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A Miscellany of Tasteful Music 05-03-2014

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AMOTM-05-03-2014 by Rudy Carrera on Mixcloud

 

Thanks to being busy, it’s been quite a long delay in podcasts. Here is the tracklist:

  • Test Dept – Sarff
  • Franco – Attention na SIDA
  • George Dalaras & Goran Bregović – Nychta
  • Shockheaded Peters – Son Of Thumbs Of A Murderer
  • Chris Cornell – Billie Jean
  • Randy Newman – In Germany Before The War
  • Valentina Goncharova – Ocean, Pt. 5
  • Milladoiro – A Bruxa
  • The Orioles – Is My Heart Wasting Time?
  • The Ink-Spots – I Don’t Want To Set The World On Fire

Enjoy!

On The Passing of Pete Seeger

/ Rudy Carrera

Three articles regarding Pete Seeger’s demise – one pro, two contra, provide a good appraisal of the man’s life, work and views.

I loathed Seeger’s politics, his slavish devotion, until 1995, to Joseph Stalin’s murderous regime, and the fact that he stole ‘Wimoweh’ (see the story about Solomon Linda). Still, his own body of work will live on as part of Americana, and should be remembered as some of the finest songs to ever come out of the United States, as they are, indeed, timeless. One should never attempt to separate a man from his works, however, as the soul of each artist imbues his craft, whether we like it or not.