I’d never heard of Seamie O’Dowd until I heard this performance in a glen – a guitar, the man’s voice, & rich natural background music.
Tag: Music
NPR Interview with Cdr Chris Hadfield re his new book.
Listen to the interview. Or read the transcript. Either way, a very worthwhile investment of time talking to the man who’s the first music producer/ artist from outer space.
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yungupingu: Wiyathul [Music]
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yungupingu is an Indigeneous Australian musician, & sings in the Yolngu language. He was born blind, has never learned Braille and does not have a guide dog or use a white cane. Listen to this haunting rendering of Wiyathul, & I was born blind. Learn more about the man here and visit his website here
Erhu: the chinese version of the violin? – [Video]
Erhu is a Chinese instrument, & in the hands of someone who knows it well (like everything else I suppose), makes magical tunes.
Lavinia Meijer performs Philip Glass’ Metamorphosis on the harp [Video]
Elizabeth Cotten, picking the guitar on TV, 1969 [Video]
Elizabeth (Libba) Cotten was an American blues & folk musician, singer & songwriter. A self-taught, left-handed guitar player, watch her perform Spanish Flang Dang & A Jig on a TV show called “Guitar, Guitar”
Siasi: A song from the South Pacific Islands [Video]
Siasi, by O-Shen, from the Putumayo CD “South Pacific Islands“. Just voices & an ukulele can be very uplifting for the spirit.
Angelo Debarre – Angelo et le cymballum [Video]
Angelo Debarre covers Jean “Django” Reinhardt’s Angelo et le cymballum.
“Symphony No.9, Boogie” by Matryomin ensemble “Da” – Theremin – [Music]
167 theremin’s + piano performing Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9.
Serbian Music – The No Smoking Orchestra Cik Cik Pogodi [Music]
The No Smoking Orchestra is smoking hot –