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Mondays are Idiosyncrasy 'Cos They Ain't 'Nuttin Else
I chanced on this CD in a charity shop in Craignure on Mull a number of years ago while waiting for the Oban ferry. I was attracted by Kronos though they only play on two or three tracks. Fifty pence I recall. Bargain and a half.
At the weekend I heard the song 'Toubou Toubou Za', a Greek nonsense song that was released in the seventies by actor, Kostas Voustas. It was written as a subverted attack on the Greek Junta of the time and apparently became a huge hit in Greece.
Here's the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59VxLVBgfI0
However it clearly had some sort of effect - here's a film with the song encouraging rebellion - thought it was idiosyncratic enough for a Monday in late September.
Wonderful array of percussive sounds as the Silkroad Ensemble accompany Rhiannon Giddens on 'Swannanoa Tunnel / Steel-Driving Man'. Maybe not overly idiosyncratic for a Monday but terrific nonetheless.
Wonderful array of percussive sounds as the Silkroad Ensemble accompany Rhiannon Giddens on 'Swannanoa Tunnel / Steel-Driving Man'. Maybe not overly idiosyncratic for a Monday but terrific nonetheless.
Silkroad Ensemble with Rhiannon Giddens perform "Swannanoa Tunnel / Steel-Driving Man," from the album 'American Railroad,' due November 15 on Nonesuch Recor...
only one of the best music videos I've seen this year JC.
Thanks for posting.
Shivers down the back of the spine - a rare event nowadays.
I'll be following this lot from hereon in...
I heard it on an excellent BBC Radio 6 Music 'Freakzone special' which featured a couple of hours of excellent spoken word tracks. The programme still has a week or so to run on Sounds - worth checking out:
Listen without limits, with BBC Sounds. Catch the latest music tracks, discover binge-worthy podcasts, or listen to radio shows – all whenever you want
Much of it is idiosyncratic, you will be pleased to hear.
A month or two back, Joe Boyd was on 'Music Planet' with Kathryn Tickell on BBC Radio 3. During the show he started talking about ABBA and how there was an ABBA experience runnig in London, but that Benny Anderson still continued to do what he had done for many years; play Swedish folk songs with his orchestra. He suggested that you can here the influence of folk music on their big hits and played this tune - 'Födelsedagsvals Till Mona' by Benny and his orchestra.
"ALL PIRATES EAT THE RAMEN...."I know I said I wouldn't do another song, but it just came to me..."All pirates eat the Ramen..." it's what Bob Marley meant t...
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