frankn Posted March 8, 2014 Posted March 8, 2014 Absolutely, now listening to Buika, very interesting. Did you hear Mokoomba- hard not to. Very good bass player. Also enjoying the food, had a great pulled pork burrito with excellent hot sauce 1
frankn Posted March 9, 2014 Posted March 9, 2014 Saskwatch are doing a good job of livening up the populous on a warm sunny Sunday pm @ WomAdelaide today. Looks like being another good day
mrbuzzardstubble Posted March 9, 2014 Posted March 9, 2014 Antonio Serrano the Spanish harmonica player is great.Everything from Scot Joplin to Bach to Sonny Boy Williamson
frankn Posted March 9, 2014 Posted March 9, 2014 Pokey LaFarge - an unexpected delight. Great singer and band. How do I post video? 1
mrbuzzardstubble Posted March 9, 2014 Posted March 9, 2014 Sorry frankn.Tech dummy here.What a great festival.Watching The Balanescu Quartet at this moment.This one"s shaping up as a contender with Roberto Fonseca as my favourite act.Wonderful stuff.Looks like I might have to buy another disc.Bummer:) 2
frankn Posted March 9, 2014 Posted March 9, 2014 I kept thinking should try to meet up for a beverage but then get lost in music. We are not back tomorrow so have a great day. If you are in town any longer feel free to pm if you find yourself with a couple of spare hours
Viognier Posted March 9, 2014 Posted March 9, 2014 Enjoyed your post on Womad guys. Thankyou. A few of the artists you mentioned are at The Basement this week. Will try and get along.
mrbuzzardstubble Posted March 10, 2014 Posted March 10, 2014 Hi frankn.Thanks for the invitation.Very busy at the festival.There's a group of us plus I've been socialising with other friends from other states including the ex.Its OK,we're still on good terms:-)
mrbuzzardstubble Posted March 10, 2014 Posted March 10, 2014 Roberto Fonseca and band were on fire tonight.He's playing in Melbourne and Sydney before he heads off to Womad in Auckland.Worth catching.
emesbee Posted March 11, 2014 Posted March 11, 2014 (edited) Spending today recovering from a Womadelaide long weekend. Highlights for me:- Billy Bragg - strong stage presence, great band and interesting banter between songs (much of it political, of course). There seems to be a bone of contention between Mr Bragg and Pokey LeFarge, as each had a bit of a dig at the other in their performances. Breabach - I love this sort of music, and their performance was a ripper. My only complaint was that the sound engineer had the volume way too loud for the Moreton Bay stage. There was audible distortion. (What is it with some of these sound guys? Probably thinks everything should sound like hip-hop!) Jon Cleary & The Absolute Monster Gentlemen - mouthful of a name, but great performance of New Orleans style jazz/blues whatever. Pokey Lefarge was a surprise. Initially I thought the name and image might be a bit contrived, but Pokey and his band put on a great performance. Others I enjoyed were the Chinese bands Hanggai and Shanren, although they both have gone a bit too electric for my liking. Would prefer a bit more of a traditional sound. I also enjoyed the Balanescu Quartet, for something a bit different (an Eastern European history listen of sorts). Makana was good too, nice acoustic performance. Sam Lee was interesting, with his take on old English folk songs. I'm not sure that the instrumental arrangements always suited the songs that well, but he has quite a good voice. Would like to have heard him do a couple of songs acapella. I think he is relatively new to the scene (only has one album out, I believe), so probably one worth watching. I wasn't expecting too much from Saskwatch, but they were surprisingly good. (Perhaps I shouldn't have been surprised.) Osaka Monorail were fun, looking a bit like a bunch of Japanese Blues Brothers! I personally didn't care much for Arrested Development. Hip-hop is not my thing, just sounds all the same to me. The only part of their performance that I liked was their rendition of Bob Marley's Redemption Song, which they did quite well (and it wasn't hip-hop). I'm afraid some of the performances on the big stage (eg: Makoomba, Femi Kuti, Rachid Taha and a couple of others) didn't do much for me. Too many bands just seem to be over-amplified, too busy on stage, with very average songs. If you walk back a fair way from the stage and listen from a distance, a lot of it sounds pretty ordinary. (Probably showing my age a bit now.) Unfortunately I missed Roberto Fonseca. By all accounts he was quite good. Oh, and the Slow Dancing video projection display was quite mesmerising. Popped by that several times during the weekend. Edited March 11, 2014 by emesbee 1
