First feature of this years Haldern Pop bands:
Today: Charles Bradley and His Extraordinaires
Its late in the evening, the sun is going down, we all enter the Spiegeltent and we have some cool music to listen to.
Enter:
Charles Bradley (born 1948, Gainesville, Florida), commonly referred to as "The Screaming Eagle of Soul",
is a funk/soul/R&B singer signed to the Daptone Records label under the Dunham Records division.
His performances and recording style are consistent with Daptone's revivalist approach,
celebrating the feel of funk and soul music from the 1960s and 1970s.
One review stated that Bradley "echoes the evocative delivery of Otis Redding".
The World (Is Going Up In Flames)
Charles released his debut album “No Time For Dreaming” in 2011 at the age of 62.
Can you believe that?
Before his musical career he had hard times: no jobs, no money, no home.
This is reflected in his lyrics.
“This world
is going up in flames
and nobody
wanna take the blame
don't tell me
how to live my life
when you
never felt the pain”
Why Is It So Hard?
And never forget: The golden rule is LOVE!
Golden Rule
See you all in the Spiegeltent!!!
Wednesday, 30 May 2012
Wednesday, 16 May 2012
OANAZWANZG
Aloha hey Welt da draussen,
Heute nur ein kurzer Beitrag da in einem Internetcafe verfasst.
Am Montag hatten wir die Freude "Band Of Skulls" live im Gleis 22 in Münster zu erleben.
Sweet Sour
Tja und was soll ich sagen: It blew me away.
Die Intensität mit der die drei ans Werk gingen, der harmonische und elektrisierende Gesang von Russell Marsden und Emma Richardson und der Sog ihrer genialen Songs erzeugten eine intime, intensive Atmpshäre.
The Devil Takes Care Of His Own
Wenn ihr die Chance haben solltet sie live zu sehen: hingehen, hingehen, hingehen.
Fires
Ah yes and for everyone with english mother tongue: Go and see the "Band Of Skull"!!!
Why? See:
Zhe Devil Takes Care Of His Own (Live)
Heute nur ein kurzer Beitrag da in einem Internetcafe verfasst.
Am Montag hatten wir die Freude "Band Of Skulls" live im Gleis 22 in Münster zu erleben.
Sweet Sour
Tja und was soll ich sagen: It blew me away.
Die Intensität mit der die drei ans Werk gingen, der harmonische und elektrisierende Gesang von Russell Marsden und Emma Richardson und der Sog ihrer genialen Songs erzeugten eine intime, intensive Atmpshäre.
The Devil Takes Care Of His Own
Wenn ihr die Chance haben solltet sie live zu sehen: hingehen, hingehen, hingehen.
Fires
Ah yes and for everyone with english mother tongue: Go and see the "Band Of Skull"!!!
Why? See:
Zhe Devil Takes Care Of His Own (Live)
Thursday, 10 May 2012
ZWANZG
I feel the drums of my tribe
beating away in me
they are a hard long scream
a ghoul gangrene
i nibble stones for bread
yell no amen for me
they are this night
all just breaking glass
drums, i write you from afar
hear my pounding heart
“Wopko Jensma”
"And So I Watch You From Afar" are a three-piece instrumental post-rock band from Belfast, Northern Ireland. The band consists of Rory Friers on guitar, Johnny Adger on bass and Chris Wee on drums. They write largely instrumental music with group vocals in parts; Rory writes a lot of the music, but they arrange and contribute to these songs in the rehearsal room as a three-piece to make them into finished ASIWYFA songs; it is an ever-changing process.
At the end of August 2011 one of the four founding members, Tony Wright, left ASIWYFA and now plays music in his solo project VerseChorusVerse.
They released two albums:
The one from 2009 was self-titled and contained great songs such as
Set Guitars To Kill
or
S is for Salamander
In 2011 they launched their album “Gangs”, which could enter the Irish charts, including songs like
BEAUTIFULUNIVERSEMASTERCHAMPION
or
Search:Party:Animal
They continue to play gigs all over the planet and their fan base is growing fast. You could join them. Enjoy and let us know.
And don’t forget:
If it ain't broke... break it
beating away in me
they are a hard long scream
a ghoul gangrene
i nibble stones for bread
yell no amen for me
they are this night
all just breaking glass
drums, i write you from afar
hear my pounding heart
“Wopko Jensma”
"And So I Watch You From Afar" are a three-piece instrumental post-rock band from Belfast, Northern Ireland. The band consists of Rory Friers on guitar, Johnny Adger on bass and Chris Wee on drums. They write largely instrumental music with group vocals in parts; Rory writes a lot of the music, but they arrange and contribute to these songs in the rehearsal room as a three-piece to make them into finished ASIWYFA songs; it is an ever-changing process.
