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by isadora101 @ 05.04.2008 – 14:53:32

I'm not sure what i'm "playing at" but as I can have up to five blogs here, I thought i'd create them

It will probably be videos and music I am currently listening to.

seems like a magnamonous gesture

by isadora101 @ 06.06.2009 – 21:51:06

Oasis have announced refund details for their show last night (June 4) at Manchester's Heaton Park, which saw the band leave the stage twice due to technical difficulties.
The Gallaghers promised to give fans at the 70,000-capacity venue their money back, even though they ultimately returned to complete a 23-song set and played past curfew.

'My Bella' wasn't there on the 4th but she is there tonight, which is approximately nine years since I accompanied her to see them live at the Leeds Carling Festival.
Back then she was a fan and one could often hear the latest Oasis track coming from the closed bedroom door

Radiohead are her all time favourite band and she hopes to see them again (for the 4th time) back in Leeds later this year and it seems like she will be getting her 'fill' of Oasis too as they have been booked to headline the Benicasm festival in Spain which she will be attending as well

As for me, this year, i'll just close my eyes and drift back to those Bella britpop teenage days when this popular track accosted my eardrums with great regularity (complete with female, teenage wailing)!

Dedication's the word..

by isadora101 @ 14.05.2009 – 12:36:58

This chap on the right in the pic below, the one with the camera, has a Youtube name of SIMMO7TS..

I captured him and a pal while he was videoing the The Mighty Zulu Nation at Wath Folk Festival a couple of weeks ago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEQI9wQ8Y_A

This other pic below was taken at Shepley a year ago..I bet he doesn't realise he has a stalker (only kidding Pete)

I spot him at most of the folk festivals I go to as he makes it his mission to attend as many as possible videoing the acts as he goes in order to post them for all the festival fans to peruse at their leisure.
This is pleasing as it means that I will be able to view some of the acts I missed at Holmfirth last weekend due to ill health.
At this moment in time, in less than three years, he has posted around 1,900 music videos ranging from the top artists at the large festivals to the pub singarounds at the 'village dos'

What is so great about viewing his videos is that it gives a true reflection of what is going on in today's folk scene and shows the singers as they really are, warts and all without all the gloss of the 'manufactered' promotional vids.
Here is one of his most discussed videos, it is one of Maddy Prior at Brampton in 2007

In contrast here is one of one of the most enjoyable bands I saw last year, the fabulous Bellowhead at the 2008 Shepley Festival.

I like this one too
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WlwdwbaIcQ

So fellow bloggers why not take a look at some of his videos, there's a whole archive and variety of acts to choose from .
Keep up the good work there Pete and maybe i'll sneak another pic of you at next weekend's festival

Busking in Leeds

by isadora101 @ 01.05.2009 – 20:58:14

Here is another regular Leeds busker as opposed to the one I wrote about earlier HERE

This young busker has quite a following locally and when I saw him busking late last summer there were about thirty people sat on the floor in the precinct sitting around as he gave an impromptu concert.
He wasn't busking when this video was filmed but if you youtube search 'Tristan Mackay' there a variety of clips to peruse.

Just thought i'd show this youtube vid though, the visual quality is not that good but it shows the real Leeds busking experience (note the old fella who wants to get in on the act)

It just fits the mood

by isadora101 @ 14.04.2009 – 22:19:59

I know i've just said i'm going on a mini blog break but just wanted to post this version of one of my favourite sixties songs.

There are so many versions of this song
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_You_Love_Me_Tomorrow

but this is the one i'm wallowing in right now.

Amy Winehouse and 'will you still love me tomorrow'?

Blackbird

by isadora101 @ 24.03.2009 – 22:50:58

I have posted this video for no other reason than that I came across it whilst looking for something nice and simple that I could just close my eyes and drift away to.
This did it for me...and besides Carly was one of my favourites from years gone by

Covers don't necessarily mean an improvement of the original version(this being an original Beatles' classic) they can just be the expression of a different point of view. I think this one shows this.

