22269. (James Brown) Greatest Hits
22270. (Drowning Pool) Desensitized
22271. (Philip Glass & Allen Ginsberg) Hydrogen Jukebox
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Category Archives: CI - Listening 2013 - Page 2
First-time listening for June, 2013
Posted by Phil Paine
on June 30, 2013
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Bombay Bicycle Club
Posted by Phil Paine
on June 13, 2013
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The first I heard of Bombay Bicycle Club was the song “How Can You Swallow So Much Sleep?” from their third album A Different Kind of Fix (2011), which got some play here in Canada. But other songs I heard, from an earlier album, didn’t sound very similar, and I didn’t connect them in my head until, searching for the EP version of “How Can You…”, I acquired all three of their albums. We are in an age in which musicians are much less tribal than they used to be. The bands that make the strongest impression today tend to be eclectic, drawing on many sources for their style, and changing their style as the mood suits them. They cannot easily be classified. This London band exemplifies the trend. A Different Kind of Fix is Read more »
First-time listening for May, 2013
Posted by Phil Paine
on May 31, 2013
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22259. (George Frederick Händel) Trio Sonata in F for 2 Recorders & Cello
22260. (Dandy Warhols) Dandys Rule, OK
22261. (Screaming Trees) Clairvoyance
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Ponemah Chippewa Singers: Chippewa War Dance for Pow Wow
Posted by Phil Paine
on May 5, 2013
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Ojibway communities straddle the border between Canada and the U.S. In Minnesota, where they are often called “Chippewa” there has long been a little goldmine of musical vitality at Ponemah, a small settlement on the long peninsula that separates Upper and Lower Red Lake. It’s an area, unusual in the U.S., that closely resembles to wilder, remoter, more traditionalist Canadian side of the border. This is where some of the earliest recordings of Ojibway music were made, when Kimiwun’s puberty dreamsongs were recorded, a hundred years ago. Those songs are mostly still alive, though they have evolved in both style and the context in which they are sung. The Ponemah Chippewa Singers carried on the tradition in the 1970s.
I was playing this old tape when my friend Isaac White walked into my apartment, and he immediately recognized the style. He had heard another recording from the region, and taken a liking to it, though he’s a born-bred-and-buttered Torontonian who knows nothing about native music and had never been to a pow wow. I was astonished that his ear was keen enough to spot it, without any preparation. It just goes to show how distinctive the Minnesota / North Western Ontario style is, and how it can speak to an audience outside its backwoods origins.
First-time listening for April, 2013
Posted by Phil Paine
on April 30, 2013
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22215. (George Frederick Händel) Violin Sonata in A
22216. (George Frederick Händel) Violin Sonata in G minor
22217. (George Frederick Händel) Oboe Sonata in B‑f
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First-time listening for March, 2013
Posted by Phil Paine
on March 31, 2013
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22194. (Oscar Peterson) Oscar Peterson I [Verve Jazz Masters #16]
22195. (Vaccines) Come of Age
22196. (Dozer) Call It Conspiracy
22197. (Spiritualized) Sweat Heart Sweet Light
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First-time listening for February, 2013
Posted by Phil Paine
on February 28, 2013
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22182. (George Frederick Händel) Concerto a due chori in B‑f for 2 Oboes, Bassoon, Strings &
. . . . . Basso Continuo, HWV.332
22183. (George Frederick Händel) Concerto a due chori in F for 2 Horns, 2 Oboes, Bassoon,
. . . . . Strings & Basso Continuo, HWV.333
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First-time listening for January, 2013
Posted by Phil Paine
on January 31, 2013
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22167. (Earth, Wind & Fire) Need of Love
22168. (Tame Impala) Tame Impala EP
22169. (Apparat Organ Quartet) Pólýfónía
22170. (Gorillaz) Laika Come Home
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Başar Dikici’ “Köprü”
Posted by Phil Paine
on January 26, 2013
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There were lots of performances by Başar Dikici on YouTube, but I couldn’t find any biographical information about him, other than that he was born in Adana. He looks fairly young. Dikici’s instrument is the Ney, a very simple end-blown flute that has been in continuous use for four or five thousand years. A skilled player can cover three octaves with it. Similar instruments abound throughout Asia, but the Ney is particularly associated with Turkish classical music. But it’s at home in the many varieties of Turkish pop music, as well. Read more »