mrbuzzardstubble Posted March 11, 2014 Posted March 11, 2014 (edited) I agree re the big stage acts.If I hear another artist say "jump,jump,everybody jump" again,I'll scream. Dub Inc,La Chiva Gantiva and Femi Kuti did it and it seemed to go on forever. Mookomba were a lot better on stage 3.I didn't like them at all on the main stage My highlights were Roberto Fonseca and band.He played for 90 minutes last night.Definitely the highlight for me. The Balanescu Quartet were great,particularly the night they performed the Maria T suite on stage 2. Pokey La Farge's set on Monday was great.The surprise packet that Womad throws up every year.He must've been well liked,judging by the number of people lined up for the cd signing. When I got my discs signed by Alexander Balanescu and Antonio Serrano,I was the only one there.At least I got to talk to them for a few minutes. Other highlights were Ane Brun,Jon Cleary,Carminho(what a beautiful voice) and Asif Ali Khan and troupe. And not forgetting all the beautiful,tanned skinny legs and pretty women.All in all another perfect 4 days,though by about 9:30 last night I started suffering from Early Onset Post Womad Depression. I'm getting better though:-) Edited March 11, 2014 by mrbuzzardstubble 2
emesbee Posted March 11, 2014 Posted March 11, 2014 And not forgetting all the beautiful,tanned skinny legs and pretty women. Umm, maybe these two? Or maybe not. I did spot some interesting wildlife though. 1
emesbee Posted March 11, 2014 Posted March 11, 2014 For those who were at Womadelaide, did anybody spot this furry spectator high up in a tree overlooking stage 3? 1
mrbuzzardstubble Posted March 29, 2014 Posted March 29, 2014 Good afternoon all:-) Some sunny Saturday music. Marcos Valle-Contrasts.
mrbuzzardstubble Posted March 29, 2014 Posted March 29, 2014 Hmmmm.I'm the only one home. Dub Colossus-Addis Through The Looking Glass. 2
buddyev Posted March 29, 2014 Posted March 29, 2014 Looks like you're the last man standing here, mrbuzz. Love dub colossus. I keep thinking that I should stop buying Rabih abou Khalil - surely I have enough of his stuff? But each new album I buy is wonderful and surprising - the latest I just bought is Hungry People - really fresh and alive music. I don't know Tarab - must search it out. 2
Nada Posted March 29, 2014 Posted March 29, 2014 (edited) Tinariwen - Live at Womad 2004 https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=uUS0-0Fv7c8#t=2846 Edited March 29, 2014 by Nada 1
mrbuzzardstubble Posted March 29, 2014 Posted March 29, 2014 Looks like you're the last man standing here, mrbuzz. Love dub colossus. I keep thinking that I should stop buying Rabih abou Khalil - surely I have enough of his stuff? But each new album I buy is wonderful and surprising - the latest I just bought is Hungry People - really fresh and alive music. I don't know Tarab - must search it out. Hi buddeyev. I picked up that Rabih album at Title for a fiver.If you live in Sydney it might be worth a trip to Surry Hills.Be warned though.There's thousands of discs in the back room all for $5, including boxed sets.You might be busy for quite a while. Tarab's a nice album.Glen Moore of Oregon fame plays bass on it.And of course there's that beautiful Enja packaging-purple this time with gold metallic inlay.Em Portuguese,a later release by Rabih is worth auditioning.Very nice. Have you got the Dub Colossus double re-mix album of Addis...? I heard it's very good.Might have to add it to the list.
buddyev Posted March 29, 2014 Posted March 29, 2014 Title in melbourne occasionally have great clear outs also. - I picked up Em Portuguese from them last year - its wonderful. Must get down there again very soon. I have the Dub Colossus addis album which I downloaded from b&w music a while ago - one of the reason Dont like downloads, you never really know what you've got! 1
Nada Posted March 30, 2014 Posted March 30, 2014 (edited) This album is special: Dhafer Youssef - Birds requiem (2013) Live might be wonderful: Edited March 30, 2014 by Nada 2
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