An old Taj Mahal song brought back to life by Sam Amidon whist walking down a small stream.
Light Rain Blues.
Light Rain Blues.
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Idiosyncratic vid indeed, GT. Great track, but he'll catch his death of cold carrying on like that, imvho.Originally posted by Globaltruth View Post
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佩兰 - Admiring the orchards
We should listen to more quiqin! and more Zeng Chengwei!!
(I suspect he made the instrument himself too.)
hardly idiosyncratic but we rarely feature qin music.
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There's been a fair amount of attention on those lovable Liverpool moptops lateley. Maconie's freakzone on 6 Music last night had a Beatles' themed couple of hours - one of my favourites was 'Lady Madonna' by Geesin's Mahogany Minstrels complete with banjo and lovely Scottish vocals - ideally idiosyncratic for a Monday.
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Whilst checking out your interesting link I found this one:Originally posted by johncorrigan View Post
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Thanks for that, cloughie. I didn't even know there was a mystery about it.Originally posted by cloughie View Post
I have to say that watching the excellent 'Get Back', I became aware of how flexible the fab four were moving from one instrument to another; but also how incredibly crucial Ringo was as the bedrock of the Band. One of the great bits is when they realise that one of them will have to play organ on 'Get Back', but that would leave them short of a guitar. Around this time, Billy Preston, whom they knew from their Hamburg days, turns up in London and comes by for a visit, and sits in. From that moment the song really goes into a new place and Billy becomes part of the Group - for me, it is an electrifying bit of the film to see them take off as a creative unit.
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Another crackin' Beatley tune from last night's 'Freakshow' was Irvins 89 Key Merenghi Fairground Organ pulling out all the stops on 'She Loves You'.Originally posted by johncorrigan View Post
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Mondays are so idiosyncratic at the moment that they carry on until Tuesday at least...
Carrying on in the Beatles mode, here is an interpretation which has been aired a few times on LJ over the years and was Verity's choice to close the latest show - which was the usual curate's egg...
Nothing is Real (somehow the title seems appropriate)
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Marino Formenti
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Think he won a Songlines award of some sort (I've wangled a free digital sub via my local library - a cracking free service which has been excellent through lockdown by the way)
Not too idiosyncratic except he doesnt have enough air play.
Afel Bocoum - Penda Djiga
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I wish I could complement your interesting video, G, but I can only appeal to the idiosyncrasy of my post to qualify it for inclusion. Today is the birthday of Edgar Allan Poe, of whom I considered myself a fan in times gone by. So for the sake of the good old days I revive his wonderfully morbid imagination with this favourite song of everlasting love.Originally posted by Globaltruth View PostAfel Bocoum - Penda Djiga
A cracking vid too.
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I know the poem but had never heard it set to music before - enjoyable, and definitely hits the idiosyncratic button.Originally posted by Padraig View Post
I know we're going off-piste here but please also consider this version of the Poe classic work The Raven
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I heard this track on Maconie's 'Freakzone' last night - I will say little more than it's great, and that it is supported by The Association For Society and Culture - Yemenite Tradition and that it is well worth having a look at the English translation...and I haven't quite seen a video like it before.
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Skiffle lives!Originally posted by johncorrigan View PostI heard this track on Maconie's 'Freakzone' last night - I will say little more than it's great, and that it is supported by The Association For Society and Culture - Yemenite Tradition and that it is well worth having a look at the English translation...and I haven't quite seen a video like it before.
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Good post JC - much to like here - handmade instruments, typical Yemenite groove, an odd break in the middle and those lyrics...Originally posted by johncorrigan View PostI heard this track on Maconie's 'Freakzone' last night - I will say little more than it's great, and that it is supported by The Association For Society and Culture - Yemenite Tradition and that it is well worth having a look at the English translation...and I haven't quite seen a video like it before.
I never listen to Maconie but may have to check him out.
I was curious to find out more about The Association For Society and Culture - Yemenite Tradition but there is v little info.
Here's another few tracks by them (15 min clip), quite African blues-y in places.
One of 4 live sets by Israeli bands from a virtual showcase event last April, produced in collaboration with the UK showcase festival, Liverpool Sound City.
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I certainly got those Desert blues influences too, Global. I loved that mad break in the video - was it a supposed to emulate a powercut, or outside attempts to disrupt the revolutionary music depicted in the lyrics?Originally posted by Globaltruth View PostGood post JC - much to like here - handmade instruments, typical Yemenite groove, an odd break in the middle and those lyrics...
I never listen to Maconie but may have to check him out.
I was curious to find out more about The Association For Society and Culture - Yemenite Tradition but there is v little info.
Here's another few tracks by them (15 min clip), quite African blues-y in places.
One of 4 live sets by Israeli bands from a virtual showcase event last April, produced in collaboration with the UK showcase festival, Liverpool Sound City.
That collaboration was a good idea.
That virtual showcase video is so interesting - I love that trumpet and wonder if that's some kind of Eastern European influence - I got the impression from Maconie last night that the band were based in a variety of locations, but retained some kind of Yemeni link. 'Freakzone' usually has enough o keep me interested for half-an-hour or so - bit like Ravenscroft on a Friday - there's often something I come away thinking that I want to hear again. More than I can say for most of LK's 'MPs'.
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