Verity

[johncorrigan]

And Charlie Parr last night

Thanks zola - brilliant.

Last night it was that Hedy West again - stopped me in my tracks - or was it Verity's tracks.

[zola]

Jackie Oates for me last night, along with Mudejar with the music of Al-Andalus. Whose cd seems to retail at a whopping £20 plus. Presumably import.

[johncorrigan]

Had a listen right through to Thursday's show on LA while the rest of the house watched XF - what a treat - loved the Charlie Parr, zola- loved the Gambian Kora, and as I said before that Hedy West. Mind you it was hard to beat Huong Thanh & Nguyên Lê that she opened up with. Terrific programme.

[johncorrigan]

I didn't really think that the Kronos crew added anything at all to Alemu Aga in their collaboration, for all the new old-fangled instruments - think I prefer him on his own. I did think however that the Cesaria Evora remix track was terrific - I'm not sure that it added a huge amount to that wonderful voice but who cares - hard to add to perfection.

[Paul Sherratt]

John,

If you had to choose between the late night staple folk, those Kronos and this from Asmahan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCfW_V2sH8I

Which would you select ?

( It's the same piece which opens their Floodplain cd - see spot )

[johncorrigan]

John,

If you had to choose between the late night staple folk, those Kronos and this from Asmahan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCfW_V2sH8I

Which would you select ?

( It's the same piece which opens their Floodplain cd - see spot )

I like it, I like it!
She looks slightly like a younger Madonna, I think Paul!

http://www.b12patch.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/474653884_22352f2af8.jpg

....better singer mind you!

[Globaltruth]

I like it, I like it!
She looks slightly like a younger Madonna, I think Paul!

http://www.b12patch.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/474653884_22352f2af8.jpg

....better singer mind you!

Madonna? I'm not mad on her.

[johncorrigan]

Madonna? I'm not mad on her.

No three bad G!

[DracoM]

Another wonderful prog tonight. The bits of the REAL Brazil.

[johncorrigan]

I loved the opening song on Verity's LJ last night by Aldona Nowowiejska - says in blurb somewhere she's a Slav Comedian among other things.....but completely knocked out by the Cretan lyra man Stelios Petrakis - wonderful.

[johncorrigan]

Following the Max lite / FT regular/ and Schooby uber hefty, Verity's back in town tonight - feels like a possibly pleasant change.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01f689y

[Globaltruth]

Following the Max lite / FT regular/ and Schooby uber hefty, Verity's back in town tonight - feels like a possibly pleasant change.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01f689y

Hooray JC Hooray

[Paul Sherratt]

Banda Ionica haven't just released an album of Schubert covers, have they, Team WM ?

[Globaltruth]

Uri Caine

Banda Ionica haven't just released an album of Schubert covers, have they, Team WM ?

and luckily Uri Caine has only got as far as Mozart, Wagner & Beethoven...the Mozart piece should be well worth a listen - will it be a little bit WM on Turkish Rondo, or the klezmer in the clarinet 5-hander & the bluesy version of Jupiter. Sacrilegious? I certainly hope so. My favourite is the Wagner though -v. atmospheric. and his CD's are very nicely packaged too. He must sell them globally by the dozen.

[Globaltruth]

Find of the night? Sam Lee.

First track in if you haven't heard it yet...


The Uri Caine was quite ordinary in the end...