At the end of August 2011 one of the four founding members, Tony Wright, left ASIWYFA and now plays music in his solo project VerseChorusVerse.
They released two albums:
The one from 2009 was self-titled and contained great songs such as
Set Guitars To Kill
or
S is for Salamander
In 2011 they launched their album “Gangs”, which could enter the Irish charts, including songs like
BEAUTIFULUNIVERSEMASTERCHAMPION
or
Search:Party:Animal
They continue to play gigs all over the planet and their fan base is growing fast. You could join them. Enjoy and let us know.
And don’t forget:
If it ain't broke... break it
Monday, 30 April 2012
NÜNZEHA
Hey guys, today in german...
Neigst du zu Fernweh?
Neigst du zu Fernweh?
Suchst du Freiheit?
Bist du heiß auf neue Erfahrungen?
Liebst du das surfen?
Hörst du gerne gute Musik?
Dann schau dir „The Drifter“ an. Dieser Film von und mit Rob Machado ist zwar schon drei Jahre alt, aber seine Faszination ungebrochen. Rob war ein sehr erfolgreicher und bekannter Pro-Surfer.
In „The Drifter“ entflieht er der Hektik und dem Stress unserer Welt und begibt sich auf eine Selbsterfahrungsreise nach Indonesien. Immer dabei natürlich: sein Surfboard.
Mehr und mehr entgleitet er so der Zivilisation, findet sich selbst in der Einsamkeit wieder, und konzentriert sich nur auf das Surfen und Schreiben.
Die verschiedenen Surf-Szenen sind wirklich faszinierend schön, Rob Machado zeigt was er kann. ;-)
Und der Soundtrack erst: Exzellent. Von den Black Keys über die Raconteurs, Iron&Wine, Tegan and Sara, Midlake bis zu MGMT und Yeasayer spannt sich das Spektrum.
Aber: Seid gewarnt: Dieser Film weckt Sehnsüchte aller Art. :-)
Sunday, 22 April 2012
ACHTZEHN
Last week, after having taught the topic 'growing up in Canada' for two weeks, I asked my 7th graders to draw a mindmap about Canada. Result: Canada is all about Robin from HIMYM, and 'everyone loves Nickelback'. The latter is a result of the textbook authors' desperate attempts to create semi-authentic material...but hey, WAIT! Canada has a little more to offer.
The Rural Alberta Advantage's band name pretty much sums up what they are about, and listening to them does give you an idea of what growing up - and living - in Canada might actually feel like. And that's best summed up in a quote from their myspace page:
"The Rural Alberta Advantage play indie-rock folk songs about hometowns and heartbreak, born out of images from growing up in Central and Northern Alberta. They sing about summers in the Rockies and winters on the farm, ice breakups in the spring time and the oil boom’s charm, the mine workers on compressed, the equally depressed, the city’s slow growth and the country’s wild rose, but mostly the songs just try to embrace the advantage of growing up in Alberta."
And mostly the songs have a unique quality to them that had me listening to them for a few hours on repeat. They're not your typical folk band, but have some pretty much straightforward stuff as well. And they excel in the art of speed changes (?) and surprising songwriting. The band have released two albums so far, Hometowns and Departing.
Frank, AB
is about a landslide. Listen to it and wait for the end - the vocals are heartbreakingly beautiful.
Four night rider
is about passion - and the raw energy of it. Great.
The ballad of the RAA
And all these things will pass
It's the good ones that will last
And right here what we've had
Is a good thing, it will last.
I just noticed I could post almost every single one of their songs. I won't. Only two more:
Don't haunt this place
a break up song that has all all the ups and downs in it. And still a positive vibe.
and finally (the only song from Departing so far)
Tornado '87 - once again about a tragedy. And still - amazing. That's the one that got me hooked, btw. Thanks, Geri! :) I doubt my 7th graders will be able to grasp the greatness of this band - I learned Justin Bieber is Canadian. Well. Fair enough. It's not all about Nickelback.
The Rural Alberta Advantage's band name pretty much sums up what they are about, and listening to them does give you an idea of what growing up - and living - in Canada might actually feel like. And that's best summed up in a quote from their myspace page:
"The Rural Alberta Advantage play indie-rock folk songs about hometowns and heartbreak, born out of images from growing up in Central and Northern Alberta. They sing about summers in the Rockies and winters on the farm, ice breakups in the spring time and the oil boom’s charm, the mine workers on compressed, the equally depressed, the city’s slow growth and the country’s wild rose, but mostly the songs just try to embrace the advantage of growing up in Alberta."
And mostly the songs have a unique quality to them that had me listening to them for a few hours on repeat. They're not your typical folk band, but have some pretty much straightforward stuff as well. And they excel in the art of speed changes (?) and surprising songwriting. The band have released two albums so far, Hometowns and Departing.
