Mining the Audio Motherlode, Volume 56 (MP3s)

Give the Drummer Some's
6 Favorite Downloads from the MP3 Blogosphere

With WFMU's annual fund-raising bobsled ready to rock the ice beginning this Monday, please take a moment to ponder the pile of shiny loot you've saved by helping yourself to all the free music Mining the Audio Motherlode has served up over the past year. Now, as you imagine the sweaty, subterranean toil the Miner endures to create this survey week after week, help us out by tossing a few of those coins in WFMU's fundraising fountain. Thanks a ton.

(1) Chiemi Eri was an established film and TV ingénue when she recorded these "folk" tunes in 1958 with Japan's premier ersatz Latin orchestra. ••• (2) If you believe Wikipedia, the nadaswaram is the "world's loudest non-brass acoustic instrument." If you believe your ears, the sound one of these steroidal oboes makes could erotically stimulate a billion wasps. The cool thing: They're usually played in pairs. Namagiripettai Krishnan (pictured on the left, below) was one of India's great virtuosos. ••• (3) Not sure what the story is behind John Gordon's sweet Erotica Suite from 1976. Collectors say this is one of the hardest-to-find LPs on the brilliant musician-owned Strata-East label. ••• (4) Maybe Tuvan throat singing isn't as old as the hills, but it's close. Barely in their twenties, the members of this precocious trio merely sound ancient. ••• (5) A published scholar and Ph.D. lecturer, Hollis "Chalkdust" Liverpool is also one of Trinidad's most beloved calypsonians. Chalkie's win last in year in the Calypso Monarch competition was his eighth, tying him for most ever with Mighty Sparrow. ••• (6) Raw post-war gospel straight up, including one performance from a live broadcast on New Jersey radio.

(1)

Swinging in from the East
Chiemi Eri & Tokyo Cuban Boys  ~  "Chiemi no Minyou Shuu"
(Forum: JPH!P)  [Scroll down the page]
From the album: Otemo-yan (mp3)

(2)

Blow Me
Namagiripettai Krishnan  ~  "Nadhaswaram"
(Blog: Raga Blog)

(3)

Tromboner
John Gordon  ~  "Erotica Suite"
(Blog: Strata-East Fan Club)
From the album: Ora Lee Tingle (mp3)

(4)

Sweet Wisdom of Youth
Chirgilchin  ~  "The Wolf & the Kid"
(Blog: Bluesmen's World (Music))

(5)

Each One Teach One
Chalkdust  ~  "The Master"
(Blog: Lakpizza)

(6)

Sensational! Sensational! Sensational!
Various  ~  "Oh Graveyard, You Can't Hold Me Always"
(Blog: On Muddy Sava Riverbank)
From the album: March Theme (mp3) by Sensational Happy Travelers

Listen for music from these and other incredible finds on
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Comments

[billie_k]

thought this one might be fun for you: http://kangnave.blogspot.com/2010/02/reference-of-female-fronted-punk-rock.html

[Chris]

That Mississippi Records comp is fantastic. Have you seen this link to a bunch of comp tapes sold only at the M. Records store in Portland (I think that's the story behind them)... http://disconcertedsounds.blogspot.com/2009/01/mississippi-records-compilations.html

[taco]

I have that N. Krishan LP-- played it to death when I got it, just seemed to hit the right spot at that time in my life.

[Sister Hairy Hymen]

John Gordon was a hero of mine when I was groing up, I played trombone, the man had a set of chops. I had this album for many years but had my stuff stolen bacxk in 81 when I was living in Syaracuse New York. Eventualy I got most of the stuff back but my record collection was never recovered. Thankx made my day

[Sister Hairy Hymen]

Has anyone besides me had a problem with the pass word for the tuvian singers. I cant get the password to work.

[Doug Schulkind]

I am using a Mac with the Safari browser, so I don't know if the following approach—which worked for me—will work with other set-ups:

1) Download the file via Rapidshare
2) Right-click (or control-click) on the zip file on your desktop
3) Open with Stuffit Expander (UnRarx, which I usually use doesn't work here)
4) Enter the password "bluesmen-worldmusic.blogspot.com" in the space when prompted.

This worked for me. Good luck!

[Sister Hairy Hymen]

Yeah it worked thanks. I use winzip and never had a problem
I found out that cut and paste only works if you cut and paste the right password whicj I did from your post.. Im a computer IDIOT.