Terry Gross entrevista a Philip Glass

http://www.npr.org/blogs/deceptivecadence/2015/04/06/397832333/philip-glass-on-legacy-the-future-its-all-around-us

“When composer Philip Glass started performing his own music, a lot of people didn’t know what to make of it. Some people thought it sounded like the needle of a record was stuck in a groove, repeating over and over again. Some people thought it was simplistic. Some thought it was a joke. Glass says that in the ‘70s, audience members threw things at him while he was performing."

Bola Sete

12 de septiembre 2014


El disco Ocean del extraordinario guitarrista brasileño Bola Sete salió originalmente en 1975 en la discográfica Takoma. En 1981 fue relanzado por Lost Lake Arts, una subsidiaria de Windham Hill dedicada a rescatar del olvido grabaciones de música instrumental meritoria de artistas como George Winston, Shadowfax, Modern Mandolin Quartet, Paul Horn, y los guitarristas Robbie Basho, Pierre Bensusan y John Renbourn.

Dice la Wikipedia sobre Sete, cuyo nombre real era Djalma de Andrade:

Born in Rio de Janeiro, Bola Sete's name means "Seven Ball". In Brazilian billiards, the seven ball is the only black ball on the table, and Bola got this nickname when he was the only black member of a small jazz group.^[1] He studied guitar at the Conservatory of Rio and he started performing with his own sextet and local samba groups while he was still a student. His early influences were guitarists Django Reinhardt,Charlie Christian, Barney Kessel, and Oscar Moore (of the Nat King Cole Trio), while he was also captured by the sound of the big bands that were touring South America at that time (Dizzy Gillespie, Tommy Dorsey, Woody Herman). His career started in 1952, where he played various clubs and hotels around Italy for four years. Then, he returned to Brazil and started touring all of South America, during which time the manager of the Sheraton hotels noticed him and decided to bring him to the US to play in the hotels. He played for a while in New York's Park Sheraton, later moving to San Francisco to play in the Sheraton Palace. Dizzy Gillespie was staying there at the time and listening to Bola Sete playing every day. When Gillespie decided to bring his pianist Lalo Schifrin to the hotel, he discovered that Lalo and Bola had already met and played together in Argentina. This meeting was the beginning of Bola's success in the US. In the fall of 1962, Gillespie took the guitarist to the Ninth Annual Monterey Jazz Festival, where he enjoyed a huge success.^[1] After that, he toured for a while with Gillespie and finally returned to San Francisco, where he joined the Vince Guaralditrio. Bola was already well known in the US, and his partnership with Guaraldi yielded several well-received recordings. After staying for a couple of years with Guaraldi, Bola formed his own trio with his fellow Brazilians Sebastian Neto (bass) and Paulinho (drums). With his own trio, he appeared at the Monterey Jazz Festival in 1966 and released an album of his performance, which peaked at #20 on the US Jazz chart.^[2]

Saga: Solsbury Hill

19 de agosto 2014

El grupo canadiense Saga interpretando el clásico de Peter Gabriel "Solsbury Hill" en una compilación que salió en 1991.

Eternity Or Bust - A Short Film About Laraaji

Bandcamp: Future Bones

http://bandcamp.com/?show=120

play show

00:48 / 01:30:13

Bandcamp Weekly Future Bones

Featuring fresh tunes by soul & gospel legend Mavis Staples, plus Norway's Jagajazzist. We air killer hip-hop from Oddisee, L'Orange & Jeremiah Jae, and special guest J-Live. Also stopping by is 22-year-old Cuban singer Daymé Arocena. And hear new gems from Bells Atlas, Twit One, and No Joy.

Hosted by Andrew Jervis. Illustration of Daymé Arocena by Oliver Barrett.

The Dinner Party Download interviews Aubrey Plaza again

thedinnerpartydownload:

"We had so much fun interviewing former “Parks and Rec” actress Aubrey Plaza (we’re still sad about it ending too). She talked to us about her new movie “Ned Rifle” and Aubrey tells us about the time she hallucinated on anti-malaria medication. 
Also, stop labeling her, America!"
(Actually, her interview is really fun

(Source: mattsgifs)

Trevor Horn, uno de mis héroes musicales

Sylvan Esso: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

It's hard to believe that it hasn't quite been a year since the first Sylvan Esso album came out. The odd yet perfect marriage of Nick Sanborn's electronics with Amelia Meath's voice feels like a familiar friend by now. And yet seeing these songs performed softly — and captured in the light of day — made them feel fresh and lovable in new ways.

To keep things fresh and interesting, Sanborn brought a bunch of new gear to the Tiny Desk; it seemed a bit bewildering to him for a bit, but also inspiring. I think that's what makes this combination work so well: Meath and Sanborn inspire one another. You can see it in their eyes and in their smiles, and it comes out in their playing and dancing. It's enchanting music, performed wonderfully.

-- BOB BOILEN

Mad professor: Great interview, great music

Originally posed on 31 de enero 2014 / January 31 2014

http://dublab.com/mad-professor-interviewed-by-tom-chasteen-of-dub-club-11-13-13/

Mad Professor – Interviewed by Tom Chasteen of Dub Club (11.13.13)

JANUARY 28, 2014

Dub Club visionary Tom Chasteen invited the legendary Mad Professor into the dublab studio to share insight into his creative process and tales of his illustrious history blazing echo trails. Arguably the most famous producer in dub’s second wave, Mad Professor is a consummate experimentalist known to melt songs into genius deconstructions unrecognizable from their original forms. He is also a fiercely independent creator who has been releasing albums on his own Ariwa label for over three decades. When he’s not brewing wild formulas in his UK studio bearing the same Ariwa name, Mad Professor tours the world performing live multi-track dub mixes heavy enough to shake the roofs off any village. Thanks to Tom Chasteen for bringing Mad Professor into the dublab studio. We hope you enjoy their highly inspiring session of sound and conversation.

Mad Professor - Interviewed by Tom Chasteen of Dub Club (11.13.13) 

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