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četvrtak, 02.01.2014.

Markus James - Where You Wanna Be

Styles: African-West, New Acoustic, Acoustic Blues
Label: Firenze Records
Released: 2001
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 85,0 MB
Time: 37:07
Art: front

1. Desert Flower - 4:24
2. Where You Wanna Be - 3:37
3. Way To Go - 4:52
4. In The Sun - 3:59
5. Cross The River - 3:27
6. Some Things(You Never Shake) - 6:00
7. Sunlight And Zero - 3:35
8. Oh My - 3:29
9. Endless - 3:40


Notes: Markus James is originally from Virginia and the DC area, where his first musical memory, from the age of four, is of a blind blues singer he saw many times playing on a sidewalk. Markus first encountered West African stringed music at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival when he was mesmerized by the Gambian Kora player and singer, Alhaji Bai Konte. After playing in various rock and R&B groups, Markus moved to the SF Bay Area where he pursued his interests in African, Indian, and Gamelan music, while also writing and recording original music in various rock styles. He travelled in West Africa and also Haiti, studying traditional ensemble drumming, before first visiting Mali in 1994, when he made his way to the village of Niafounke to meet Ali Farka Toure. It was then that he first recorded with Wassoulou musician Solo Sidibe, and this became the "where you wanna be" album, released 6 years later. He has produced several programs for PRI's Afropop Worldwide, notably "Ali Farka Toure: Live From Niafounke". Markus has returned to Mali many times, where he has written and recorded blues-influenced music with traditional Malian musicians, notably his 2002 release "nightbird", which has been warmly received by critics in the US and Europe.
His collaborations in Timbuktu with Hamma Sankare (Calabash player on Ali Farka Toure's tours and albums), Hassi Sare (master of the one-stringed Njarka violin), and Solo Sidibe (who plays the Kamele N'Goni, the hunter's harp of the Wassoulou people) are the subject of the documentary film and upcoming CD / DVD release "Timbuktoubab". This group has performed at the Festival In The Desert in 2003 and 2004, as well as in Timbuktu and other towns and villages in Northern Mali.
In the US, Markus tours with a group featuring Wassoulou musician Mamadou Sidibe. They have performed on numerous radio shows, including PRI / BBC's "The World", at festivals, and in clubs, and have an album due in early 2005.

Where You Wanna Be



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Oznake: Markus James, African-West, New Acoustic, Acoustic Blues
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nedjelja, 08.12.2013.

Ry Cooder - My Name Is Buddy

Styles: Contemporary Blues, New Acoustic, Political Folk, Progressive Folk
Released: 2007
Label: Nonesuch
File: mp3@320K/s
Size: 162.3 MB
Time: 70:53
Art: full

1. Suitcase In My Hand - 2:54
2. Cat & Mouse - 5:02
3. Strike! - 5:08
4. J. Edgar - 2:37
5. Footprints In The Snow - 3:07
6. Sundown Town - 2:57
7. Green Dog - 7:33
8. The Dying Truck Driver - 4:56
9. Christmas In Southgate - 3:27
10. Hank Williams - 4:09
11. Red Cat Till I Die - 3:08
12. Three Chords And The Truth - 5:02
13. My Name Is Buddy - 3:12
14. One Cat, One Vote, One Beer - 4:16
15. Cardboard Avenue - 4:34
16. Farm Girl - 3:54
17. There's A Bright Side Somewhere - 4:49


Personnel:
Ry Cooder (vocals, guitar, bajo sexto, banjo, mandola, keyboards, bass); Buddy Red Cat (vocals, guitar); Roland White (vocals, mandolin); Julliette Cammagere, Bobby "Blanco" King, Bobby King , Juliette Commagere (vocals); Paddy Moloney (whistling, whistle, Uilleann pipe); Lefty Mouse (fiddle); Reverend Tom Toad (tambourine); Terry Evans (vocals); Mike Seeger (banjo, fiddle, harmonica); Pete Seeger (banjo); Flaco Jiménez (accordion); Jon Hassell (trumpet); Jacky Terrasson, Van Dyke Parks (piano); Joachim Cooder (keyboards, drums, percussion); Jim Keltner (drums)

Notes: With a concept that could have failed on so many levels in lesser hands, Ry Cooder stuns once again in MY NAME IS BUDDY and demonstrates why he is one of America's most adventurous musicians. His chosen material is a loose collection of animal character sketches--the titular Buddy is a cat--based on labor struggles and the lower class in Depression-era America. Think of it as Woody Guthrie meets Beatrix Potter.
While an odd construct on page for a man that jammed with Beefheart, the Stones, and the Buena Vista Social Club, MY NAME IS BUDDY flies with every track. The stellar cast of musicians includes the brothers Seeger, Van Dyke Parks, Jim Keltner, Paddy Moloney of the Chieftains, and Flaco Jimenez, and grounds the fairy tale atmosphere with musical blood and guts. The ensembles tear through early-19th-century forms (country blues, bluegrass, and old-time arrangements) with a rollicking flair.

My Name Is Buddy



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Oznake: Ry Cooder, Contemporary Blues, New Acoustic, folk
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četvrtak, 03.10.2013.

Markus James - Snakeskin Violin

Styles: African-West, New Acoustic, Acoustic Blues
Released: 2008
Label: Firenze Records
File: mp3@320K/s
Size: 115.6 MB
Time: 50:28
Art: front

1. I Won't Let It - 3:58
2. Lonely Mile - 2:24
3. Are You Ready (Mississippi Daze) - 3:38
4. Exile Tracks - 4:04
5. So Much Soul - 4:27
6. All That You Can't Keep - 4:20
7. Weather Vane - 3:35
8. O.M. Boogie - 2:40
9. Ambience - 0:55
10. Drivin By - 3:46
11. Sundown Pearl (Snakeskin Violin Pt 1) - 3:38
12. X-ray Soul (Hard to Find Pt 1) - 2:49
13. Heatin Up Now - 4:25
14. Mystified - 3:07
15. Soon - 2:35


Notes: Markus James has been recording and performing original, Blues-based music with traditional Malian musicians since 1994, when he first made his way to the village of Niafounke, home of the legendary Sonrai musician Ali Farka Toure. Markus' critically acclaimed Mali-based albums have been warmly received in the US, Europe and Mali, and he was honored to have a track included in the UK compilation "Sahara- Blues of the Desert", alongside such great artists as Ali Farka Toure, Baaba Maal, Yousou N'Dour and Tinariwen. Markus' long-term collaborations in Timbuktu with 3 Malian master musicians is the subject of the award-winning documentary film "Timbuktoubab" ("Excellent" - Global Rhythm), seen on many PBS stations throughout the US.
Markus has performed at the Festival In The Desert 3 times, and in 2007, was invited to perform at the series of Jamal Poi tribute concerts for his friend and inspiration, Ali Farka Toure, in Bamako and Niafounke, which were broadcast on Malian national television. The UK's fROOTS Magazine called Markus "the unofficial dean of this movement" of up and coming US roots musicians whose focus is the African source.
Markus' new album "Snakeskin Violin" is a kaleidiscopic journey in which fellow travelers appear and vanish, and features collaborations with trance groove Wassoulou hunters in Bamako, a shaman in Timbuktu, old-school drummers in Como, Mississippi, traveling Tamasheks in California, and African Diaspora musicians in the US.

Snakeskin Violin



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Oznake: African-West, New Acoustic, Acoustic Blues, Markus James
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