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Estradasphere

Dubway (all vocal)

Estradasphere is a band of multi-instrumentalists from an unlikely variety of musical backgrounds. Timb Harris (violin/trumpet), Jason Schimmel (guitar/banjo/keyboards/vocals), Tim Smolens (upright and electric bass/vocals), Kevin Kmetz (Tsugaru Shamisen/guitar/keyboards), Adam Stacey accordion/keyboards/clavinet), and Lee Smith (drums/percussion) were trained in disciplines ranging from classical and jazz to metal. This diverse instrumental and [...]

2 February 2010 at 03:39 - Comments

Scott Joplin, the “King of Ragtime”

The Entertainer:

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20 January 2010 at 20:43 - Comments

Taraf de Haïdouks – Asturias

From the album Maškaradă of famous Romanian Gypsy musicians Taraf de Haïdouks. Like – Dislike

9 January 2010 at 19:27 - Comments

Povarovo

Povarovo is a experimental jazz/instrumental/ambient band from the Russian Federation. J.S. Bach:

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9 January 2010 at 08:31 - Comments

Mi and L’au freakish folk or la boheme?

Mira and Laurent — a fashion model from Finland and soundtrack musician from France. Austere, minimal music made with voice and acoustic guitars and other very sparse orchestrations. Mi and L’au met in Paris a few years back. Mi is Finnish and was working as a model to make ends meet and L’au (who’s French) was [...]

28 November 2009 at 11:31 - Comments

Metallic Falcons – because CocoRosie was too boring

Now that the goosepumps have stopped, I must share with you Metallic Falcons. We, here at Discorgy, have a long history and love affair with freak folk, giving you the pleasure of hearing and discovering the wonderful talents of CocoRosie, Devendra Banhart, Anthony Hegarty, but this is truly amazing. Sierra Cassady, the CocoRosie sister with [...]

2 September 2009 at 05:16 - Comments

The Real Tuesday Weld – One of THOSE bands that gets stuck on repeat

Sometimes you feel like you know this music from somewhere and you listen to it on and on, trying to figure out where you know it from until it becomes so familiar like it’s been with you from the beginning. The real tuesday weld is one of those bands that, if you were in highschool again, [...]

8 May 2009 at 05:10 - Comments

The amazing voice of Sainkho Namtchylak

Boomerang:

Sainkho Namtchylak is an experimental singer, born in 1957 in a secluded village in the south of Tuva, an autonomous Russian state bordering Mongolia. She has an exceptional voice, spanning seven octaves and proficient in overtone singing; her music enmeshes avant-jazz, electronica, modern composition and Tuvan influences.

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24 April 2009 at 10:32 - Comments

More zydeco-cajun-creole songs

This great music needs more attention! Amédé Ardoin — Two step

Dewey Balfa & Todd Balfa — Jai Ete Au Bal

Dewey Balfa — Parlez nois a boires

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22 December 2008 at 21:04 - Comments

The Zydeco/ Cajun/ Creole music

Bois Sec Ardoin and Canray Fontenot — Bonsoir Moreau

Nathan Abshire — Jolie Blond

Clifton Chenier — Don’t Lie to Me

Zydeco, a transliteration in English of ‘zaricô’ (Snapbeans) from the song, “Les haricots sont pas salés”, born in Cajun and Black Creole communities on the prairies of southwest Louisiana in the 1920s, is considered by many, [...]

9 December 2008 at 04:00 - Comments
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10 December 08 at 12:39