Lopa's Wo3

[johncorrigan]

Lopa's got a bit of sufi music tonight in the form of the Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali Group though I've tended to listen to her on playback these days to offer me a bit more control over the offerings. She had Jim Moray last week - I found him quite dull. Indeed there were only half a dozen records that penetrated - here's one: Daktaris giving us a spot of Addis with Musicawa Silt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3CB7RssPoM

[Globaltruth]

Lopa's got a bit of sufi music tonight in the form of the Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali Group though I've tended to listen to her on playback these days to offer me a bit more control over the offerings. She had Jim Moray last week - I found him quite dull. Indeed there were only half a dozen records that penetrated - here's one: Daktaris giving us a spot of Addis with Musicawa Silt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3CB7RssPoM

Me too JC. I do think tonight's programme is quite an important one though -
prior to their concert on Mar 27, and 20 years on from the death of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, possible the greatest performenr of Qawwali music bar none, Rizwan-Muazzam Group, led by his nephews, continue their devotional quest to Qawwali music - attempting to achieve ecstasy through hypnotic repetition.
They are not alone in using this technique of course, but they are impassioned performers, well worth a listen.
Let's sincerely hope Lopa does them justice, I'm confident BBC sound recordists will.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7ELrO34K24

[Globaltruth]

Great show from Lopa (not said grudgingly AT ALL )

Unexpectedly enjoyed this : Maniucha Bikont i Ksawery Wojcinski - Oj Borom, Borom, but, of course, Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali stole the show.
Lopa mentioned that some of their work was being filmed, can't find it on their website?
Obviously they chose Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan as their heritage track, for one glorious moment I had a vision of them chosing our own very great chart topping Ed Sheeran... thank heavens for some certainties.

There is a 43 min stand alone session too:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04y5dmm

Don't forget, as per other thread(s) we get double dibs on Fri Apr 7 and Sat Apr 8 - at least one of those I will be at. Happens so rarely it's worth making a fuss about...

[Globaltruth]

Tinariwen in concert.

Desert blues fans well served by Radio 3 shock.

Perhaps equally important a chance to hear about their poetry and themes.

[johncorrigan]

Tinariwen in concert.

Desert blues fans well served by Radio 3 shock.

Perhaps equally important a chance to hear about their poetry and themes.

I enjoyed the input by writer Andy Morgan, Global. I thought his comments on Tinariwen to LK, halfway through the programme, were most illuminating.

[Globaltruth]

Is Wo3 only as good as its guests? Depends how much air time they're given perhaps... in the case of the distinctly average East Point it was too much. Even LK sounded a bit bored.
Switched off when they started their version of 'Heroes'. Did I miss anything?

[johncorrigan]

Did I miss anything?

Well you missed Lopa telling us that she hasn't been to Albania, the island in the Mediterranean. Some Albanian stuff (Simon Broughton phoned in from some Albanian festival), 75 Dollar Bill (which I enjoy), that great Kris Drever song 'If Wishes were Horses'. But I didn't get much beyond that Global - Lopa is the ideal Insomnia cure as far as I'm concerned.

[johncorrigan]

Bernard Ntone - Mussoloki from tonight's show. Cameroonian delight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHvBkCS4GlE

...otherwise Lopa uninteresting.

[Lat-Literal]

Bernard Ntone - Mussoloki from tonight's show. Cameroonian delight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHvBkCS4GlE

...otherwise Lopa uninteresting.

Yes, JC, that's pretty good - I am not sure if Wo3 and similar have ever found the right replacements for Charlie and Lucy etc but often it just comes down to preference.

[johncorrigan]

Yes, JC, that's pretty good - I am not sure if Wo3 and similar have ever found the right replacements for Charlie and Lucy etc but often it just comes down to preference.

Perhaps that's true. I suppose I think I know a bit more now than before, Lat, but I have in the past gone and looked out music on the recommendations of Charlie or Lucy or Andy - even Mary Ann or Joe Boyd. I haven't heard an enthusiastic endorsement from Lopa and thought, 'I need to go dig it out'. But another issue for me is Lopa's attitude to interview. She just sounds bored. When you're interviewing someone you need to give the impression, at the very least, that you're listening to them - it's part of her job, after all - and Lopa often sounds like she's somewhere else. I never ever look at the Wo3 page and think, 'Oh great! Lopa's presenting the show this Friday.' That disappoints me.

[Globaltruth]

Perhaps that's true. I suppose I think I know a bit more now than before, Lat, but I have in the past gone and looked out music on the recommendations of Charlie or Lucy or Andy - even Mary Ann or Joe Boyd. I haven't heard an enthusiastic endorsement from Lopa and thought, 'I need to go dig it out'. But another issue for me is Lopa's attitude to interview. She just sounds bored. When you're interviewing someone you need to give the impression, at the very least, that you're listening to them - it's part of her job, after all - and Lopa often sounds like she's somewhere else. I never ever look at the Wo3 page and think, 'Oh great! Lopa's presenting the show this Friday.' That disappoints me.

inevitably I agree. Bring back KT!

[johncorrigan]

Friday's programme had some fine music in there. I enjoyed the guests OK but I had a sense that Klezmerish might have been more at home on 'In Tune' or the like...and they weren't very klezmerry. But they did introduce a very good heritage track. But nice to hear Mary Ann Kennedy making an appearance from a Canadian airport during a road trip making a programme ahead of Canada at 150 celebrations. It'll be good to hear her again.

[Globaltruth]

But nice to hear Mary Ann Kennedy making an appearance from a Canadian airport during a road trip making a programme ahead of Canada at 150 celebrations. It'll be good to hear her again.

She has my vote JC.
In fact, so does Canada....

[Quarky]

Perhaps that's true. I suppose I think I know a bit more now than before, Lat, but I have in the past gone and looked out music on the recommendations of Charlie or Lucy or Andy - even Mary Ann or Joe Boyd. I haven't heard an enthusiastic endorsement from Lopa and thought, 'I need to go dig it out'. But another issue for me is Lopa's attitude to interview. She just sounds bored. When you're interviewing someone you need to give the impression, at the very least, that you're listening to them - it's part of her job, after all - and Lopa often sounds like she's somewhere else. I never ever look at the Wo3 page and think, 'Oh great! Lopa's presenting the show this Friday.' That disappoints me.

Fair enough. But in terms of musical content, Lopa's programme last night had some first rate stuff.

"World music's inclusive nature and elasticity as a musical category may pose for some obstacles to a universal definition, but its ethic of interest in the culturally exotic is encapsulated in fRoots magazine's description of the genre as "local music from out there""

[johncorrigan]

Fair enough. But in terms of musical content, Lopa's programme last night had some first rate stuff.

"World music's inclusive nature and elasticity as a musical category may pose for some obstacles to a universal definition, but its ethic of interest in the culturally exotic is encapsulated in fRoots magazine's description of the genre as "local music from out there""

Mary Ann Kennedy's sadly defunct 'Global Gathering', which used to be on Radio Scotland, had the strap line 'Music from round the world, and round the corner', Ob.
Haven't heard last night's show yet but really looking forward to listening to the wonderful duo Vincent Segal & Ballake Sissoko...and certainly the playlist looks pretty good.