I always seem to be late to the party. I have lost count of how many times Spotify recommends a new release for me by an artist I have never heard of, I try it and really like it, then find out the new release is actually a re-release of a 30-year-old album by a […]
Entries Tagged as 'World music'
New tunes. Sort of.
March 18th, 2014 · Comments Off on New tunes. Sort of. · Music
Tags: World music
It’s all kicked off
June 12th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Life
The World Cup has started at last. I watched the pre-tournament concert on TV on Thursday night, which was a bit disappointing. Instead of showing it live, the BBC showed edited highlights, but their idea of a highlight is not necessarily mine. For example, Amadou & Mariam were on the bill but didn’t feature at […]
Tags: Football·TV·World Cup 2010·World music
Kidjo and Carlos
January 18th, 2010 · Comments Off on Kidjo and Carlos · Music
Two of my favourites together on stage: Carlos Santana and Angelique Kidjo  When Jayne treated me to Santana tickets for my birthday (quite a long time ago) Angelique Kidjo joined him for this song – which she wrote and he covered on his Shamen album.  It made my day then, and finding this clip […]
Tags: World music·YouTube
What Youtube was invented for
June 11th, 2009 · Comments Off on What Youtube was invented for · Music
The other night I was reading about a Crisis ‘hidden gig’ where Amadou & Mariam played at the Union Chapel, Islington with David Gilmour.  I hate reading about this sort of thing – it is a one-off event, that was not televised or recorded and so entirely ephemeral so I normally just get overcome with […]
Tags: World music·YouTube
Frustration
January 13th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Music
Jayne’s school are doing some sort of thing about different countries this week. As part of it they wanted music from a variety of countries: Australia, Scotland, the Caribbean, Uganda, Spain and some others. Knowing that I have a fair few foreign records she asked if she could borrow some of mine.
Tags: World music
La Vida Tombola
November 27th, 2008 · Comments Off on La Vida Tombola · Music
Christmas really has come early this year… Manu Chao is playing an ‘unexpected show’ in London on Dec 16th. And it is at the Forum. If I am not getting confused by all the re-namings, that is the same place where I first saw MC when he was with Mano Negra. It is going to […]
Tags: Concerts·London·World music
No Sleep Till Brooklyn
October 23rd, 2008 · Comments Off on No Sleep Till Brooklyn · Music
I am going to have to go to bed, but I really don’t want to. I have the TV tuned into this Africa Express concert in Camden and so far it is brilliant. I would love to carry on watching it but I do have to go to work in the morning and the show […]
Tags: Concerts·TV·World music
Stay Up Late
October 22nd, 2008 · Comments Off on Stay Up Late · Music
How long has this been going on? Last night I half-watched Later Live on BBC 2 (the V+ was recording it so I wasn’t paying too much attention) and then an hour after it finished there was what I still think of as Friday’s show. I especially wanted to catch the show this week because […]
Tags: TV·World music
New sounds
November 12th, 2007 · Comments Off on New sounds · Music
I am really enjoying the two CDs I picked up in France yesterday.
Tags: France·Reggae·Shopping·World music
King of bongo (bong)
October 3rd, 2007 · 2 Comments · Music
Just back from seeing Manu Chao at the Brixton Academy. It was an extraordinarily good show, which was about 50% encores. One of my friends there described him at the end as the Duracell bunny of music, and its true: the energy levels the band keep up all the way through are amazing. The show […]
Tags: Concerts·London·World music
