Fiddler looks for quick payday via eBayBy Lionel PerronWed Jul 2, 8:57 PM ETFull story here...A Canadian fiddler who is no stranger to controversy has put half his future music earnings up for sale on eBay, the auction website.Ashley MacIsaac, who says he declared personal bankruptcy in 2000, is seeking a minimum bid of C$1.5 million (744,000 pounds) from an investor who would in turn get half ...
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First Leonard Cohen takes Toronto, then he takes... MONTREAL (AFP) - Singer Leonard Cohen on Friday kicks off his first world tour in 15 years with a Toronto gig, marking the return of the poet who converted to Buddhism during his absence from the limelight.An apostle of love in praise of the wandering spirit, Cohen has serenaded generations of music lovers with his haunting voice in songs such...
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NineOctober 73Brilliancy Medley/Cherokee ShuffleTo Althea from PrisonLineup: The Three Daves (Peggie, DM and Swarb), Donahue, Lucas (I trust you're beginning to appreciate the fluidity here.)Most of Fairport's instrumental tracks are worth a listen. The oddball/standout here is To Althea From Prison: "Music by Swarb, lyrics from the works of Richard Lovelace while in prison - The Gate House, ...
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"Unhalfbricking":http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00007J36V/mikewebersweberw:July 69"":http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00007J36V/mikewebersweberw:July 69The cover photo shows Sandy's parents outside their garden in, i believe, the London suburb of Putney. I've been to Putney to visit Sandy's grave. These people obviously had Money.(US November 69, with the stupidest cover ever...
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I posted a while back about listening to John Peel's radio programme, The Perfumed Garden, back in 1967 under the bedcovers on my transistor radio with earphone. I've just spotted that BBC 6music are playing a restored version of the last ever show, before he moved to Radio 1. It airs tomorrow, and hopefully they'll put a version up on the website that I can link to. This was a period in the...
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(As usual, the link to the Good Stuff is at the bottom, after the setup...)Back in '79, when Fairport Convention broke up (only to reform in '85), after the end of the tour, Simon Nicol and Dave Swarbrick were staying in neighbouring houses for a while. Swarb (who was already having hearing problems, i understand, was planning to retire and to move up to a farm he'd bought in Scotland - and th...
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RobP posted a comment to ne of my MOG p[osts, and in it, he incidentally asked me what one Fairport Convention album to buy to get a good feel for the band.Didn't take me long to come up with the answer:Well, probably the best place to start with Fairport is to get a good feel for the early years - and there just happens to be a collection called "*History of Fairport Convention*":http://www.am...
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**Fairport Convention** was (is?) an eclectic, electric folk group that at one point included **Sandy Denny** , **Ashley Hutchings** & **Richard Thompson**.Needless to say one of their hallmarks (at least in that first glorious decade from '68 to about the mid 70's) was incredible musicianship. They gleefully plundered the British Folk Music canon, updating the sound without sacrificing the am...
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First Leonard Cohen takes Toronto, then he takes... MONTREAL (AFP) - Singer Leonard Cohen on Friday kicks off his first world tour in 15 years with a Toronto gig, marking the return of the poet who converted to Buddhism during his absence from the limelight.An apostle of love in praise of the wandering spirit, Cohen has serenaded generations of music lovers with his haunting voice in songs such...
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So here's "*an article on The Inquirer*":http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/04/22/stephen-hawking-argues-nasa (an intentionally tabloidy tech blog):Stephen Hawking says NASA should budget for interstellar travelRising for the moonBy Sylvie Barak: Tuesday, 22 April 2008, 5:30 PMCREATOR OF THE DALEKS, Stephen Hawking, has called on the world to dedicate a meagre 0.25 per cent of all...
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"":http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005NILF/mikewebersweberwClick to go to "*my regular blog*":http://electronictiger.com/roare/index.htm, to see another list from "*unspun*":http://unspun.amazon.com to vote on or add items or comments to - "*The Best Folk Albums*":http://electronictiger.com/roare/2007/08/greatest-folk-album-ever-help-compile.html, this time.Vote early, vote often.And ...
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Fiddler looks for quick payday via eBayBy Lionel PerronWed Jul 2, 8:57 PM ETFull story here...A Canadian fiddler who is no stranger to controversy has put half his future music earnings up for sale on eBay, the auction website.Ashley MacIsaac, who says he declared personal bankruptcy in 2000, is seeking a minimum bid of C$1.5 million (744,000 pounds) from an investor who would in turn get half ...
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| 4 Si Tu Dois Partir |
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