As the author of droll novels of counterculture Americana like Trout Fishing in America, The Abortion, Willard and His Bowling Trophies, and The Hawkline Monster, Richard Brautigan was one of the major writers of the 1960s and 1970s. It's not as well known that he was also a recording artist, reading excerpts from his novels, short stories, and poems on his sole album, 1970's Listening to Richard Brautigan. - liner notes by Richie Unterberger
Sly and Robbie were a prolific Jamaican rhythm section and production duo, associated primarily with the reggae and dub genres. Drummer Sly Dunbar and bassist Robbie Shakespeare teamed up in the mid-1970s after establishing themselves separately in Jamaica as professional musicians.[2] Shakespeare died in December 2021 following kidney surgery. - wiki
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Teirstein is composer, performer, and an Arts Professor and Director of the New York University Global Institute for Advanced Study Working Group Translucent Borders, which explores the role of dance and music at cultural and geographic borders.
"Harley was born in NC and moved to North Philly with his mother at a young age. He was reportedly of mixed Cherokee and African ancestry, and known primarily as the first jazz musician to adopt the Scottish great Highland bagpipe as his primary instrument.. He became inspired to learn the bagpipe after seeing the Black Watch perform in John F. Kennedy's funeral procession in November 1963. Then a maintenance worker for Philadelphia's housing authority, Harley began searching the city for a set of bagpipes. Failing to find one, he traveled to New York City, where he found a set in a pawn shop. He purchased the instrument for US$120, quickly adapting it to the idioms of jazz, blues, and funk. On several occasions, when a neighbor called the police to complain about Harley's practicing in his home, he would quickly put away his bagpipes and feign ignorance, asking the officers, Do I look like I'm Irish or Scottish to you? Harley made his bagpipe performance debut in 1964. From 1965 to 1970 he released four recordings as leader on the Atlantic label , also recording as a sideman with Herbie Mann, Sonny Stitt, and Sonny Rollins. He later recorded with Laurie Anderson (appearing on her 1982 album Big Science). In addition to bagpipes, on these albums he also occasionally played tenor saxophone, flute, or electric soprano saxophone. Harley often wore Scottish garb, including a kilt, in conjunction with a Viking-style horned helmet. "
In 1966, Rzewski co-founded Musica Elettronica Viva with Alvin Curran and Richard Teitelbaum in Rome. Musica Elettronica Viva conceived music as a collective, collaborative process, with improvisation and live electronic instruments prominently featured. In 1971, he returned to New York from Italy. He was born in Westfield, MA. [Blackearth Percussion Group / Steve Ben Israel / Karl Berger / Alvin Curran / Jon Gibson / Joan Kalisch / Garrett List / Frederic Rzewski / Richard Youngstein] The song was written The Attica Prison Rebellion, also known as the Attica Prison Massacre, the Attica Uprising or the Attica Prison Riot, took place at the state prison in Attica, New York; it started on September 9, 1971, and it was ended on September 13 with the highest number of fatalities in the history of United States prison uprisings. Of the 43 men who died, including 10 hostages, all but one guard and three inmates were killed by law enforcement gunfire when the state retook control of the prison on the last day of the uprising. This is one of the best-known and most significant events of the prisoners' rights movement. - wiki
Harley made his bagpipe performance debut in 1964. From 1965 to 1970 he released four recordings as leader on the Atlantic label (all produced by Joel Dorn, an early supporter), also recording as a sideman with Herbie Mann, Sonny Stitt, and Sonny Rollins in the 1960s and 1970s. He later recorded with Laurie Anderson (appearing on her 1982 album Big Science) and The Roots (on their 1995 album Do You Want More?!!!??!), the latter coming about due to a 1994 appearance on The Arsenio Hall Show. In addition to bagpipes, on these albums he also occasionally played tenor saxophone, flute, or electric soprano saxophone. Featured with Harley's bagpipes is Nadir Qamar, Harp [Madagascar].
I recorded this on my iPhone as I was about to pass through the Ressurection Gate into Red Square in Moscow. I was surprised to find a very small chapel built to venerate a icon of the Virgin Mary. There was a priest performing a service, and about a dozen women singing. It was very crowded -- we were all up against one another, and a young man listening beside me turned to say _Mutter Goot_. It took me a minute to understand her was pointing up at the icon -- a painting above us -- and saying in his broken English, Mother of God. The original lives at Georgian Iveron monastery on Mount Athos in Greece and was originally brought there by two Georgian monks, who built the chapel to hold it in 980. (from wiki)> In 1648, Patriarch Nikon of Moscow commissioned an exact copy of the Iviron icon to be made and sent to Russia. Almost immediately upon its arrival on October 13, the icon was glorified with numerous miracles attributed to it by the faithful. The Iverskaya Chapel was built in 1669 to enshrine the icon next to the Kremlin walls in Moscow.
Sent to me via the Messenger app on Sat night from a friend who worked with a Ukranian tranlator a few years ago on a trip to the Ukraine. She was at a live performance in her town of Chernihiv, 2 hours from Kiev. Poignant, as news of the day continues to flare about the Russians poised at their boarders.
The project celebrates the ancestral songs and dance of the Maasai people of East Africa, performed at schools and on European stage through contemporary dance. While capturing and honouring the aesthetic and culture of the Maasai nomadic tribes Purko, Loodokilani and Kisonko, Anuang’a uses his passion for contemporary dance style - learned in Paris, France - to share his heritage and make it accessible to modern-day students. Emburkoi, voiced in chorus by the Loodokilani warriors to give them courage while hunting.
