[Music] Can – Geheim (Half Past One) [Peel Sessions]

August 9, 2015 / Rudy Carrera / Leave a comment

Can, recording a session for John Peel. I’m not sure what year this was recorded, but hearing it makes me a bit wistful over Peelie’s early demise.

[Music] Emilio de Gogorza – Chanson de la Touraine (1919)

August 9, 2015 / Rudy Carrera / Leave a comment

Emilio de Gogorza was a Spanish-American baritone who was at his peak during the early part of the 20th Century. Here he is performing a song from Panurge by Jules Massenet.

[Music] Duško Gojković & Sarajevo Big Band – Mujo Kuje (Doboy)

August 8, 2015March 5, 2018 / Rudy Carrera / Leave a comment

Duško Gojković made his name in the former Yugoslavia. He collaborates here with the Sarajevo Big Band out of Bosnia-Herzegovina.

[Music] War – Slippin’ Into Darkness

August 7, 2015 / Rudy Carrera / Leave a comment

My friend Owen made the pick of the night. War’s classic is a meaty, visceral tune which, if memory serves me right, would influence Bob Marley in making Get Up, Stand Up.

[Music] Pelageya – Ptashechka (Live)

August 7, 2015 / Rudy Carrera / Leave a comment

I’m quite new to the work of Russian pop singer Pelageya. From Novosibirsk, Siberia, this songbird comes from a classical music background, having once been invited by legendary Russian cellist Mstislav Rostropovich to perform in France along with other luminaries, including Ravi Shankar and B. B. King.

Though I find the live version wonderfully sparse, I’m including the studio version for the sake of comparison below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3h_ohGXX6kw

[Music] Carla Bley & Charlie Haden – The Ballad of The Fallen

August 5, 2015 / Rudy Carrera / Leave a comment

Pianist Carla Bley continues to make gorgeous music. We lost Charlie Haden not too long ago. The album, bearing the same name, was named the Best Album in Down Beat Magazine’s Critic’s Poll.