tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85507401450137967682024-03-19T08:48:47.146+00:0027 LeggiesSurfing the Zeitgeist since 1873Ernie Gogginshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01044812993148040730noreply@blogger.comBlogger2127125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550740145013796768.post-11230101657680985142024-03-17T07:46:00.000+00:002024-03-17T07:46:04.505+00:00Single Song Sunday<p>I'm off to Belgium later today for a work trip to Brussels followed by a day's sightseeing in Leuven. I'll do my best to scour some bargain bins and find a bit of Benelux bop and boogie to bring back for you.</p><p>Before that, though, we have the little matter of the first Single Song Sunday of the year. The song selected for that honour is "Blue Moon".</p><p>Written by the crack team of Rodgers and Hart, the tune first appeared called "The Bad In Every Man" in the 1934 film "Manhattan Melodrama" starring Clark Gable and Myrna Loy. It was already on its third title and set of lyrics by then, and after one more rewrite became "Blue Moon" later that year.</p><p>The song topped the Variety sheet music sales charts in early 1935 but no recorded version would do so until 1961 when <b>The Marcels</b> hit the No. 1 spot in both the US and UK. That is why I am starting with them even though there are two earlier versions included -<b> Elvis Presley</b> (No. 9 in the UK in 1956) and <b>Nat 'King' Cole</b> (1957).</p><p>After that things start veering off all over the place. I am sure many of you will be familiar with the <b>Cowboy Junkies</b>' reinterpretation from 1988, but perhaps not the football chant version found on the On-U Sound' 1991 compilation "Pay It All Back Volume 3" credited to <b>Barmy Army.</b> Not one that is going to make the "Now That's What I Call On-U" hits collection I suspect.</p><p>Last month I posted about the 1986 album "<a href="https://27leggies.blogspot.com/2024/02/bound-to-last.html">Underworld Shakedown</a>" by Greek band <b>The Last Drive</b> and mentioned that it included a remake of an old standard which I was saving for a future Single Song Sunday, This is it. In the interest of balance I have included a version from 1991 by Macedonian band <b>Raketamagazin</b>. The two countries don't see eye to eye on many things but maybe "Blue Moon" can bring them together.</p><p>Finally we have <b>Guts McGeorge </b>with the Mandatory Reggae Version. I know nothing about Guts. Apart from this 1970 single Discogs lists only one other recording which was the B side of a Lloyd Charmers single. Lloyd also produced this so maybe Guts was his imaginary friend.</p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/ha6el3pu9r60qe8kakxlc7lwhyjna161">Blue Moon</a>" - The Marcels</b></p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/52m31hbb2ryr9xzx8xfrs24lj42ot7ni">Blue Moon</a>" - Elvis Presley</b></p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/kyw8iqnceg2gkjks9ku0xlv0gqz0mk8u">Blue Moon</a>" - Nat 'King' Cole</b></p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/sb8brx0hr9ka1gna63ptptqr2irrv1h7">Blue Moon Revisited (Song For Elvis)</a>" - Cowboy Junkies </b></p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/p2xe9mh0eif3xlz7efpj44tk7ais2c0e">Blue Moon</a>" - Barmy Army</b></p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/y9mibvqcppzfu66z7wu537k2kkysckks">Blue Moon</a>" - The Last Drive</b></p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/0w6uc07hp06v7y3s02f8q15tyzox8fln">Blue Moon</a>" - Raketamagazin</b></p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/h7yiurjeq4z41nshquqyuew7dcc5ect6">Blue Moon</a>" - Guts McGeorge</b></p><p>In England the football chant version is most commonly associated with petrochemical giants Manchester City who number Oasis among their celebrity supporters. I'm not a fan of either but we will start the videos with Oasis Jr to get it out of the way,</p>
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Ernie Gogginshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01044812993148040730noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550740145013796768.post-84066147368404846902024-03-15T06:27:00.000+00:002024-03-15T06:27:25.718+00:00Halo Can You Go<p>Today is Part 2 in a new series that I'm calling "Things I bought in the Buddhist Bookshop's 3 CDs for £1 offer Friday". There won't be a Part 3 in the immediate future as the third CD was a blues compilation which had a good track listing but the sound quality was so poor as to make it effectively unlistenable.</p><p>Last week we brought you <a href="https://27leggies.blogspot.com/2024/03/babs-n-bob.html">Dickson Sings Dylan</a>. This week its "Don't Tell Me Now" by The Halo Benders. They were led by Calvin Johnson (who has featured here previously in various guises including Beat Happening and Dub Narcotic Sound System) and Doug Martsch of Built To Spill (who hasn't).</p><p>The Halo Benders were a side project for both of them. They released three albums between 1994 and 1998 before deciding to focus solely on their day jobs. "Don't Tell Me Now" was the middle album and came out in 1996.</p><p>I find I'm partial to pretty much everything I've heard by Mr Johnson, and this album is no exception. It is rather splendid and there is a bit of a Silver Jews vibe in places (particularly evident on "Mercury Blues"). My mission now is to track down the other two Halo Benders albums and also to investigate Built To Spill who completely passed me by back in the 1990s.</p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/4orbim3w6k0lqgcvzavttzixo6xmkkdz">Mercury Blues</a>" - The Halo Benders</b></p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/g1w1ujx26l2wis9op1y64cbdyu9a6g4o">Bombshelter Pt. 2</a>" - The Halo Benders</b></p><p>And now, lots of Brits bending on "Beat Club" in the 1960s. Ariel Bender not included but if you want to know what the visual equivalent of the dreadful sound quality on that blues compilation looks like type "Ariel Bender Skegness" into YouTube.</p>
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<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Hl_zP8H1NBA?si=JemCUrayv79y9Q6v" title="YouTube video player" width="420"></iframe>Ernie Gogginshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01044812993148040730noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550740145013796768.post-32287896817569092982024-03-13T07:05:00.003+00:002024-03-13T07:10:52.259+00:00Ernie's African Odyssey Pt 29 - Libya<p>We have reached our third and final L country - Libya. I'm going to take a short break from the series after this to build up my strength before plunging into a run of seven Ms.</p><p>Today's post would not have been possible without the good folks at <a href="https://habibifunkrecords.bandcamp.com/">Habibi Funk</a> records, who for the last ten years have been releasing interesting sounds from the Arab world. In the last twelve months alone they have released four albums by Libyan artists, all of which feature today. </p><p>Without them there would not have been much here. For whatever reason I have found it more difficult to track down Libyan music than for most of the other countries in the series - just a couple of weedy crooners and the two bands that kick things off today (although see the PS below).</p><p>Weedy is certainly not a word you would use to describe <b>Oydis,</b> a death metal band from Tripoli. Death metal is not my cup of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libyan_tea">Libyan tea</a>, but it seems to be almost as ubiquitous as reggae in some parts of Africa. This track comes from their 2019 album "<a href="https://oydis.bandcamp.com/album/as-humanity-falls-2019">As Humanity Falls</a>", something it has a tendency to do with depressing regularity in Libya.</p><p>I know nothing at all about the next group. I'm not even sure of their name. I think they are called <b>Groupe Amnar Awal</b> but they may actually be Chaco, which is the name that Bandcamp has assigned to the album "<a href="https://groupeamnarawallibya.bandcamp.com/album/awal-akalin">Awal Akalin</a>". Either way, the album came out it 2015 and might appeal to you fellow <a href="https://sahelsounds.bandcamp.com/">Sahel Sounds</a> enthusiasts out there. </p><p>The rest of today's tracks come courtesy of Habibi Funk. We'll start with <b>Hamid Al Shaeri</b>, one of the biggest stars of Arab music in the 1980s and 1990s. Most of his success came while based in Egypt but he was born in Benghazi and started his musical career there before moving to Cairo in his early twenties. "Reet" can be found on a compilation of his 1980s recordings titled "<a href="https://habibifunkrecords.bandcamp.com/album/habibi-funk-018-the-slam-years-1983-1988">The SLAM !Years</a>".</p><p>Heading backwards to the 1970s we find <b>The Free Music</b>, a band led by composer/producer Najib Alhoush (whose magical rendition of "<a href="https://habibifunkrecords.bandcamp.com/track/najib-al-housh-ya-aen-daly">Staying Alive</a>" you really need to listen to). The 2023 compilation "<a href="https://habibifunkrecords.bandcamp.com/album/habibi-funk-021-free-music-part-1">Free Music Part 1</a>" features some of their original material from around 1976.