"b 1947 in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, rec'd her formal training in visual art. THis is her 8th of 11 studio releases. Recently, she rec'd a lifetime achievement award at the Grammy's, and she withdrew from a guest professorship at Folkwang University of Arts in Essen after tensions that she'd signed a letter in support of Palestianian artists. - TheGuardian.com"
This French choral group is based in Église Saint-Eustache, Paris and was first established in 1944 by the chapel master and Catholic priest Emile Martin (1914 - 1989) Monteverdi (1567-1643) was born in Venice, was a pioneer in early opera, and important transitional figure bridging Baroque and Renaissance periods.
"Goldstein is an American musician, artist/photographer. Timoka is the 5th of 8 studio releases spanning 2007-2021. He lives in Troy, NY where, ""his collection of hand-painted signs play a vital role in keeping the public bewildered about what the hell is going on."""
"Morrision, aka Chloe Anthony Wofford Morrison (1931-2019) was born in Lorain, OH. She graduated from Howard in 1953, and eventually became the first black female editor in fiction at Random House in New York City. She developed her own reputation as an author in the 1970s and '80s. Her novel Beloved was made into a film in 1998. She was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1993. wiki"
aka Geir Aule Jenssen (b 1961) is a Norwegian electronic musician who lives in Tromsø ,and island community within the Arctic Circle providing the geography that inspires much of his writing. Tromso show evidence of inhabitants since the Ice Age. The city centre contains the highest number of old wooden houses in Northern Norway, the oldest dating from 1789. The first church on the island of Tromsøya was erected in 1252. Ecclesia Sanctae Mariae de Trums juxta paganos ("The Church of Saint Mary in Troms near the Heathens"—the nominal "heathens" being the Sámi)- wiki See link for the latest news from Tromso
Born at the tail-end of a Depression that darkened the entire United States, Shirley Ann Lee took her talent as a singer and pianist from a grim, overcrowded house in Toledo, Ohio, to a glamorous, gospel-fueled adolescence on the road and in Nashville. It wasn’t until her return to Toledo after a disastrous marriage in Los Angeles that, for the first time in almost two decades of public performances, she found the urge to praise God with her own words. - discogs
Fiddler and singer Setters, aka J.W. Day a.k.a. Blind Bill Day was recorded here by John Lomax ,performing one of his own compositions. Recorded at the home of Jean Thomas(1882-1982) – who offers commentary after the song – in Ashland, Kentucky, June 29, 1937. Thomas, who called herself "The Traipsin' Woman," was, among other pursuits, a song collector and the founder of the American Folk Song Festival. She arranged this 1937 session featuring some of her Eastern Kentucky "discoveries," which included Day. Thomas worked as Day's manager, rechristening him "Jilson Setters" and calling him "The Singin' Fiddler of Lost Hope Hollow." Day recorded several records of Kentucky fiddle tunes for the Victor company in the late '20s, and was the subject of two of Thomas' books. Their partnership is a fascinating case study in the ethical complications involved in presenting and promoting "authenticity." - Youtube. Click link for more on the remarkable Jean Thomas, who made collecting songs her business as she travelled about as a court stenographer.
"Brothers Pepe aka Jose Sanchez Gomez and Paco, singing and on guitar, respectively, are descended from a line of master flamenco artists. They came from Algerciras, a small city in the Spanish province of Cadiz in Spain. This new release features 21 previouusly unreleased recordings. Much longer bio, click link"
"Keyrouz is a Lebanese nun and chanter Raised in the Maronite Church, but being a Melkite through her religious congregation, she took her vows in the Melkite Greek Catholic Church. See link for more"
"Millis (b 1966) is a sound artist, half of the group Climax Golden Twins, and once owner of my favorite music store in Seattle (Wall of Sound) which is where he sold me this extraordinary collection of songs he'd compiled. "
"Zipoli was an Italian bornn(1688-1726) who lived and died in what is now Argentina. He seemed to have a rambling life, choosing at one point to become a missionary, which is how he ended up in South America. He left a fairly substantive body of keyboard works. Click link to go to wiki page on him."
aka Dana Owens, this is her debut album, with another cut, "Ladies First," described as a "feminist anthem." I attended the Kennedy Center Awards last December, and Dana was an awardee. I met her and the others -- Billy Crystal, Barry Gibb, Dionne Warwick (as a guest of Renee Fleming, the other awardee). I sat with Dana's aunts at lunch who said she was really very shy. The tribute performance to the "La" brought down the house, with rappers MC Lyte, Monie Love, and D-Nice taking the stages all together (see link). Worth looking up Missy Elliot's introduction on YouTube.
