....and I just noticed June and Oysterband are on too. My daughter likes Ben Howard, who's on too - he's better than I thought he'd be - wee bit John Martyn-ish.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01j0sgj

[Lateralthinking1]

Dexy's's on again tomorrow morninig, Lat on that 'follow-up album' strand on music lovin' Radio 4.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01hl29f

...and he was on jools last night - I didn't see it but I suppose he'll be on Friday night with a couple of extra tracks....and I just noticed June and Oysterband are on too. My daughter likes Ben Howard, who's on too - he's better than I thought he'd be - wee bit John Martyn-ish.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01j0sgj

Thank you John for that one as I would have missed it otherwise.

I have only heard/seen the first song as I write but it put a smile on my face. It is totally wrong and totally right at the same time, ie all over the place and yet tight, and it works for me. It is audacious vocally, lyrically, structurally - somehow managing to hark back both to Mike Sarne and Wendy Richard and Shaun Ryder and the Happy Mondays as well as DMR - and it has a musical energy that is lacking in the standard output of today. Cool drummer too. I'm not giving it 5 stars but it is coming in as a strong 4.

[johncorrigan]

I have only heard/seen the first song as I write but it put a smile on my face. It is totally wrong and totally right at the same time, ie all over the place and yet tight, and it works for me. It is audacious vocally, lyrically, structurally - somehow managing to hark back both to Mike Sarne and Wendy Richard and Shaun Ryder and the Happy Mondays as well as DMR - and it has a musical energy that is lacking in the standard output of today. Cool drummer too. I'm not giving it 5 stars but it is coming in as a strong 4.

Well Lat - I thought Dexy's was as good a performance as I have seen on Later for a long time - almost Brecht-like in places - and I find myself realising that I had forgotten how unique a voice Rowlands has - nice to be reminded of 'Come Outside', but this was a good bit better, and not a novelty, I thought....and while we're on the subject I really enjoyed JT(nice coat) and the Oysterband, though 'Son David' really is a strange song - but Kev was the star of the evening for me.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01j0tv9

[Lateralthinking1]

Well Lat - I thought Dexy's was as good a performance as I have seen on Later for a long time - almost Brecht-like in places - and I find myself realising that I had forgotten how unique a voice Rowlands has - nice to be reminded of 'Come Outside', but this was a good bit better, and not a novelty, I thought....and while we're on the subject I really enjoyed JT(nice coat) and the Oysterband, though 'Son David' really is a strange song - but Kev was the star of the evening for me.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01j0tv9

Good stuff. Nice too to hear Broadstairs folkie Tim Edey this morning on Midweek. The last few minutes if you want to miss the harrowing bits of the programme:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01hxmvs

[johncorrigan]

Tucked away on Sunday night on R2 is the story of Jacques Brel - three half hour programmes hosted by Marc Almond - missed the first one but there's still a couple of days to listen to part 2.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00rkgp2