SnC 417 – Flashback
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<figcaption id="caption-attachment-5881" class="wp-caption-text">Roberto Luti has been a stalwart of the Playing For Change movement for quite a few years.</figcaption></figure>This week we step back five years to a spring day in May 2009 when SnC was just 166 episodes old and we were enjoying the likes of Los Campesinos. Playing for Change was very new and Codger had hair beyond his shoulders.
Why? Well, whatever’s going on in my chest and throat isn’t responding to antibiotics and so talking and breathing (especially both at once) are proving problematic. I’d like to think that we’ll be back to normal next week but time will tell. Meanwhile enjoy this vintage SnC show …
A great mix of music this week from Wales, Italy, France, Israel, England, Philadelphia, Zimbabwe, Toronto and Bergen in Norway. Quite a mix of styles and a feature on an amazing collaboration project.Despite cold winds over the past week or so, one of the wild ducks was spotted on the top pond with her brood of nine chicks (right) … and I thought musicians were difficult to manage!
Drop it doe eyes – Los Campesinos! (Cardiff, UK)
From their album Hold on now youngster. It has indeed, been a while since we had Los Camps on Suffolk’n’Cool, they have been in Venezuela recently.
Gravity – Jambassa (Irpino, Italy)
From the EP The roots and the flowers (released Feb 29). The deepest roots of black music inspire and hold the electronic essence of Papa Lele and Gamino.This release explores the musical background of the irpinia crew confirming once again their unmistakable style. Recorded at Q-zone studio in Monteforte Irpino. 6 tracks from the same element: the earth!
Available on the A Quiet Bump net label – waiting for you to download.
“Two platinums vinyls, a mixer, a microphone, the EPS and Atari, the whole coupled with effects a such digital delay generated the bases of the exploration of Dub-Roots made in Irpinia. The first Dub tests under the name of Jambassa take life in the year 2000. Since then research of the ideal “flow” never stopped, as well through the scenic experiments into live, year studio with a work of production where still while passing by collaborations with musical groups, crew and artists of various musical horizons . Jambassa proposes a dj-set dub roots between the analogical one and digital, while dubbant into live the selections of their clean production accompanied by a skilful dj to the microphone, which makes it possible their live to be a true performance shared with a conquered public.”
Got all that?
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Playing for Change
Playing for change is a multi-media movement established by Mark Johnson, as he says, “it was born out of the idea that we have to inspire each other to come together as a human race and that music is the best way to do this.
“The result of four years of travelling and recording is a remarkable series of films which bring the separate performances together into beautiful virtual collaborations. The video completes the illusion that the artists were all playing together. The effect is captivating and inspiring. I’d have every one of them on the show! Marley’s “One love” features, amongst others:Roberto Luti (Livorno, Italy) vintage National steel guitarMenyatso Nathole and Vusi Mahlasela (Mamelodi, South Africa)Surendra Shrestha and Tal Ben Ari “Tula”, (Tel Aviv, Israel and Barcelona) Manu Chao (Barcelona, Spain), Junior Kissangwa Mbouta (Kinshasa, Congo), Rajhesh Vaidhja (Chennai, India)Washboard Chaz (New Orleans, USA) among many others.
Update June 5 2014
It is episode number 3 and has to be seen, so here it is!
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Playing For Change | Song Around The World “One Love” from Playing For Change on Vimeo.
From the award-winning documentary, “Playing For Change: Peace Through Music”, comes an incredible rendition of the legendary Bob Marley song “One Love” with Keb’ Mo’ and Manu Chao. This is the third video from the documentary and a follow up to the classic “Stand By Me” and the incredible “Don’t Worry.” Released in celebration of Bob Marley’s birthday on February 6th, this tribute to the legend is performed by musicians around the world adding their part to the song as it traveled the globe.
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Here’s the latest episode from Playing for Change now up to number 90!
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What’s Going On from Playing For Change on Vimeo.
Today’s featured Song Around The World is Marvin Gaye’s classic “What’s Going On”. This track began with an acoustic guitar in Africa and legendary drummer James Gadson in Los Angeles. Next we added the Electric guitar and bass on the streets of Chicago and strings in Serbia. As we traveled the world musicians where added and PFC Band members Clarence Bekker and Titi Tsira layered the vocals while Sara Bareilles added the final verse in Washington Square Park, NYC. Years in the making, minutes to watch but something we can all believe in: MUSIC !
Icons among us (last week’s feature)
Comment from director Michael Rivoria and the Icons among us production team:
Peter, thank you for featuring “Icons Among Us” in your show!! I just listened to it and it was really great. I thought the commentary was right on the mark. This doc really was created to show just how much the music has progressed as well as evolved. You really picked up on that. The word “jazz” no longer has to equate to being complex , boring or even historical. This generation of players listen to all sorts of different genres, from rock to hip-hop, etc.. which is influencing the sound and rhythm of the music.
Thanks again. Love listening to your show!
~ M. Rivoira and the Icons team.
That feeling – Triplexity (Israel and France)
From their 2008 album Live in Triplex City available on Jamendo and as a great quality FLAC version in return for a donation on their site.Three musicians from three different countries making music together without ever having met: such a story could only happen on Jamendo.
And it’s the story of Triplexity.SaReGaMa and Nikila were two Jamendo users exchanging good reviews about their music. Not just out of politeness, but because each one really appreciated the other’s work. And then one day of 2007, after SaReGaMa asked Nikila to send him the separate tracks of a composition of hers he really liked so he could remix it, their first collaboration was born, “Morning”, followed by a full album, …Not Too Far. This would lay the foundation of what would become the sound of Triplexity: smooth, introspective and mostly instrumental electronica.And when SaReGaMa wanted to do something “more world music-influenced, more organic”, he turned to another Jamendo musician, Hamel1, who plays sax, clarinet and guitar. From this new three-way collaboration came out the trac
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