gypsy for you, gypsy for me
I have a certain love of good Gypsy music and so you'll see a post here occasionally highlighting some good stuff. I have several in mind. Right now, I'm going to post the link to a concert by the Goran Ivanovic Group. Setting aside the fact their hair-do's could use not-a-little work, they do a pretty good job in a pinch of Giving Good Gypsy. You jazz folk (JPR) in the audience may appreciate the more "complex" (rolleyes) rhythms that represent a periodic departure from the Roma classic style.
Or maybe the drummer got distracted.
Look, I'm just saying...
ane brun
Three posts in one day. Love me.
Okay, so there's something about Scandinavian folk artists that gets it right... I recently learned of this Norwegian chica. She reminds me in turns of Emmy Lou Harris and Fiona Apple (with guitar). I'm obviously missing something. But I think she's great. If you can give me a better comparison, please feel free...
Oh, by the way: I got an EZArchive account, so I'll post some sample songs for your listening pleasure from time to time. Like now.
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{20 minutes of frustration}
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Okay, not quite yet. Apparently my service level isn't high enough to give you good people a stinking URL. I'll revisit this...
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{2 weeks later}
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Ane Brun - My Lover Will Go
Ane Brun (with Teitur) - Rubber and Soul
big head todd & the monsters
Big Head Todd & The Monsters rock. Shut up about it. Unfortunately, I have bum friends who refused to attend their concert with me in Austin a few months past, and I'm not yet ready to charge off on my own. Call me co-dependent if you will. (I'll surely call you something back...)
Anyway, the awesomeness that is archive.org has the concert posted and available for download. I recommend streaming it at VBR while doing whatever it is you're doing right now...
It is here.
catching up, part one: jeff hanson
I plan to devote some posts to catching up with things I really should've blogged about, if I weren't such a shitty blogger. Consider , then, this blog to be the same as replying to e-mails or voice messages...that way I'm only an asshole once. Falling under the "communicating failures" heading.
There, my conscience is a little bit cleaner. On to the music...
So, Jeff Hanson. Some of you may have heard me talk about him before. He's great, chill, and possessing of an impressive falsetto. He has a couple of songs and a video available on his website, though there are no tracks from his self-titled second album, which I consider to be triumphant. Welcome Here, a track from that album, is definitely my favorite. (The bold will become a link as soon as I've taken the time to find an account on EZArchive or RapidShare or something...)
Another product, by the way, of the always-amazing Kill Rock Stars stable...
Check him out and comment!
UPDATE: Download that track now 
Do it. Now.