Monday, 21 April 2014

Til It All Melts Away....


Apparently all the tracks from my Wood & Wire release 'Til It All Melts Away are available for streamage on YouTube. Had no idea! Makes sense as it's Creative Commons. If you haven't already check them out and phase out to the excellent Kim B. Cadell painting as it's displayed on the screen. The album is still downloadable for free on CC licence HERE and HERE and probably a whole bunch of other places. Download it, bootleg it, use it in your movie. Do as you will! OK enough self promotion. More obscure fiddling advocacy to come sooooon. Adam

Wednesday, 16 April 2014

Township Violin Jive...Serious... Part 1


I know very little about this sort of music other than that it has a strong rockabilly vibe to it yet is distinctively different from it...sawing violin like no other this music is predominantly Zulu and comes stomping out of the Townships of South Africa. Incredible music. For anyone who hasn't yet best go check out a previous post of mine about the brilliant Jive fiddler Noise Khanyile...

Monday, 14 April 2014

Toure Playing N'jarka


There's nothing noted here to explain it but I'm pretty sure this is the legendary Malian griot Ali Farka Toure playing a bit of fiddle while he hangs out...incredible.

Some Serious West African Fiddling


Now here's a find. Some incredible one-string spike-fiddle shredding somewhere in West Africa (maybe The Gambia?) from 1989 apparently. Enjoy.

Violin and Kora


This video is interesting...not exactly my cup of tea approach-wise though. Definitely could be a lot grittier and dynamic...the violin more seriously mimicking and then transforming and subverting the Kora lines and vice-versa...perhaps that did happen - this is only a snapshot after all. Most importantly I thought I was the only white guy violinist other than Thomas "Kwame" Woernle who rocked traditional West African dress when playing! Nice one Max.