At 02:20 PM 7/8/97 -0400, you wrote:
quoted 3 lines ACSS was more interesting visually, as they had more musicians (7 vs. 4), who>ACSS was more interesting visually, as they had more musicians (7 vs. 4), who
>moved around and interacted with each other quite a bit (their bagpipe[?]
>player was the only one who remained seated - apparently out of necessity).
Again, I'm not sure of the spelling event though my parents are traditional
Irish musicians - they're called Uliean pipes, in the same family as the
Scottish bagpipes except that yes, you stay seated, and I don't believe you
have to "blow" into them...
quoted 4 lines I'm not sure if others will concur, but it seemed to me that a larger>I'm not sure if others will concur, but it seemed to me that a larger
>proportion of ACSS's music was played live compared to TU's. I think it's
>usually more interesting to be able to *watch* the music being played, as
>opposed to just hearing it.
Interesting to me was seeing the mixture of African and Irish music
together - I've been overexposed to Irish music - my parents live in the
country in North Carolina, frequenting pubs, throwing music seminars at
their cabin, and having "sessions" everywhere. Their wedding band was a
combination of several well-known Irish musicians playing all of the Celtic
instruments you saw during AfroCelt SS - I'd mentioned to my mother once
that it was nice and all, but geez, everyone was so "white." I guess
that's because I'm submerged in the multicultiblend of New York City...
I personally think that they should have closed the show, actually... I
danced more during their set than Natasha & company but I wish I could have
seen Natasha dance more - I'd started some bellydancing classes when I
lived in Atlanta...
Interesting note - did you know that most of it is in the knees and waist?
It was a dance started by women, much like a modern-day aerobics/lamaze
class to enhance and assist in the ease of childbirth...
And, of course, the seduction of men. ;-)
quoted 5 lines Still, when they were good the music was danceable and melodic and>Still, when they were good the music was danceable and melodic and
>interesting to watch, and some of the slower numbers were fairly spacey.
> However, they should ditch the song they wrote about people dieing in war -
>not because of the subject matter, but because it was boring: it had no
>particular melody, didn't progress into anything and then stopped dead.
I have to agree with you there - I was much more into the "drum & bass from
the hills" number - the Boeron (again, spelling evades me, but my mother is
playing the damn thing) drum doesn't usually sound like that in traditional
Irish music - that guy was banging the HELL out of the thing... Usually,
it's a much softer background beat...
quoted 5 lines P.S. I didn't stick around for Talvin Singh's set after TU. He starting>P.S. I didn't stick around for Talvin Singh's set after TU. He starting
>spinning before the show, at 2:00ish, but had some kind of problem with the
>equipment and gave up. What I heard of that aborted set and what he was
>playing as I left the concert area didn't strike me as overly fascinating,
>and I passed up another chance to pick up _Anokh_ today.
Anokha is a great CD although Calcutta Cybercafe was better, I think...
Maybe that's because I can't get the damn CD anywhere now and want it...
His set at Summerstage was definitely disappointing, and I have a feeling
part of it was due to the fact that he was wearing a full-out Adidas
warm-up suit in that weather... It was definitely boring - Talvin Singh
doesn't seem conducive to a large open-air concert atmosphere. I'd rather
hear him in a smoky opium den, myself... I'd definitely say to pick up the
CD, tho, if you're into sitting around your house chilling... Burn some
incense, while you're at it... I recommend Champa, for atmospheric purposes...