</p><p>We finish with not one but two big slabs of the finest Mandatory African Reggae. First up is the man known as "the Father of Libyan Reggae", Mr <b>Ibrahim Hesnawi</b>. That is also the title of a <a href="https://habibifunkrecords.bandcamp.com/album/habibi-funk-024-the-father-of-libyan-reggae">compilation</a> of his 1980s recordings that Habibi Funk issued late last year. Then we've got one of his musical offspring, <b>Ahmed Ben Ali.</b> "<a href="https://habibifunkrecords.bandcamp.com/album/habibi-funk-022-subhana">Subhana</a>" is a compilation of his works from the mid 2000s.</p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/rcs7o1x5zscscca3ssuf3bgtfxp1iqij">Internal Strife</a>" - Oydis</b></p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/j8j7c07it0c7z4nxiu5c9j17pqbzv5bv">Anar Asanagh</a>" - Groupe Amnar Awal</b></p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/fnu3dlu8v7623utxl6nq98g53hl8ja0i">Reet</a>" - Hamid Al Shaeri</b></p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/e4z4ssq67c6qig789p7m7omrorj2fmcz">Law Yom Saalak Had</a>" - The Free Music</b></p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/b469plxtwogzy2kzkcf8uvv2g5vi98dw">Watany Al Kabir</a>" - Ibrahim Hesnawi</b></p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/sufhxxnvp1unxswnozo0snhxumf0vq4j">Ya Ghalian Alakheera</a>" - Ahmed Ben Ali</b></p><p>PS Since writing the post I discovered the first video and was inspired to track down a few recordings by leading Libyan funkateer of the 1970s and 1980s <b><a href="https://ahmedfakroun.bandcamp.com/">Ahmed Fakroun</a></b>. I am enjoying them very much but none of them match the song in the video so we are sticking with that.</p><p>PPS I would not rule out the possibility that MC Mego is a Sacha Baron Cohen creation.</p><p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xfsMYVf1NOI?si=o9UvuePhJ95DfS3s" title="YouTube video player" width="420"></iframe>
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Ernie Gogginshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01044812993148040730noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550740145013796768.post-12409272035368957952024-03-08T07:38:00.003+00:002024-03-08T07:39:33.936+00:00Babs 'n BobA change of pace for you today. We are not so much surfing the zeitgeist as rolling our trousers up and taking a tentative paddle in the shallows. Ladies and Gentlemen, Ms Barbara Dickson.<div><br /></div><div>I am still scarred by the <a href="https://27leggies.blogspot.com/2011/07/only-love.html">Elkie Brooks episode</a> many years ago so I want to make it clear that this will not be a Barbara bashing exercise. </div><div><br /></div><div>Her version of the old standard "Answer Me" was one of the first singles I bought with my pocket money when I was 12. She has made many more fine records over the years and counts movers and shakers like <a href="https://charitychicmusic.blogspot.com/2024/02/farewell-barbara.html">Mr & Mrs CC</a> among her many fans.<br /><div><br /></div><div>I popped into our local Buddhist charity bookshop earlier this week and checked out the small selection of CDs that are always on offer at three for £1. After finding two that looked quite promising I filled the quota with this:</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH6OmuqhaxYCvGlRjMypkGqpGCoOHRaxvou9QwU0EMQyVfZfMMHue9RdPYlQ6hpfzQLf5rNQa5fGLx3j_t8AQSgU4swnCdEBiFs953wuUd_mNax0y13DmiAtk-Cm-bKMfpKzpVspCKYIVoPVUbRm_RA6ITNmCfH7DWI1dcPXrTLnmwjEoY9LiS0ouLGvw/s1280/thumbnail_IMG_6242.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1264" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH6OmuqhaxYCvGlRjMypkGqpGCoOHRaxvou9QwU0EMQyVfZfMMHue9RdPYlQ6hpfzQLf5rNQa5fGLx3j_t8AQSgU4swnCdEBiFs953wuUd_mNax0y13DmiAtk-Cm-bKMfpKzpVspCKYIVoPVUbRm_RA6ITNmCfH7DWI1dcPXrTLnmwjEoY9LiS0ouLGvw/s320/thumbnail_IMG_6242.jpg" width="316" /></a></div><br />Released in 1992, this is Dickson Sings Dylan with the production values you associate with that era plus a guest appearance by Gerry Rafferty on "The Times They Are A-Changin'". </div><div><br /></div><div>It is a bit of a mixed bag. When they play the songs straight it generally works pretty well, but there are a few 'experimental' arrangements that might have been best left on the cutting room floor. Here is an example of each.</div></div><div><br /></div><div>To use the official Charity Chic Classification (CCC) system it is probably not a keeper, but I'm glad I gave it a go. </div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/nkvkcsgtsmpoisigz5dn54zr2p4kkt9u">Ring Them Bells</a>" - Barbara Dickson</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/hdao937cy4a5hjzu71m0nf4cqz0npvng">Maggie's Farm</a>" - Barbara Dickson</b></div><div><br /></div><div>And now... Dylan Sings Dickson! Or possibly Frankie Laine or Nat King Cole, you decide. You also get some Richard Thompson as a bonus. </div><div><br /></div>
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All the videos are from the same band, and that is the band that is probably Liberia's most successful musical export.</p><p><b>Soulful Dynamics</b> relocated from Monrovia to Hamburg in 1969, and the very next year they topped the charts in many European countries with "Mademoiselle Ninette". You could not possibly tell from their hits that the band were from Africa - mostly they sound like a schlager version of The Equals - but they have some fantastically cheesy clips on YouTube.</p><p>Our audio selection starts with the woman rightly known as "the Golden Voice of Liberia", <b><a href="https://becauseofthewar.org/fatu-gayflor">Princess Fatu Gayflor</a></b>. Ms Gayflor (she's not a real Princess) has been recording since the mid 1980s. This track is on her 2014 album "<a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3Y2b3DXfbqoWcsgXorVLOK">The Princess Diaries</a>", and my guess is that is is a tribute to Liberia's national arts ensemble, the Kendeja National Cultural Troupe, where she started her career.</p><p>Like many other Liberians she fled the country during the civil war that dragged on for nearly fifteen years (1989-2003). Having spent some time in refugee camps in Cote d'Ivoire and Guinea, she eventually ended up in Philadelphia where she is still based.</p><p>In 2013 the Princess was joined in Philadelphia by <b><a href="https://becauseofthewar.org/fatu-gayflor">Marie Nyenabo</a></b>, another fine female singer who had released three albums in Liberia before deciding to emigrate. Together they were founder members of the <a href="https://folkloreproject.org/artists/liberian-womens-chorus-for-change/#:~:text=Founding%20members%20are%20renowned%20singers,getting%20the%20support%20they%20need.">Liberian Women's Chorus for Change</a>, who use traditional songs and dances to call attention to issues impacting the Liberian community in the US.</p><p>"Joya" can be found on the 2011 compilation album "<a href="https://lonestars.bandcamp.com/album/lone-stars-vol-1-hipco-gbema">Lone Stars Vol 1: Hipco & Gbema</a>" (hipco being Liberian hip hop and gbema modernised traditional music). Also to be found on the album is the track from <b>Junior Freeman</b> which was apparently impossible to avoid in Liberia that year, even being adopted by the victorious Presidential candidate as her campaign song for national elections. </p><p>2011 was evidently a good year for Liberian music because that was when the exotically named <b>Kojato & The Afro Latin Cougaritas</b> released their excellent "<a href="https://kojato.bandcamp.com/album/all-about-jazz">All That Jazz</a>" album. Main man Kojo Samuels hails from Monrovia but the band were based in Germany. Who knows, maybe they included some descendants of the Soulful Dynamics. </p><p>The influence of Fela Kuti is pretty obvious on "All That Jazz", which is perhaps not surprising when you learn that Mr Samuels played with the Great Man for a while after his previous group <b>Kapingbdi</b> broke up in 1985. A few years back Sonorama Records compiled some of Kapingbdi's previously unreleased recordings from 1979 to 1981 on an album titled "<a href="https://sonoramarecords.bandcamp.com/album/born-in-the-night">Born In The Night</a>". Very good they are too.</p><p>We end as always with some Mandatory African Reggae (there is a limit to how much messing with the format I'm willing to do). A very warm welcome please to <b>Nasseman</b>, former winner of Best Reggae/Dancehall Artist of the Year at the prestigious <a href="https://mtn.liberiamusicawards.com/results">Liberia Music Awards</a> - where Kojo Samuels was deservedly given a Lifetime Achievement Award last year.</p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/v1gme8fb2vsvth01fo4hi86tipxmc3ut">Kendeja</a>" - Princess Fatu Gayflor</b></p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/aycquramzqk8uniuggriwrwo3s5h2weg">Joya</a>" - Marie Nyenabo</b></p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/jv11274nkf9a2q5g5dllt0ho2iwdwtqz">Dumyarea</a>" - Junior Freeman & African Soldier</b></p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/t09jkn9kxaz4tl325xf93nuw3c9ndkow">Funky Man</a>" - Kojato & The Afro Latin Cougaritas </b></p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/iwlzdba7ah6ilshu3m5hi7zdn9qpzwpf">Deadea</a>" - Kapingbdi</b></p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/trjv2ka5xhmzf649x6e9ltk6k66zkh90">Justice</a>" - Nasseman</b></p>
