Amazing Music of the World.

[christopher3393]

On 8/7/2018 at 9:38 PM, elcorso said:

 

Great album & players, just order it from Amazon !

 

Recently a daughter brought me, from Spain,  the instrument that appears at 2:44, now I know how to play it ?

 

Roch

 

On 8/8/2018 at 5:14 AM, sphinxsix said:

You can call it kalimba.

 

19 hours ago, Superdad said:

 

That's thumb piano!  

I have a lovely one built on a gourd.

 

A wonderful instrument! Thanks for the reminder. I first heard one played by Taj Mahal in the early '70s. He was opening for The Band and this was his first song:

 

 

Here is a live version with closeups giving you a good sense of how it is played:

 

 

 

This instrument is also often called an mbira: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mbira

 

Here is a good documentary from 1990 that contextualizes this instrument and music in Zimbabwe:

 

 

[elcorso]

Here is mine. Look at the beautiful African wood !

 

 

The same as above, but tubed version...

 

Roch

 

[Superdad]

2 hours ago, elcorso said:

The same as above, but tubed version...

 

DHT no doubt (Directly Heated Thumbs). 

[Nikhil]

 

Not sure of the interest in something like this but here is a video of street musicians in India.

They usually sing devotional songs that are passed on in an oral tradition.

 

The song they are singing is an Abhang, a devotional poetry form in the Marathi language.

 

 

  

[STC]

 

I was standing somewhere here ( Google image) and heard the music appearing somewhere around the right center. The sound was with amazing clarity but I couldn’t  locate where it was originating. The brown building’s marble wall reflected the sound and created and incredible soundscape which made localization hard.  The sound was natural when heard from this location despite i know it must be amplified. I was curious to see the speaker used and recorded the sound from the opposite side. 

 

Listen carefully to the actual recorded from the front view and the side. I couldn’t record the sound from the first location which I consider the best place to hear the performance. The reflected sound from the building created an unique sonic that was captivating. 

 

I am am not very sure of the instruments but I believe this is a gambus and kompang of Malay instruments. Although, it did not look like a kompang to me. I will ask my Malays friend to get more info about this. 

 

 

 

[christopher3393]

 

[sphinxsix]

2 hours ago, christopher3393 said:

 

 

Very beautiful indeed. Just like Carolan's Harp by Andrew Lawrence King.

Would love to see some more interesting Celtic folk music recommendations - I'm not an expert here but I can recommend Jordi Savall performing this kind of music (also with A.L.King)

 

 

 

[Nikhil]

This showed up in my Youtube feed and in HD!

 

 

[sphinxsix]

Wu Man playing pipa.

 

 

[sphinxsix]

Introducing a female oud player - Sherine Tohamy.

 

 

Who is sometimes electric oud player.

 

[elcorso]

13 hours ago, Nikhil said:

This showed up in my Youtube feed and in HD!

 

 

 

Extraordinary, thanks !

 

I'm waiting from the June 2018 Montreal Jazz Festival comes a recording from this people ?  I found one track on Qobuz, but Zakir Hussain wasn't with the group.

 

 

Best,

 

Roch

[firedog]

3 hours ago, elcorso said:

 

Extraordinary, thanks !

 

I'm waiting from the June 2018 Montreal Jazz Festival comes a recording from this people ?  I found one track on Qobuz, but Zakir Hussain wasn't with the group.

 

 

Best,

 

Roch

If you guys ever see an album download of the group with Hussain, let us know. 

 

[christopher3393]

 

[sphinxsix]

38 minutes ago, christopher3393 said:

 

 

It seems that here are some names of the performers :

 

 

[sphinxsix]

 

From the album ‘Invisible Stars – Choral Works from Ireland and Scotland’ :

 

 

[sphinxsix]

And one more name:

 

 

 

[STC]

1 hour ago, sphinxsix said:

 

It seems that here are some names of the performers :

 

 

 

It sounded so familiar. Yes, similar to Indian Carnatic. 

 

 

[sphinxsix]

6 hours ago, STC said:

 

It sounded so familiar. Yes, similar to Indian Carnatic. 

 

 

 

The very begining of 'Eleanor Na Run' rather reminds me of 'Amazing Grace'.

[sphinxsix]

On 8/5/2018 at 2:20 PM, lasker98 said:

Eek-a-Mouse: "Ganja Smuggling"

 

 

I bet you don't know this version.

 

 

[Nikhil]

Junun - Shye Ben Tzur, Jonny Greenwood And The Rajasthan Express

There are songs on this album that are beyond description. Just amazing.

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junun_(album)

 

[AnotherSpin]

2 hours ago, Nikhil said:

Junun - Shye Ben Tzur, Jonny Greenwood And The Rajasthan Express

There are songs on this album that are beyond description. Just amazing.

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junun_(album)

 

 

There is a documentary from Paul Thomas Anderson with these recordings. Trailer: 

 

[sphinxsix]

On 9/4/2018 at 7:57 AM, Nikhil said:

Junun - Shye Ben Tzur, Jonny Greenwood And The Rajasthan Express

There are songs on this album that are beyond description. Just amazing.

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junun_(album)

 

A very interesting qawwali fusion album. Thanks for this! The Rajasthan Express brass section reminds every now and then of Goran Bregovic music (!)

 

The begining of Shye Ben Tzur's 'Heeyam' album :

 

 

[AnotherSpin]

8 hours ago, sphinxsix said:

The Rajasthan Express brass section reminds every now and then of Goran Bregovic music (!)

 

Nothing unexpected. Romani or gypsies are from Rajasthan and some other regions of North India historically, and their music is an important source of Bregovic scores.

[AnotherSpin]

 

[Superdad]

@AnotherSpin I love the part in the Omar Souleyman video where they super-impose him standing on top of a minivan rolling down the highway!