Saturday, 27 February 2021

ACAB (ALL CATS ARE BAST'RDS)

The Story of J Dilla’s Foundational Album 'Welcome 2 Detroit'
The Effects of Antidepressant Discontinuation on MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy

Mixmaster Morris - U Roy Tribute Show

A truly wild New York story: the Soho artist who, forty years ago, built a five- building by hand
King Britt's Blacktronica Celebrates Black Innovators In Electronic Music

Congrats to Mogwai on making #1 this week in the UK album charts

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Great Australian Albums / 16 Lovers Lane - The Go-Betweens

+ Robert Forster and Peter Paphides In Conversation

Sounds about right...

History

Scottish independence: Support for independence has changed the face of unionism

Friday, 26 February 2021

Fairport Convention - 'Bouton Rouge' French TV Show, Broadcast Live, April 27 1968

 
01-Morning Glory 
02-Time Will Show The Wiser 
03-Reno Nevada 
Judy Dyble - Vocals/Recorder 
Iain Matthews - Vocals 
Simon Nicol - Rhythm Guitar/Vocals 
Ashley "Tyger" Hutchings - Bass Guitar 
Richard Thompson - Lead Guitar/Vocals 
Martin Lamble - Drums

Marianne Faithfull with Warren Ellis - She Walks in Beauty

Sam Shalabi - Lonely Woman

This is a solo oud version of “Lonely Woman” by Ornette Coleman. I’ve loved this melody ever since I first heard it over 30 years ago. A while back, I had the idea of playing and recording it on oud – the melody has always struck me as very Arabic/Middle Eastern sounding – it has a sobbing/emotional feeling that you hear in certain kinds of Arabic vocal music and modes. It’s only recently though that it has made sense to attempt a version of it. I’ve been exploring the idea of covering Free Jazz ‘standards’ that could work on oud and would have an emotional resonance on the instrument (I’ve recently recorded versions of “Ghosts” by Albert Ayler and “India” by John Coltrane ). This is what led me back to this piece… I recorded it at home in Montreal with one microphone and one take