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Ernie Gogginshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01044812993148040730noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550740145013796768.post-15106116580545177142024-03-04T06:40:00.000+00:002024-03-04T06:40:29.571+00:00Scratch Patch<p>Because they're long and they're songs and its Monday here are a couple of tracks from Lee "Scratch" Perry's album "On The Wire" (which is not to be confused with "Scratch On The Wire", a compilation of his production work from 1979).This album was recorded in 1988 but not released until 2000. It was well worth the wait though as it is magnificent from start to finish. </p><p>While both the selected songs clock in at over seven minutes they are actually among the shorter tracks on the album. There are three more between eight to nine minutes long and one that runs all the way up to eleven, as all good things should do.</p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/ygbe9xvmgislds5qfeby648j2wim0ph0">Yes My Friends</a>" - Lee "Scratch" Perry</b></p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/ck7u4nbmgxa83drixp42ketodtm5ac51">Burn Funky</a>" - Lee "Scratch" Perry</b></p><p>Mr Perry isn't the only thing you'll find on a wire if you go looking.</p><p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/payivmhyrII?si=VLlJbp7JBozkkhuH" title="YouTube video player" width="420"></iframe>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gDJ3Rts_XMA?si=2VeXHFiRdTQWcMO0" title="YouTube video player" width="420"></iframe></p>Ernie Gogginshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01044812993148040730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550740145013796768.post-87201517910533639492024-03-01T04:02:00.001+00:002024-03-01T06:46:02.868+00:00Newness AboundsTimed especially to coincide with Bandcamp Friday, here is one of our irregular looks at some of the freebies that the nice folks in Promoland have sent me over the last couple of months. Get your wallets out now.<div><br /></div><div>For my tastes there have been two standout albums. The first, while technically a new release, was actually recorded about twenty years ago. <b>The Children's Hour</b> were a duo consisting of the warble-tastic Josephine Foster and one Andy Bar (presumably not <a href="https://www.viberate.com/artist/andy-bar/">this one</a>). They released one album in 2003 and then teamed up with David Pajo (of Slint, Tortoise etc fame) to record a second which is finally seeing the light of day. </div><div><br /></div><div>The album is called "<a href="https://thechildrenshour.bandcamp.com/album/going-home">Going Home</a>" and it is utterly charming. It came out last week and you can get it from Bandcamp - just click on the title (the same goes for the other albums featured below).</div><div><div><br /></div><div>The second standout album comes from my favourite Welsh language Americana band (if that isn't a contradiction in terms), <b>Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog</b>. They have been around since the late 2000s and "<a href="https://crhb.bandcamp.com/album/mynd-r-t-am-dro">Mynd â'r Tŷ am Dro</a>" is their sixth studio album. It comes out today. </div><div><br /></div><div>Their sound on this album is a bit rockier than in the past, with the title track and the one below being particularly strong with a bit of a Neil & Crazy Horse vibe. If you enjoy this you might also appreciate their <a href="https://crhb.bandcamp.com/album/yn-fyw-galeri-caernarfon">live album</a> that was released last year.</div><div><br /></div><div>I would also like to give a bit of a plug to two more new albums, both from artists based in California. The first is "Hideaway" by <b>Breezers</b>, the pseudonym of Evan apRoberts from LA. It is due out on 8 March and is not yet available on Bandcamp, although you can find his previous stuff there including his <a href="https://breezers.bandcamp.com/album/breezers">self-titled 2002 album</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>The Umbrellas</b> hail from San Francisco although you might be mistaken for thinking they are Scottish as they have clearly immersed themselves in the Postcard Records back catalogue. "<a href="https://theumbrellasca.bandcamp.com/album/fairweather-friend">Fairweather Friend</a>" is their second album and it came out back in January. It is pleasingly chirpy.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/ly8jlt229515wwxyrdpd0rvrn86wenfm">Dance With Me</a>" - The Children's Hour</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/q96684r18r88r33tngp0syj4p4cht5lm">Blodau Haearn Blodau Glo</a>" - Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/ukpo99uq14hbaywhzyugt520gdqxvikm">Cemetery</a>" - Breezers</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/t11rstsath60ktfbw1kr62o4rql8l89o">Goodbye</a>" - The Umbrellas</b></div><div><br /></div><div>To round things off here are some videos featuring songs from three more albums that came out in January and which are worth a listen: "<a href="https://molsullivan.bandcamp.com/album/goose">Goose</a>" by Mol Sullivan, "<a href="https://lilyseabird.bandcamp.com/album/alas">Alas</a>" by Lily Seabird and "<a href="https://bradstank.bandcamp.com/album/in-the-midst-of-you">In The Midst Of You</a>" by Brad Stank. Enjoy!</div><div><br /></div>
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<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bIbangIXrfY?si=S4Ct3PYcfA1jOhiI" title="YouTube video player" width="420"></iframe></div>Ernie Gogginshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01044812993148040730noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550740145013796768.post-73734900018210716042024-02-28T06:29:00.000+00:002024-02-28T06:29:10.960+00:00Easy Peasy<p>For no particular reason I've decided today is the right time to honour the record that won the 1976 Academy Award for Best Song - "I'm Easy", written and performed by Keith Carradine and one of the highlights of Robert Altman's "Nashville". </p><p>"Nashville" itself lost out on Best Picture to "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest". With "Dog Day Afternoon", "Barry Lyndon" and "Jaws" in contention as well it was quite a year for the fillums.</p><p>Randy Crawford did a decent cover version of the song on her debut album "Everything Must Change" which also came out in 1976. And then there was Cher...</p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/z26jflxqwl2ebb0pb8h8wo3tldq6fzo7">I'm Easy</a>" - Keith Carradine</b></p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/ijxpdf70k9dm4zc5zo3hw3w2n7e4amj4">I'm Easy</a>" - Randy Crawford</b> </p>
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The country's greatest leader, King Moshoeshoe I, spent most of his 50 year reign fighting wars with first the Zulus and then the Boers to protect his territory. He signed a deal with Britain to provide military support which ultimately led to it becoming a British colony on his death in 1870.</p><p>The political scene has been pretty lively since independence in 1966 as well, with any number of attempted and successful coups and, in 2020, a prime minister who faced trial charged with murdering his ex-wife (he <a href="https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/murder-charges-dropped-against-lesothos-former-prime-minister-tom-thabane-and-wife-20220726">got off</a> when a key witness mysteriously disappeared). </p><p>Lesotho has also managed to maintain a distinct musical identity, with the local accordion-based <i>famo</i> music being very popular. Sadly it has become embroiled in gang wars in recent years, as this article with the unlikely headline '<a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-61097386">The Deadly Accordion Wars of Lesotho</a>' explains. But when done right the famo sound is a joyous thing.</p><p>One of the musicians interviewed for that article was <b>Puseletso Seema</b>, who with over 30 albums to her name is rightly known as the Queen of Famo. Today's track comes from her album "Khoro Li Majoe" and it is dedicated to England's own Queen of the Squeezebox, C of <a href="https://sundriedsparrows.blogspot.com/2024/01/in-and-out-and-in-and-out.html">Sun Dried Sparrows</a> fame.</p><p>Our other famo pioneers are <b>Tau Ea Matsekha</b>, who started out back in the 1970s and whose accordion player Forere Motloheloa co-wrote and played on "The Boy In The Bubble" on Paul Simon's "Graceland" album. Over to Bandcamp you can find "<a href="https://taueamatsekha.bandcamp.com/album/mohlape-oa-litau">Mohlape Oa Litau</a>", a compilation of their work from the 1980s and early 1990s. That is where I found this track.</p><p>We will round off our famo selection with something more up to date. <b>Sefako Sa Menoaneng</b> released the album "Lenyora La Metsi, Vol. 14" last year. The group is basically just Lebohang Letohla who has been recording with others and in his own right for around 30 years now (so not really all that up to date). Here is an <a href="https://www.maserumetro.com/news/society/from-m120-salary-to-being-a-renowed-artiste/">article</a> in which he introduces himself.</p><p>We are heading back to the 1980s next to feature what I think is the only band from Lesotho ever to have any degree of international recognition - <b>Sankomota</b>. I dimly recall seeing them play in London towards the end of that decade, although that may be my memory playing tricks on me. </p><p>Their best known album was 1987's "Dreams Do Come True", but today's selection comes from their 1983 self-titled debut which is available on <a href="https://sankomota.bandcamp.com/album/sankomota">Bandcamp</a>. You can also find it on the Shifty Records compilation that I featured in my <a href="https://27leggies.blogspot.com/2024/02/shifty-sounds.html">previous post</a>.</p><p>As always we conclude with some Mandatory African Reggae. This time it comes from one <b>Sensi Rankin</b> (or David Mongake to his mum) who rather audaciously claims to be the <a href="https://www.mzansireggae.co.za/introducing-sensi-rankin-the-afro-raggamuffin-king/">Afro Ragamuffin King</a>. Judging by this track from last year I think those claims may be overstated. </p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/h6wdttvee9dh2dvv16bec1gkl34y113f">Ngoetsi</a>" - Puseletso Seema</b></p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/yrbi1m9k8e258a2e0tw4pl35abw3w74q">Maseru B.A.</a>" - Tau Ea Matsekha</b></p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/g2pb54qtc4enid3md2x9csildumtkycy">Ha Mantilatilane</a>" - Sefako Sa Menoaneng</b></p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/d821rbejctiifrs03nc4896u20mjzuqt">Uhuru</a>" - Sankomota</b></p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/xjl7msrwltgq0iqjxqqrcxtm6n29pmj0">Anebella</a>" - Sensi Rankin</b></p><p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nsMwz0eiSzA?si=VBCFrSQSnr5eJygz" title="YouTube video player" width="420"></iframe>
