Caribbean Thursdays

[johncorrigan]

Cuban guitarist, Eliades Ochoa is producing new music and I see he's coming to the UK later in the year. Here's a new video from him: Se Soltó Un León (A Lion Escaped)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vx29N6UkLA

Happy sunny Caribbean Thursday.

[johncorrigan]

I've been listening to the most recent Kershaw podcast and among his bloody great records this track that I'd forgotten about - the Jamaican dancehall Deejay, Lovindeer with his ode to women during a 'Man Shortage'...very amusing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zE62j3y_XKg

[johncorrigan]

I was watching part one of 'Lenny Henry's Caribbean Britain' on BBC 4 last night and particularly enjoyed hearing Benjamin Zephania talk about the influence of Linto Kwesi Johnson on him and on the Caribbean community. This is 'Five Nights Of Bleeding'.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THVjDAhR54s

[johncorrigan]

There's been lots of interesting programmes over the last week, centred around the 75th anniversary of the arrival of the HMT Empire Windrush in the UK in 1948. However one of the more surprising things I discovered concerned 'I am a Mole (and I Live in a Hole)', a song I used to hear regularly on 'Children's Favourites with Uncle Mac' when I was a kid. I loved those vocal harmonies...still do. What I found out was that the Southlanders were formed in the early 50s in London by Edric Connor and Vernon Nesbeth to perform Jamaican songs and they made a few LPs. Connor and Nesbeth were early arrivals of that Windrush generation that has been so influential in British and World music. Here's that classic of my youth to celebrate a special Caribbean Thursday.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dA4DiBbJdUs

[Globaltruth]

There's been lots of interesting programmes over the last week, centred around the 75th anniversary of the arrival of the HMT Empire Windrush in the UK in 1948. However one of the more surprising things I discovered concerned 'I am a Mole (and I Live in a Hole)', a song I used to hear regularly on 'Children's Favourites with Uncle Mac' when I was a kid. I loved those vocal harmonies...still do. What I found out was that the Southlanders were formed in the early 50s in London by Edric Connor and Vernon Nesbeth to perform Jamaican songs and they made a few LPs. Connor and Nesbeth were early arrivals of that Windrush generation that has been so influential in British and World music. Here's that classic of my youth to celebrate a special Caribbean Thursday.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dA4DiBbJdUs

That is actually fascinating JC. I remember it too. I think the number of mole related songs is pitifully few.
I was only admiring a few fresh molehills this morning - the little fellers have been suffering in the dry weather, just lately we've had a little rain which has obviously got them on the hunt again.

The only mole-related (but very non-Caribbean) song I can think of is this wistful love song by Robert Wyatt and the group Matching Mole:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdVkqLrsr4M

Matching Mole were on the Topic label...

I did have a friend called Mole, but that was short for Mr Olé and that's a different story...

[Jazzrook]

Tenor Saw ~ 'Ring The Alarm';

https://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=UpjLLw-cVzU

JR

[johncorrigan]

[johncorrigan]

I very much enjoyed Cuba's Ana Carla Mara's piece that was broadcast on 'Womad Planet' on Sunday - she sang this song accompanied only by her cello. Here she is with her quartet playing 'A Tomar Cafe' live at the Europa Jazz Festival...crackin' stuff for this particular Caribbean Thursday.

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

[Globaltruth]

I very much enjoyed Cuba's Ana Carla Mara's piece that was broadcast on 'Womad Planet' on Sunday - she sang this song accompanied only by her cello. Here she is with her quartet playing 'A Tomar Cafe' live at the Europa Jazz Festival...crackin' stuff for this particular Caribbean Thursday.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiNxxPOkFsI

Terrific JC.

[johncorrigan]

How about a wee bit reggae does the Fab Four? Glen Adams gives 'I Wanna Hold Your Hand' the treatment...I'm sure those loveable Moptops would have approved.

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

[Globaltruth]

Soon be Thursday...

Prince Buster. Wreck A Pum Pum.
the lyrics do not bear close analysis.
This week, while I was up on the East Coast, I was reminded that I sent this on a cassette mixtape to someone in 1974

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqMeFEsI2Ig

[johncorrigan]

Alan Martin is certainly Jamaican, although this song has a bit of a southern soul feel to it - 'Cry Myself to Shame'.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFVNv2JjHsk

[Globaltruth]

Well,part of the video is clearly set in the Caribbean so....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR8BBJz416Q

The Only BluesMan in Heaven

[eighthobstruction]

....here's another of similar tempo....Dory Previn.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RccsfTZXy1w

[johncorrigan]

Creation Rebel have made a return after 40 years. I had a listen to their new record at the weekend and very enjoyable it was too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBsomSx0jYw

Not very Caribbean out there this morning. No sunshine in days.