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Jason Webley is a Seattle-born singer-songwriter known for playing a mix of gypsy, folk, and punk. He has released five albums on his own label, Eleven Records. These feature Webley on the piano, guitar, accordion, and a number of other instruments, though when touring he only brings his guitar, accordion, and a vodka bottle containing [...]
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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.
This great music needs more attention!
Amédé Ardoin — Two step
Dewey Balfa & Todd Balfa — Jai Ete Au Bal
Dewey Balfa — Parlez nois a boires
I first heard it in a mix by Prins Thomas
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, [...]
Clever mix of music (eclectic fusion of dub, raggae, techno, trance and folk) coming from London (the band was formed in 1993). With very unusual samples, their sound evolves from album to album, so check some new stuff too…and i bet they are great live too…
Gudrun Jankis — Let Kiss (1965):
Accordind to wikipedia: “Letkajenkka, anglicized to letkis, is a Finnish dance that was invented in the early 1960’s on the basis of the folk dance schottische (in Finnish jenkka).The dance became a short-lived international craze with the release of the tune by Roberto Delgado in 1965.”
A performance of this dance [...]
With Massive Attack — Live with me
With Koop (via settembrini) — In a heartbeat
