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Category Archives: Music
Danny Boy
The unlikely combination of Roswell Rudd’s trombone and Wu Tong’s sheng produce an amazing version of this traditional Irish song. Read on for the album’s sleeve notes.
Posted in Music
Tagged bandcamp, music, sunnyside records
Mummers in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire
At least I hope they’re mummers, but this is Yorkshire don’t forget.
Posted in Music, Traditions
Tagged yorkshire
Singing the blues
1. Most Blues begin with: “Woke up this morning…” 2. “I got a good woman” is a bad way to begin the Blues unless you stick something nasty in the next line like “I got a good woman with the … Continue reading
Spanish Eyes
Have a listen to Blue Spanish Eyes from the The Highest Good album by the Brass Monkey brass band. This, from their website: Relentless drums, rumbling tuba, and wailing horns…nothing kicks the party into high gear like a smokin’ brass band! Now … Continue reading
Magnatune – they are not evil!
Magnatune publish new music with a difference: Fantastic music: we work with artists directly, not with record labels, and all our music is hand-picked. On average, we accept 3% of submissions Perfect audio quality: you get CD quality audio WAV files, … Continue reading