What are you listening to right now? (13 Indigenous grandmothers are praying for the planet)

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    Omar Souleyman - Wenu Wenu

    I'm seeing him in concert tonight. Going to be so much fun.

    Craig
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    ...And I am seeing these guys, opening for Kenny Barron/Dave Holland. Link goes to free EP on Noistrade
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    @ cafreema:
    Hope you enjoy seeing Omar.
    I have a t-shirt with his image
    that gets the occasional slant-eye
    from the city folk here.

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    @ Doofy: yeah, I kinda wish it was that whole album with pan pipes.
    An opportunity lost.
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    Late Junction Sessions - Diabel Cissokho, Kadiale Kouyate and Finn Peters (download - UK only :( available until the towards the end of December).
    For this month's Collaboration Session we feature a trio who came together for the London Jazz Festival earlier this month, Diabel Cissokho and Kadiale Kouyate on koras, and Finn Peters on sax and flute.
  • rostasi - Which city has folks looking askance at Omar? Probably all of them, sadly, but which one in this instance?

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    Owen Pallett - In Conflict

    Craig
  • Dallas...kinda figures, doesn't it?

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    Now playing: "22 Novembre" Band - Kouma
  • Yeah, if I were going to guess that's one that would be early on the list.

    Still Owen Pallett.

    Craig
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    @kargatron, yes, that names the dilemma nicely. If only I know what I was doing :-). Actually, given our modest audience I think a third rationale beyond the two you mention is feedback/encouragement; I know from correspondence last year that a couple of my more obscure picks were delighted to be noticed on a list. In the bigger scheme of things that might be the biggest benefit of my lists.
    @amc2, ha, taking your comment and karg's together leaves me with my original dilemma :-). I think I'll just see how strongly I feel about other items that need to be included at the bottom of the top 20.

    So far this morning:
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    Frond, Janek Schaefer, Arun Ghosh, Arc, Kryshe.
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    RTJ2

    Eta: (that's Run The Jewels 2, for everyone but Craig) and wow, this is pretty amazing. I just can't believe how much good stuff is free lately.
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  • @ Germanprof:

    I think you should just write what your ears tell you
    and damn the torpedoes (and who would be manning
    these torpedoes anyway?)


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    Now playing: Owen Pallett - Infernal Fantasy
  • amc - I know, right!?!

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    Paul Westerberg - 14 Songs

    Craig
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    Hecker - Sun Pand
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    Perfume Genius - Too Bright

    Going to be in my top ten.

    Craig
  • (and who would be manning
    these torpedoes anyway?)
    Well, mostly you folk, which is why I thought I'd ask.

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  • Well, I don't think we're all that important in the grand scheme of things. ;-)

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    free download:

    The Veils: Live at Mike's Earshot 2010

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    Andrea Keller - "Wave Rider"
  • Louis Hayes - Return of the Jazz Communicators (Smoke Sessions)
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    - Mmmmmmm ! - And there's another one too . . . Thanks GP.
  • Oh goody - thanks for pointing out the other one, have not heard that one yet.
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    Klaus Lang: einfalt.stille.

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    Through concentration on listening or concentration on what we are listening to we can enter a state of simplicity of mind which is a state of the highest inner clarity or inner silence. In other words: when concentrating on the flow of music we can reach an inner state: The inner silence which is the simultaneity of stasis and flow. This paradoxical situation poses the question: Is the flow of music passing us, is music flowing through us thus evoking this inner stasis or is it not a state at all what we experience: should we not most seriously take into consideration the possibility that it is us who are flowing through the sound?

    Bettina Junge, flute
    Natalia Pschenitschnikova, voice
    Adam Weisman, percussion
    Karen Lorenz, viola

    Total time: 50:00 min
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    @GP

    I like the new Wasilewski just fine, but it definitely lacks the tight, subtle electricity of January & Faithful.

    NP:

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    John Luther Adams - "Become Ocean"
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    Cinematic Orchestra - "The Cinematic Orchestra presents In Motion #1"
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    Hans Feigenwinter ZINC - "Whim of Fate"
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    @jonahpwll, yes, that's very well put, the "tight, subtle electricity" is exactly what I am missing, except maybe on Message in a Bottle.
    There should be a long compound German word for that feeling when a favorite artist brings out a long awaited record and you really want to be captivated by it but are not quite. Something like Mögendrangenttäuschung.
    BTW, have you heard this? I seem to remember you like Nils Frahm - if you like Screws I think you'd really like it.
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  • Their last recording because they're retiring the ensemble.
    The album title translates as "We Pass On". Music from the
    15th Century that's somewhat based on the Christmas story.

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