Etran De L'Aïr - 100% Sahara Guitar Gets The Video Treatment

By now you’re familiar with my love of Tuareg guitar music and music from the Sahel region in general. One of my favorite labels, Sahel Sounds, is releasing the newest album by one of my favorite acts, Etran De L'Aïr.

Entitled 100% Sahara Guitar, the album will be out next month. To celebrate, the band has released a video for one of their live staples, “Imouha.” Filmed on a green screen at Vancouver BC's Shoreline Studios Vancouver BC by Christopher Kirkley with additional footage courtesy of Abdou Hamani (Discothèque Ambiance de Tchiro), the song is a great teaser for the full album.

Enjoy.

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Heard Too Late 2023 :: Dosh, Ismaily, Young

Yesterday we began a short series of posts highlighting 2023 albums I didn’t get a chance to spend enough time with prior to compiling my year-end list with Lee Gallagher and the Hallelujah’s “The Falcon Ate The Flower.”

Next up is the self-titled release from Dosh, Ismaily, Young. Featuring “drummer Marty Dosh (Dosh, Andrew Bird, Fog), bassist Shahzad Ismaily (Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog, Secret Chiefs 3, Arooj Aftub), and guitarist Tim Young (Wayne Horvitz’s Zony Mash, David Sylvian, Michael White).”

With Shazad already appearing on the 2023 round up with Love In Exile by Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, Shahzad Ismaily, this marks Ismaily’s second appearance on my favorite albums of 2023.

This is not so much a review as a profile, so I take no shame in quoting the Bandcamp page to help you get a picture of this wild ride: “On their debut self-titled release, these master musicians effortlessly deliver six solid tracks including an 11-minute krautrock mindblower, a meditation on the end of the world, and explorations into Stax-soul, space-rock, and free-jazz.”

If you’ve taken the time and effort to read this far, it’s probably because we share the same music vibes. I highly recommend this release, especially since physical copies are in short supply.

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Watch the official video for the opening track, “Blast:”

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Jake Xerxes Fussell: Live For Tiny Desk's Home Concerts

It’s only February, but I can already tell you that Jake Xerxes Fussell’s newest album Good and Green Again will be on my year-end favorites list.

Drawing from folk, American and even bits of Appalachian music, Fussell has created a beautiful, challenging and yet hopeful album. His incorporation of strings and horns (sometimes reminding me of Gregory Alan Isakov flourishes) brings a lushness to the music that’s comfortable in all the right ways.

Earlier this year, Fussell recorded his (at home) NPR Tiny Desk Concert. According to NPR: “Fussell recorded at a friend's home in Pittsboro, N.C., with Casey Toll on upright bass and Libby Rodenbough on violin, harmonium and backup vocals. The mantle behind them is adorned with a tiny desk surrounded by various vegetable-shaped candles.”

You’re not going to find much better things to do with 18 minutes. Give it a try:

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1. Setlist:

2. “The River St. Johns"

3. "Have You Ever Seen Peaches Growing on a Sweet Potato Vine?"

4. "Breast of Glass"

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Players:

• Jake Xerxes Fussell: guitar, vocals

• Libby Rodenbough: violin, harmonium, backing vocals

• Casey Toll: upright bass

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Ramones Live At The Rainbow (12/31/77)

From the Youtube page:

“The Ramones played the Rainbow Theater in London on December 31, 1977. The show became It's Alive, which was released in April 1979. It's Alive is considered one of the best punk records of all time.”

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Setlist:

1. Blitzkrieg Bop

2. I Wanna Be Well

3. Glad to See You Go

4. You’re Gonna Kill That Girl

5. Commando

6. Havana Affair

7. Cretin Hop

8. Listen to My Heart

9. I Don’t Wanna Walk Around With You

10. Pinhead

11. Do You Wanna Dance?

12. Now I Wanna Be a Good Boy

13. Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue

14. We’re A Happy Family

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Nirvana Live At Paradiso (11/25/1991)

Nirvana Live At Paradiso (Amsterdam) 11/25/1991.

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Setlist:

1. Aneurysm

2. School

3. Floyd The Barber

4. Smells Like Teen Spirit

5. About A Girl

6. Polly

7. Lithium

8. Sliver

9. Breed

10. Come As You Are

11. Been A Son

12. Negative Creep

13. On A Plain

14. Love Buzz

15. Territorial Pissings

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Papa Mali and Friends Live at Nola Brewing Company (4/26/16)

Papa Mali and friends live for the NOLA Crawfish Festival (day 2 of 3) at NOLA Brewery 4/26/16.

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Jupiter and Okwess :: Live for KEXP (2018)

KEXP “presents Jupiter & Okwess performing live in the KEXP studio. Recorded October 15, 2018.”

