Sam Cooke: Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963, aka the greatest live performance ever
Michael Gallagher I will be the first to admit that my posts of late have been a touch academic, perhaps slightly less personal than they should be. I do hope to make…
Music
Brahms, Eno, Lullabies, and Space
I am feeling either eclectic or disjointed today, hence the music choices below. The first is Brahmns‘s Lullaby. I know nothing about classical music, but I am a listener and…
Song(s) for 4.06.2010: Jonsi’s Go
The new Jonsi album is available for download today, so be sure to be check it out. I am enjoying it immensely. It is a great compliment for me to…
Song for 4.2.2010: Amadou & Mariam’s Sabali
Today’s track come from one of the best African acts out there from any African country, let alone Mali. They are Amadou & Mariam, a blind husband and wife team…
University of Ghana and Whistling While You Work
I just heard this via a tweet (@BoingBoing) and was immediately enthralled. It is the sound of four postal workers at the University of Ghana in 1975 going about the…
Go Quiet by Jonsi
The artist is Jonsi, the lead singer/guitarist/songwriter behind Sigur Ros. The film is called Go Quiet, which is basically a film of Jonsi playing songs after waking up on New…
Music for 3.12.2010: Bei Mir Bistu Shein בייַ מיר ביסטו שיין
The music I am listening to today is Bei Mir Bistu Shein (בייַ מיר ביסטו שיין), an old Yiddish song that I am particularly fond of. It is most certainly…