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I was listening to the radio this afternoon, and this quote came up "art is a hammer to beat the world, not a mirror to reflect it" I looked it up, and it's credited to either Vladimir Majakovsky (the esperantist and assassinated poet) or Nikolai Vladimirovich Nekrasov (the suicidal Russian Futurist) depending who you trust (trust no one). The discussion was on the emergence of the avant gu...
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Cheick Tidiane Seck is a fairly commercial Malian artist. Connie (who usually likes a lot of very dark stuff) loves this CD. The rhythms, and some of the melodies are call and response in that Saharan style, but many of the tunes are fairly bright and poppy in a more South West African sort of way. The songs move through a number of styles, almost as if it were a sampler, but really because ...
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As I am always willing to put my money where my mouth is, I am sharing with you some of our recent work. In this case it is a tune written in the late 19th century by my great grand father Israel Isaac Shamfrof. I have taken a great deal of liberty with the tune, adding whole sections, and the band has gone off the dub end as well. While there were no recordings made by old Izzy Isaac, there...
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