folk

Last week’s Undomondo Radio Show #87 – A tribute to Nursel Kaymaz a friend we lost at the ripe age of 32.

Continuing yesterday’s post : Ben Allison’s Think Free is supposedly a move away from chamber jazz, but as a first time listener it still feels like chamber jazz with a touch of the midwest:

L’Attirail takes Balkan folk & klezmer into new & cinematic territories with their 2007 album Kara Deniz, and continues to do so on their recently released “Wilderness”. And it’s exactly their progressive tone and soundtrackist mentality that sets them apart from traditional Eastern European folklore/ klezmer bands.

“Here are the three versions of Turkey’s 1989 Eurovision entry: Grup Pan – Bana Bana. The first version is a studio mix, the second one is a live version and the third one is a remix. Although the song received 5 points, placing 21st in a field of 22 in that year’s contest, I personally think that Bana Bana is the best amongst Turkey’s Eurovision entries with its complex harmonic and percussive content.

The twitterverse is getting crowded, here are some of our latest finds: @Western Vinyl label home to Balmorhea, Composer @Rhys Chatham, @Sawako, @Hypnotic Brass Band, @Pauline Oliveros

The Israeli-born bass player (not the other Israeli-born trumpeter with the same name, honestly, two jazz players with the same name is kind of confusing.) well known for his successful leader career as well as being a Chick Corea sideman, sings on most of Aurora and this one is the first one that leans almost exclusively on the folk side.

Just a quick reminder that our favourite Canadian / French turbo folk prog punk husband & wife duo Vialka will be playing live today in Peyote, Istanbul.

The idea of progress has been slowly dying. No one wants to live in the future. No finds the Future attractive any longer. The only thing left to believe in is collapse. That’s not boring! The end of civilization would be terribly exciting, and unlike any future we could imagine, probably more likely. We all are collapsitarians these days.