And she who is so inventive,Merrill Garbus, came up with the name after she dreamed of floating over fields filled with song that she decided to harvest like, say, this.
I got out some old Paul Desmond recordings recently and that led me back to Brubeck, Morello and others, the musicians who caused me to skip rock 'n roll for a decade or two, until my first teenage son re-introduced the genre to our house.
With a bit more experience, I might learn to enjoy all streams of rOcK.
I've become a huge fan. Even better now that she's turing with a couple real musicians.
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And to see it all in action, you've gotta watch this fantastic tutorial on how she and they make the magic with the loops, on 'Powa' here.
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Great!, thought it's not kick-back music. Let's see, Sly and the Family Stone, Eric Dolphy, Ali Farka Touré...seems to be that it requires a level of listening that I associate more with Jazz, but who cares about the label. Plurality is good. Thanks for an ear-opener.
ReplyDeleteYou're most welcome Danneau.
ReplyDeleteYup - its clearly 'a' future, not the 'the' future....
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I got out some old Paul Desmond recordings recently and that led me back to Brubeck, Morello and others, the musicians who caused me to skip rock 'n roll for a decade or two, until my first teenage son re-introduced the genre to our house.
ReplyDeleteWith a bit more experience, I might learn to enjoy all streams of rOcK.
And the same is true for me for jAzZ Norm.
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