tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6818006766716588862024-03-18T21:36:50.998-07:00Caprixo de FashionFashion, hair model, minimalize hairstyle, maximize appearancesSisca Cute Love Uhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07746777826609066070noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-681800676671658886.post-27966892290799044802010-12-19T08:55:00.000-08:002012-01-26T00:34:13.030-08:00The Festival in the Desert / Le Festival au Désert (2003)«It’s the unlikeliest place to imagine a festival, in the Sahara, not far from the Malian town of Timbuktu. But that’s the home of the Festival in the Desert, which celebrated its third anniversary in 2003. While it attracts international talent, the real focus is on artists who make their homes in the area, often of the nomadic Tuareg people. But there are others who live locally, like the Sisca Cute Love Uhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07746777826609066070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-681800676671658886.post-49840705582692094362010-06-16T03:40:00.000-07:002012-01-26T00:34:14.360-08:00Mick Wills - Fern Hill (1988)«Guitarist and songwriter Mick Wills is a close pal of Bevis Frond frontman Nick Saloman. Wills and Saloman played and recorded together in a band called the Parthenogenetick Brotherhood of Woronzow. Woronzow is a pet label project of Saloman’s, hence this record’s issue in 1988, and its eventual very limited CD release on Acme in 1995. Much of the disc falls into the trad folk and blues categorySisca Cute Love Uhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07746777826609066070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-681800676671658886.post-54752789155489317452010-05-27T11:42:00.000-07:002012-01-26T00:34:14.758-08:00Saddar Bazaar - The Conference of the Birds (1995)«Bristol based and formed in 1990 by Shaun Hyder (Sitar etc.) and Rehan Matthew Hyder (Slide Guitar), Saddar Bazaar (Central Market) were soon joined by John Sage on Drums and supported various bands in the local area such as The Seers, Praise Space Electric and the Bevis Frond. They also played at the well known Ashton Court Community Festival in Bristol. By 1992 John had left the band and had Sisca Cute Love Uhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07746777826609066070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-681800676671658886.post-31047981764066238152010-05-05T07:21:00.000-07:002012-01-26T00:34:15.443-08:00Magic Carpet - Magic Carpet (1972)«Magic Carpet made just one album in the early 1970s, the self-titled Magic Carpet, that fused Indian ragas and singer-songwriter folk in a manner suggestive of Joni Mitchell playing with the Incredible String Band. Three of the four musicians – sitarist Clem Alford, guitarist Jim Moyes, and tabla player Keshav Sathe – had issued a previous album on Windmill under the name Sagram (a misspelling Sisca Cute Love Uhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07746777826609066070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-681800676671658886.post-89641695208626738702009-04-09T06:24:00.000-07:002012-01-26T00:34:22.586-08:00Ska Cubano - ¡Ay Caramba! (2005)«Take the propulsive backbeat shuffle of Jamaican ska and blend it with soulful Afro-Cuban son, and the result is Ska Cubano.The band is the creation of London promoter Peter Scott, who came up with the brilliant idea of blending two of the Caribbean’s most influential music styles. He brought London ska artist Natty Bo to Santiago de Cuba, where they collaborated with local musicians to create Sisca Cute Love Uhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07746777826609066070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-681800676671658886.post-56847200958069577372009-03-28T03:17:00.000-07:002012-01-26T00:34:23.047-08:00Tabla Beat Science - Tala Matrix (2000)«The North Indian drums know as the tabla were said to have been invented in the 13th century by Amir Khusrau, a disciple of the Sufi saint Hazrat Nizemuddin Aluya. At the time, Khusrau sawed a pakhawaj (a single two-headed wooden drum) in two. Though no one may never know exactly why Khusrau felt it necessary it to saw a pakhawaj in half, his act gave birth to the tabla. Since that time, the Sisca Cute Love Uhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07746777826609066070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-681800676671658886.post-5378963801815675222009-02-24T10:20:00.000-08:002012-01-26T00:34:23.591-08:00Martin Stephenson & The Daintees - Salutation Road (1990) «Martin Stephenson's English brand of folk/roots rock underwent a cultural translation of sorts on Salutation Road. For this album, he traveled to the U.S. to work with Los Angeles-based producer/guitarist Pete Anderson and engineer Dusty Wakeman. At this point, Anderson and Wakeman were best known for their involvement in the burgeoning Bakersfield sound of the 1980s – especially their work Sisca Cute Love Uhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07746777826609066070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-681800676671658886.post-37357986276716647602009-01-21T14:09:00.000-08:002012-01-26T00:34:24.756-08:00Anouar Brahem, John Surman & Dave Holland - Thimar (1998)«The role of the Arabic, lute-like, stringed instrument, the oud, has been revolutionalized through the playing of Anouar Brahem. While used in the past to accompany vocalists, the oud is used by Brahem as an imaginative solo instrument. In 1988, Tunisian newspaper, "Tunis-Hebdo", wrote, "If we had to elect the musician of the 80s, we would have, without the least hesitation, chosen Anouar BrahemSisca Cute Love Uhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07746777826609066070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-681800676671658886.post-9305773850455479442008-12-10T09:21:00.000-08:002012-01-26T00:34:26.076-08:00Robyn Hitchcock - I Often Dream of Trains (1984)«After the debacle that was the making of 1982's Groovy Decay, Robyn Hitchcock briefly retired from music, and when he returned it was with an album that offered a thoroughly uncompromised vision of Hitchcock's imagination. Released in 1984, I Often Dream of Trains was a primarily acoustic set with Hitchcock handling nearly all the instruments and vocals by himself; the tone is spare compared to Sisca Cute Love Uhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07746777826609066070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-681800676671658886.post-62972990439151495892008-11-28T01:33:00.000-08:002012-01-26T00:34:26.457-08:00Transglobal Underground - International Times (1994)«It's not hard to recognize good Middle Eastern music when you hear it: Like effective blues or gospel, the good stuff both weeps and rejoices. In their never-ending quest for the exotic, many Westerners enshrine Middle Eastern melodies in incredibly pretentious surroundings (Brian Eno and David Byrne) or make them as foreign and mysterious as a fictional opium den (Led Zeppelin) or simply treat Sisca Cute Love Uhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07746777826609066070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-681800676671658886.post-59733842779044759202008-09-24T11:27:00.000-07:002012-01-26T00:34:28.792-08:00The Pink Floyd - The Early Singles (1997)As a tribute to Richard Wright, here are the first five Pink Floyd singles (1967-1968), indelebly marked by his highly creative keyboard playing. There's no need to present one by one such classic tunes, I guess. Their titles speak for themselves... So long, Rick (and thanks for all the fish, Douglas Adams would have probably added...)!Tracklist: 1. Arnold LayneSisca Cute Love Uhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07746777826609066070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-681800676671658886.post-86956853306393863412008-09-11T03:59:00.000-07:002012-01-26T00:34:29.188-08:00The Incredible String Band - Hard Rope and Silken Twine (1974)In my opinion, this Incredible String Band’s final effort was a good album, much underrated at the time of its release. “Maker of Islands” is a wonderful song, not ruined by its sweeping orchestration. “Dreams of No Return” is Robin Williamson at his best. And the epic suite “Ithkos” is a saucerful of surprises (the proto-world Greek intro, nice orchestral passages, even hard rocking bits in a Sisca Cute Love Uhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07746777826609066070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-681800676671658886.post-84521508286423762752008-06-03T03:26:00.000-07:002012-01-26T00:34:33.227-08:00Miró - Angel N1 (1990)Some time ago, an anonymous reader (thanx!) left a link for the first Miró album in the comments section of my first Miró post, devoted to their beautiful The Divine E.P. Since it’s a very nice album, worthy of your attention, I thought it deserved a post of its own. «Roderick "Roddie" I. Harris (v,g), nato nel 1963 da madre spagnola e padre inglese, influenze che vanno dalla Incredible Sisca Cute Love Uhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07746777826609066070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-681800676671658886.post-57153124064124077582008-05-04T11:20:00.000-07:002012-01-26T00:34:35.702-08:00Levellers - A Weapon Called The Word (1990)«The Levellers' first full-length release, after a well-received pair of EPs, falls somewhere in between the Mekons in the middle of their political-folky days and the hard-edged trad folk-rock of the Oyster Band, with a foreshadowing of Ani DiFranco's direct folk-punk as well. More rock than folk, but obviously rooted in traditional British folk idioms, A Weapon Called the Word is a tough, Sisca Cute Love Uhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07746777826609066070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-681800676671658886.post-58809070154908559302008-04-22T12:29:00.000-07:002012-01-26T00:34:36.930-08:00Pressgang - Fire (1996)«I've long admired Pressgang for their ability to provide no-holds-barred folk-punk. And this is English electro-acoustic folk-punk with a capital "E" and a capital "NGLISH," the kind of waggish