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<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4s4jbA3TUgQ?si=Z4jm-ulGEeSqT6ZA" title="YouTube video player" width="420"></iframe></p>Ernie Gogginshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01044812993148040730noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550740145013796768.post-33366348889999800402024-02-23T07:13:00.002+00:002024-02-23T07:36:10.082+00:00Shifty Sounds<p>I got home yesterday after a couple of weeks visiting assorted Gogginses in South Africa. As evidence here is one of my holiday snaps. This is Kalk Bay, just south of Cape Town, and those are friendly seals in the bottom left of the photo.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc3P0wmZ36IMJlxN8PW8HcluAt6tJeYijC5on42nEsN6apJ-vtjUGF-Fs2-G68YEqUY3UX_X8rp5c4bOLtb5tie1YuuATkMuts5bpwX8cTn1FjLnJFOPTmNfFlW11LqIuRwXgFUkVt3Ssr5d5qQbpynPU7J2tApUmhd1xjYPAahVFYQYxxp-qa8atfh1Q/s1920/thumbnail_IMG_6227.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1411" data-original-width="1920" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc3P0wmZ36IMJlxN8PW8HcluAt6tJeYijC5on42nEsN6apJ-vtjUGF-Fs2-G68YEqUY3UX_X8rp5c4bOLtb5tie1YuuATkMuts5bpwX8cTn1FjLnJFOPTmNfFlW11LqIuRwXgFUkVt3Ssr5d5qQbpynPU7J2tApUmhd1xjYPAahVFYQYxxp-qa8atfh1Q/s320/thumbnail_IMG_6227.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>I only bought one CD while I was there, but it is a goodie. The title is fairly self-explanatory: "Shot Down: Resistance Music from Apartheid South Africa". It features highlights from the first five years of the Shifty Records catalogue. <div><br /></div><div>Shifty was set up in 1984 to provide an outlet for artists banned by the national broadcasters and shunned by the established record companies. Some went on to have long careers and achieve some level of fame (at least locally), such as Kalahari Surfers and Vusi Mahlasela. Others like Mapantsula were never heard of again. One of them ended up working with my brother-in-law as a TV cameraman.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/z3b3qyktu9yre7iv5shl8jzwf1w3c089">Reasonable Men</a>" - Kalahari Surfers</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/es7soanjhv6kww3fbi3nxxwpnarcs18c">Pambere</a>" - Mapantsula</b></div><div><br /></div><div>Shifty Records has a <a href="https://shiftyrecords.bandcamp.com/">Bandcamp</a> page where you can find many of the artists featured on "Shot Down" as well as "Shot Down" itself. I would particularly recommend "Change Is Pain" by the great poet Mzwakhe Mbuli and "Eet Kreef" by Johannes Kerkorrel's Gereformeede Blues Band - possibly the best Afrikaans rock album ever made (admittedly it is a small field).</div><div> </div>
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<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UlVMEUpxkSo?si=LgfubOleKj0PsQLV" title="YouTube video player" width="420"></iframe>Ernie Gogginshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01044812993148040730noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550740145013796768.post-31230361979063917972024-02-07T05:31:00.002+00:002024-03-01T04:03:23.466+00:00Ernie's African Odyssey Pt 26 - Kenya<p>Tomorrow I'm flying off to South Africa for a couple of weeks to visit the local Gogginses. If I had been making the journey 50 years ago on BOAC we would most probably have stopped off in Nairobi to refuel. Which makes it fairly apt that we are visiting Kenya in our virtual tour today.</p><p>If I was making that hypothetical journey back in the 1970s it would have been very tempting not to reboard the plane but stay on in town, because back then Kenya was a happening place. It was the regional hub for musicians and many flocked to Nairobi and Mombasa from DR Congo, Tanzania and the like to perform and record. </p><p>That made it a bit complicated when it came to selecting tracks from that era. I went through the two excellent "Kenya Special" compilations put out by Soundway Records about ten years ago weeding out acts that were not predominantly Kenyan. But there were plenty of goodies still left, including the first three of today's selections. </p><p>The tracks by <b>The Mombasa Vikings</b> and <b>Ndalani 77 Brothers </b>were released in 1975 and 1977 respectively and can both be found on the original "<a href="https://soundwayrecords.bandcamp.com/album/kenya-special-selected-east-african-recordings-from-the-1970s-80s">Kenya Special</a>" album. <b>The Rift Valley Brothers </b>are on <a href="https://soundwayrecords.bandcamp.com/album/kenya-special-volume-two">Volume 2</a>. I have not been able to find out anything about any of them, so let's just lean back and enjoy the groove.</p><p>Not everybody was dazzled by the bright lights of Nairobi back then though. Way out west in Vihiga County, near Lake Victoria and the Ugandan border, the Luhya people preferred to do their own thing. In 2016 some bright spark at Raw Music International decided to collate some of the locally released singles from that era on an album called "<a href="https://rawmusicinternational.bandcamp.com/album/country-music-of-western-kenya-45s-from-the-archives-of-shem-tupe">Country Music of Western Kenya</a>". This particular track features <b>Brown Amukhoye, Shem Tupe and Justo Osala.</b></p><p>If you head south-west from Vihiga County you quickly find yourself in Siaya County, home of <b>Ogolla Nyundo </b>(Lazaro Ogolla Oloo as his dear old Mum knows him). Unlike all the other acts featured today I have been able to find out all about him thanks to a <a href="https://youtu.be/d8a5taVf87g?si=Q62Kg-2GQgfPCNNz">video interview</a> posted on YouTube last month. So if you are interested in learning more about him, his music and the culture of the Luo people, head over there.</p><p>Back already? Then you are just in time for some Mandatory African Reggae. This time out we bring you <b>Nile Dawta.</b> Her complete bio reads "Nile Dawta is a Kenyan-based progressive musician, fusing roots and reggae music, with conscious chants to create a blend of uplifting and melodic African inspired vibrations: to educate, entertain and motivate towards social change". So now you know. This and the Ogolla Nyundo track are both from 2019.</p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/re5a292qy23zma5hwzgqtk71yem72xhs">Mama Matotoya</a>" - The Mombasa Vikings</b></p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/g3t8qwjmy1v584domje5crtxj7oyla3z">Nzaumi</a>" - Nyalani 77 Brothers</b></p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/b1db6ejf2abp6qy2652e1y35s6g172mw">Mucang'ang'o Ugiraga Mukindirio</a>" - The Rift Valley Brothers</b></p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/oggmw2dxoyph3x0h6xjihm46ofsgieh1">Namulia Ayilenia Wangu</a>" - Brown Amukhoye, Shem Tupe & Justo Osala</b></p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/ca4fy1sl95uyeuq8ghwlqmh0e0ufwsv5">Caro Nyaugenya</a>" - Ogolla Nyundo</b></p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/18cglu4uvfo97jvxzpb6m1u3qhsthby6">#Jeshi</a>" - Nile Dawta</b></p><p>We start the video with the man who may have the greatest stage name of all time. It is between him and Tedious Matsito who may well feature when we finally get to Zimbabwe. That is still several lifetimes away.</p>
