Adam (1909-1993) was a Glasgow born Scottish poet, collagist and photographer who was part of a literary movement contemporaneous to the Beat Generation that occurred in San Francisco during the 1950s and 1960s. Though often associated with the Beat poets, she would more accurately be considered one of the predecessors of the Beat Generation. While her continued use of the ballad form _mystified_ many of the poets more associated with the movement, the _magic and knowledge she brought to San Francisco startled the young wild sages of its Renaissance with a special kind of madness._ Robert Duncan once referred to Adam as _the extraordinary nurse of enchantment._ - wiki
Young Marble Giants were a Welsh post-punk band formed in Cardiff, Wales, in 1978. Their music was based around the vocals of Alison Statton along with the minimalist instrumentation of brothers Philip and Stuart Moxham. Read more above. As for preent, Statton is living in Cardiff, Wales and works as a chiropractor. - wiki
Young Marble Giants were a Welsh post-punk band formed in Cardiff, Wales, in 1978. Their music was based around the vocals of Alison Statton along with the minimalist instrumentation of brothers Philip and Stuart Moxham. Read more above. As for preent, Statton is living in Cardiff, Wales and works as a chiropractor. - wiki
An indie mumblecore that set the bar for the genre, directed by Joe Swanberg with Mark Duplass as one of three men, love interests of Hannah. I came upon this film b/c I'm binging on the Duplass brothers' work. Found it on Criterion. Soundtrack composer Kevin Bewersdorf is mostly an actor, having little more public works in the music vein. He's got an album Faded Glory released in 2020
Little info available on this artist, and the groups name is sometimes _Sherman_ and also _Shaman._ Discogs says Yamahira. Japanese singer-songwriter. Born January 23, 1952 in Akita prefecture. Died October 13, 2004 following a hit-and-run accident.
Jandek is the musical project of Sterling Smith, a Houston, Texas-based American lo-fi folk singer. Since 1978, Jandek has independently released over 120 albums while granting an interview extremely rarely and providing no biographical information, releasing on a self-made label, _Corwood Industries_.[] Jandek often plays an idiosyncratic and frequently atonal form of folk and blues music, frequently using an open and unconventional chord structure.[3] AllMusic has described Jandek as _the most enigmatic figure in American music. - wiki. On October 17, 2004, at Glasgow, Scotland's Instal Festival (an annual event celebrating experimental music), a tall, slender man in a dark grey shirt, black slacks, and a fedora walked onto the stage and began performing with bassist Richard Youngs and drummer Alex Neilson. While the artist was not announced and he was not identified in the program, word quickly spread that Jandek had made his first documented live appearance at the event, which was later confirmed by fellow Instal participants. - Allmusic (see link)
Chilton (1950-2010) was an American musician, singer-songwriter and record producer, best known as the lead singer of the Box Tops and Big Star.[3] Chilton's early commercial success in the 1960s as a teen vocalist for the Box Tops was never repeated in later years with Big Star and in his subsequent indie music solo career on small labels, but he drew an intense following among indie and alternative rock musicians. He is frequently cited as a seminal influence by influential rock artists and bands, some of whose testimonials appeared in the 2012 documentary Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me. He died of a heart attack in New Orleans after suffering symptoms, but delayed going to the hospital b/c he didn't have health insurance. - wiki
Ryoko Ono / alto & soprano saxophones, flute, keyboards; Tatsuya Yoshida, drums. ONO, born in Sapporo (currently playing mainly in Nagoya), is one of active Japanese female saxophone / flute players. Already renowned as a collaborator with Sax Ruins, Psyche Bugyo, or Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O., whilst recording material for some demo CD-Rs. In May 2012, Ryoko has released her solo debut work _Undine_ via an independent label Doubt Music at last. - progarchives.com
Radio celebrity, virtuoso organist, religious science, minister and early pioneer of ""new age"" music. Born 1908 — died December 15, 1982. Click link for more.
Cassette tapes of this session, which included 7 songs, were distributed privately circa 1985 to people the band knew. Someone who received a tape then cited 1985, though two articles I saw suggest 1986. This recording is the only studio recording ever made by Going Home. Info gleaned from multiple interviews and articles discloses Hope and Sylvia started playing and writing songs together when Hope was 15 (1981 or 1982). By early 1985 they were gigging in the L.A. area. From a magazine article...._Back in high school,_ recounts Hope, _my friend Sylvia Gomez and I were always depressed, and we'd just stay in the house and write songs. One day Kendra [Smith of the band Opal] came by, asked us to play some songs, and she liked it. We made a tape and Kendra gave the tape to David._
Washington (aka Ruth Lee Jones, 1924-1963) peaked to #1 on the U.S. R&B charts for the week of July 25, 1960 and put her on the map. She was deep into church singing before embarking on club singing when she was just 15. She had a tumultuous live, marrying seven times, eight, or nine times, depending on which reference you use. She died at home in Detroit, in her sleep, from a lethal combination of secobarbital and amobarbital, prescriptions for her insomnia and diet.
