Today, we are going to hear a performance of Secret Byrd by the Gesualdo Six.
This will be after we have been to the Atholl Gathering, where we be wandering around and listening to the piping competitions…
A few months ago, I discovered KEXP’s YouTube channel and I loved the concept of promoting artists in the form of short live performances.
I discovered a couple bands through this channel, and I subscribed in order to get informed about new released videos.
Late January or early February, I saw a notification for a newly released video, filmed in France during the Transmusicales music festival in Rennes (Brittany), and the thumbnail show two disguised guys with a really strange outfit. Their name? Angine de Poitrine. A name as crazy as their outfits. It didn’t really make want to watch, I thought it would be some punk band, not my thing. But after a few days seeing this notification popping again, I decided to watch it finally. And… what the heck? I never heard something like that. I didn’t realize the guitarist/bassist was actually playing a microtonal instrument, thinking that the out-of-state feel was created through some kind of modulation effect. What really hooked me up was how they played with tempo and time signature, avoiding the 4/4 as much as possible, yet sounding so groovy.
Since then, Angine de Poitrine blew up the international music scene, everyone is talking about that weird Québécois band, including Rick Beato. For a good reason. And now, everyday I get my dose of AdP through my playlist and I feel happier.
I’m surprised nobify here mentioned AdP. Here’s the KEXP video link, starting at the the “Fabienk” song which I really like, but maybe I’m partial because they call “Sébastien” half the way through the song…
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KEXP is a gold mine of performances.
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The thing about Eurovision and the UK runs deep… Everyone in the UK knows that, in general the artist, however famous or good, won’t get any points… Nil point, as they say… It’s become a ‘joke’ not to give UK any points… Not in a nasty way, just a thing that happens.
The UK followers seem to be fine with this, enjoying Eurovision for the outrageous performance and glitter and dancing… A generally good feeling show that some people absolutely love.
Me, I don’t watch it, not interested, but being from the UK I understand we’ll never win again, let alone get more than a consolation point or two…
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Is this Eurovision or the World Cup?
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Don’t think you’ve heard Staying Alive like this. Saw this video yesterday and was in awe. 
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Bonus; One Night in Bangkok. lol
Had forgotten this one
What a thumbnail
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Oh god… how did it start there
(Ignore, misunderstood)
I guess, yeah, looks provocative… maybe they did that on purpose… I just posted it to a thread on little known but good songs on Bluesky and it got flagged as adult. So your instincts are better than mine.
So much outstanding technique and energy; bringing together lots of different cultures:
Here an outstanding interpretation of a song from another hero of mine
no comment necessary here:
following this for many years; was lucky enough to hear them live
Another set of folks that are just outworldly
you shouldn’t complain. UK actually won 5 times over the years
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I worked at a movie theater that played Saturday Night Fever, and it was complete pandemonium. Huge crowds, people dressed up in leisure suits and sequined dance gown and about half of them all drugged up of who knows what. We hired off-duty cops to watch the exits because people were always trying sneak in through the fire exits
This went on for two months and finally fizzled out. Goodbye Sister Disco.
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It’s just an observation but Travolta was there for the peaks of 3 genre’s back in the day starting with retro 50s to Disco and finally the Urban Cowboy period. Not sure how he or his handlers pulled this one off.
You forgot turn-of-the-century computer hacker techno.
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Ah, but don’t forget Welcome Back, Kotter. Poor John was hopelessly typecast and Urban Cowboy only made things worse. Only Quentin Tarantino could bring him back to life brilliantly as the hitman Vincent Vega in PulpFiction.
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What?..Where?.. lol
Oh me like that
I’ll take your AdP and raise you some DLGZ…
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Brian Eno & Karl Hyde - “Who Rings The Bell” from the album Someday World.
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I have been OBSESSED with AdP since March. I managed to get tickets for one of their November NYC performances…
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