Thursday, 28 March 2013
Tuesday, 19 March 2013
The Appaloosas come to play
Listen again to an abridged version of the show featuring live music by The Appaloosas here.
Hi all.
On Monday 18th March on Roots and Shoots a band called The Appaloosas came to the studio to play some live music and talk about their recently recorded eponimous album and this and that.
The band are a trio made up of Eliza (vocals + guitar) and Peter Acty (banjo) together with Stephen Potter (fiddle). The music they play is from the Appalachian tradition in the USA. Eliza's voice was so evocative of the tradition and the guitar, fiddle and banjo kind of transported me to the Appalachian mountains. Wonderful music, beautifully performed.
In the studio as well was Martin Hodge, who very kindly came in to balance the microphones, and Cecil to take photos & video. as well as Eliza's brother who also took photos and videos. Hoping to be able to put some up on this blog some time soon.
The band played the following songs live:
Come All You Virginian Girls
Undone Sorrow (a song originally sung by Ola Belle Reed)
Water Bound ( a song by Dirk Powell)
Gospel Plough ( a traditional song recorded by Bob Dylan and Chas McCoy amongst others)
From their Album;
Little Darling Pal Of Mine
I wanted to play more from the CD but our studio CD player wasn't having any of it. There will be more tracks played on future shows once I get the CD on my computer.
Other music played was as follows:
Jean Pierre..Marcus Miller.. Marcus
Move Along Train..Levon Helm ..Electric Dirt
Ginhava..Mercan Dede.. Breath
Springtime On Parmir Mountains ..The Guo Brothers.. Yuan
Mj..Le Gop..Le Gop!
Barco Negro ..Alexandra Sousa.. Sabor A Fado
Railroad Bill ..Lonnie Donegan.. 100 Classics (1952-1959)
Manhattan..Gilad Atzmon & The Orient House Ensemble.. Songs of the Metropolis
Cabane (Scottish)..Corinne Renaud, Catherine Grimault, Eric Thézé & Gérard Gordon..Brume
Diga Figa..Brotto Lopez.. Le Bal
The Singing Kettle ..Emma Sweeney.. Songlines CD #91 (April/May 2013)
Wallou ..Queen Biz.. Songlines CD #91 (April/May 2013)
Climbing Up a Mountain ..Tim O’Brien & Darrell Scott.. Songlines CD #91 (April/May 2013)
Araber Tanz..Kevara ..Demo
Bulgarian Boogie..Koby Israelite..Blues From Elsewhere
Monday, 11 March 2013
4.3.13
Hi all.
On a trip to Madiera, recently, I went to a Fado bar in Funchal called Sabo Fado. We went in, sat down and ordered a glass of wine. In a corner of the bar were 2 guitarists, one playing the Portuguese 12 string Guitar the other a regular 6 string.
The first played the fado tunes and the other played rhythm. This went on for a couple of numbers and we all began to relax into the very laid back atmosphere. The third tune started and then, much to our surprise, all of a sudden the woman serving the drinks stopped wiping a table top and holding a bunch of dirty glasses started to sing in classic Fado style.
Then after that the other 2 women at the bar joined in. Twas brilliant. All this carried on for the rest of the evening 'til chucking out time at 2am. They were all [part of the same family the two men guitarists were father and son, the women the mother, the sister and the wife of the younger Portuguese Guitarist, who had won a competition and was considered the beat Portuguease Guitarist in Madiera.
Wonderful. I can recommend a visit to that particular hostelry, if you're ever in Fuchal - the old town centre near the port and cable car station. They had a CD for sale, which I bought of course and I played a track on the show. I'll be playing more from that in coming shows. Hope you like it.
Here's a list of tunes/songs played on Monday 4th March's show:
Glass: Glassworks - Closing ..Philip Glass Ensemble... The Essential Philip Glass
Tudo Isto E Fado..Alexandra Sousa Sabor.. A Fado
Hard Times Blues..Lonnie Donegan.. 100 Classics (1952-1959)
Jim Crow Blues ..Leadbelly.. All Time Greatest Masters
Nirvana..El Cosmo Group.. Buddha Grooves, Vol. 2 - 44
Sinaly (feat. Kasse Mady Diabate)..Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba.. Jama Ko
El goud'dem..Les boukakes.. Makach mouch'kil
Katica..Brina.. Slečena Koža
On The Back Seat Of My Car ..Goran Bregovic.. Alkohol (Bonus Track Version)
La ville dort. . . (Pilé menu)..Hamon Martin Quintet.. Du silence et du temps
Slamboree..Don Byas.. Don Byas Selected Hits, Vol. 4
Sunken Bells ..Emily Portman.. Hatchling
Mumbai Highway ..Ducie.. Mancunia
Agua rara .. Bonga.. Best of Bonga
Andros ..Mousaka.. Ca S'Bouffe Pas, Ca S'Danse Cinco Piezas - Romantico..Edoardo Catemario.. Complete Works With Guitar
Otro Puente Alsina..Otros Aires.. The Tango Club Night, Vol. 2
Ginhava..Mercan Dede.. Breath
Ohm Suhaa ..Andrea Guzzaletti, Lao Kouyate & Sainkho Namtchylak.. Who Stole The Sky?
Miami Meculele..Caetano & Moreno Veloso.. Recant Gal
Mambo Ska..Ska Cubano..Mambo Ska
Desert Ska..Skatalites..Walk With Me
Roller Taster..Roller Trio..Roller Trio
Martin Hodge is presenting the show on Monday 11th March. 'm back on the18th with,all being well, local musician Steve Potter and his band playing live.
All the best and keeep listening (sorry Bruce!) to Roots and Shoots on Phonic FM. 106.8fm in Exeter and www.phonic.fm worldwide.
Martin Henning
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