Jan 28, 2009
A "roit ol' mix" of music this week. You'll appreciate that despite
the name of the show, most of the music I play comes from pretty
much everywhere else in the world. This week is unique in that two
tracks have connections with Suffolk.
'til the wheels fall off - That was
Something (Michigan, USA)
That Was Something wants to make music that after all the trends,
clothing and styles are over, still stands tall with an original
pop sound that is still easy for people to familiarize themselves
with. Their new EP, Down, But Not
Out, produced by Rob Freeman (Hit The Lights, Cobra
Starship)
Some gigs, with The Somophore Attempt and Go Crash Audio, coming
up:
1 Mar The Mint Los Angeles, California
3 Mar The Unity Center, Roswell, New Mexico
5 Mar Jack's Patio Bar, San Antonio, Texas
6 Mar The Max, Dallas, Texas
9 Mar Jerry"s Bait Shop, Kansas City, Missouri
www.myspace.com/thatwassomething
If I was a seed -
Charlotte Greig (Cardiff, Wales)
It's strange the way that music finds our ears. I was doing some
work on a project here in the village and I found that the local
school (for 5-11 year olds) was mentioned in an singer's bio.
"I first learned traditional songs as a child at a village school
in Charsfield, Suffolk (Ronald Blythe later wrote about the village
in his book Akenfield)
If I Was A Seed was
recorded during the Down In The
Valley sessions, but only previously released on a
Bucketful Of Brains
sampler. However, she has five albums as well available from her
site along with a couple of free tracks.
www.charlottegreig.com/
www.myspace.com/charlottegreig
Falco Hase - Project Mahlen
Goscht (Cottbus, Germany)
From the album #3 Doktorium [The ElektroBaer Sessions]
www.elektrobear.com/
Tunes at the
Shoes at the weekend - assorted accordions, banjos and
hammer dulcimers gathered at the Three Horseshoes in Charsfield for
some fine traditional Suffolk music and a few pints of equally fine
Victoria Bitter on a very cold and frosty night. Not much singing
this session but some great tunes, generally played in sets of
three, as you"ll hear.
The regular music night is held on the second Friday of every month
and it is completely free.
If you want to know what's happening and about the beers you can
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weekly beer oriented newsletter from Martin and Emma. Just drop a
message to me and I'll pass your address on.
An image of you - The Chatham
Singers (UK)
The Chatham Singers is the latest outlet for Billy Childish's blues
work. Their first album was released in 2006 and although Billy had
been playing and recording blues for over a quarter of a century,
this is the first LP has made in this genre in for many years. As
well as featuring great tunes, Heavens Journey also served as a
showcase for many new poems that have been recorded by this
legendary painter, writer and musician.
Julie is American by birth and her father's family are free Blacks
and Winyah Indians from North Carolina.
The Chatham Singers are: - Billy Childish - Vox / Guitar Nurse
Julie - Vox / Bass Wolf Howard - Drums and & 'Bludy" Jim on
Harp On the new album they are joined by guests James Taylor (The
Prisoners /James Taylor Quartet) on piano and Hammond, Graham Coxon
(Blur) on occasional guitar
damagedgoods.co.uk/band/?c=The-Chatham-Singers
Closer to being here - Rendezvous
Park (Helsinki, Finland) Jamendo rec by Organic
Dispair
Rendezvous Park started in January 2008 when Kai Kousa and Mikael
Nousiainen decided to put together little demos and improvised
tracks they had been recording on the side of their other band
project. It was felt that these tracks wouldn't fit into the
massive blues-rock soundscape of the other project, so they decided
to have another band just for these songs. What started as a simple
side project has now evolved into something more serious.
Musically they draw influences from French minimalism, post-rock,
movie soundtracks and diverse collection of artists.
They write, perform, mix and produce all their material.
Rendezvous Park is:
Mikael Nousiainen - piano, glockenspiel, percussions, drums
programming, recording and mixing
Kai Kousa - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, electric bass, music
videos and graphic design
http://rendezvouspark.wordpress.com
For your love - Marching Band
(Linköping, Sweden)
Formerly known as Second Language, Erik Sunbring and Jacob Lind
realized their musical connection while attending college.
Together, they began to play around with an array of more eccentric
musical instruments such as xylophone, marimba, banjo, vibraphone
and unique vocal harmonies. The result of this experimentation is
found within their eclectic 12-track album.
Their critically acclaimed debut album Spark Large features an assortment of
instrumentation that delivers atmospheric folk and Indie-Pop.
http://marchingband.se/
www.myspace.com/marchingband
Marching
Band
"For Your
Love" (mp3)
from "Spark Large"
(U & L Records, Inc.)
Buy at
Rhapsody
More On This Album
Militante - Carlos de Nicaragua
(France, Barcelona)
Carlos Wiltshire, alias Carlos de Nicaragua, was born in
Bluefields, on the Nicaraguan Atlantic coast. His name is not only
in reference to his country of birth but mostly in reference to the
legendary Indian chief Nicaraocai, philosopher, ferocious warrior
and fighter. Carlos de Nicaragua was one of the precursors of the
sound system concept in Paris.
In Paris, latinos, french and africans dance during the concerts
under the blazing fire of a Nicaraguayan named Carlos and his band
"Familia", pioneers of the salsa reggae style. His admiration for
the reggae prophets Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Burning Spear [...]
pushed him to dedicate himself to this music, reinventing it and
mixing it with the tumbao of dancing rhythms from the Bronx and
other great salsa capitals.
Carlos is about to launch into a tour as he explained:
Happy New year...Jah Bless.
What a gwaan I & I music a rule.
I will be in Germany on tour fi the release of I new album
MILITANTE .2O/2/2009 TO 28/2/2009
Soon.
BLESSINGS.
CARLOS DE NICARAGUA
www.myspace.com/carlosdenicaraguayfamilia
http://cdbaby.com/cd/carlosdenicaragua