From 1:20 he demonstrates the elements of kora playing, and at 4:45 it’s jaw-droppingly gobsmacking:
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Dombra do or die
A question from son John about banjo-like instruments led me on a YouTube chase that was very fruitful and ear-stretching. Here’s one of the real gems that surfaced:
The kid’s got it
Fernandinho do Cavaco, 11 anos:
…and several more here, and you’ll also enjoy this one. The future is assured!
And while you’re in the mood:
Hoppin’ Hollanders
This fragment from 1956 conveys the sheer energy of Lionel Hampton’s performance:
(via Keep Swinging)
Moleskine 9
I’ve been following Mattias Adolfsson for quite a while. Here’s his latest runthrough:
Charming
Life-affirming, even:
Matt Harding and his accompanying Google map
Gary Burton and Makoto Ozone
I’m not in the habit of paying a lot of mind to piano or vibraphone, but this one sure got my attention:
What I should have been doing all these years
Dennis Havlena, via Make Magazine:
See also his Web page, shades of Bart Hopkin’s Experimental Musical Instruments. Just what is it that stands in the way of an Experimental Music outpost in Tenants Harbor ME?
Annals of Choreography
This prize is from Echidne of the Snakes:
Do more like this
Lucas Gonze plays a ragtimey version of Blind Willie McTell’s “Your Southern Can Belongs to Me”: