Two great guitarists do their thing. And here’s another from 1988, “I’ll Say She Does“
Videos
The Idan Raichel Project: Beyom Sabat [Music]
Idan Raichel is an Israeli singer-songwriter and a musician, known for his Idan Raichel Project, distinctive for its fusion of electronics, traditional Hebrew texts, Arab and Ethiopian music. Here are a few videos – Mon Amour, Hakol Over (This too shall pass) & Beyom Sabat.
Seamie O’Dowd: The Glen Seasons [Music]
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.
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
Music touches everyone – a ridiculously cute baby reacting to her mum’s singing [Video]
Margaret Roadknight: Albatross [Music]
Thanks to @AlisonFairleigh, found another Australian icon, Margaret Roadknight. That link plays her music automatically, but check out her performance from 1973, called Albatross
“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 –
I believe in yesterday: a view of our musical lives [Article]
Nick Carr reviews Retromania by Simon Reynolds & makes a pertinent observation:
Though we live in a fast-forward age, we cannot take our finger off the rewind button.