Hypnotic Brass, Adam Page, The Bamboos, The Verses...why not?

Date aired: 13th November 2011

Well this week I had very little time to prepare for this hour of music so I threw together some tunes from my personal collection. Which of course includes a fair amount of Australian content.
I was a little disappointed to miss out on Hypnotic Brass Ensemble playing again in Adelaide on Friday night after seeing their 2010 performances. They really are a dynamic live show. It's just no fun going by yourself... :)

Playlist

Party started - Hypnotic Brass Ensemble - album "Hypnotic Brass Ensemble"
Ballicki Bone - Hypnotic Brass Ensemble - album "Hypnotic Brass Ensemble"
War - Hypnotic Brass Ensemble - album "Hypnotic Brass Ensemble"
Jupiter - Hypnotic Brass Ensemble - album "Hypnotic Brass Ensemble"
Ask that mountain - Adam Page - album " Seedy CD"
January in Adelaide - Adam Page - album "Seedy CD"
Inspiration - Adam Page solo - album "no relation to Han.."
You ain't no good - The Bamboos - album "4" 2010
Like tears in rain - The Bamboos - album "4" 2010
Tears cried - The Bamboos - album "Sidestepper" 2008
Running Away - The Verses - album "Seasons" 2010
Midnight - The Verses - album "Seasons" 2010


 Ella doesn't drive. There was no stunt double. A stressful day for the owner of that classic car....! But it was all cool...nice vintage Australian styling for this music clip.

If these dudes were playing music outside my train station I'd be late for work that morning....and rather short on cash for the day... :)
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble. They're all brothers...not just in music...

Womadelaide preview released this week.....

Date aired 23rd Oct

Playlist

Asimbonanga (Mandela) - Savuka & Johnny Clegg - "In my African Dream - the best of Johnny Clegg and Savuka" 1994
Love in the time of Gaza - Johnny Clegg - "Human" 2011
Nyembezi (Tears) - Johnny Clegg - "Human" 2011
Kwela Man - Juluka - "Scatterlings of Africa" 1982
Siyayilanda - Juluka - "Scatterlings of Africa" 1982
December African Rain - "Work for all" 1983
Bullets for Bafazane - "Work for all" 1983
Gathu Mawula revisited - Gurrumul and Blue King Brown - single release 2011
Us and Them - Blue King Brown - "Stand Up" 2006
Water - Blue King Brown - "Stand Up" 2006
Don't let go - Blue King Brown - "Stand Up" 2006
Come and check your head - Blue King Brown - "Stand Up" 2006

Lyrics - Bullets for Bafazane:



Shadow men from the outlands come to town
Looking for Bafazane they want to gun him down
Oh no
They say he thunders too loud and his people are proud
And they’ll never give in while he's still around
And it's the sky up above that he loves

Chorus: They've got bullets for Bafazane - They want to gun him down
They've got bullets for Bafazane - Now they're searching the town
They've got bullets for Bafazane - And the word's got around
They've got bullets for Bafazane

Eyes wide open in the backroom, finger on the trigger
Listening for any sound that will betray the silent deadly figure
He's got iron in his soul, he's got a smile in his eyes
He makes dancing shoes from old car tyres
And it's the sky up above that he loves

Chorus :
It's the sky up above that he loves
‘Cause he's still alive and for him that's enough

Interesting lyrics from an anthropologist/radical controversial musician....in 1983 - in South Africa.

Well it seems only fair as I mentioned it on air, that I put the clip here of the youtube vid of "Love in the time of Gaza."
Controversy again?

Surely not....
Johnny's father was Jewish and left when he was one year old.
But this clip that he had nothing to do with...well it sparked a bit of a reaction.

And then there was THIS that I saw for the first time thanks to "Adam Hills in Gordon St Tonight." aired on the ABC in 2011

Ah, Blue King Brown...more "music with a message" delivered via musical inspiration (and a fair bit of percussion)
:)

A bit of this....a bit of that....something other than the usual Roxfm playlist....

Date aired: 16th October

Playlist

On your way down - Allen Toussaint - "The Complete Warner Recordings" 2005
Shaolin Theme - The Shaolin Afronauts - "Flight of the Ancients" 2011
Shira - The Shaolin Afronauts - "Flight of the Ancients" 2011
All my life - Fyah Walk - "Ocean Sounds" 2005
Forget the hype - Fyah Walk - "Ocean Sounds" 2005
Shew Forth - Fyah Walk - "Ocean Sounds" 2005
Mas Papaya - Sidestepper - "3AM - in beats we trust" 2003
Hoy Tenemos - Sidestepper - "More Grip" 2000
Big bad handsome man - Imelda May - "Love Tattoo" 2008
Johnny got a boom boom - Imelda May - "Love Tattoo" 2008
Bury my troubles - Imelda May - "Mayhem" 2010
Let me out - Imelda May - "Mayhem" 2010

Allen Toussaint has just been to Adelaide earlier in Oct...
Flight of the Ancients album launched in Adelaide this week....
Fyah Walk, Sidestepper and Imelda May....just because.. :)

Fitness for work alert on the guy in the front row in the white t-shirt... :)

I'm in there somewhere in front of this camera.....brilliant live show at Womadelaide 2011.
And that big boofa head in front of Imelda...that's my youngest. :)

Join me in a musical journey - favourites.

Date aired: 29th May 2011

Playlist

The Favourite - Directions in Groove - album "Dig Deeper" 1994
Re-Invent Yourself - Directions in Groove - album "Directions in Groove" 2010
Reunion - Lettuce - album "Outta Here" 2002
Be Yourself - The New Mastersounds - album "Be Yourself" 2003
Ready or Not - Space Invadas ft Dank - album "Soul:Fi" 2010
Gathu Mawula revisited - Geoffrey Gurrumul & Blue King Brown - single released through Lion House Records 2011
Would you mind - Freshlyground - album "Radio Africa" 2010
Fire is Low - Freshlyground - album "Radio Africa" 2010
Galvanise - Speed Caravan - album "Kalashnik Love"
Mother - Afro Celt Sound System - album "Capture" 2010
Lagan - Afro Celt Sound System - album "Capture" 2010
Further in Time - Afro Celt Sound System - album "Capture" 2010

"Lagan"
Capturing the emotion of the performance minus the thump in the stomach.
After this song I was totally sold....best live performance I have EVER been to.
Still gives me goosebumps!

World Music Warm Up

Date aired: 20th November 2010

Pulling the rug - Imelda May
Rainfall - Nitin Sawhney
Breathing Light - Nitin Sawhney
Hold On - Angus and Julia Stone
Persistence of Memory - Afro Celt Sound System
When your falling - Afro Celt Sound System
Flowers - Hanggai
Jailer - Asa
Mayhem - Imelda May