Music

Wed, Dec 25, 2024 11:03

Years ago, I dropped Spotify due to the increasing number of playlists, like those for jazz, featuring little-known artists with single-track covers of popular songs. It was …

2021-05-01T09:46:04+02:00

Interesting quote from an article at The Economist about the changing role of taste-makers and how art and media is produced with the rise of algorithmic systems: The diminishing …

2021-04-20T09:49:35+02:00

A quote from an article by David Grazian titled “The Production of Popular Music as a Confidence Game: The Case of the Chicago Blues” about the creation of authenticity: A curious …

2020-12-13T21:26:32+01:00

Via the KBS World Sounds of Korea program I discovered the gugak a cappella group from Korea today. From the program web page: A gugak band named Toris토리스 was formed to bring all …

2020-08-03T09:15:32+02:00

The album Your Queen is a Reptile from Sons of Kemet has a fantastic vibe and energy. I’ve been listening for a while now, but I only now discovered this great promo clip for the …

2020-07-20T20:55:27+02:00

Very moving song by the Elias String Quartet, “Lament for Mulroy”.

2020-07-06T11:08:45+02:00

Listening now to “Sol de Manha” by MANdolinMAN, via Klara radio station.

2020-06-30T23:16:44+02:00

Listening to a brilliant playlist from Laani of The FullJoy Experience at Worldwide FM with afrofuturist music 🎶 See the playlist here: In this show, she focuses on Afrofuturism …

2020-06-30T10:03:44+02:00

While listening to Klara radio I discovered this album of beautiful piano pieces by a 19th century Flemish composer Peter Benoit. Played here by pianist Jozef De Beenhouwer.

2020-06-28T18:08:50+02:00

Brilliant, Reverend Peyton playing the classic tune John Henry changing continuously between 18 different instruments.