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)
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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
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.
Jeff Buckley's 'Hallelujah' in chart battle with 'X Factor' version
Buckley fans protest against the TV talent show's cover of Leonard Cohen's song
Jeff Buckley's version of 'Hallelujah' re-entered the UK singles chart two weeks before the winner of this year's 'X Factor' will release a cover of the song in a bid to get the coveted Christmas Number One.
Before the winner of the TV talent show had been decided, fans of Buckley's version of the song - and Leonard Cohen's, who wrote the song - have been buying his version in protest.
Buckley's 'Hallelujah' - from his 1994 debut 'Grace' - is currently at number 30 in the charts, from number 43 last week Dec 6th.
The song has not been re-released physically.
Ironically, this is not the first time Buckley's version of 'Hallelujah' has benefited from one of Simon Cowell's TV talent shows.
In March 2008, the song reached the top of Billboard's Hot Digital Songs chart after American Idol contestant Jason Castro performed the song on the show.
Embedding is disabled on YouTube but click this link to listen to it..it really is worth it.
WHERE DID YOU GET THAT HAT ?
(Joseph J. Sullivan) (1888)
(James Rolmaz) (1901)
J.C. Heffron
Also recorded by :
Stanley Holloway
Now how I came to get this hat, 'tis very strange and funny
Grandfather died and left to me his property and money
And when the will it was read out, they told me straight and flat
If I would have his money, I must always wear his hat
CHORUS
"Where did you get that hat? Where did you get that tile?
Isn't it a nobby one, and just the proper style?
I should like to have one Just the same as that!"
Where'er I go, they shout "Hello! Where did you get that hat?"
If I go to the op'ra house, in the op'ra season
There's someone sure to shout at me without the slightest reason
If I go to a concert hall to have a jolly spree
There's someone in the party who is sure to shout at me
CHORUS
At twenty-one I thought I would to my sweetheart get married
The people in the neighbourhood had said too long we'd tarried
So off to church we went right quick, determined to get wed
I had not long been in there, when the parson to me said
CHORUS
I once tried hard to be M.P. but failed to get elected
Upon a tub I stood, round which a thousand folks collected
And I had dodged the eggs and bricks (which was no easy task)
When one man cried, "A question I the candidate would ask!"
CHORUS
When Colonel South, the millionaire, gave his last garden party
I was amongst the guests who had a welcome true and hearty
The Prince of Wales was also there, and my heart jumped with glee
When I was told the Prince would like to have a word with me
