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This group specializes in reccordings for babies.

Turned into a daytime Radio 1 staple after evening plays from – inevitably – John Peel, it later became the sampled source material for a deluge of 1990s dance hits: including the Pete Waterman-backed Opus III, who took it into the Top 5, and Kylie Minogue, whose 1994 No 2 hit ‘Confide In Me‘ incorporated sizeable chunks of the melody. Edward would later claim the only section of the song not to have been sampled is the concluding line: “We will have salad”.

"Blood Sweat & Tears 1968 hit recording. Stoneham was a British organist who wrote a number of soundtracks and also served as a music director a BBC programming. In the mid-sixties Harry Stoneham was the resident organist of a pub in Clapham, named The Plough. He worked with a drummer (unsurprisingly, Harry provided bass with his feet) called Johnny Eiden, and they were a duo under the name of _Two Fellas to Follow_. Harry was also engaged as demonstrator for Lowrey Organs. His death around Christmas time in 2018 was kept quiet by his wife as she did not want the news to spoil Christmas for others. - IMBD"

"Di Capri is an Italian popular music singer, songwriter and pianist, successful in Italy and Europe. There's a scene in Orhan Pamuk's novel Snow when the main character walks into a shop in the small own of Kars in Northern Turkey . He hearas Di Capri singing _Roberta_ which led me to pick this tune in the Margin. _Last Train to San Fernando_ is a Trinidadian calypso song written by Sylvester DeVere, Randolph Padmore, and Mighty Dictator, the latter being a pseudonym for Kenny St. Bernard"

Listener tip. He played a concert once at MIT and also performed at gatherings of Indian musicians in Framingham. The Indian music series down the street from the Walker Memorial really is something I miss about Cambridge.

Jan Johansson (16 September 1931 – 9 November 1968) was a Swedish jazz pianist. This album is the best selling jazz release ever in Sweden; it has sold over a quarter of a million copies and has been streamed more than 10 million times on Spotify. In November 1968, Jan Johansson died in a car crash on his way to a concert in a church in Jönköping, Sweden. - wiki

"Ivor Cutler was a Scottish poet, singer, musician, songwriter, artist and humorist. He became known for his regular performances on BBC radio, and in particular his numerous sessions recorded for John Peel's influential eponymous late night radio programme. Cutler was a noted eccentric, dressing in a distinctive style including plus-fours and hats adorned with many badges, travelling mainly by bicycle and often communicating by means of sticky labels printed with _Cutlerisms._ Cutler was a member of the Noise Abatement Society and the Voluntary Euthanasia Society. He retired from performing in 2004, and died on 3 March 2006, in London - wiki"

This off the debut LP of this British funk group.

Jacob Collier né Moriarty (born 2 August 1994)is an English musician. His music incorporates a combination of jazz with elements from many other musical genres, and often features extensive use of reharmonisations and close harmony. He is also known for his energetic live performances, in which he often conducts the audience to sing multiple-part harmonies or percussions. This cut is off of his debut album. He won the 2017 Grammy with tune in the Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals category. The album was recorded and mixed in a three-month period[17] in the music room of his family home in London, England, hence the title. - wiki

"Ligeti was a Hungarian composer of contemporary classical music. He is best known by the public through the use of his music in film soundtracks. Although he did not directly compose any film scores, excerpts of pieces composed by him were taken and adapted for film use. The sound design of Stanley Kubrick's films, particularly the music of 2001: A Space Odyssey, drew from Ligeti's work and also contained pieces by other classical composers. - wiki"

Canadian group that plays strictly on instruments made of glass

Buffalo NY native, nominated twice for the Pulitzer prize in literature. Lucille Sayles was married to sculptor Fred James Clifton who was a professor of philosophy at the University at Buffalo. They had 6 children. In 2007, she became the first African-American woman to win the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize. This poem was published in 1996, as part of The Book of Light.

This tune was written by Santana after he saw a jazz saxophonist performing in the street outside his apartment in San Francisco. - wiki

"Album recorded with Catalan viola da gambist Jordi Savall,Jordi Savall & Hersprion XXI. He was married to renowned Spanish soprano Montserrat Figueras, who specialized in early music. She died months after this work was completed. "

Live by Susanna and David Wallumrød is a collaboration by the Norwegian and her cousin David. They played together as children and came back together, initially, in a series of live performances.

Recorded March 21, 1976 at Generation Sound, New York City. Charlie Haden — bass; Ornette Coleman — alto saxophone ; Keith Jarrett — piano; Alice Coltrane — harp; Paul Motian — percussion

Quest for videos with the fewest views. This is an overexposed cell phone recording of a very cute little boy dancing. A female relative records. Garnered 61 views (3 of which are mine).

Chiweshe is a musician, composer, actress, and activist internationally known for her singing and playing of the mbira dzavadzimu, a traditional instrument of the Shona people of Zimbabwe. She is one of the few female players of the instrument. The songs were mostly recorded in the 1970’s, during the buildup to the Chimurenga revolution, and were only ever released in Stella’s home country.

Quincy Troupe is a renowned poet, journalist, and author of one of the authoratative biographies of Miles Davis. This is him reading at a live event a set of poems from his latest collection, Duende: Poems, 1966–Now.

Lamb was born in Surrey UK in 1955. She's released eight albums to date. This cover took her into the top 30 charts in Britan…the only time she accomplished that. She produced a bizarre music video to go with her version of the song. Link above.

"Recorded on Friday, February 1, 2001 at the Endicott World Music Room here at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge. Dreyblatt is an American teacher and composer living in Berlin since 1984. The Orchestra of Excited Strings was founded by composer Arnold Dreyblatt in New York City in 1979 for the development and performance of his music compositions. Among his collaborators are Evan Ziporyn (playing Cimbalom on this tune) and sound recordist Bob Bielecki"

"Power was born in London, England to Irish parents. Her family relocated to Ireland when she was twelve years old.[2] She learned to play the button accordion before starting to sing and play piano as a teen - wiki"

Turned into a daytime Radio 1 staple after evening plays from – inevitably – John Peel, it later became the sampled source material for a deluge of 1990s dance hits: including the Pete Waterman-backed Opus III, who took it into the Top 5, and Kylie Minogue, whose 1994 No 2 hit ‘Confide In Me‘ incorporated sizeable chunks of the melody. Edward would later claim the only section of the song not to have been sampled is the concluding line: “We will have salad”.

"Composed during lockdown, Vega Trails is a new project from double-bassist and composer Milo Fitzpatrick, a founder member of Portico Quartet...features saxophonist Jordan Smart (Mammal Hands, Sunda Arc) in a richly powerful duo bringing together two powerfully charismatic musicians. The project which takes its name from Carl Sagan's science fiction novel 'Contact' (a book about signals of new life detected from the Vega system) and was born out of a desire to bring the elements of bass and melody to the foreground in their rawest form... during enclosure, Fitzpatrick was immersed in Swedish Fiddle music and - bandcamp"