Did you know? The Alan Lomax Archives over at YouTube regularly posts videos from their archives.
7 October 2011
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23 March 2011
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Just Play It! Jug Band T-Shirt
The Blurb: This morning’s t-shirt design with a guitar, washtub bass, ukulele, washboard, kazoo, jug & banjo; just a few of the instruments found in folk music and jug bands. With the funny saying: Just Play It! Because that’s pretty much all you need to do… (don’t I wish…)
Hope you like it!
7 March 2011
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Evelyn Glennie: How to listen to music with your whole body
More than surprise, doubt or self debate on “mysterious senses”, my main memory of that experience is one of delight; the magic of perception and perceiving.
16 January 2011
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Playing The Bones, A Quick Do It Yourself Guide
Found on Mother Earth News; a quick overview of rhythm bones playing that also explains how to “recycle” your evening’s beef ribs…
13 January 2011
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Taking Tap Into The 21st Century
Tuesday I went to the ABC, the cultural center here in La Chaux-de-Fonds, to see a performance by musician - dancer - composer - performer Steve Buchanan, who has created a “mini-interactive percussive/dance system”: the 2nd LINE…
2 August 2010
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The Bluegrass festival at La Roche s/Foron
The Bluegrass festival at La Roche s/Foron is pretty cool, it’s in the center of this small town that is situated not too far south of Geneva (a beautiful area just north of the French alps), is free, it lasts four days and if the groups on stage aren’t enough for you, many of the bands can be found playing in the streets or while sitting around a table at a local café. This year the weather was sunny and warm, perfect for hanging out and getting fat on bluegrass music…
18 March 2010
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2nd LINE - Steve Buchanan
The mysterious ways of the web… There I was checking for new rhythm bone videos when among the listed a video called “Dem Bones” by ==Steve Buchanan caught my attention. The name seemed familiar