Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 ‘From the New World’ | Paavo Järvi and the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich | DW Classical Music

Music from a “new world” that has made it up into space: Antonin Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 is one of the most popular pieces in the world among orchestras. The master of transparent sound, Paavo Järvi, conducts his world-class ensemble Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich. The performance was recorded live on September 1,…

LUCIANA SOUZA – Live @ Tiny Desk Concert (2024)

Felix Contreras, May 17, 2024 | I’m not the first to say it: jazz and Brazilian music are like very close first cousins. There is a historical DNA connecting the two traditions, but also linked by harmonic construction, ample room for improvisation and plain old swing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49zIojl1CM4 In Luciana Souza’s performance, all of the above…

DICK DALE – Misirlou (live 1995)

"Misirlou" (Greek: Μισιρλού < Turkish: Mısırlı 'Egyptian' < Arabic: مصر Miṣr 'Egypt') is a folk song from the Eastern Mediterranean region. Arabic, Greek, and Jewish musicians were playing it by the 1920s. The earliest known recording of the song is a 1927 composition by Teto Dimitriades, an Ottoman-born Greek composer who immigrated to the United…

MR. BVNGLE & DVANE DENISON – God Hates a Coward | Tomahawk cover | Live (2024)

Is this musical endogamy? The follow-up could be Mr. Bungle covering Mr. Bungle! Tomahawk is an American rock supergroup. They formed in 1999 when singer/keyboardist Mike Patton met guitar player Duane Denison and the pair started swapping tapes with the intention of collaborating. Denison then recruited drummer John Stanier, while Patton invited bass player Kevin…

SECRET CHIEFS 3 – Shoel / Brazen Serpent | Live @ Big Ears (2024)

Secret Chiefs 3: Band of Bands. That really has the perfect overbearing ring to it. When the "satellite band" idea was announced with 2004’s “Book of Horizons” it must have seemed like a pretty outlandish delusion of grandeur. That it certainly was. And a decade later the grandeur of the delusion has expanded beyond outlandishness…

MONIKA ROSCHER BIGBAND – Direct Connection (live)

Monika Roscher Bigband is comprised of 18 musicians and exists somewhere between math-rock, prog-jazz, avant-pop and experimental electronics. Formed in in Munich in 2011 the band soon made waves with their thrilling live performances and the boundary bashing ideas of Monika Roscher, their founder, singer, guitarist and conductor. Their first two albums Failure in Wonderland (2012, Enja…

CODE ORANGE – Live on Audiotree from Nothing (2023)

Working together for over 15 years with the same group of people is never easy, but for Code Orange, it’s their mission. Through trial and error, vocalist and band leader Jami Morgan has realized the strengths of his 5 band members need to be harnessed, not suppressed. In doing so, Code has maintained an unique…

LIDO PIMIENTA – Boiler Room x Ballantine’s Trve Mvsic 10 | Live Set | Bogotá (2024)

Lido Pimienta is a Colombian-Canadian musician and singer-songwriter. She rose to prominence after her 2016 album, La Papessa, won the 2017 Polaris Music Prize. Wikipedia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tvlc6fvybec&ab_channel=BoilerRoom Originally from Barranquilla, Colombia, she later immigrated to Canada, settling in London, Ontario, before moving to Toronto, where she is currently based.[5] Her father died when she was six years…

GREYSON NEKRVTMAN & SEPVLTVRA – Inner Self (live)

Greyson Nekrutman is way better than Eloy Casagrande. He is the current drummer of Brazilian heavy metal band Sepultura and former drummer of crossover thrash band Suicidal Tendencies. Wikipedia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epqwRTxQeXQ&ab_channel=GreysonNekrutman Walking these dirty streetsWith hate in my mindFeeling the scorn of the worldI won't follow rules Blame and lies, contradictions ariseBlame and lies, contradictions arise Nonconformity…

PEEPING TOM – Live @ Dour Festival (2006)

Peeping Tom were an American rock band led by Mike Patton. To date, they have released one eponymous album and three singles on Ipecac Recordings. The band has featured a wide variety of well-known artists such as Amon Tobin, Massive Attack, Dub Trio, Odd Nosdam, Norah Jones, Bebel Gilberto, Dan the Automator, and Kool Keith.…