In the tradition of cloistered communities, these women chant six times throughout the each day and once at Midnight "offering praise, worship, intercession and Thanksgiving to God." Images, click link!
This cut is from the 2nd studio release from the group. According to one poster to the Song Meanings website, "This song is about Mary Jane Kelly #5 of Jack the Rippers "time"1888 in conjunction with Mary Werbelow, who was Jim Morrison\'s first true love. The final track on the Doors first album is called "The end". Morrison originally wrote this song for ex girlfriend Mary Werbelow in some instances, however, the song has a strange trips where parallels entangling the women. Mary #1 is referring to MJK who is sweet. And #2 Mary has remained silent or asleep, literally unknown and unspoken. Present/past split or rip passage of time in between as if some 3rd party personal knowledge started to run amok."
This label releases are usually divided into four categories: field recordings, folk and pop compilations, radio collages from specific geographic locales, and DVDs. The label is headed by Alan Bishop and Hisham Mayet out of Seattle. Its releases are produced in limited quantities, usually up to a thousand copies. - wiki This collection is their 12th of 115. As for the cut, weddings in Mali involve various important customs and celebrations spread out through a number of days. Usually, the groom and the bride do not personally know the attendees that come to the wedding festivity, because Malian families tend to be very big due to polygamy.
aka Carsten Nicolai is a German artist, musican and label owner. He's described on his X profile as part of an artist generation who works intensively in the transitional area between music, art and science. This cut comes from a compilation (I picked up in a big 'ol barn used everything spot way up in Maine some many years ago)
B'net Houariyat (Daughters of Houara) is comprised of five extraordinary women from the region of Marrakech in Morocco, who sing and dance to the rhythm of their drums, performing traditional music of Houara (the region between Taroudant and Tiznit), of the Hammada (plain of the Dra'a), together with Berber dances and urban styles like the Aitci (female seductive appeal) and the Chaabi, the popular style that originated Rai music. The image of women as represented by the music of B'net Houariyat reflects the multiple facets of Islam on a daily life and the female condition, above and beyond the stereotypes, with otion, humor, and energy. Among the themes of the songs of B'net Houariyat are the exaltation of love and beauty; the cry of the young woman that refuses the combined marriage with a rich old man; the derision of the man that has more wives and that works to maintain th ; and, the ritual dance of the woman possessed by her spirits. - Kennedy Center Program notes
Hinton (1929-2018) was an American Piedmont blues guitarist & vocalist based in Johnson County, NC. She was an expert in the Piedmont finger-picking style, and often played at family gatherings, house parties, and services at the local congregation From her father, who was a dancer, Algia Mae learned buck dancing and the two-step. If you search on Youtube, there are some fantastic video recording (Lomax?) of her porch stomps. Co-writer of this tune, Precious Bryant Bryant was another little known stand-out blueswoman, first recorded in 1969 by George Mitchell in Waverly Hall, Georgia. Three songs from that session were released on 7" vinyl by Fat Possum Records, under the title George Mitchell Collection, vol. 37. Perhaps I'll bring into the next margin...I'll see what I can find.
Horvey is a Montreal-based creator/interpreter of new and experimental music, a performer of modern orchestral music, and a researcher of the baroque trumpet. In fall 2022 and spring 2023 she was Acting Principal Trumpet of the Canadian Opera Company in Toronto. Amyhorvey.com
To make their name clear, they repeat it three times: Dengue Dengue Dengue are an electronic duo from Peru who blast tropical bass loud enough to reverberate around the world. Its two pillars are Rafael Pereira and Felipe Salmón, who are also graphic designers from Lima, Peru. Bandcamp says they "weave an audiovisual experience whose wicks are masks, neon colors, geometric patterns and remnants of traditions shamanists. In Escalante's words: "What we are trying to do is take attendees on a kind of space trip seasoned with ayahuasca."
Douglas R. Ewart – woodwinds, didgeridoo, percussion, voice, texts; Christian Asplund – viola and piano; Steven Ricks – trombone and electronics The trio is based in Provo, UT. They consider this "a musical encounter," suggesting it was an improvisatory performance
