tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-265961142011-12-21T12:45:02.228ZAladdin's Cave Canemlong tail music and information for an age yet to comeTarAntXonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05254621952799733842noreply@blogger.comBlogger51100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26596114.post-91153821183520110112010-04-13T00:16:00.009+01:002010-04-13T06:00:33.856+01:00k.d. lang speaksI have just received this insightful post from the wonderful k.d. lang, one of my favourite singers ever. In time I will restore a concert or two that I managed to ecstatically record when she'd performed bringing the house down in London in the mid-eighties. What amazing memories! It will take some time but I think I will manage to extract something audible out of the hiss, despite the health TarAntXonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05254621952799733842noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26596114.post-53977529915863556482010-03-25T21:49:00.004Z2010-03-25T21:52:40.150ZBlue Beat Singles Collection vol.2 & vol. 3
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TarAntXonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05254621952799733842noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26596114.post-8527917191560729702009-12-08T14:05:00.005Z2009-12-10T15:10:41.133ZBlue Beat Singles Collection vol. 01BB01 - Boogie Rock c/w Heavenly Angel - Laurel Aitken & The Boogie Cats
BB02 - Dumplins - Byron Lee & Dragonaires c/w Kissing Girl - Buddy Davidson w/ Byron Lee & The Dragonaires
BB03 - Manny Oh! c/w When You Tell Me Baby - Higgs & Wilson with Ken's Comets
BB04 - Lollipop Girl c/w Dearest Darling - The Jiving Juniors with Duke Reid's Group
BB05 - My Heart's Desire c/w I Love You - The Jiving TarAntXonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05254621952799733842noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26596114.post-47875378910244024812009-11-30T14:26:00.001Z2009-11-30T15:33:14.939ZRoy Smeck - The Wizard of the Strings
Always on the lookout for interesting music related vintage stuff and prompted by a dear friend who was looking for an old banjo to extend her musical prowess, I stumbled upon a neglected yet beautiful instrument a few days ago that was requiring a bit of fixing and TLC, so I just had to have it.
It's a Harmony Roy Smeck tenor banjo which can be seen in action in the attached clip from 1926 [TarAntXonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05254621952799733842noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26596114.post-15507040387081428942009-09-11T20:23:00.003+01:002009-12-09T08:30:52.286ZJamaican Ska celebration
Here’s my tribute to the diaspora of Jamaican music -images derived from a BBC documentary aired a few years ago.
I prepared the video some time ago to celebrate 50 years of music from Jamaica and have adapted the soundtrack to feature some of my favourite tunes from the first ska era: Derrick Morgan - Forward MarchCount Ossie's Grounation [feat. Bunny & Skitter] - Cool BreezeDerrick Morgan - TarAntXonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05254621952799733842noreply@blogger.com2