Features on piano Devin Oktar Yalkin. The Necks discography can be generally divided into two types of releases: single tracks that unfold over the length of a full record, and collections of about two to four tracks in the fifteen–twenty minute range. Bleed falls into the former category, and is their first single track album since 2018’s Body. Click link for more on this latest release
"This is the second studio album for the group. Justin Vernon (aka Justin DeYarmond Edison Vernon, b: 1981 in Eau Claire, WI), band leader and founder, who hired well-known players like bass saxophonist Colin Stetson and pedal-steel guitarist Greg Leisz. He said, _I built the record myself, but I allowed those people to come in and change the scene._ The second album is described as an _ambitious musical departure_ from the first. - wiki"
Habibi Habbas is one of the most unusual fictional musical groups of the period, ...(fiction begins here) formed in Libya in the mid-1970s and uniquely blending psychedelic rock, Arabic pop and funk. The group's name combines the word _Habibi_, which reflects the warm and friendly atmosphere of Arab culture, with the expression _Habbas_, which refers to groove-filled and energetic music. Their first album, _Funky Caravan_, released in 1976, attracted attention both in the local and international music scene and brought them cult status.
Born Dorothy Rosalie Giaimo (1929-2021) was an American jazz singer and drummer born in La Brea, CA. She played with many greats, starting in her teens (Mingus and guitarist Nick Esposito). It's said by musicians who knew and worked with her she didn't get the exposure she deserved b/c she was a woman. Her husbands (she had three) had lots influence in her directoion, encouraging or discouragingl . She was hired by Benny Goodman in 1961 and, the story goes ..._ten days into the engagement at the club, Goodman forgot to introduce her when he name-checked some members of his 10-piece band. When the crowd demanded that he announce her name, he relented, and she received a standing ovation. But as she left the bandstand, she later recalled, Goodman’s manager whispered _Bye_ in her ear, indicating that she was being fired for getting more applause than her boss._ In 1977, Marian McPartland formed an all-female group with Dodgion, Vi Redd, Mary Osborne and Lynn Milano.[1] Dottie moved to Washington, D.C. for a time, where she was musical director of the club The Rogue and Jar, but the venue closed in January 1979; Click link for her obit in the NYTimes.
Ron Mann put together this compilation of poets/poetry and distributed in on a CD Rom. Now discontinued, it featureed performances, interviews, and original texts by Helen Adam, Miguel Algarin, Amiri Baraka, Ted Berrigan, Michael Ondaatje, Spalding Gray, Charles Bukowskiand others. Voyager Company released dozens of high-quality educational CD-ROMs between 1993 and 2000 before being bought out by Learn Technologies, which then quietly went out of business sometime in 2002. For more on Helen Adam, see above, and click link to a bio
he first solo album by singer and producer Linda Perry. Grace Slick joins here on this one, with the other musicians as follows: Linda Perry – vocals, guitars, piano, bass; Bill Bottrell – guitars, bass, drums; Kevin Gilbert – keyboards, guitars; Dan Schwartz – bass, steel guitar; Brian MacLeod – drums, percussion; Lisa Germano – violin (appears courtesy of 4AD Records)
Maghrebis were known in ancient and medieval times as the Roman Africans or Moors. Today, the term mean "Westerner", denoting their location in the western part of the Arab world. Maghrebis are predominantly of Arab and Berber origins.aka Jonathan Tim Jr. (1927-1993). Abdul-Malik is remembered for integrating Middle Eastern and North African music styles in his jazz music.[3] He was a bass player for Art Blakey, Earl Hines, Randy Weston, and Thelonious Monk, among others - wiki (click link for full overview)
‘Habu Raminibu’incorporates recordings by Jonas Rocha of a healing chant of the Huni Kuin people who live deep in the Amazon where Peru’s border meets Brazil…“seeks to honour and represent” this heritage, respecting “this rare cultural treasure.” Dancefloor healing at its best.
Shabaka Hutchings is a British jazz saxophonist, clarinettist and band leader. He leads the bands Sons of Kemet and Shabaka and the Ancestors. He is also a member of The Comet Is Coming, performing under the stage name King Shabaka.
