mrbuzzardstubble Posted May 14, 2014 Posted May 14, 2014 On 14/05/2014 at 6:53 AM, emesbee said: I have several of his albums. Would definitely be worth seeing, I reckon. Hmm, looks like he's coming to Adelaide, might have to check that out. Hi emesbee He's performing at the Adelaide International Guitar Festival.Brilliant Brazilian guitarist Yamandu Costa is also performing there.Two must sees for guitar fans 1
emesbee Posted May 29, 2014 Posted May 29, 2014 Another CD I picked up today (in a 2nd hand rack). Malian singer/songwriter Fatoumata Diawara's 2011 debut album. Quite a nice album. Her style is not unlike fellow Malian singer Rokia Traore, although I think Fatoumata's voice is somewhat more melodic sounding. A pretty good album overall, and a good effort from the backing musicians too. Good rhythms and some nice guitar work. Has a sort of 'African jazz' feel in places. There are a few names I recognise. Sola Akingbola (Nigerian percussionist from Jamiroquai - check out his 'Routes to Roots' CD) appears on a number of tracks. Toumani Diabate plays kora on one track, and John Paul Jones plays bass on another. Nicely recorded with a well balanced mix between the vocals and backing tracks. My personal favourites are track 2, 'Sowa', which has a nice blend between the vocals and lively rhythms, and track 7, 'Alama', which highlights Fatoumata's vocals with just acoustic guitar. 2
soundfan Posted June 6, 2014 Posted June 6, 2014 Toumani Diabate & Sidiki Diabate: Toumani & Sidiki This is a darn good listen: 2
mrbuzzardstubble Posted June 7, 2014 Posted June 7, 2014 Ba Cissoko-Electric Griot Land.Nice.Another $5 bargain from Title in Surry Hills. 1
mrbuzzardstubble Posted June 7, 2014 Posted June 7, 2014 Songlines issue #99 covermount disc.This issue also came with a bonus disc to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Roskilde Festival in Norway. The next issue comes with a 32 page booklet on world music.The milestone edition's guest track selektah for the covermount disc is Ian Anderson
mrbuzzardstubble Posted June 10, 2014 Posted June 10, 2014 Brasileirinho:Choro In Rio.Soundtrack to the movie directed by Mika Kaurismaki.
mrbuzzardstubble Posted June 11, 2014 Posted June 11, 2014 Good afternoon Tarika-Bibiango (Madagascar)
Ian McP Posted June 11, 2014 Posted June 11, 2014 ah, Songlines, been a subscriber for quite a few years now, the reviews section is a very dangerous place to go! Issue 100 just arrived. Imed Alibi's Safar album looks very promising Imed's producer/guitar maestro Justin Adams, check out his albums too If you haven't bought Roberto Fonseca's Yo album already do it now! He was sensational at Womadelaide. http://www.robertofonseca.com/en Also saw Toumani Diabate a few years back, at Womad, jaw droppingly amazing! 1
mrbuzzardstubble Posted June 11, 2014 Posted June 11, 2014 Hi Ian McP I get my Songlines through my newsagent,so I'm always a month late.You're right about the reviews section.It's been responsible for me dipping my hand into my pocket on many an occasion:-) Roberto Fonseca was my favourite act at this years Womadelaide.I picked up a copy of Yo there and Roberto signed it for me.;-)
Ian McP Posted June 12, 2014 Posted June 12, 2014 Songlines worth subscribing to, takes a while to get to the far antipodean reaches though....... newsagent's/record store price here in Melbourne around $15, subscribed price around half that. the wait's worth it, meanwhile I read their website www.songlines.co.uk Guilty plea: usually way cheaper to buy their recommendations direct from amazon than hunt them down locally. Discurio now Title (Hardware Lane, Melbourne) was a good place to source many of Songlines reviewed cds though Max the manager who knew the world music genre well has now left. Basement Discs is OK but more of a rock oriented store.
mrbuzzardstubble Posted June 12, 2014 Posted June 12, 2014 I loved Discurio.A knowledgable bunch in there.Haven't been in there since 2011.I must subscribe to Songlines one day.I have all of their mags plus a couple of their earlier ones in the smaller format before they folded and started up again. I must check out their cd shop soon,now that they have one up and running.
mrbuzzardstubble Posted June 13, 2014 Posted June 13, 2014 Good afternoon,music lovers :-) Egberto Gismonti Trio-Zig Zag.
Ian McP Posted June 13, 2014 Posted June 13, 2014 (edited) had some Egberto on vinyl years back, on ECM from memory, whilst we're on ECM check these dudes out Nik Bartsch's Ronin, their live album and Holon highly recommended hmmm, youtube won't connect, plenty of clips of them there Edited June 13, 2014 by Ian McP
mrbuzzardstubble Posted June 13, 2014 Posted June 13, 2014 (edited) Tom Zé-Estudando a Bossa:Nordeste Plaza. Edited June 13, 2014 by mrbuzzardstubble
Ian McP Posted June 20, 2014 Posted June 20, 2014 a few outstanding Melbourne bands with a worldly flavour: Tek Tek Ensemble catch them live http://www.tektek.com.au/dates.html opening for Bombay Royale tonight at Howler http://h-w-l-r.com/#/events http://thebombayroyale.com Public Opinion Afro Orchestra http://www.thepublicopinion.net couple of small venues well worth checking out: Bar 303 High St Northcote (great for jazz and their monthly Kickin' the B3, Hammond nights are fab) Open Studio High St Northcote google 'em some good radio shows: Black Wax, PBS Mon 11-1pm (jazz and funk) The Good, the Dub and the Global, RRR Tues 2-4pm (world beats and dub) Space is the Place, PBS 11-1pm Tues (world with a modern twist) Global Village, PBS Sun 5-7pm (trad world) Bluejuice, PBS Sun 11-1pm (blues roots, ska and more) Get Down, RRR Thurs 12-2pm (funk and afro) Switched On, PBS Sat 1-3pm (60's Latin and more) Soul Groove 66, PBS, Sat 3-5pm (soul and blues) this ain't a definitive list by any means if you miss them on air most are archived as well 1
mrbuzzardstubble Posted June 20, 2014 Posted June 20, 2014 Seems Melbourne is the world music capital of Australia too-for 361 days of the year anyway.Public Opinion Afro Orchestra performed at Womadelaide a number of years ago.
mrbuzzardstubble Posted June 21, 2014 Posted June 21, 2014 Good afternoon all :-) Egberto Gismonti-Meeting Point. Egberto's music performed by the Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra 1
gojiramitch Posted June 21, 2014 Posted June 21, 2014 I have been really getting into Wardruna's Yggdrasil. Nordic dark folk... 1
mrbuzzardstubble Posted June 22, 2014 Posted June 22, 2014 You've inspired me to give this a spin Värttinä-Miero
mrbuzzardstubble Posted June 25, 2014 Posted June 25, 2014 Cesaria Evora-Cabo Verde.My first Cesaria album and still my favourite.
Ian McP Posted June 26, 2014 Posted June 26, 2014 Cesaria was scheduled to play Womadelaide a couple of years back, she fell ill and was unable to perform. Her band did appear though, they were sensational. Track down her Live at the Olympia album to hear her in full swing http://www.amazon.co.uk/Live-LOlympia-Cesaria-Evora/dp/B0011YJPD2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1403754372&sr=8-1&keywords=cesaria+evora+live+the+olympia 1
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