Sweet dreams and night night

A Doonan Babe

by isadora101 @ 07.02.2009 – 22:30:21

Rosie Doonan is an exciting new singer songwriter. She was raised in Yorkshire within a family of musicians, dancers and performers. Consequently her influences are a heady brew and range from the music of the sixties e.g the stones, Free, Joni Mitchel and Nina Simone and more recently Damien Rice, Sheryl Crow and Portishead.
“Moving On” her first solo project perhaps unsurprisingly focuses on making a fresh start and developing new ideas. Her songs suggest feelings of moving on, travelling and all the emotions of elation and despair of falling in and out of love.

Read more about her here
http://www.rosiedoonan.com/content/biog

Rosie went to the same school as my kids, her mother used to attend my belly dance class(although she is a morris dancer of long standing) and her dad is a member of the Doonan family band.
I've met her parents at many a gig up and down and always have a chat when we bump into each other at the supermarket.
I am pleased to see that Rosie has lots of gigs lined up this summer and I look forward to seeing her at the fab Warwick folk festival in July

What do you think...is she any good then?

OH Yes...It's the Spooky Men's Chorale

by isadora101 @ 27.01.2009 – 21:13:03

Only look if you like 'off the wall' music.

I saw this Australian group THE SPOOKY MEN'S CHORALE at Warwick Folk festival in 2007. They are really funny and the guys are very zany. After the concert a few of them held court in the beer tent and had a mega sing-song with the die-hards who weren't ready to go to their sleeping bags right away.

I had so much fun with them that I put my name on their mailing list and today I received an email from Stephen Taberner of The Spooky man's chorale.

...this is what it said

hi folks

we now have a youtube video of the flashmob event in Melbourne in December last year, if you are interested....the ironically intended "buy more stuff!" seemed even more appropriate as our prime minister elevated consumerism to a virtual public duty in the face of looming recession. the crazy scenes at the end are of us accidentally bumping into another flashmob who were also rampaging through the city on the same night with ghetto blasters playing a composition for christmas bells.

it's at http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=ooBA6jdc9Lc

enjoy, and pass it on if you like!
warm regards
stephen taberner
flashmeister/spookmeister

This is the video that the link leads to...Watch it if you like random things...I do, that's why I am looking forward to seeing them again when they return to the UK this summer

Definitely Pipers not Peppers

by isadora101 @ 26.01.2009 – 19:35:11

It being Burns' night last, my thoughts wandered to the memory of my lovely scottish mother and I ended up spending the evening trawling Youtube listening to a diverse selection of scottish tunes.

I came upon a name I recognised.."NO" not the 'Chilli Peppers' but the Red Hot Chilli Pipers!
I knew the name 'cos they are one of the artists booked to appear at the first folk festival I will be attending this year
SHEPLEY FOLK FESTIVAL
If this video is anything to go by it should be a good gig, bagpipes with attitude, drums with a Scottish accent, it's a great fusion of scottish traditional and rock.....roll on May

I even think my mother who would be in her eighties now would have enjoyed it, although not as much as she used to enjoy listening to Kenneth McKellar and Andy Stewart

Elkie's a singer and a pearl at that!!

by isadora101 @ 14.01.2009 – 16:53:29

Born Elaine Bookbinder in Salford, Manchester, Elkie Brooks has become one of the most successful and respected singing talents in the UK. Her career has spanned nearly five decades, produced 19 studio albums, and earned her numerous awards and accolades.

I was first aware of Elkie when she fronted Vinegar Joe...Back then she was often compared to the late great Janis Joplin

Vinegar Joe was a British R&B band in the early 1970s, who were best known for live shows.
The core members were lead singers Elkie Brooks and Robert Palmer, bassist Steve York, keyboard player Tim Hinkley and guitarist Pete Gage .
They released three albums on different record labels defore the band dissolved at the end of 1973.

Around 1976 Elkie formed her own band and released an album followed by a tour. band members consisted of
Elkie Brooks (vocals)
Isaac Guillory (guitar)
Steve York (bass)
Tim Hinkley (keyboards)
Trevor Morais (drums)
Jimmy Chambers (backing vocals)

I managed to see Elkie in one of these concerts during 1977 at Ronnie Scott's club in London and she was brilliant, The songs 'Pearl's a singer' and 'Sunshine after the rain' were hits in the UK around then.
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Elkie is 64 years of age now and tonight, I am with anticipation, looking forward to seeing her perform at Wakefield Theatre Opera house.
She has consistly performed throughout the years so although I don't quite know what to expect tonight, what I am sure of is that she will still be giving it her best shot.