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Word The Cat » november mixed Posted by Chris on November 16, 2009 at 10:13 am this autumn’s mix comes with more repetition than usual. wordthecat – autumn 09 tracklist: Remembering Billy Strange, Ace Session Guitarist : The Record hide captionBilly Strange poses for a portrait with a Fender sometime in the 1960s. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Billy Strange poses for a portrait with a Fender sometime in the 1960s. Billy Strange was an ace session guitar player and arranger at a time in pop music when that might mean working with Nancy Sinatra one day, Elvis the next and recording your own album of James Bond-theme guitar instrumentals the day after that. Strange actually did all of that — though maybe not in such quick succession.
The Best Tracks of 2009... Or rather, my favourites, your favourites and this year-end listopocalypse! Somewhere, not far from this blog, lists are being made and totals are being totted up. They're being double-checked and ratified... It's coming to that moleskin Almanac time of year again. A time when everything has to be wrapped in a ribbon and buried in a capsule of time to ensure the world of music can take stock and move on. The overlooked all year, will remain overlooked (unless the publication in question focuses on the overlooked), with a few palatable concessions. Mixtapes and playlists are being woven together with such anal detail that you'd think a song following a song could cure ear Aids. A Hollywood Writer's Second Act: Gongs hide captionComedy writer Andrew Borakove left California for Lincoln, Neb., to sell gongs. Guy Raz Comedy writer Andrew Borakove left California for Lincoln, Neb., to sell gongs.
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El Maalem Mahmoud Gania Here you can download some of the greatest gnawa music ever recorded: Soiree au Canada, by the King El Maalem Mahmoud Gania.My mom got this tape in 1978 - I was not born yet - during a trip to Morocco, where gnawa spirit and music are rooted. This may be already familiar to western audience, as Jace Clayton prophetically referred back in 2007 on his blog: Gnawa music has flourished in the Western imagination completely out-of-scale with its popularity in Morocco, partly because of the basslines which can be appreciated in a dubby/reggae context by Western ears, and partly because of its backstory — the music of African slaves in the Maghreb, colonial music in the truest sense, Afro-Arab, ritual sounds used to cure snakebites & heal & cast out ill spirits in all-night ceremonies, etc.
Meteorite Hunter Scours The Ground For Bits Of Sky hide captionOne of Ruben Garcia's favorite spots to go meteorite hunting is an enormous dry lake bed in southern Arizona. Courtesy Jana Becker One of Ruben Garcia's favorite spots to go meteorite hunting is an enormous dry lake bed in southern Arizona. Every so often, pieces of heaven crash into Earth. Hyperdub label celebrates fifth birthday The thing DJ, producer, writer and academic Steve Goodman wants you to know about his record label is that it's not really a record label: it's a virus. "That's the way I understand music culture. There's a history of music, particularly dub and reggae, being described as a virus – Hyperdub is a mutation of British electronic music, infected by Jamaican soundsystem culture: from dub and reggae, through jungle, right up to grime, dubstep and funky. It's a way of thinking about how musical change and evolution takes place."
Suzanne Ciani, Trailblazing Synth Musician, Looks Back hide captionSuzanne Ciani's new retrospective album, Lixiviation 1969-1985, presents long-form works alongside her many commercial projects. Courtesy of the artist Suzanne Ciani's new retrospective album, Lixiviation 1969-1985, presents long-form works alongside her many commercial projects.
Big Boi – Shine Blockas (ft. Gucci Mane) at Pretty Much Amazing! Just as it’s big cousin “Int’l Players Anthem” did so well not but two years ago, Big Boi’s Hail Mary, fourth-quarter whopper “Shine Blockas” has arrived not a moment too soon, hell-bent on royally fucking up your 2009 best-of list. – Pitchfork And royally fucked up my 2009 best-of list, it did. I believe there isn’t much to say about “Shine Blockas,” except maybe, “thank you Big Boi for giving me everything I ever wanted in a rap song.” Big Boi has proven to be one of the most prolific MCs I’ve ever come across.
3 News > Entertainment > Story > Lawrence Arabia wins Silver Scroll for 2009 By Tova O'Brien and Dan Satherley Lawrence Arabia, aka James Milne, tonight won the coveted Silver Scroll award, for the best NZ-penned song of the year. He won it for his song 'Apple Pie Bed', which was co-written by the Phoenix Foundation's Luke Buda. The Apra Silver Scrolls have been honouring the country's most talented songwriters for 44 years now, and the night is one of the most important on the New Zealand music industry calendar.
NZ On Screen - Heavenly Pop Hits - The Flying Nun Story Skip to content Register Registering with NZ On Screen means you can: Don't disconnect music innovation A decade after Napster, illegal downloading still hangs around record companies like a poisonous miasma. It is estimated that 95% of all music files circulating online today are unlicensed. Record sales are falling, jobs are being cut and filesharers are getting the blame. Now it appears that the UK government wishes to echo what the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy is battling to push through in France: the imposition of an unyielding internet disconnection policy for repeat filesharers. In a sense, this is a betrayal of the recommendations set out in the recent Digital Britain report, allowing the government to override Ofcom and take direct action in extreme cases.