Traditional Music

[bubblewrap]

I am a fan of traditional Cretan music is anybody interesed in any form of traditional music from any where else in
the world. see below one of my fovourate Cretan musicians
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=z7GjmwiEg6E
Hope people enjoy

[shirlthegirl43]

Although I don't go out and buy any (don't buy much music unless on 45), I quite enjoy Irish and Scottish folk music. Just love those jigs. I also love the sound of the bagpipes.

[Birdie Wife]

I listen to and play a lot of Scottish/Irish/English folk, there's a fantastic session at a local pub on a Wednesday night which unfortunatly isn't quite local enough for me to go every week. I try to gather songs from various places, old and new - Sandy Denny, Dougie Maclean and Joni Mitchell are some of my favourites, but I love the old old traditional songs too. Anyone see those Transatlantic Sessions on the box recently?

[HeyWayne]

I don't mind the odd bit of Cuban every now and then, not heard any Cretin music.

[Nicos]

Bubblewrap....We spent a few weeks in Crete in the 1970's and once the locals realised we weren't German, they chatted openly about their conflict with mainland Greece.
They used their music as an example of their different origin. It was described by them as 'spiders dancing on a hot tin roof'.
We bought a tape of the music...must go and find it.....

I quite like the old French hurdy gurdy music and ....(as one of my old school mates described it) ...Henry the 8th's Greatest Hits !
Now where did I put that tape?????.....

[JennieAtkinson]

Anyone see those Transatlantic Sessions on the box recently?

Transatlantic Sessions has been brilliant BW - and of course quite a number of Shetland musicians appearing too.

For me I just love the Shetland Folk Music scene. Session music is great, but some of the young Shetland Folk Musicians, such as Fiddlers Bid, have taken it into another league. I just can't stop my feet (and whole body) keeping time when the jigs and reels are being played and some of the slow airs just wring your heart out.

[NOG]

Well it being going for 35 years so it must be traditional by noe so I will throw my hand in with Oi!.
Without Oi! there would have been no Punk, New Wave, New Romantics, Mod Revival.

[bubblewrap]

It works both ways Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf & John Lee Hooker etc had a revival in the late 60s due to British bands playing their music Eg Cream,The rolling stones & Taste.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=WaIT0mKJ7D0

[scarey55]

I'm with you Birdie Wife, Joni Mitchell is a star. I have a pretty eclectic music choice ranging from Pink Floyd to Steely Dan but.... has anyone ever heard of Bullywee, a folk outfit who are brill. My Brother used to frequent a pub that had folk night on every first Thursday and heard them live and bought the "album" Worth a listen to if you like that sort of thing.

[Sue]

I love Bolivian music and I've got some Sicilian male unaccompanied singing which is weird but wonderful. Russian choirs, Bulgarian folk songs and my absolute favourite, Jordi Saval's reworking of the Sybilian prophecies sung by his wife Montserrat Figueras, have many different versions of this - could listen to it for hours. Early music rather than traditional, orginates from 11th Century. Apparently there is one place in the world, Palma Cathedral in Majorca where this is still performed, one day...
Also from Jordi Saval, Spanish-Sephardic music especially love the sound of a lute like stringed instrument called a sarod.
Sue

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[QUOTE=Nicos;144879]Bubblewrap....We spent a few weeks in Crete in the 1970's and once the locals realised we weren't German, they chatted openly about their conflict with mainland Greece.
They used their music as an example of their different origin. It was described by them as 'spiders dancing on a hot tin roof'.
We bought a tape of the music...must go and find it.....


There's Greece & then there's Crete(KPHTH)When I hear the Music I picture the landscape .

The problem with most tourists is they never venture more than a mile inland & see very little of the real Crete.I think the best bit is on the south of the island
Of the music I have a largish collection of Cretan music bought whilst on holiday

[nick the grief]

Mine taste is varied, I love Blues (howlin wolf, Robert Johnston BB King and the likes) I also like Metal, I annoy the kids by buying most of the bands that they like as well ( the New KT Tunstall album is good)

and then there is my green and fluffy side Fairport Convention, steeleye span, capaercaillie, Runrig and one or two others. I even have a few classical cd's somewhere

[TonyF]

North African music, Egyptian, Armenian music, Breton music - any music really but love what is generally called world music.

Nusrat Fatah Ali Khan, Sheila Chandra could go on for ever ..........

[Carl]

Hi Everyone,

I play sitar, which is North Indian classical music not traditional in the sense of folk music, oddly enough, I love North Indian classical music, particularly vocal - but also all kinds of folk music etc - if it's good I like it! (very subjective though, the word good!)


Carl

[everdream78]

I love anything with drums - drummers of Burundi, Kado drummers from Japan etc etc

Huge fan of renaissance choral music such as Thomas Tallis, William Byrd etc

Big fan of the Mediaeval Baebes and Loreena McKennitt too - MB do renaissance music with a modern twist and Loreena McKennit sets celtic/mediaeval words/tales/poetry etc to music using Moroccan instruments.