onslaught on tradition that is definitely not for the faint of heart. In fact this album may very well redefine the genre. I am mystified by the lack of attention Fire! has received in both the overseas Sisca Cute Love Uhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07746777826609066070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-681800676671658886.post-26709546896099188702008-04-03T09:34:00.000-07:002012-01-26T00:34:38.565-08:00The Men They Couldn't Hang - How Green Is The Valley (1986)A folk-rock classic from UK, and an old favourite of mine. «The Men They Couldn’t Hang were officially formed in early 1984. The founding members were Phil "Swill" Odgers (vocals, guitar), Paul Simmonds (guitar, bouzouki, keyboards) and Jon Odgers (drums) from punk-pop band Catch 22 with Shanne Bradley (bass, flute – former member of Shane MacGowan’s band "The Nips") and Stefan Cush (vocals, Sisca Cute Love Uhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07746777826609066070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-681800676671658886.post-5234796856080958092008-02-08T06:29:00.000-08:002012-01-26T00:34:44.411-08:00Nick Haeffner - The Great Indoors (1987)A (lost) masterpiece of British Folkedelia, in the vein of Syd Barrett, Kevin Ayers and Nick Drake, and still one of my favourite albums from the 80’s. «The Great Indoors is an album of songs released in 1986 on the Bam Caruso lable. Although out of print it is still available second hand on LP and CD.Extracts from reviews at the time of release: “The best sixties-style psychedelic Sisca Cute Love Uhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07746777826609066070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-681800676671658886.post-9568913715618668262007-12-18T11:12:00.000-08:002012-01-26T00:34:50.440-08:00Untouchable Outcaste Beats, Volume 1 (1998)«London’s Outcaste Records continues to sate those in the know with some of the most intriguing fusionary sounds on either side of the Atlantic. Untouchable Outcaste Beats, Volume 1 will serve as the label’s American calling card – an amalgam of tracks from its roster as well as from other seminal works in the genre. Dance Music Federation’s essential “Cybersitar” stands out as a pioneering work,Sisca Cute Love Uhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07746777826609066070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-681800676671658886.post-62954847185459192592007-12-03T06:50:00.000-08:002012-01-26T00:34:52.167-08:00The Ripple Effect - Hybrids (2005)«Hybrids is a jazz album in name only – specifically the names of multi instrumentalist John Surman and drummer Jack DeJohnette, who leads this collaborative ensemble. One of the few musicians to have recorded or performed with Ornette Coleman, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, and Miles Davis, DeJohnette’s jazz credentials are obvious. But Hybrids tosses his cap into the modern electronica realmSisca Cute Love Uhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07746777826609066070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-681800676671658886.post-65489158959396810812007-11-18T14:26:00.000-08:002012-01-26T00:34:53.365-08:00Crimson Jazz Trio - King Crimson Songbook, Volume 1 (2005)Dedicated to Ian Wallace. «A jazz piano-bass-drums trio performing the songs of the rock group King Crimson? That's what the Crimson Jazz Trio accomplished on this intriguing CD, King Crimson Songbook, Vol. 1. By re-harmonizing the music a bit, adding vamps, and digging into the grooves, the Crimson Jazz Trio transforms the pieces from rock anthems into viable devices for jazz improvisations.Sisca Cute Love Uhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07746777826609066070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-681800676671658886.post-46474775782743215952007-10-01T09:27:00.000-07:002012-01-26T00:34:58.208-08:00Mojave 3 - Excuses for Travellers (2000)Simply one of the best albums of the last decade, «heroically tragic» in its outdatedness, which is the reason why it does appear so relevant today. An homeopathic cure for the autumn blues, particularly useful to those who still believe in joy and are not willing to give up to cynicism, «cos anyday will be fine, still some distance to run, keep moving on». Very highly recommended. R. «I Sisca Cute Love Uhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07746777826609066070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-681800676671658886.post-89654763055390485532007-09-18T10:27:00.000-07:002012-01-26T00:35:00.271-08:00Bellowhead - Burlesque (2006)An anonymous reader (many thanx!) sent me the link to this debut album by Bellowhead, a quite unusual and very interesting folk-funky big band from UK. Another breath of fresh air in the ever-ebullient world of traditional English folk. «Bellowhead, winners of the BBC Radio 2 folk award for Best Live Act 2005, are a dynamic 11-piece band combining the traditional skills of John Spiers, Jon Sisca Cute Love Uhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07746777826609066070noreply@blogger.com0