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Animal Collective | Birdsongs of the Mesozoic |Chuck Brown
Sondre Lerche | Low Millions |
Bjorn Lynne
Jody Marshall |
Al Petteway & Amy White | Nancy Rumbel
Lydia Salnikova

 

 


IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Chuck Brown
"Godfather of Go-Go"

How did the contributions of others to the go-go music you originated make you more creative?

"It was a great compliment to me that so many groups and musicians have been inspired by go-go music and included it in their sound and music. So many bands in Washington have formed and play go-go exclusively. I love to hear go-go-influenced records by popular artists on the radio. It inspires me to keep doin' what I do."
- Chuck Brown
www.windmeupchuck.com

 

 
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Chuck Brown is the "Godfather of Go-Go", a type of funk especially popular in the Washington, D.C. area. Go-go is one of the inspirations for my own East of the River - [SAMPLE] [LINK].

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Lydia Salnikova

What work are you most proud of? 

"As a constantly searching and developing artist, I think I’m yet to create music I’m most proud of. At this time, though, that would have to be one track I did on Bering Strait’s (the band I used to be in) second album Pages, called Safe In My Lover’s Arms. I wrote the song and got to sing it against a symphony orchestra (and not much else). An interesting story on how the song was written – in Sanford, Florida where Bering Strait once performed, I was warming up before the show in the green room. I heard a droning sound that wouldn’t go away – it was the sound of air-conditioning. I started humming, then harmonizing with it, and before I knew it a melody started shaping up and this song was born. I’m hoping to go in the studio next week and work on another version of that song, different from the Pages cut – simpler and more intimate."
- Lydia Salnikova
www.lydiasalnikova.com

 

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Listen to Safe in My Lover's Arms on Lydia's website - magnificent!
www.lydiasalnikova.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 


 


IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Nancy Rumbel

What's the most unusual instrument you've used?
"The double wooden ocarina because you play and hear two notes at once. I first saw this amazing little instrument at a craft fair in New York in the late 70s. Some years later, Alan, the original instrument maker, stopped making them and moved to France. I prayed that mine would not break, get lost or stolen. In the meantime, I met some people in Alaska who Alan eventually decided were the right ones to pass on his instrument-making knowledge to, so now I have a wonderful source for ocarinas (www.doubleocarina.com). Often people don't know what an ocarina is, but more young adults and children know about them because of the video game, Zelda the Ocarina of Time. Eric [Tingstad] and I are getting ready to tour Korea where apparently thousands of ocarina players have created clubs. It will be fun to introduce the double wooden ocarina to them!"

- Nancy Rumbel

www.tingstadrumbel.com/

 

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T&R won a Grammy in 2003 for their New Age album Acoustic Garden (Amazon link to the right).

Nancy Rumbel's 'Notes from the Tree of Life' album is a gem. You can order it directly from her at NRumbel [at] aol [dot] com. She likes to hear from her fans, so drop her a note of appreciation.

Nancy Rumbel writes: "There was terrific enthusiasm for the ocarina in Korea --- and they kept giving me gifts of ocarinas --- I even SIGNED ocarinas! Very wild!"

 

 

 


 

 

 

IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Animal Collective

How do you maintain your creativity?
"By living a life and not just staying inside and petting our cats."
- Brian Weitz ('Geologist')

www.paw-tracks.com/



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Experimental.

Animal Collective released a new album in January 2009 -

Congratulations to the band for making Billboard's Top Independent Albums and Heatseekers (new artists) charts!


IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Birdsongs of the Mesozoic

What's your favorite CD?
"'Noche en Vela' by Christian Vieussens.
He's a wonderful French woodwind player; the CD is spectacular
and brilliant."

- Ken Field, Saxophonist Birdsongs of the Mesozoic

 - Ken's other websites -
Revolutionary Snake Ensemble and KenField.org

[Amazon link to Vieussens CD below]
 

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Experimental rock-n-roll. 

This band has played the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., no mean feat.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


"'Noche en Vela' by Christian Vieussens is available on Amazon's German site. Copy and paste this URL into your browser -
    http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005S377/herbye-21/028-1629646-7500512


IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Sondre Lerche

What really helped you learn your instrument?

"After failing to learn the classical guitar, the songs of Tom Jobim proved more appealing to both heart and fingers."

- Sondre Lerche
Norwegian Pop Artist

 
www.SondreLerche.com


Learn about Antonio Carlos 'Tom' Jobim here.
 

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September 2009 - Heartbeat Radio, "Sondre Lerche's boldest and most challenging record yet" - Amazon

               CD                            MP3
 


IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Low Millions

Which of today's hot acts is most likely to endure?
"U2 is at the moment my favorite band. They
manage to infuse their music with a transcendent value that gives them an
edge over all other popular bands today. Pound for pound, song for song, they are outranked only by the Beatles and the Stones."
- Adam Cohen
of
Low Millions
www.lowmillions.com

 

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Congratulations to Low Millions for hitting number 3 on MediaGuide's Commercial Triple A Radio Singles Chart with their song Eleanor (sample it on Amazon).

U2 was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in March 2005.

'Ex-Girlfriends' was picked as a DJ favorite of the year for 2004 by Barry Cosgrove, on-air host at WEHM-FM in Long Island, New York.

 

 


IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Bjorn Lynne

Who was your biggest influence?
"My biggest influence was the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO). Their music was so inventive, so powerful, so colourful. Among others, I thank ELO and their main composer/arranger, Jeff Lynne, for pointing the way for me into music, and for giving me the burning interest in music which has since become both a hobby and a profession for me."

- Bjorn Lynne, Norwegian-born electronica, TV, and videogame composer www.lynnemusic.com/
 

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Video games are bigger business than
first-run movie box office in the US, so
success in this area is nothing to sneeze
at.


IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Jody Marshall

What drew you to the dulcimer?

"I was enchanted by the sound and the way it looked when it was being played, like little wooden shoes dancing all over the strings."
- Jody Marshall

 

www.jodymarshall.net



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If you ever get a chance to see Jody in concert, by all means go - she's delightful! She told me during intermission that she pulls different sound qualities out of the dulcimer with different types of hammers, e.g., leather-tipped.

 


IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Al Petteway
& Amy White

What Adventure in Music do you recommend?
"For a great adventure in musical creativity and inspiration, we
 recommend exploring unfamiliar tunings on your stringed instruments."
- Al Petteway
& Amy White
Award-Winning Contemporary Acoustic Artists
www.alandamy.com

Heard Daily on NPR

Read about Al's contribution to Ken Burns' 'Mark Twain' soundtrack here.
 

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Al Petteway's original 'Dogue Creek',
later adapted for Ken Burns' 'Mark Twain' soundtrack, appeared on the
1993 'Waters' album -

 

 

 

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