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Ian Dalziel

Thu, 09 Apr 2020 12:16:42 +1200

Sadly John Prine succumbed to complications of Covid-19
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pgly83hCzuw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CDLCr0fxOQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6F3MWptFjGg

Ian Dalziel

Thu, 02 Apr 2020 07:19:09 +1300

Damn, and there was me thinking my lead in would do the trick – ahh well I'll reassess my attempts at blending fantasy and fact, it seems to work so well for others these days...
:- )

Sacha

Thu, 02 Apr 2020 01:20:17 +1300

this RNZ article on Musical MPs

The date was a clue..

Ian Dalziel

Wed, 01 Apr 2020 22:57:07 +1300

and as April's Fools Day draws to a close
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsgdLWOhoJA

some little known music facts – this RNZ article on Musical MPs seems to leave out Gerry Brownlee's days in the Manetti Brothers...
and this piece lifts the lid on Rachmaninoff's side gig

Matthew Littlewood

Wed, 01 Apr 2020 21:26:04 +1300

Yeah that's really sad news about John Prine. His debut is simply masterful songwriting: sometimes haunting, sometimes funny, but always felt., if that makes sense.

Anyway, seeing as there will be several couples locked away in lockdown with (ahem) much time on their (ahem) hands, I would like to recommend…

Ian Dalziel

Wed, 01 Apr 2020 14:12:36 +1300

On a grimmer note – here’s Joan Baez dedicating a song to John Prine – who has covid-19.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJPvc5vvKY4
there’s an update here

Here he is in his prime
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLVWEYUqGew

Russell Brown

Wed, 01 Apr 2020 12:03:07 +1300

And Nathan Haines did a Lockdown jazz special.

Oh, nice!

Mike O'Connell

Wed, 01 Apr 2020 11:55:50 +1300

Ever since my daughter won a copy off Music 101 recently, I've been listening quite a bit on the sly to Benee. Pretty inventive video too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3gmU0GOTXI

Fentex

Tue, 31 Mar 2020 16:56:53 +1300

About the only thing I've been capable of is rewatching episodes of Never Mind The Buzzcocks.

Hugh Wilson

Tue, 31 Mar 2020 16:05:42 +1300

Good to see a music post RB!

Lockdown and jazz go together quite well, although its a vast field and you really need to find those niches, artists or periods you like. And then there will be more, artists you’ve heard of and those you hear of. Unfortunately it’s often…

Robert Harvey

Tue, 31 Mar 2020 12:27:21 +1300

Coming from a different world, the 2004 doco "Rhythm Is It!" is worth tracking down (with subs in English, if you're like me, monolingual). Berlin Philharmonic under Simon Rattle, Stravinsky's 'Rite of Spring', and ~230 schoolkids from hhigh and low decile schools around Berlin, most non-dancers, performing the ballet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_e-cwOn5w3A

Mike O'Connell

Tue, 31 Mar 2020 11:43:00 +1300

Some of you may have heard that the musician Peter Stapleton passed away in Dunedin on March 22. He was in the Vacuum, Pin Group and the Terminals to name but a few bands.

Here's some footage that surfaced in the last few days, Peter with Roy Montgomery, Helen Greenfield…

Russell Brown

Tue, 31 Mar 2020 11:38:41 +1300

Hello! This is worth watching while it lasts – a new documentary about Eel Pie island on the Thames, site of successive scenes that helped deliver the Yardbirds, the Stones, David Bowie, Elton John and many more. Its claim that rock music was spawned there certainly has some merit:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IH0tdOyqCrY…

Mike O'Connell

Tue, 31 Mar 2020 10:32:18 +1300

While there you also have two (2) days left to watch the excellent
’Rumble: The American Indians who rocked the world’

Thx Ian for tip. Always wanted to see this and may even squeeze in Gimme Danger again. Oh gosh, and Radio Birdman too, I'm in heaven!

Mike O'Connell

Tue, 31 Mar 2020 10:30:28 +1300

Nice to hear from you Matthew. Yes Nadia Reid was also one of the first to do a Facebook concert – the first Sat in quarantine – in lieu of a cancelled Dunedin gig.

