Most of the time, you will find some tasteful rarities here. Today, a couple of giants are gracing these pages: Miles Davis and John Coltrane, playing live and tearing things up. Miles was already beginning to peak (and didn’t stop until near his death), and John was just beginning to make a name for himself. Enjoy!
Music
[Video] Garmarna – Virga Ac Diadema
St Hildegard of Bingen, Roman Catholic saint and Doctor of the Church, is given a wonderful treatment by Swedish folk band Garmara.
[Video] Vinicius Cantuária – Amor Brasileiro
After a long, tiring day at work, I spend my evenings with wonderful Brazilian company. This song, a masterpiece by Vinicius Cantuária, is dedicated to that company, who makes the days pass easily.
Obrigado, fofi!
[Video] Köyhät Ritarit – Kallon vienti honkaan (Hanging the skull on a pine tree)
I didn’t expect to find this charming bit of Finnish folk in my inbox today, but here is Köyhät Ritarit with some soothing new music.
[Video] Yann Tiersen – In Our Minds (Last.fm Lightship95 Series)
Yann Tiersen at his minimalist, near-heartbreaking best.
[Video] Pekka Pohjola – Vapour Trails
Pekka Pohjola first gained fame as bassist for the legendary Finnish prog rock band Wigwam, and then did some work recording for Mike Oldfield. His solo work brought together his love of jazz and fusion in a prog rock setting.
[Video] John Zorn – Somnambulisme (Man Ray)
‘Sublime’ isn’t a word one normally associates with John Zorn, but this might be one of those rare moments when it fits rather nicely.
Thanks to dear Silena Lena for posting this originally!
[Video] Fleetwood Mac – Hold Me
I’ll bet you didn’t see this coming!
I grew up in the 1980s, where music video was a new art form. One of the first memories I have of MTV is watching, among good new wave ditties, this song. It seemed pompous, boring, and the band looked like they were on a pile of cocaine rather than in a desert. It took about twenty years for me to appreciate the song-craft of Fleetwood Mac.
[Video] Zlatko Origjanski feat. Beni Shaqiri – Generale
Though I am a big fan of Zlatko’s work (as evidence by the previous post featuring his old band, Lola V. Stain), I can’t say I was a big fan of Beni’s in the past. He seemed like a great guy, decent to the core of his bones, but his music never quite moved me, as it reminded me too much of 80s power ballad tripe that I ran away from in Los Angeles.
Hearing this piece has caused me to utterly reevaluate his music. This seems precisely what he was made to be doing, and Zlatko is bringing out the best in him Bravo to both!
[Video] Lola V. Stain – Makova Polja
Lola V. Stain were one of the founding members of Macedonian ethnocore. The project, featuring Zlatko Origjanski, gave a platform to musicians like Goran Trajkoski, who would found Anastasia, as well as the legendary gaija player Pece Atanasovski.
