Sun Hotel - Coast - nyop - "tags: indie post-gospel swamp church indie post-gospel swamp New Orleans" - pretty good. Reminds me of something I can't put my finger on
Listened to this on the way to work this morning. Mmm, mmm, mmm - still one of my desert island albums and deserving of 10+ stars, IMO. If you like folk, Americana, alt-country rock, etc., you NEED this album. Just get it. Get it. Get it.
Yikes! How's this for a pitch: Steve Young is "darkly southern, deeply American, fused with a Zen spirituality, and is-quite simply-one of the finest American Roots vocalists ever." Be that as it may, this would be a tough buildup for any musician, let alone for one fairly obscure singer-songwriter ("Seven Bridges Road," "Lonesome Orn'ry and Mean") whose last studio recording came 12 years ago. However, Young-with a voice that seems a cross between Bruce Springsteen's and Dave Alvin's-is impressive both as a gritty vocalist and pleasantly imagistic lyricist. The songs are mostly in a hell-bent country/folk/rock bag-especially the title track, "Going Back to California" and "Midnight Rail" -and Young gets able support from Benmont Tench, Van Dyke Parks and Katy Moffatt. - Review by Gary Dretzka, Chicago Tribune, January 13, 1994.
A first release from this Malian. I can see a great future for her
Raised in Mali but resident in Paris for a decade, this ex-actress brings a dash of cosmopolitan elegance to her Wassoulou roots. Fatou supplements her guitar-playing Diawara is very much the singer-songwriter with jazzy electric piano and subtle touches of west African harp and lute. The result is a folksy sound that allows her lithe vocals and forceful songs to shine. Like fellow Mali singer Oumou Sangaré, to whom she dedicates a song, Diawara champions women's causes, denouncing arranged marriage and female circumcision, though she also delivers simple love calls such as the opening "Kanou". An impressive debut from a powerful new voice
"Fatou" Diawara would seem to have everything going for her. Born to Malian parents and now based in Paris, she's young, good-looking and has already enjoyed a successful career as an actress and a musician, working with the great Malian diva Oumou Sangare. It was Sangare who introduced her to World Circuit, a label with a famously limited but distinguished roster, and she prepared for the release of this debut album with a series of shows, both as a soloist and with a band. On stage she showed confidence, charm, and a cool, clear voice but at times seemed a little derivative, playing acoustic guitar like the early Rokia Traoré and with inevitable echoes of Sangare in her songs. The album is a more varied affair, with her solo work matched against subtle backing from the likes of Tony Allen on drums, Toumani Diabaté on kora, and even John Paul Jones on bass. The mood is often light and laidback, but she demonstrates her soulful vocals on the bluesy Sonkolon or on a praise song to Oumou, and echoes Oumou's bravery in the passionate, no-nonsense Boloko, a plea to end female circumcision. It's an enjoyable, impressive set, but now she must show if she really has the originality of Mali's greatest female singers.
"Dragons Eye Recordings is celebrating its third anniversary with the release of Leather, a free digital compilation. The Leather compilation showcases sonic excursions from artists currently working with the Label. Leather is indicative of the labels goal to explore new territory in minimal electronic music and sound art, and to expose and promote individuals whose voices it feels should be heard. The tracks included are all previously unreleased. The cover features a photograph by Chelsea Gaddy."
Tracklist:
1.Lissom - Adrift
2.Yann Novak - Studio Window
3.Clinker - Provodyty - A New Terrain
4.Jamie Drouin - Untitled (03-06-08)
5.Wyndel Hunt - Tectonic Regime IV
6.Kamran Sadeghi - NaN
7.Former Selv - Irn
Tracklist:
1.Shinkei - Wu (for Luigi)
2.i8u - Gallowalking
3.Pierre Gerard - Lines/Lignes
4.Tomas Phillips - Tablature I
5.Yann Novak - Shortwaves to Longwaves
6.Celer - A Lifetime of Wasted Breaths
7.Wyndel Hunt - Rotation
"Over the past 4 years, Dragons Eye Recordings has come to be a trusted resource where listeners can be exposed to emerging and mid-career artists in the field of contemporary electronic music and sound art. Named one of Texturas Top Ten Favorite Labels of 2009, Dragons Eye is kicking off 2010 with a free downloadable compilation.
Flowers are the traditional gift for a fourth anniversary and Flowers is Dragons Eye Recordings fourth anniversary compilation. On Flowers, Dragons Eye presents new and unreleased works by the upcoming 2010 roster of artists. The 2010 roster represents both newcomers and veterans of the label that are at the forefront of contemporary electronic music and sound art."
Oh for the days when this would have been mine for four credits.
ETA actually, $3.56 at Amazon is not all that bad. Title track is soooo worth 89 cents. Stellar.
Comments
Listened to this on the way to work this morning. Mmm, mmm, mmm - still one of my desert island albums and deserving of 10+ stars, IMO. If you like folk, Americana, alt-country rock, etc., you NEED this album. Just get it. Get it. Get it.
Working my way down the Bennie Maupin playlist
A first release from this Malian. I can see a great future for her
Source http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/sep/17/fatoumata-diawara-fatou-review
Source http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/sep/15/fatoumata-diawara-fatou-review
Available on emusic at http://www.emusic.com/listen/#/album/Fatoumata-Diawara-Fatou-MP3-Download/12769346.html:
"Dragons Eye Recordings is celebrating its third anniversary with the release of Leather, a free digital compilation. The Leather compilation showcases sonic excursions from artists currently working with the Label. Leather is indicative of the labels goal to explore new territory in minimal electronic music and sound art, and to expose and promote individuals whose voices it feels should be heard. The tracks included are all previously unreleased. The cover features a photograph by Chelsea Gaddy."
Tracklist:
1.Lissom - Adrift
2.Yann Novak - Studio Window
3.Clinker - Provodyty - A New Terrain
4.Jamie Drouin - Untitled (03-06-08)
5.Wyndel Hunt - Tectonic Regime IV
6.Kamran Sadeghi - NaN
7.Former Selv - Irn
Kronos Quartet & Steve Reich - WTC 9/11. Best $3 you are going spend today on Amazon or eMu.
Quite enjoying this. Unfortunately, at $9.48 I think it's going to remain spotify only.
Tracklist:
1.Shinkei - Wu (for Luigi)
2.i8u - Gallowalking
3.Pierre Gerard - Lines/Lignes
4.Tomas Phillips - Tablature I
5.Yann Novak - Shortwaves to Longwaves
6.Celer - A Lifetime of Wasted Breaths
7.Wyndel Hunt - Rotation
"Over the past 4 years, Dragons Eye Recordings has come to be a trusted resource where listeners can be exposed to emerging and mid-career artists in the field of contemporary electronic music and sound art. Named one of Texturas Top Ten Favorite Labels of 2009, Dragons Eye is kicking off 2010 with a free downloadable compilation.
Flowers are the traditional gift for a fourth anniversary and Flowers is Dragons Eye Recordings fourth anniversary compilation. On Flowers, Dragons Eye presents new and unreleased works by the upcoming 2010 roster of artists. The 2010 roster represents both newcomers and veterans of the label that are at the forefront of contemporary electronic music and sound art."
Oh for the days when this would have been mine for four credits.
ETA actually, $3.56 at Amazon is not all that bad. Title track is soooo worth 89 cents. Stellar.
These are so short compared to modern CDs that itunes moved onto this before I had realised it - already half way through!
Typing away at my computer now nearly through this without noticing itunes had moved on
Second play - enjoying it
This is beautiful.
Craig