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<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mFBJtuQ1Llc?si=N_hbnVyqU5Ssr119" title="YouTube video player" width="420"></iframe>Ernie Gogginshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01044812993148040730noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550740145013796768.post-52578583760507222872024-02-05T07:18:00.000+00:002024-02-05T07:18:46.208+00:00Bound To Last<p>More from the Athens record shop. Today it is the debut albums of two local bands who I subsequently discovered were connected.</p><p>The albums in question are "Underworld Shakedown" by The Last Drive (1986) and "Earthbound" by The Earthbound (2000). The common link is one Alex Kalofolias (Alex K to his friends) who was a founder member of both bands, setting up The Earthbound after The Last Drive broke up in 1995. The Earthbound broke up in turn in 2009, by which point Alex had already got the old gang back together. </p><p>Of the two I prefer The Last Drive. They have a good old garage band sound with a bit of psychobilly and surf twang thrown in for luck. The standout track is a splendid reworking of an old standard which I will save for a future Single Song Sunday, but the whole album is good. Not for nothing were they considered one of the best Greek bands of the 1980s.</p><p>The Earthbound were less lively, at least on this album. They described their style as desert rock, the desert in question presumably being the one where the likes of Calexico live rather than all the fuzzed up Tuareg guitar bands. The album drags at times but has its moments, including this track and a moody extended tribute to Jeffrey Lee Pierce.</p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/qk9vfiskup60k7m2rvu8e8kf6ltcd7ar">Valley Of Death</a>" - The Last Drive</b></p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/dqkpjv7pmnlv8c42ri8q6koac97ykgtg">House Full Of Fear</a>" - The Earthbound</b></p><p>Speaking of Mr Pierce...</p>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/S_i7i-ISFLE?si=huR-mxUWeHIDMONb" title="YouTube video player" width="420"></iframe>Ernie Gogginshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01044812993148040730noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550740145013796768.post-5194466486584732722024-02-02T07:56:00.000+00:002024-02-02T07:56:20.430+00:00Have F.U.N. With F.F.N.<p>I was in Athens earlier this week. For obvious reasons I can't comment on the intense internet speculation (from Rol) that I was there for the purposes of international espionage, but I can share the view from the rooftop bar where I met my <strike>nemesis</strike> <strike>honey trap</strike> local contact.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPulyQprD2SBtuw38SfWybeVsH6ts36NPS_NqhwifM9KEPvQoXNDZiQdM54vS50SolUTGi0zj5teUwjTM-k3b7m1XVy0zauqeU-awonPH3G5iEv7pP3r8Ip7D7zz9_LE-Sn4ix2zcsaDzBSTA8EAA9cAREQCa-ScQZc9R_Vnk6ZNrYmDs-FBoyv-iev_Q/s1802/thumbnail_IMG_6142.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1450" data-original-width="1802" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPulyQprD2SBtuw38SfWybeVsH6ts36NPS_NqhwifM9KEPvQoXNDZiQdM54vS50SolUTGi0zj5teUwjTM-k3b7m1XVy0zauqeU-awonPH3G5iEv7pP3r8Ip7D7zz9_LE-Sn4ix2zcsaDzBSTA8EAA9cAREQCa-ScQZc9R_Vnk6ZNrYmDs-FBoyv-iev_Q/s320/thumbnail_IMG_6142.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Suffice to say that whatever I was doing it did not prevent me getting to my<a href="https://www.facebook.com/mayjune82/photos"> favourite record shop</a> in the city. I acquired a small pile of goodies, including one I think might appeal to George if he ever tires of bands with the same name and instead decides to take an interest in bands with no name. Or 'Formatia Fara Nume' as they would put it in Romania.</p><p>The goodie in question was "Zece Pași", the 1975 debut album by top Romanian rockers F.F.N. (as they were known for short), reissued in 2013 with some bonus tracks by Italian label Eastern Time. I was tempted to buy it even before I read the blurb on the back cover which referred to their "excellent guitar/flute interplay". After that it was inevitable.</p><p>We'll kick things off with the A-side of their debut single from 1974 and follow it up with one of the many flute infested tunes on what is, all in all, a pretty decent album.</p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/nz743w72zeen68860u09b7wnxkyuft2c">Chemare</a>" - F.F.N.</b></p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/rfef9azk2agyj41l2r6w01yngl52xjav">Speranţa</a>" - F.F.N.</b></p><p>Here is a 1973 clip of the lads (plus two women in jumpers who don't appear to do anything). There are tantalising glimpses of a flute early on but it does not get played until right near the end. </p>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/M8dqi7LvstU?si=Lsd4yigDO084rhw_" title="YouTube video player" width="420"></iframe>Ernie Gogginshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01044812993148040730noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550740145013796768.post-88076925973466068692024-01-26T07:09:00.002+00:002024-01-26T07:15:37.251+00:00Nuclear Powered Soul<p>Before we start, a quick service announcement. The announcement is that there isn't going to be much service round here for the next month or so.</p><p>On Sunday I am off to Athens for a few days' working, although I have cleared a space in my busy schedule to visit my favourite record shop there (and one of my favourites anywhere). Then I come back for a week before jetting off to South Africa for a fortnight to visit all the local branches of the Goggins clan. What passes for normal service will resume towards the end of February.</p><p>Now on with the show. Unlike some of those silvery-tongued devils who manage to produce interesting posts every day seemingly with ease, for me it is normally a case of 99% perspiration and 1% inspiration. In the case of today's post replace 'inspiration' with 'lack of coordination'.</p><p>Yesterday afternoon I accidentally knocked over a stack of CDs while clumsily attempting a simple household chore. When I bent over to pick them up the one nearest my feet was "Something Extra Special: The Complete Volt Recordings 1968-1971" by Jimmy Hughes. I took it as a sign.</p><p>Mr Hughes is one of the innumerable number of fine soul singers to emerge in the 1960s who never quite received their due. Hailing from Leighton, Alabama like his cousin Percy Sledge, he had a Top 20 hit in 1964 with "Steal Away". But just seven years later he packed in music entirely, tired of the touring and the lack of promotion, and got gainful employment making parts for nuclear power plants. As you do.</p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/bxoqal0qqkm4ii34jcc3h96s8y4jvr44">I'm So Glad</a>" - Jimmy Hughes</b></p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/wnwmy1y4ihwrss8v0i83enhx0ijldkuc">I'm Not Ashamed To Beg Or Plead</a>" - Jimmy Hughes</b></p>
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<div><br /></div><div>Shortly before posting this I heard the sad news that Melanie Safka left us a couple of days ago. She was dismissed as a bit of a novelty act by a lot of folks after "Brand New Key" but she wrote some really good songs. Very much of their era but really good songs nonetheless. </div><div><br /></div><div>Two personal favourites are "Lay Down" which has powerhouse backing from the Edwin Hawkins Singers and "Peace Will Come" (here performed with a perhaps unlikely duet partner). RIP Melanie.</div><div><br /></div>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hlp3wmE4bbI?si=6ft-XpY6ZE1xsH3m" title="YouTube video player" width="420"></iframe><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ZhORvICiuI?si=9mwNvAfuoxun2UAw" title="YouTube video player" width="420"></iframe>Ernie Gogginshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01044812993148040730noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550740145013796768.post-74579127242049105492024-01-24T07:49:00.001+00:002024-01-24T10:10:59.270+00:00Cover To Cover With Warren Zevon<p>I am pausing for breath between two gigs this morning.</p><p>Last night we went to The Waiting Room in Stoke Newington - formerly The Drop of Andrew Weatherall fame - for Sarabeth Tucek. It feels like I spent last chunks of last year banging on about her and her album "Joan Of All" (credited to SBT) so I won't dwell on the gig here. Suffice to say she was very good.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkvOPq99uXnvJF_xmmCNz63111QaALfW4tIeBU5xGTMdYo-klCRUrj-KXIcoU9cx67taZ-ylPUae0PJLFpcSWnthyphenhyphenOZS4ZDx-F1N4Sc1R65tW1TbeRx8-UoDpQfT2UKeXlWNb1mPqpBCcmYkhLHwA_edAMR4FS-1BklgtGsKOO5kFgdTlLlewmI5mMS-k/s4321/DSC08927.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4321" data-original-width="3395" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkvOPq99uXnvJF_xmmCNz63111QaALfW4tIeBU5xGTMdYo-klCRUrj-KXIcoU9cx67taZ-ylPUae0PJLFpcSWnthyphenhyphenOZS4ZDx-F1N4Sc1R65tW1TbeRx8-UoDpQfT2UKeXlWNb1mPqpBCcmYkhLHwA_edAMR4FS-1BklgtGsKOO5kFgdTlLlewmI5mMS-k/s320/DSC08927.JPG" width="251" /></a></div><p>Tonight some of us are reconvening at the <a href="https://whatscookin.co.uk/events/whats-cookin-presents-werewolves-of-east-london/">What's Cookin'</a> club night in leafy Leytonstone to watch assorted stalwarts of the local Americana scene pay tribute to the late great Warren Zevon on what would have been his birthday. I'm not quite sure what to expect but one thing we can be sure of is that the songs will be excellent.</p><p>To get myself in the mood, here are some real Americans covering and being covered by Warren. If tonight's performers can come even vaguely close to matching Flaco and Dwight it will be a good evening.</p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/07an8o3ew3k5s5jkn36nuh7tnvvhorpc">A Certain Girl</a>" - Ernie K-Doe</b></p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/u2fk7pec157mmjueabyjkqrymtfvzwj8">A Certain Girl</a>" - Warren Zevon</b></p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/4xgrsoanev3vsu9wcu5gzb9cosn1ik2b">Carmelita</a>" - Warren Zevon</b></p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/r0h58z948secu9s7f4grf3mk66rw27sb">Carmelita</a>" - Flaco Jimenez (with Dwight Yoakum)</b></p><p>It's the same idea for the videos. Stick around for Mike Cummings, you are in for a treat. </p>