"Charles Arthur Feathers was born in Holly Springs, MS. He was known for being a master of shifting emotional and sonic dynamics in his songs.[citation needed] His theatrical, hiccup-styled, energetic, rockabilly vocal style inspired a later generation of rock vocalists, including Lux Interior of The Cramps. - wiki THis song was featured in Kill Bill and also in the Jim Jarmusch film Only Lovers Left Alive. "
Del Rio (born 10 July 1967) is an American singer/songwriter from Chula Vista, California. She has a three-octave vocal range. The filmmaker David Lynch created the scene in the neo-noir film Mulholland Drive in which Del Rio sings in the Club Silencio after hearing her sing _Llorando_ at his home studio on the suggestion of the music agent Brian Loucks. Lynch then invited her to perform in the film. Del Rio's emotional rendition of the song inspired the creation and development of the scene itself. In his book, The Impossible David Lynch, writer Todd McGowan describes Del Rio's performance with the phrase _the voice as the impossible object._[6] In the nightclub scene, Del Rio is introduced as _La Llorona de Los Ángeles_ (Crying Woman from Los Angeles), who belts out the song in a depressive stupor, only to faint onstage while the song continues playing. - wiki
Live recording of their performance at the Jazz Middelheim in Antwerp, Belgium featuring Bill Evans – piano, Stan Getz – tenor saxophone , Eddie Gómez – bass, and Marty Morell – drums
As the author of droll novels of counterculture Americana like Trout Fishing in America, The Abortion, Willard and His Bowling Trophies, and The Hawkline Monster, Richard Brautigan was one of the major writers of the 1960s and 1970s. It's not as well known that he was also a recording artist, reading excerpts from his novels, short stories, and poems on his sole album, 1970's Listening to Richard Brautigan. - liner notes by Richie Unterberger
The 2013 film by Jim Jarmusch has a great soundtrack, The cut brings together Jarmusch & Carter Logan (SQURL) with Madeline Follin of Cults, a group formed in 2010 by guitarist Brian Oblivion and singer Madeline Follin -- both from San Diego - while were students in New York City.
Floating Points (aka Sam Shepherd) is a British composer, DJ, musician. Mahmoud Guinia was a Moroccan Gnawa musician, singer and guembri (3 stringed skin covered bass instrument) player, who was traditionally regarded as a Maâllem, i.e. master. died after a lengthy illness on 2 August 2015. His sons continue the tradition of the Saouiri style, notably Maâllem Houssam Guinia the youngest son, who is a rising star. His oldest son,Hamza Gania is a dancer and krakeb & tebel (ganga) player and works as a civil servant in Essaouira, while his daughter, Bouchra Gania is a student. - wiki
Bilal released a number of recordings. I learned of him first as a sideman to Abdul Abdul-Malik's 1963 album _The Eastern Moods of…_ He was born in June of 1928. As a young man during the 1940’s, Bilal Abdurahman worked as an illustrator for a local Brooklyn newspaper, while simultaneously studying music. He took special interest in the music and percussion instruments of the African continent. Like many Black American artists of the time, his interest in African art was coupled with a broader interest in African history, which led him to explore new spiritual traditions. In particular, he began to study Islam and the Afrocentric Hebrew tradition — both of which had become staples within the Black communities of New York City and several other American urban centers. During the 1950’s, the two participated in the famed weekly jam sessions at the Putnam Central Club that typified the remarkable jazz scene that flourished in Brooklyn during the era. These jam sessions were attended by jazz luminaries like Max Roach, Randy Weston, Wynton Kelly, Charles Mingus, and so many others. He passed away in 1988.
Teupin was born in Koln Germany in 1931. He was an actor, composer and jazz harp player. Back up singing is by a popular easy-listening group, The Kallmann Choir, led by Günter Kallmann
Featured with Harley's bagpipes is Nadir Qamar, Harp [Madagascar]. Harley was born in NC and moved to North Philly with his mother at a young age. He was reportedly of mixed Cherokee and African ancestry, and known primarily as the first jazz musician to adopt the Scottish great Highland bagpipe as his primary instrument.. He became inspired to learn the bagpipe after seeing the Black Watch perform in John F. Kennedy's funeral procession in November 1963. Then a maintenance worker for Philadelphia's housing authority, Harley began searching the city for a set of bagpipes. Failing to find one, he traveled to New York City, where he found a set in a pawn shop. He purchased the instrument for US$120, quickly adapting it to the idioms of jazz, blues, and funk. On several occasions, when a neighbor called the police to complain about Harley's practicing in his home, he would quickly put away his bagpipes and feign ignorance, asking the officers, Do I look like I'm Irish or Scottish to you? Harley made his bagpipe performance debut in 1964. From 1965 to 1970 he released four recordings as leader on the Atlantic label , also recording as a sideman with Herbie Mann, Sonny Stitt, and Sonny Rollins. He later recorded with Laurie Anderson (appearing on her 1982 album Big Science). In addition to bagpipes, on these albums he also occasionally played tenor saxophone, flute, or electric soprano saxophone. Harley often wore Scottish garb, including a kilt, in conjunction with a Viking-style horned helmet. He favored the key Bb minor. In addition to his performing career, he worked for the Philadelphia Housing Authority for many years.
