Tag: Cover version
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RC 289: Pooh Sticks
A bear of little brain playing acoustic pooh sticks with lots of musical honey, from songs about sheep to a house party Fox, 8-bit grunge covers to Victorian space hip-hop, Spanish funk to castles in space, ancient synthesisers to arabic hiphop, and Clangers and steam engines oh my! And of course the usual helping of…
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Same as it ever was
Love this cover of Talking Heads ‘Once In A Lifetime’ by Angelique Kidjo – reclaiming and rebooting those African rhythms. She’s recorded the whole of Remain In Light, adding her own lyrics and style, so it comes full circle. I love her take on appropriation – she doesn’t see why it’s a problem if it’s…
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RC 285: War of the Roses
Sun is shining, the weather is sweet, make you want to move your plant pots out of the way of builder’s feet… Welcome to the jungle, how does your roses in your garden grow? Badly in my case, the builders are in and wrecking the place. This was the view from my window – but…
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Lloydbrary #100 with Radio Clash
A new spoken word podcast which marks several things: Ian Fondue’s Lloydbrary reaching #100 (delayed by several major life events), the end of 2017 and start of 2018, and the first time I’ve been part of a spoken podcast in over 3 years, a (brief?) break in my retirement! Older listeners will remember Ian co-hosted…
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Hannah Peel
Behind the curve on this one. I’ve been hearing Hannah’s name for ages used in the same breath as Anna Meredith who is a composer I love greatly, so mentally noted that I needed to check her out. I wasn’t disappointed, her music-box creations (called Rebox) covering electronic and indie songs are well worth it.…
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We Call It Acooustic
Needed cheering up, and this cute acoustic cover of We Call It Acieed by D-Mob featuring Gary Haisman did the trick. So sweet when she does the ‘Psycho Attack!’ parts. (via Jez Biggs)