Delaney Davidson also canned his upcoming southern tour. But we got this instead, a live rendition…

Russell Brown

Tue, 31 Mar 2020 08:11:01 +1300

Have you listened to Betty Davis (Miles’ second wife)? She’s great!

She really, really was. The 2017 documentary They Say I'm Different is quite compelling – and left me thinking she deserved a lot better than she got.

I got a copy from, um, the internet, but it looks like…

Ian Dalziel

Mon, 30 Mar 2020 22:59:55 +1300

Stooge fright
I just caught the last half of ’Gimme Danger’ Jim Jarmusch’s Stooges documentary on Maori TV – luckily it is on their ‘on demand’ site for a wee while
https://www.maoritelevision.com/shows/feature-documentaries/S01E001/gimme-danger
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruqmemgLc2E

While there you also have two (2) days left to watch the excellent
__’Rumble: The American Indians…

Nik Dirga

Mon, 30 Mar 2020 22:38:38 +1300

Boy, I’ve been listening to a LOT of Miles lately. Particularly love the late 60s/early 70s era where he just started to stretch out in all sorts of directions. Yeah, he was apparently a fairly flawed and often awful human like so many artists are, but I have to say…

Sacha

Mon, 30 Mar 2020 22:14:26 +1300

buy their whole catalogue for one price

JPSE too: https://thejeanpaulsartreexperiencemusic.bandcamp.com/album/i-like-rain-the-story-of-the-jean-paul-sartre-experience

Matthew Littlewood

Mon, 30 Mar 2020 19:38:23 +1300

I just wanted to say that I’m really enjoying Nadia Reid’s new album. It’s more expansive musically than anything she’s done previously, but it’s still very direct lyrically and vocally.

For an album about trying to find your own place in the world (both literal and metaphorical), it’s surprisingly well…

andin

Mon, 30 Mar 2020 17:52:31 +1300

Dollar Brand is a goody & Miles did a few film scores which are worth listening too..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLAb6OULUbU&list=PLpItHdWMGox2zvJsMwh_EBDohSPu77wFL&index=3

Trevor Nicholls

Mon, 30 Mar 2020 17:25:53 +1300

Arguing with fools on Twitter can get you suspended (I speak from experience). The fools never seem to get banned, unfortunately.

Peter Darlington

Mon, 30 Mar 2020 17:23:00 +1300

New Nicolas Jaar tune Mud is sounding pretty great!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP_U_Y4jw1M

Malcolm Dale

Mon, 30 Mar 2020 17:18:40 +1300

Have you listened to Betty Davis (Miles' second wife)? She's great!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2G1Y-cUbrM

Ethan Tucker

Mon, 30 Mar 2020 16:24:18 +1300

Thanks for the music post, Russell. I've always been a bit wary of jazz, and chimed with Glen Hansard's throwaway line in The Commitments ('jazz is for tossers'), but I admit that's a shallow view. There's just a lot to explore and some of it can be rather obtuse. But…

bob daktari

Mon, 30 Mar 2020 16:00:38 +1300

Some nice distractions I’ve enjoyed –

Montreux Jazz Festival have made over 50 Festival concerts available to stream for free, including performances by Ray Charles, Wu-Tang Clan, Johnny Cash, Nina Simone, Marvin Gaye, Deep Purple, Carlos Santana – you do have to sign up and use a special player (slight…

Russell Brown

Mon, 30 Mar 2020 15:29:20 +1300

May I suggest a jazz album of great distinction

You may!

Robert Harvey

Mon, 30 Mar 2020 15:23:22 +1300

Hi Russell,
Nice that your music column is back. May I suggest a jazz album of great distinction: "John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman" on Impulse? It's on YouTube for a listen, but worth putting through a decent hi-fi. Coltrane's sax is definitive, and Hartman's voice is like audible chocolate (85%…

Russell Brown

Mon, 30 Mar 2020 14:53:01 +1300

Oh yeah. I also did that A-Z of artists you've seen live thing that's been going around on Facebook:

A -> Alpaca Brothers
B -> Butthole Surfers
C -> The Clash
D -> De Le Soul
E -> Everything But the Girl
F -> Flaming Lips
G -> The Go-Betweens…

Public Address

Mon, 30 Mar 2020 14:53:00 +1300

Discussion from blog post.