And this IS worth an ad.
Yes it is.
Yes it is.
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PS, Global et Al, just a thought but would a Juke Box Jury exercise on the worldly shows be an idea to run with ( or run away from )
Just think of the excitement of the league tables - it could even turn out like a re-run of the final day the premier league season
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caught the show driving home, the opening seconds of the interview triggered the switch; Soothsayers ok to a jazz ear but much of the music seemed commercial .... show was bubble gum and might not have passed muster on R2 ....According to the best estimates of astronomers there are at least one hundred billion galaxies in the observable universe.Comment
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nicely put. Instead Listen Again'd to Fiona's Thurs LJ where Mark Hanslip (tenor saxophone), Javier Carmona (drums, percussion) playing 'Jowls and a Beard' sounded ok to a WM ear. And The Necks — Silverwater was just great, a most absorbing piece.Originally posted by aka Calum Da Jazbo View Post
Yes.would a Juke Box Jury exercise on the worldly shows be an idea to run withLast edited by Globaltruth; 28-05-11, 10:10.Comment
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I didn't get even that far - I was so disappointed because my useless maths had me thinking that Mary Ann was going to be on - Lopa introduced and I just wasn't in the mood - and the first song didn't make me want to wait around for more.Originally posted by aka Calum Da Jazbo View Post
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I like Lopa as well. For the second time this year, we have lost phone and internet connection in my road. Not in my parents house, oddly, hence this posting. As for the rest of us, we are again being told that it will take five days to sort out.
The last time the cause was the copper lines being taken by thieves from under the downs a mile away. If it turns out that this is the cause again, it will be the third time in this area, twice affecting us directly. Copper has also been removed from the rooves of two churches inside a mile.
Seems like I will becoming familiar again with radio as it is broadcast rather than relying mainly on the I-Player!Comment
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Live is best, Lat.
But not in the dead of the night !
Anyway who's on duty tonight ??????Comment
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Perhaps it's only me, but over the last while I'm afraid I've been getting a bit fed up with Lopa's delivery - her scripted monotone approach shows no emotion whatsoever - she seems almost uninterested in the music. She even adopted this robotic approach when responding to playing The Thirty Foot Trailer by The Watersons and mentioning Mike Waterson almost in the passing. I find it tough to stick around.Comment
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I still think she is ok, John. I prefer her to one or two of the other presenters. Not MAK I should add. What I think I would prefer is a return to three presenters in rotation for World on 3 or even four of them.
In terms of music choices, it was admittedly a bit of a weird one. I enjoyed Hans Raj Hans, though he is no NFAK, and it was interesting enough to hear some Womad artists. There did though seem to be a higher than average number of almost novelty items and some overly pop moments.
Of course, sometimes the lines for these things are rather fine. A few of the tracks were just about on the right side for me and others not. I can accept, for example, the National Duduk Ensemble of Armenia and Konono No 1, although the latter more as them and less as "featured" in the track played. Daler Nasarov and Mionor Empire probably less so, at least not on this hearing.
Incidentally, I do agree with your three picks from Late Junction on 30 June. I too enjoyed the kora of Sura Susso but then again I'm going through a kora period. It is such an antidote. Just discovered that my folk choice was from Fribo although a second listen suggests that they lack a lot in subtlety. I may not be venturing further.Last edited by Guest; 03-07-11, 02:48.Comment
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I have a low tolerance threshold for LK, I switch off more than I listen to the whole way through. At least 1 new voice on the rota would be good - how about Ian Anderson from froots? Or, in the interest of fairness, Simon Broughton from Songlines.
Or a series of guest presenters with an interest in WM. From Cerys to Damon via George and Barack...Comment
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Yes, GT, Ian would be a very good choice. Don't think I could go along with Damon though. He doesn't wholly convince me. There are a couple of other obvious contenders but really I daren't go there. And then, erm, isn't it all a bit British, even white, presenter-wise?
There are lots of other questions. Am I right to see the programme as the flagship for world music on 3? If so, we have one presenter who, good as she is, is very (celtic) folk leaning and another who others are less happy with than I am. This feels instinctively that they haven't got it quite right.
And "Late Junction" - Can we describe the main focus of the programme? Isn't it a bit of everything - not bad for that - but essentially meaning that the world music output is really just 3 hours per week? I would like to see more world music - and less prog and jazz? - on LJ.
....Might as well add a few small bits. I have been listening to Schulkind and he is excellent at what he does. A true enthusiast and his programmes make for great radio entertainment. I'm not sure though that this is what 3 lacks because it isn't very 3. Similarly, I would like to think, as you clearly do, that there was room for a more imaginative trawl than simply through the more obvious absentees alluded to above.
I actually see the Latin area as being covered very well. Lucy leads there and Lopa often heads that way. MAK has the folk area. A lot dip into Africa but actually I think I would like to see someone with something like an African/blues/reggae sort of leaning - not exclusively of course - for a slightly different additional mix on Wo3. Plus the European coverage, while quite broad ranging, needs a little more discrimination on taste grounds. That's my angle, at least today!Last edited by Guest; 03-07-11, 00:23.Comment
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George Alagiah is from Ceylon and Barack Obama is from Hawaii.Comment
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Oh, I assumed you were talking about the guy on track 3 of Before Benga - Kenya Dry 1:
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....Incidentally, there are two blokes on Facebook called Barack Owiti-Ombogo. That is my extraordinary fact of the day.Comment
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It's interesting that the preferences in music define a lot of the shows. Mary Ann does play a lot of folk and Celtic, but I think she chooses well and there's enough from elsewhere to make the shows entertaining and interesting. Also, the thing for me about Mary Ann is that she's enthusiastic in her own way about the stuff she plays and I have gone out and bought music on the back of her recommendations or explored further.
I've not done that in a long time with Lopa. She sounds like she's got an autocue in front of her. I think she is trying to genuinely find new music away from 'mainstream' World Music but it's not working for me. I mentioned a few mionths back a three in a row of Bangladeshi pop which she thought was terrific and I found unlistenable. Anyway I can take differences of musical taste but please ditch the autocue Lopa and loosen up.
As for guest presenters, I think it'd be Ok to have them in - Eliza Carthy was good when she stood in for Andy - after his piece in the essay I'd love to hear what Chris Wood came up with - Joe Boyd was pretty interesting when he was on for that anniversary show - Cerys certainly, though she's more confident in Blues, bluegrass, reggae going by her fine Sunday show - the thing is that she's a good broadcaster and I'm often drawn to good broadcasters. Of course they could give Andy a slot but I think sadly that that is now unlikely. Now there's a broadcaster - I wonder how many records I've bought on the back of his recommendations.:cool2:Comment
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