Setlist:

1. Ofakomolo

2. Nzele Momi

3. Musonsu

4. Ekombe

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Important People:

• Host: Darek Mazzone

• Audio Engineers: Francois Gouverneur & Kevin Suggs

• Cameras: Jim Beckmann, Scott Holpainen & Justin Wilmore

• Editor: Justin Wilmore

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Soulive and Maceo Parker :: New Orleans, Fiya Fest

Soulive live with Maceo Parker. Live at: New Orleans, LA, Mardi Gras World - Fiya Fest - Flame Stage.

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Players:

• Eric Krasno - guitar

• Neal Evans - keyboards

• Alan Evans - drums

Guests:

• Ryan Zoidis - saxophone

• Eric Bloom - trumpet

• Maceo Parker - saxophone, vocals

• Nigel Hall - keyboards

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Bukhu Ganburged :: "Behind Doors"

Bukhu Ganburged :: Morin Khuur & Khuumii

Setlist:

1. Long Song

2. Demonstration

3. Chinggis Khaan

4. Improvisation

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“Internationally renowned virtuoso of the Morin Khuur (Horse Head Fiddle) and Khuumii (Harmonic Overtone Throat Singing), Bukhu draws on the traditional folk music of Mongolian nomads and Shamanic culture to create his distinctive soundscape.

Bukhu graduated from the Mongolian Music and Dance Conservatory, Ulaanbaatar (2007) with a Masters in performing the traditional Mongolian Long Song. This song may last for up to three hours in the performance realisation and commands from the performer not only physical prowess for its duration but also technical and intellectual virtuosity. The player has to tackle simultaneously a number of difficult extended techniques to conceptually convey a sense of meditational tranquillity.

Of particular note, the Long Song is recognised by UNESCO as one of the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.”

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the Tragically Hip Live on German TV

The Tragic Alley Hip, live on German television 02/08/1993.

Setlist:

1. Best Version (Thanks to "The Dude" Kelly Davies)

2. Fifty-Mission Cap

3. Twist My Arm

4. Courage (for Hugh MacLennan)

5. Looking for a Place to Happen

6. Bring It All Back

7. Pigeon Camera

8. New Orleans Is Sinking

9. We'll Go Too

10. The Last of the Unplucked Gems

11. Lionized

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Akron/Family Live at Utopia SXSW Sessions (2013)

Akron Family Live at UTOPiA SXSW Sessions 2013 streaming through Google+ Hangouts on Air.”

Sorry folks, we could probably figure out the setlist to this one but I haven’t taken the time to do so. But I’ve been digging this live SXSW Akron/Family set and thought you might like it too, all things considered.

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Thin Lizzy :: Live at Sydney Opera House, 10/78

Thin Lizzy :: Live at Sydney Opera House, 10/78.

From the Youtbue Page:

“In October of 1978 more than 26,000 screaming fan packed the Sydney Opera House in Australia for an unforgettable concert. Thin Lizzy's lineup for this show was Phil Lynott (Vocals/bass), Gary Moore (Guitars), Scott Gorham (Guitars) and Mark Nauseef (Drums).”

Again, no setlist for this one, though I imagine is out there somewhere. Please let me know if you find it.

Neil Young Live At BBC 1971

Neil Young live at the BBC, 1971.

Setlist:

1. Out on the Weekend

2. Old Man

3. Journey Through the Past

4. Heart of Gold

5. Don't Let It Bring You Down

6. A Man Needs a Maid

7. Love in Mind

8. Dance Dance Dance

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Fiona Apple Live at the New Yorker Festival (2020)

Fiona Apple performs three songs live at the New Yorker Festival 2020.

“Shameika”

“Fetch The Bolt Cutters”

“I Want You To Love Me”

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Rainermentals :: A Holiday At The Sea Playlist

Here’s a playlist of some Rainer Ptacek instrumentals. I remember making this mix when we lived in KY, so it must have been around 2003 or 2004 and I’ve listened to it a ton since then.

18 tracks taken from 4 different albums (follow the key after each song title).

Enjoy.

Tracklisting:

• Here Comes Lilly? (#)

• Cheeseball (&)

• Instrumental #13 ($)

• Di Lantin

• Ode to N2O (&)

• Instrumental #5 ($)

• Opening Aunt Dora’s Box in 6/8 (&)

• Instrumental #10 (chore ending) ($)

• Improv in E (%)

• Instrumental #9 (wait a minute) ($)

• Within You Without You (&)

• Horse Hair (#)

• Instrumental #3 ($)

• Curiouser and Curiouser (&)

• Instrumental #4 (slight humming) ($)

• Shifting Blues ($)

• Instrumental #6 ($)

• Arabing ($)

• # = Alpaca Lips (2000)

• & = Nocturnes (1995)

• $ = The Farm (2002)

• % = Live At The Performance Center (2000)

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