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Also enjoyed Voz Di Sanicolau doing 'Ribera Prata' from Cape Verde courtesy of those nice folks in Analog Africa, Global.Originally posted by Globaltruth View Post
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KT's Music Planet was very pleasant yet I felt a bit less than gruntled that all that the show's producers had mustered was to recycle a couple of the World Music Mixes from a year or so ago and stick them on back-to-back. Not just that, but as far as I can determine the forthcoming weeks are going to do a recycle job of more of these playlists. Bit disappointing really. On the upside there was more music and less blether.
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Agree. Maybe they've spent the budget JC - just enough left to pay KT for 5 minutes intro and an editor to stitch the bits together.Originally posted by johncorrigan View Post
There's a great archive of music waiting impatiently too if they only had the sense to play it.Comment
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Some strange and wondrous sounds on Kathryn's Music Planet this weekend, including a re-run of the Tuvan Road Trip from a couple of years back by throat singing guitarist Albert Kuvezin...I loved the by-line, 'songs about eagles and horses'.
I enjoyed Les Mamans du Congo et Rrobin and also Daniela Gesundheit, but there was lots of odd sounds to enjoy throughout...it's funny how mainstream Songhoy Blues sounded against the backdrop of Mauritania and Madagascar. I like Kathryn Tickell - very good presenter.
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Yes, I enjoyed it, always willing to listen to her.
I’ve realised Tuvans always sing about eagles and horses.
Sometimes horses named after an eagle.
But I didn’t know, or had forgotten, that Yma Sumac was Tuvan.
Marvellous fact.
Enjoyed Sam Lee’s choices, seems he’s spread his wings away from just music making - he might make a decent radio presenter.
Although I’d be more than happy if we heard a bit more KT.Comment
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Think I'll stick with Kathryn, G, though I did enjoy Sam's choices.Originally posted by Globaltruth View PostComment
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I really enjoyed the Tickells Family Christmas Special on Saturday, live from an empty pub. Well worth a listen if you want a spot of excellent seasonal entertainment.
Can't stop thinking of Kathryn's Dad, Mr Tickell, having exceedingly long arms in a Roger Hargreaves kind of way.
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You won't be surprised to hear that I just came on here to post pretty much the exact same thing...Originally posted by johncorrigan View PostI really enjoyed the Tickells Family Christmas Special on Saturday, live from an empty pub. Well worth a listen if you want a spot of excellent seasonal entertainment.
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Lovely proramme, and thanks for the heads-up. The Northumbian pipes are SO different from those loud Scottish things (so sorry to offend anyone North of Hadrian's Wall). They are quieter and tuned more in keeping with modern temperament. Also their air supply is by under-arm bellows, not via the mouth.
From wiki:
In a survey of the bagpipes in the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford University, the organologist Anthony Baines wrote: "It is perhaps the most civilized of the bagpipes, making no attempt to go further than the traditional bagpipe music of melody over drone, but refining this music to the last degree."[3]
The instrument consists of one chanter (generally with keys) and usually four drones. The cylindrically-bored chanter has a number of metal keys, most commonly seven, but chanters with a range of over two octaves can be made which require seventeen or more keys, all played with either the right hand thumb or left little finger. There is no overblowing employed to get this two octave range, so the keys are therefore necessary, together with the length of the chanter, for obtaining the two octaves.
The Northumbrian smallpipes' chanter having a completely closed end, combined with the unusually tight fingering style (each note is played by lifting only one finger or opening one key) means that traditional Northumbrian piping is staccato in style. Because the bores are so narrow, (typically about 4.3 millimetres for the chanter), the sound is far quieter than most other bagpipes.Comment
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Great show from Celtic Connections this afternoon with Kathryn Tickell - Kathleen McInnes absolutely astounding - what a wonderful singer.
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Top tunes and wonderful sounds much of which came courtesy of Dust-to-Digital's 'An Alternate History of the World's Music' with KT in conversation with Jonathan Ward. Great show.
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Really excellent. This should be a series not a one-off!Originally posted by johncorrigan View Post
Here is an unashamed plug for the Dust-to-Digital product
and note that you can also get specialised collections for example:
and here is his blog:
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Somehow the choice of music from Kathryn's shows is always much more to my liking than Lopa's programmes, and so it proved again today. Some fine choices in there including more excellent sounds from Benin's Star Feminine Band, and the star of Benin, Angelique Kidjo...great to hear her.
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