Lopa's Wo3

[pippa]

this was tasty though had me

i heard that one at the time ~ nice!




and this from this evening's Wo3: Menelik Wesnatchew - Tezeta
conjures up all kinds of imagery and not necessarily ethiopian, or exotic~ clip-clopping along on the western plain...? adrift on a lazy river....?

[teamsaint]

i heard that one at the time ~ nice!




and this from this evening's Wo3: Menelik Wesnatchew - Tezeta
conjures up all kinds of imagery and not necessarily ethiopian, or exotic~ clip-clopping along on the western plain...? adrift on a lazy river....?

Hello Pippa

Nice link. Thanks.

And welcome, as this looks to be your first post.

I may start a Folk/world/roots thread over on " Talking about music " forum shortly. Please contribute if I do !!

[johncorrigan]

I may start a Folk/world/roots thread over on " Talking about music " forum shortly. Please contribute if I do !!

Just start a few strings over here instead sainty...it would be great to have some more traffic around these parts.

Thanks for the Menelik link, pippa...can't get enough of that. The Jaipur Kawa Brass Band were pretty good guests last night. I notice we are getting one hour of Mary Ann next week due to prom stuff but then it's back to Lopa again.

[teamsaint]

Just start a few strings over here instead sainty...it would be great to have some more traffic around these parts.

Thanks for the Menelik link, pippa...can't get enough of that. The Jaipur Kawa Brass Band were pretty good guests last night. I notice we are getting one hour of Mary Ann next week due to prom stuff but then it's back to Lopa again.

Oh, you know how it is, so much to do/hear/investigate........

Will try to pop in more often.

Incidentally, my main folk intake these days comes from this lot.

http://www.folkradio.co.uk/

excellent playlists, though oddly, I do miss having just a little presentation.

They seem to do the odd hour of American roots music from time to time.

I was thinking that a thread such as I suggested might generate some traffic over here....me included !!

We could do a " Foreign teams" footy results service too. (and I don't mean the SPL !!)..
actually, on second thought, perhaps not...!!

[Globaltruth]

Another great show from Lopa Kothari - mainly due to the presence of the Carnatic violinist Akkarai S Subhalakshmi

How do we get some traction behind the idea of Lopa hosting a series on Indian Classical music on r3?

I've mentioned it in my consultation response, but fear I may as well have written it on a paper plane and launched it into a strong wind towards Broadcasting House....
Clearly there are paper planes and paper planes...

[johncorrigan]

What a delight to hear the Tashi Lhunpo Monks on Lopa last night and be reminded of last summer's encounter with these special people on Iona and their beautiful performance in the village hall...terrific.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04kf34f

[johncorrigan]

Lopa's still a hard listen, but she had an interesting singer on last week, Josienne Clark, who was performing with Ben Walker, and who sounded as close to Sandy Denny as I remember anyone doing. Indeed 'Mainland' could have been a Denny song. Here's a nice bit of Burns.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib8hQoGmIU8

[Globaltruth]

An excellent show on Friday - largely due to the modest maestro Paco Pena. In fact, to be honest you could skip the show and just listen to the podcast.
here it is

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02vwp4g#auto

[teamsaint]

An excellent show on Friday - largely due to the modest maestro Paco Pena. In fact, to be honest you could skip the show and just listen to the podcast.
here it is
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02vwp4g#auto

Toto La Momposina was a great discovery for me on this show.

just don't know my columbian music well enough, I suppose.......

[Globaltruth]

Toto La Momposina was a great discovery for me on this show.

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You're right, what a terrific voice. Here is another track...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAd3dNfU9uM

and, if you've got 25 mins to spare and want to see her in action

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3hyE43ALbQ

[johncorrigan]

just don't know my columbian music well enough, I suppose.......

So much to know and so little time, southern sainty.

Here's an oldie from a great record!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEJC6aWIbD0

[teamsaint]

So much to know and so little time, southern sainty.

Here's an oldie from a great record!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEJC6aWIbD0

Ain't that the truth.

Thanks for the groovy link.

Not the sort of music I normally associate with Cumbria........................Oh !!!

Must go to Womad one time.

[Globaltruth]

Must go to Womad one time.

Alternatively....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2015/womad-charlie-gillett-line-up

Can someone explain the point of a 'simulcast'? I'd also like to nominate the word for an ugliness award esp. when used out of technical context.

This isn't what they mean:

[Globaltruth]

What great guests Khiyo were on Lopa's Wo3.
I wish we had such a beautiful national anthem with lyrics by someone like Rabindranath Tagore, and an inspriring and melodious group who could cause controversy by a rearrangement of the same with the intent of simplifying those lyrics to make them accessible.

For those who missed this treat, here we see a moving performance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MYgdBHQyOU

and, to show their versatility...

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

(new album is on Spotify here

[johncorrigan]

What great guests Khiyo were on Lopa's Wo3.
I wish we had such a beautiful national anthem with lyrics by someone like Rabindranath Tagore, and an inspriring and melodious group who could cause controversy by a rearrangement of the same with the intent of simplifying those lyrics to make them accessible.

For those who missed this treat, here we see a moving performance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MYgdBHQyOU

and, to show their versatility...

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

(new album is on Spotify here

I like to think that the great man would have approved greatly, Global...thanks...beautiful indeed. Here's a translation, by the way.

My Golden Bengal


My beloved Bengal
My Bengal of Gold,
I love you.

Forever your skies,
Your air set my heart in tune
As if it were a flute.

In spring, O mother mine,
The fragrance from your mango groves
Makes me wild with joy,
Ah, what a thrill!
In autumn, O mother mine,
In the full blossomed paddy fields
I have seen spread all over sweet smiles.

Ah, what beauty, what shades,
What an affection, and what tenderness!
What a quilt have you spread
At the feet of banyan trees
And along the banks of rivers!

Oh mother mine, words from your lips
Are like nectar to my ears.
Ah, what a thrill!
If sadness, O mother mine,
Casts a gloom on your face,
My eyes are filled with tears!


Rabindranath Tagore