Frank, AB
is about a landslide. Listen to it and wait for the end - the vocals are heartbreakingly beautiful.
Four night rider
is about passion - and the raw energy of it. Great.
The ballad of the RAA
And all these things will pass
It's the good ones that will last
And right here what we've had
Is a good thing, it will last.
I just noticed I could post almost every single one of their songs. I won't. Only two more:
Don't haunt this place
a break up song that has all all the ups and downs in it. And still a positive vibe.
and finally (the only song from Departing so far)
Tornado '87 - once again about a tragedy. And still - amazing. That's the one that got me hooked, btw. Thanks, Geri! :) I doubt my 7th graders will be able to grasp the greatness of this band - I learned Justin Bieber is Canadian. Well. Fair enough. It's not all about Nickelback.
Wednesday, 18 April 2012
DIX-SEPT
I am a Jack Johnson fan for a very long time. I was very into his music when his first album was hardly available in Germany. This was back in spring 2003.
That same year the second album “on and on” came out. But it was not before “in between dreams” in 2005 he had his big break through worldwide. And when suddenly everyone knew about him and his guitar, that even the Berlin metro news would talk about him, something about his magic was gone. Don’t take me wrong: I still think he makes great music but something from the fascination is gone. “Gone going” just like Mr. Johnson sang. Of course the first albums are much better than the later ones. The first fans always know better, believe me!
I wondered if it was something about the age. The older you get, the more you become an adult, the more you lose of the fascination for things and the magic for them as well. I listened to great music in the previous years but not much touched me again in the same way.
Until now (of course!)! And this person actually reminds me a bit of Jack Johnson: he is from an island and is a surfer. His island is surrounded by cold waters and gets through long cold and wet winters, nevertheless his music has all the Hawaiian heat Jack was able to create with his simple hymns.
The mystery man is called Ben Howard. He is from Devon, UK and enjoys the company of his guitar too. However he has a more sophisticated recording with violin and background vocals.
I am probably not a fan from the first hours in that situation. Maybe it’s because I am getting older and I am not spending enough time listening to music in such depth as I used to do. Maybe Ben made me over think this all tonight and reminded me that some passions should not be left along the way.
I hope that the following appetisers will also give you this warm positive and energetic feeling in your chest just like in mine. If spring is taking time to arrive, my spring just arrived in my heart through my little earplugs and I imagine myself running between flower fields and dancing to the sunset!
That’s enough of cheesiness for today!
Peace!
That same year the second album “on and on” came out. But it was not before “in between dreams” in 2005 he had his big break through worldwide. And when suddenly everyone knew about him and his guitar, that even the Berlin metro news would talk about him, something about his magic was gone. Don’t take me wrong: I still think he makes great music but something from the fascination is gone. “Gone going” just like Mr. Johnson sang. Of course the first albums are much better than the later ones. The first fans always know better, believe me!
I wondered if it was something about the age. The older you get, the more you become an adult, the more you lose of the fascination for things and the magic for them as well. I listened to great music in the previous years but not much touched me again in the same way.
Until now (of course!)! And this person actually reminds me a bit of Jack Johnson: he is from an island and is a surfer. His island is surrounded by cold waters and gets through long cold and wet winters, nevertheless his music has all the Hawaiian heat Jack was able to create with his simple hymns.
The mystery man is called Ben Howard. He is from Devon, UK and enjoys the company of his guitar too. However he has a more sophisticated recording with violin and background vocals.
I am probably not a fan from the first hours in that situation. Maybe it’s because I am getting older and I am not spending enough time listening to music in such depth as I used to do. Maybe Ben made me over think this all tonight and reminded me that some passions should not be left along the way.
I hope that the following appetisers will also give you this warm positive and energetic feeling in your chest just like in mine. If spring is taking time to arrive, my spring just arrived in my heart through my little earplugs and I imagine myself running between flower fields and dancing to the sunset!
That’s enough of cheesiness for today!
Peace!
Monday, 16 April 2012
SECHZEHNEINHALB
It's about time I posted something, but again it's not music related. A while back a Denish friend of mine shared a link that I found intriguing: A photo project by a graduate of the Denish academy for journalism, Astrid Dalum, titled 'Jeg er kvinde', which translates as 'I am woman'. She has been awarded the Scanpic prize and rightly so. Even without text, the photos showing women of all ages and shapes get their message across - it's about women and their relation to their bodies.The black and white pics capture the women in a very individual, touching way. And the bodies we're speaking of here are not your usual magazine pictures. Just have a look and see for yourself. It certainly left a lasting impression on me...
And if you happen to be able to translate or decipher some Denish, you will find that the accompanying texts also have a story to tell.
And if you happen to be able to translate or decipher some Denish, you will find that the accompanying texts also have a story to tell.
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