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Ernie Gogginshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01044812993148040730noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550740145013796768.post-47662660648693162172024-01-22T04:21:00.000+00:002024-01-22T04:21:44.470+00:00Ernie's African Odyssey Pt 25 - Guinea-Bissau<p>This is the third and final leg of the Guinea mini-tour that forms just a small part of our overall odyssey. We sweltered away in the <a href="https://27leggies.blogspot.com/2023/10/ernies-african-odyssey-pt-17-equatorial.html">equatorial</a> one back in October and called in at the '<a href="https://27leggies.blogspot.com/2024/01/ernies-african-odyssey-pt-24-guinea.html">no frills</a>' the other week. Now we're bringing you some bangers from Bissau.</p><p>Possibly the only country in the world with a hyphen in its official name, Guinea-Bissau is mostly mangroves. It is bordered by Guinea and Senegal but probably most closely affiliated with Cabo Verde, 650 miles west over the waves. Both countries are former Portuguese colonies whose independence in the 1970s followed many years of joint struggle led by the revolutionary hero Amilcar Cabral.</p><p>Those of you who have been following the series so far will be expecting rumbling rhythms, sparkling guitars and the odd indigenous instrument or two. All that is present and correct, but first up we have a song that uses no instrumentation and is both ancient and new at the same time.</p><p>Just after Christmas a group called <b>Associação Djorsom Garandi di Tina di Bolama </b>released ten tracks on <a href="https://djorsomgarandi.bandcamp.com/">Bandcamp</a>. They provided absolutely no information at all about themselves, but after a bit of digging around I discovered that Tina is a cultural tradition on the island of Bolama, one of the Bijagos islands off the coast of mainland Guinea-Bissau. </p><p>A Portuguese NGO, Assistência Médica Internacional (AMI), is providing support to help preserve Tina, including setting up a recording facility. As one of the Associação's songs is called "Obrigado AMI" my guess is that they are one of the beneficiaries. Judging by this and their other tracks it is an excellent cause.</p><p>Another organisation doing its best to preserve the country's musical heritage is Radio Cobiana, and I heartily recommend their compilation featuring artists from the era before and after independence which has the self-explanatory title "<a href="https://radiocobiana.bandcamp.com/album/music-of-guinea-bissau">Music Of Guinea-Bissau</a>". From that album I have selected a track by <b>Super Mama Djombo</b>, widely considered to be the leading band from that period. If you like it, you might also want to check out their 1980 album "<a href="https://marsolrecords.bandcamp.com/album/super-mama-djombo-na-camban-a">Na Cambança</a>".</p><p>Also featured on the Cobiana compilation is the poet, musician and guerilla <b>José Carlos Schwarz, </b>who with his band <b>Cobiana Djazz</b> helped to provide the soundtrack for the fight for freedom. "Na Kolonia" is one of his best-known songs, and it represents the cry of an artist in exile thinking about the fate of his friends back home. You can learn more about him and his sad and suspicious demise <a href="https://pan-african-music.com/en/jose-carlos-schwarz-lua-ki-di-nos/">here</a>, then go and check out his album "<a href="https://hotmule.bandcamp.com/album/lua-ki-di-nos">Lua Ki Di Nos</a>".</p><p>One of the indigenous musical styles that both the Super Mamas and Mr Schwarz drew on was 'gumbe' - not to be confused with 'goombay' music of the Caribbean, although the two are thought to be related, and most definitely not to be confused with the Goombay Dance Band who bear no relation to any recognisable form of music. In the mid 1980s <b>Tabanka Djaz </b>picked up the gumbé baton and are still running with it today. I've chosen the title track of their 2021 EP "<a href="https://music.apple.com/gb/album/brincadeira-dn%C3%B3s-ep/1584151799">Brincadera D'Nós</a>".</p><p>Our penultimate featured artist is <b>Kimi Djabaté,</b> a singer and musician now based in Lisbon who has been making music for about 20 years. In 2019<b> </b>his profile was raised when him and that Madonna recorded a song together. Called "<a href="https://youtu.be/a7b3LYI0Lpk?si=HmtNE2jvfdDglPGA">Ciao Bella</a>", it is a lot better than you think it is going to be apart from the bits where she spouts drivel. But I prefer his solo work and in particular his most recent album, last year's "<a href="https://kimidjabate.bandcamp.com/album/dindin">Dindin</a>", from which today's selection comes.</p><p>We end, as all things must, with some Mandatory African Reggae. I have had to bend the rules a bit for this episode, but then they are my rules to bend. Only one of the two performers on this fine track is actually from Guinea-Bissau. That is <b>Spirit Mosiah</b>, who is joined by Ras Damula from Angola. Listen out for the unexpected Mr. Humphries impression eight seconds in.</p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/5p93ovhipr02x796sdo4ari2jsa2eq4j">Nô Uni</a>" - Associação Djorsom Garandi di Tina di Bolama</b></p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/ja67kcguo2q47ik9xb9x02ob5x6v0dpb">Ordem Do Dia</a>" - Super Mama Djombo</b></p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/etwrwhezgtjcwh5ttv7s9o1cjlesefnn">Na Kolonia</a>" - </b><b>José Carlos Schwarz & Le Cobiana Djazz</b></p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/zxrici7bg94p1or6pl9mc48vgg3vscvj">Brincadera D'Nós</a>" - Tabanka Djaz</b></p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/emzqv7telj7vjy7k21lcob5lxlu8x8zd">Alidonke</a>" - </b><b>Kimi Djabaté</b></p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/funvy3k0v1lcyjtroz96glcbp8tdzbo4">Kadiso Mudiso Ko</a>" - Ras Damula Meets Spirit Mosiah</b></p>
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<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nC-j9Lah9TE?si=4Rm73S_pB8tXp_re" title="YouTube video player" width="420"></iframe>Ernie Gogginshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01044812993148040730noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550740145013796768.post-45508748735716589252024-01-19T03:50:00.000+00:002024-01-19T03:50:04.983+00:00Catch A Kaia<p>I got my first gig of the year under my belt on Wednesday when we went to Paper Dress Vintage in hip and happening Hackney (where else would it be with a name like that?) to see Kaia Kater.</p><p>Kaia is a singer, songwriter and banjo player from Montreal who released three very good albums back in the 2010s and has a long overdue fourth album coming out later this year. She has just kicked off a tour of the UK and Ireland on which she is accompanied by the double bass player you can see in the videos below. Here's the evidence...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmnjhuIZG0GQ60K1ovHf4T78sKybwV0erXKolRT6v8vjenhKxwljRuGQajGXq914V8vwg-9-pvHavsXjzHI7pZIlXp7hGmIjI8HYASBi3Tw4gPce4d4Tiqyws0K5E6b7ABVJ8G8q_KXTAXopUs5Dk-FTrVi5vzrCcIZ4iEJdw0dxScjpsdkH7MedFhKE8/s1969/thumbnail_IMG_6093.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1969" data-original-width="1511" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmnjhuIZG0GQ60K1ovHf4T78sKybwV0erXKolRT6v8vjenhKxwljRuGQajGXq914V8vwg-9-pvHavsXjzHI7pZIlXp7hGmIjI8HYASBi3Tw4gPce4d4Tiqyws0K5E6b7ABVJ8G8q_KXTAXopUs5Dk-FTrVi5vzrCcIZ4iEJdw0dxScjpsdkH7MedFhKE8/s320/thumbnail_IMG_6093.jpg" width="246" /></a></div><div>This was the first time I have seen Kaia live and I was impressed. She has an engaging stage presence and the new songs sounded very good. If she is playing round your way I can recommend popping along.</div><div><br /></div><div>Support was ably provided by <a href="https://neev1.bandcamp.com/">Neev</a>, who hails from Glasgow and whose Granny designed her album sleeve. Charity Chic is in all likelihood a family friend. Neev has a nice voice and some decent tunes, such as "Seawall" which features in the final video.</div><div><br /></div><div>But before we get to that we have two audio clips and two videos from Kaia Kater. The audio is a track each from her first two albums, "Sorrow Bound" (2014) and "Nine Pin" (2016); the first video features a song that was one of the highlights of her 2018 album "<a href="https://kaiakater.bandcamp.com/album/grenades">Grenades</a>" while the second is her brand <a href="https://kaiakater.bandcamp.com/track/the-internet-3">new single</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/op6pcnw1415uselfpb23ymlr7qb9bq3u">When Sorrows Encompass Me Round</a>" - Kaia Kater</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/86azhrwbwx9xhw3oao8hauh2je8vfaa9">Paradise Fell</a>" - Kaia Kater</b></div><div><br /></div>
