Tell the truth: you wrote the review a long time ago and with patient determination, you waited until today to publish it. I don't know if it's an album for me, but I have to say that just out of curiosity about how the instrument sounds, I might give it a try.
Actually, actually I’m telling you no. I had the inspiration last night at 3:08 AM. And I got to work on it at 4:02 PM, while I was finally able to have lunch in front of the PC.
Very good! Congratulations, you chose the right day for the right review. I liked the story, especially about the family that helps develop a woman's musical qualities in a very hostile environment. This time, instead of 5 stars, I’m giving it 6
Right now I can't finish a piece, but that's my problem. It's music that's too calm and to be listened to "patiently" for someone who has to always "devour" everything. However, those few times when I manage to appreciate it, I always enjoy reading her, Bortolo.
Hehe, I would recommend you to continue in this style and tell you that you would get many more likes. Once upon a time it would have been like that, but today even if you wrote a review with 5 lines of "Cacca," you would still find those three or four users who would give you a 5 anyway (not just you, eh, it’s really the general trend of the site). In short, go ahead and write, no worries, but I definitely prefer these reviews, much more enjoyable to read, truly XD
Ahahah, well you gave 4 to the others with the trekbaitrek :-) so I won't zap you with a five and I won't disgust you with a one. As long as I make proposals that aren’t disgusting, I consider myself lucky, come on! So far I’ve only managed to "anger" Algol, Carlos, and Caz with Caparezza, the only time they commented on their disgust.
For a nearly devoted fan of Toumani Diabaté, or Ayub Ogada (who actually plays a nyatiti, which is essentially a version of the kora used in Central Africa), this is a very interesting proposal. Unfortunately, I found only a low-quality link, but it will help to get an idea. Thank you, Bortolo. MEGA
Do you know Diabaté's work with Ketama and Danny Thompson? That fantastic project called "Songhai"? They recorded two albums, and at least the first one is absolutely a masterpiece. I'm sure you're familiar with them, but just in case you aren't, get your hands on "Songhai 1" at the very least. You'll see...
Yes, I know it, and I’ve sold quite a few (in relation to the sales that a small store of "other" music could make). I haven’t listened to it in a while, to be honest...
Did you have a record store? Amazing! I had a record store (and "strange" books) until the mid-nineties! And I also sold quite a few (oh boy, quite a few...) of this and Rimitti (Sidi Mansour, do you remember?). But look at the coincidences....
Yes, but only for 3 years, from '94 to '97, then I did something else. The store, incredibly, still exists, even though it’s more of a branch of an independent label now... And yes, Rimitti was a blockbuster for us, can you believe it?
I think they separated us at birth: roughly the same years ('93-'97), roughly the same duration, then I did other things and the shop lasted a few more years after I sold it...
Well, coincidences... two not-so-young fellows who have run unusual music shops where they could cross paths, about 900 km apart? And we certainly are not the only ones. The veteran DeVeterana Kosmogabri (who has actually been absent for quite some time) had a record shop in Switzerland, even though she dealt with alternative rock and the like... Probably some other record dealer has passed through or is passing through these parts, I suppose the type of pusher who loses, consuming more than they sell...
(...) For over four hundred years, they have been stealing from my mother but she still has more wealth... They call her names. but she still smiles, they have tried to break the bones of her back, but she is still standing, strong! Africa you are the pupil of my eyes, the source of my wisdom, the creator of my spirit! (from "Africa" by Lamin Drammeh. Poet, migrant, political refugee. Fleeing from Gambia to Italy. Foreigner). Yahya Jammeh was ousted only last January after 22 years of bloody dictatorship. Gambia, Senegal, Mali...... We must learn to know these places and these names because - from there - they will continue to come to us. Let us be enriched. Listen to that music: Africa is the mother of polyrhythm. Ah, she is splendid...
Are we talking about Kora? So: the Kora of Toumani Diabaté, the guitars and flamenco of Ketama (a great band), the bass and Irish gigues of Danny Thompson (the one from Pentangle). Africa, Spain, Ireland, Gypsy roots. Anyone who comes through these parts MUST know this album: Songhai.
Very intriguing you are, and well done to you for writing something on a topic of traditions that are so close to us yet so distant and unacceptable for me. I've listened to a couple of pieces and I will definitely delve deeper in the days to come.
Thank you, Johnny, she is very talented. By the way, she has also won several awards for the soundtrack "Motherland," which is closely tied to Mother Africa. Very evocative.
Many times I found myself uncertain about what to listen to, and with my thousand albums (90% CDs) and so many others that you can freely listen to with a click, the indecision increases. So I rely on some of you both to rediscover albums I know and even better, those I don’t know, like the two albums Big Big Train Grimspound and Folklore that have been keeping me company for two days now; it's also nice to dig up the Vaselines with Almotasin's review.
Thank you ALFAMA, very kind. There are two albums I would like to write about and a third one that maybe, finally, could fit into your accessible listening :-) maybe even one of the first two, but let's see what comes up, come on.
Watch out you haven't accessed DeBaser!
To fully experience the true experience of being on the DeBaser it's nice to be registered.
So
Log in
or
Register
CosmicJocker
8 mar 18BortoloCecchi
8 mar 18Almotasim
8 mar 18BortoloCecchi
8 mar 18Falloppio
8 mar 18BortoloCecchi
9 mar 18IlConte
8 mar 18BortoloCecchi
9 mar 18hjhhjij
8 mar 18BortoloCecchi
9 mar 18hjhhjij
9 mar 18BortoloCecchi
9 mar 18odradek
8 mar 18MEGA
lector
8 mar 18BortoloCecchi
9 mar 18lector
9 mar 18odradek
9 mar 18lector
9 mar 18But look at the coincidences....
odradek
9 mar 18lector
9 mar 18odradek
9 mar 18odradek
9 mar 18lector
9 mar 18BortoloCecchi
9 mar 18Onirico
8 mar 18BortoloCecchi
9 mar 18lector
8 mar 18they have been stealing from my mother
but she still has more wealth...
They call her names.
but she still smiles,
they have tried to break
the bones of her back,
but she is still standing, strong!
Africa you are
the pupil of my eyes,
the source of my wisdom,
the creator of my spirit! (from "Africa" by Lamin Drammeh. Poet, migrant, political refugee. Fleeing from Gambia to Italy. Foreigner).
Yahya Jammeh was ousted only last January after 22 years of bloody dictatorship. Gambia, Senegal, Mali...... We must learn to know these places and these names because - from there - they will continue to come to us.
Let us be enriched. Listen to that music: Africa is the mother of polyrhythm.
Ah, she is splendid...
BortoloCecchi
9 mar 18lector
9 mar 18So: the Kora of Toumani Diabaté, the guitars and flamenco of Ketama (a great band), the bass and Irish gigues of Danny Thompson (the one from Pentangle). Africa, Spain, Ireland, Gypsy roots. Anyone who comes through these parts MUST know this album: Songhai.
BortoloCecchi
9 mar 18omahaceleb
9 mar 18BortoloCecchi
9 mar 18omahaceleb
9 mar 18Johnny b.
9 mar 18BortoloCecchi
9 mar 18Johnny b.
9 mar 18BortoloCecchi
9 mar 18ALFAMA
9 mar 18BortoloCecchi
9 mar 18