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Ernie Gogginshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01044812993148040730noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550740145013796768.post-8685726018810036362024-01-17T05:54:00.001+00:002024-01-17T05:54:43.435+00:00Happy Birthday Sweet 15<p>It is a big week for birthdays. On Monday we celebrated the birthdays of three reggae stalwarts, today we have one that is closer to home.</p><p>It was on this day back in 2009 that 27 Leggies emerged blinking into the light. 2109 posts and 5925 songs later it has grown into the slightly awkward adolescent it is today, still resentful at being saddled with such a stupid name. As it frequently complains, "why couldn't you just have called me Oliver, Jack or Alfie like everyone else in 2009?".</p><p>All the blog really wanted to do today was stay up in its room playing online games with its mates, but I have dragged it out to mutter its way through some thank yous.</p><p>First, to all the nice people in Promoland for the lovely presents you have sent us over the years. Between you, you have introduced us to a world of wonder. </p><p>Second, to our occasional celebrity correspondents and collaborators such as Gwenno, Awesome Tapes From Africa, Hannah Lou Larsen (the former Asthmatic Harp), Mama Coconut, US National Public Radio and assorted Belgian DJs for creating the fleeting illusion of importance.</p><p>Third, to the bots from Singapore who have been such a constant source of support to me and many other bloggers over the last 12 months or so. Couldn't have done it without you, guys!</p><p>Last, and most important. to our regular and irregular readers from 138 countries for popping round and for your many kind comments over the years. And the occasional unkind one. My favourite is still "I could say you look like an old onion with a beard. But I don't need to put anybody down to feel good". There's a lesson for us all there.</p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/kmazxw9s6mz1li932pj0ofja1ffb2a3i">Fifteen</a>" - Dig Deeper</b></p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/87cjrbvgzlzzrlp9chim4d1sbbxpg9tw">Fifteen Minutes Of Fame</a>" - Suzi Quatro</b></p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/09t0b4my9mv2vk1of0zk6nz580l2f4z1">15 Highway Lines</a>" - Courtney Marie Andrews</b></p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/0zjykgsmp3ahf486wi0cpl9gc7e52l0y">15 Rounds For Jesus</a>" - Sister Wynona Carr</b></p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/b0s6ujvimqn47wt2odf0vxx1tk44b1t6">15 Years In A 10 Year Town</a>" - Ward Davis</b></p>
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Ernie Gogginshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01044812993148040730noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550740145013796768.post-63567136877175008062024-01-15T07:30:00.000+00:002024-01-15T07:30:16.783+00:00Mandatory Reggae Birthdays<p>Today is a big day for birthdays in the reggae world, so please join me in wishing many happy returns to King Yellowman and Sister Carol (both 65 today) and the baby of the bunch, Tony Rebel (62). </p><p>Echoing the words of Yellowman, I dedicate this post to all my fans in Jamaica and in England, and especially in the United States, Germany and France. And the rest of you of course.</p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/jgpn2ac81vc1mkd2p0qbvd15qtjop20q">Who Can Make The Dance Ram</a>" - Yellowman</b></p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/gl6mt59hexuky301xfgqx5hohcbpf8p9">Spidla Ding</a>" - Sister Carol</b></p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/d8hmkn1zzgzrtojo7sbv3fi61rzkuumu">Dream Girl</a>" - Tony Rebel</b></p>
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<div><br /></div><div>P.S. After I had put together this post I received an email from the folks at VP Records informing me that Sister Carol and her daughter Nakeeba Amaniyea are the brains behind a brand new album called "Millenium Movie Star Riddim" which came out last Friday. The pair also perform the lead single "Be Alone". </div><div><br /></div><div>You can find the video for "Be Alone" <a href="https://www.worldareggae.com/releases/riddimselection/sister-carol-set-to-release-mms-millenium-movie-star-riddim-on-january-14-2024/">here</a> and the album - which also features the likes of Sister Nancy and Michael Palmer - is available <a href="https://www.reggaeville.com/artist-details/sister-nancy/releases/release/millenium-movie-star-riddim/">here</a>.</div>Ernie Gogginshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01044812993148040730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550740145013796768.post-53007262063122679632024-01-12T06:15:00.000+00:002024-01-12T06:15:12.283+00:00Neglected Sailors<p>Last night I sat down to prepare this post only to find that my mind was completely blank. So I decided to take a look at at my listening stats on <a href="http://Last.fm">Last.fm</a> in the hope of finding some inspiration. </p><p>I'm not sure I did, but I did find something. And that was that of the 100 artists that I have apparently listened to the most since Last.fm started collecting the data, there are only two that have never featured on the blog. </p><p>I'm putting that right today. Not just that, we've got a little mini-theme out of it too. </p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/gzhxjbsrswakgwp8apro6j2gq3yiwjx8">Sailin' Shoes</a>" - Little Feat</b></p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/51xiwpe694a48glzpzh48ktsmqjwhirb">Sail On, Sailor</a>" - The Beach Boys</b></p><p>Here are some more sailors who have never been seen in these waters before...</p>
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According to Google Maps it is a 36 hour drive from Accra to Conakry - head along the coast to Abidjan in Côte d'Ivoire, then north until you get to Korhogo at which point you turn left and follow the N7 over the border into Guinea after which take the N17 the rest of the way.</p><p>Guinea borders six countries but in musical terms its closest neighbour is Mali to the north-east, perhaps because in both countries the Mandinka are the largest ethnic group and there is some shared cultural heritage, including in the role of <i>griots</i> who as well as being musicians are seen as oral historians and mediators.</p><p>One such griot was the man who is probably Guinea's only global star to date, the late <b>Mory Kanté. </b>He was born in Guinea and returned there later in life but his career began in Mali when he replaced Salif Keita as the lead singer of the famed Rail Band in 1973 before later going solo.</p><p>Mr. Kanté's biggest international hit was "Yé Ké Yé Ké" which topped the charts in various parts of Europe in 1988 and just crept into the Top 30 in the UK. However, this wasn't the original version of the song. That can be found on his 1984 album "<a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/276239-Mory-Kante-%C3%80-Paris">A Paris</a>", and it is that version I have gone with.</p><p>1984 also brought the death of Ahmed Sékou Touré, President of Guinea from independence in 1958 until his death and a man who had a major impact on the development of music in Guinea. Sékou Touré introduced 'authenticité', a cultural program that required musicians, writers, and artists to “look at the past” when creating their new works.</p><p>He took quite a hands on approach to the task by all accounts. As well as providing funding to set up a state record label (Syliphone) he was instrumental - no pun intended - in hiring musicians to form the Syli Orchestre National. As well as playing and recording in its own right, the Orchestre toured Guinea training local musicians and helping to set up other orchestras in each region.</p><p>One such orchestra was <b>Kaloum Star</b>, founded in 1969 in the Kaloum district of Conakry and led by Mamadou Barry. They released a few singles on Syliphone in 1974, of which today's selection was one, but no albums until the 1990s. Mr. Barry subsequently released a couple of solo albums this century, the <a href="https://www.discogs.com/release/15190153-Mamadou-Barry-Afro-Groove-Gang-Tankadi">most recent</a> in 2016, but sadly left us in 2022.</p><p>One apparent beneficiary of Sékou Touré's hands on approach was our next artist,<b> Sékouba Bambino</b>. Various online sources claim that when the President heard him singing in a band in his (Sékouba's) home town a presidential decree was issued insisting that he be recruited to Bembeya Jazz, one of the best-known orchestras of the time. I don't think he was yet a member at the time of their video below.</p><p>After leaving Bembeya Jazz in the late 1980s Mr Bambino released many albums over the next 20 years or so, as a solo artist and with Africando. Today's choice comes from his 2006 album "<a href="https://www.discogs.com/release/27289743-Sekouba-Bambino-Can-History-1957-2006">C.A.N. History (1957-2006)</a>" which judging by the title and album cover is a concept album about the African Cup of Nations. Why, I have no idea, but perhaps they will play some of it when this year's competition kicks off on Saturday. Guinea is in Group C, but its a tough draw. </p><p>When Bambino and a couple of other Guinean griots toured Europe in 1999 one of the backing singers was a young lady called <b>Tiranké Sidimé. </b>Inspired by the experience she went home to record her debut album, "<a href="https://www.discogs.com/release/26833538-Tirank%C3%A9-Sidim%C3%A9-K%C3%A8k%C3%B6r%C3%B6">Kèkörö</a>", which was released the following year. "Assoumaya" comes from that album. La Tira Tira, as she is known to her fans, went on to have a glittering career and is still going strong.</p><p>Having impressed you with my deep knowledge of Guinean music the facade now starts to fall apart. I know absolutely nothing about our next act, <b>Baba Djan.</b> "<a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/1372164-Baba-Djan-Kan-Kan">Kan Kan</a>" is the title track of an album he released in 1992, but I discovered it on a compilation called "<a href="https://www.discogs.com/release/6647454-Various-Guinea-Vibrations">Guinea Vibrations</a>" that I picked up in a record shop in Paris years ago. It is a fine tune and that is good enough reason for including it as far as I am concerned.</p><p>Which brings us to the Mandatory African Reggae slot. Stepping up this week is <b>Takana Zion</b>. His latest album, last year's "<a href="https://reggae-revellers.com/new-album-from-takana-zion-called-banjo-kafaan">Banjo Kafaan</a>", sees him embracing salsa and Afrobeat. In accordance with the Bloggers' Protocol I prefer his earlier work like "<a href="https://takana-zion.bandcamp.com/album/rasta-government">Rasta Government</a>" (2011) which includes this track, the title of which sounds like something Desperate Dan might say when Aunt Aggie brings him his cow pie.</p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/ohdrpifyrpc12ttmn0ec2l0gcj2rtoqe">Yé Ké Yé Ké</a>" - Mory Kanté</b></p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/s7qkslj5i3nr0t218zskpje8xepww60v">Gbassikolo</a>" - Kaloum Star</b></p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/ybqwlzcq1n5tisicciuxxzgypnf5j3l7">Allez Africa</a>" - Sékouba Bambino</b></p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/58xsqr3u9q2u956rrywo628qetv0ccqp">Assoumaya</a>" - Tiranké Sidimé</b></p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/3wou30d9agkbfngofxwygt1xloy7ff51">Kan Kan</a>" - Baba Djan</b></p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/5s1pujutm478ougw6xdmxopmpnkuzidx">M'Bife</a>" - Takana Zion</b></p>
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Ernie Gogginshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01044812993148040730noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550740145013796768.post-63045895719358327732024-01-08T04:42:00.002+00:002024-01-08T04:42:29.523+00:00Increasing The Voltage<p>As will as being a man of taste and distinction, Khayem over at Dubhed has a customer service ethos second to none.</p><p>On Saturday he posted one of his customarily excellent mixes, this one featuring songs and artists with 1000 in their name. I said something in the comments about him having missed out the John Holt album '1000 Volts of Holt'. Rather than ignoring me, as he would have been quite entitled to do, within just a matter of hours he <a href="https://dubhed.blogspot.com/2024/01/reggae-sundae.html">shared a different mix</a> including not one but two John Holt tunes! </p><p>I felt I should make an effort to aspire to his levels of service, so I am posting two more magic moments from the late, great Mr Holt. Perhaps other bloggers reading this might do so as well and we could make it a 'thing' of some sort.</p><p>Both of my selections are from the rootsier end of Mr Holt's repertoire. First we have "Up Park Camp" from 1977, and then a 12" mix of his 1983 standard "Police In Helicopter". This version was reissued by VP Records last year to mark the fortieth anniversary of the original. You can find it on <a href="https://vprecordsofficial.bandcamp.com/album/police-in-helicopter-extended-mix">Bandcamp</a> along with two other versions and the story of the song.</p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/chh2oyyak9br34474vl0j6s01drrvhf6">Up Park Camp</a>" - John Holt</b></p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/dex91hreidp4felsj7ehnqglcob3fol9">Police In Helicopter (Extended Sirens Mix)</a>" - John Holt</b></p><p>Other voltages are available.</p>
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Ernie Gogginshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01044812993148040730noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550740145013796768.post-30580676135972620422024-01-03T07:00:00.003+00:002024-01-03T07:00:35.573+00:00Ernie's African Odyssey Pt 23 - Ghana<p>After a break from our travels for the festive period we are back on the road, and what a first stop of the year we have! We're in Ghana, one of Africa's musical powerhouses in my opinion. Wading through my large collection of Ghanaian music to narrow it down was always a pleasure and never a chore, but involved a lot of time and some tough decisions. </p><p>For example, I have excluded from the audio clips those artists who have featured on the blog over the last couple of years. Which means that current stars like King Ayisoba and Alogte Oho have been 'relegated' to the videos while the highlife greats Sweet Talks miss out completely (although I have reactivated the links in the <a href="https://27leggies.blogspot.com/2023/01/sweet-talkin-guys.html">previous post</a> in which they featured).</p><p>So if they haven't made it through the rigorous selection process, who has? Well,<b> Fred Tetteh & His Continentals</b> for a start. Quite correctly, because for me they really were where it all began. </p><p>Back in 1979 when I was 16 I moved back to the UK after seven years in South Africa. I selected "Lie Lie Fight" at random from a small selection of 7" singles in a shop at Nairobi airport during a refuelling stop on the flight from Johannesburg to London. It was the first African record from anywhere apart from South Africa that I ever bought, and has a special place in my heart for that reason.</p><p>"Lie Lie Fight" was released in 1970 on the famed Essiebons label, which was established in 1969 and during the 1970s became a major force in Ghanaian music. It played a particularly important role in developing highlife music, with many of the leading names appearing on its roster at various points. </p><p>In 1973 and 1974 Essiebons released a series of stonking singles by the short-lived <b>Apagya Show Band</b>. The Show Band's importance outweighs its output as it brought together three men who would go on to become some of the biggest stars of the scene - Ebo Taylor, Gyedu-Blay Ambolley and Bob Pinodo. </p><p>All three are still with us and Messrs Taylor and Ambolley are still pretty active at the ages of 87 and 76 respectively. <b>Ebo Taylor</b>'s most recent album "<a href="https://ebotaylor.bandcamp.com/album/yen-ara">Yen Ara</a>" came out in 2018; today's track comes from its 2012 predecessor, "<a href="https://ebotaylor.bandcamp.com/album/appia-kwa-bridge">Appia Kwa Bridge</a>". <b>Gyedu-Bley Ambolley</b>'s most recent album "<a href="https://blayambolley.bandcamp.com/album/gyedu-blay-ambolley-and-hi-life-jazz">Gyedu-Blay Ambolley and Hi-Life Jazz</a>" came out just over a year ago; today's track was first released back in 1988 on an album called "Sinigwe Soca".</p><p>The 1970s were a golden age of Ghanaian music, with significant live scenes and recording facilities. One of the finest albums of the era was "<a href="https://mrbongo.bandcamp.com/album/this-is-marijata">This Is Marijata</a>", the 1976 debut album by <b>Marijata</b>. As the blurb on the Bandcamp page says "it is pure, rootsy, raw, driving African funk music of the highest order".</p><p>The golden age came to an abrupt end in 1981 when a military coup was followed by a two year long dawn to dusk curfew in Accra and Kumasi. During that time many musicians emigrated, with quite a few of them heading to Germany. There they mixed Ghanaian highlife with German electronic and disco sounds to create a style that became known as 'Burger highlife'. Perhaps the pre-eminent exponent was <b>Nana Tuffour</b>. "<a href="https://kalitarecords.bandcamp.com/album/sikyi-medley">Sikyi Medley</a>" was originally released in 1987, and you can find it on a 'best of' EP of the same name put out by the Kalita label in 2018. </p><p>The 1990s saw the emergence of 'hiplife', which as the name suggests incorporated elements of hip-hop into highlife. <b>Reggie Rockstone</b> (or Reginald Osei to his dear old Mum) is rightly or wrongly acclaimed as 'the Godfather of Hiplife'. Today's selection comes from his 2004 album "The Last Show" and features the vocals of one KK Fosu. Me neither.</p><p>We end, as all things must, with some Mandatory African Reggae. With a cool name like <b>Y-Bayani & Baby Naa And The Band of Enlightenment, Reason & Love</b> this lot were always going be included, and the fact that their album "<a href="https://y-bayaniandhisbandofenlightenmentreasonandlove.bandcamp.com/album/nsie-nsie">Nsie Nsie</a>" (2020) is a bloody good record is simply a bonus.</p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/czf568vkvzr5sko0ugs1xt5n406fgo0q">Lie Lie Fight</a>" - Fred Tetteh & The Contintentals</b></p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/6ihmmmtxeqsgoj98m236mbffj7xy66q1">Mumunde</a>" - The Apagya Show Band</b></p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/dgbozn5n3ae2gwqaad3w7hitt19wtwk6">Ayesama</a>" - Ebo Taylor</b></p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/zakswyyvr587swlc6kcu1zt4rjnkgsjh">Atwer</a>" - Gyedu-Blay Ambolley</b></p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/68a0zvgcg3008up8bcs35zjcds3mc869">Break Through</a>" - Marijata</b></p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/y44p5wzompe0inr1vkz9xnqa1e2q0on5">Sikyi Medley</a>" - Nana Tuffour</b></p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/iy7z46zzk2m8z2924no7vtl81u7k0si1">Ah! Fa Me Bone Ky3 Me Wai</a>" - Reggie Rockstone featuring KK Fosu</b></p><p><b>"<a href="https://app.box.com/s/u337pr8928ang4mjjxy1438yprhww32w">Asembi Ara Amba</a>" - Y-Bayani & Baby Naa And The Band of Enlightenment, Reason & Love</b></p>
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