Somebody sent me Paul Robeson 'American Ballads'. Was a very strange pick, considering how I usually lean towards more instrumentally complex, or experimental stuff.
Suppose somebody was trying to expand on my limited love early African American folk music like Leadbelly, trying to give me something different, wanted to be **** sure it wasn't something I've already heard, or did so randomly. Yet, it almost immediately struck me as an odd choice.
With that said, I actually quite enjoyed it more than I thought. There was a lot of small elements that kept it fresh and unique through out. Paul Robeson's very deep voice also kept things very interesting. I also think the final overly patriotic finishing 10 minute piece was quite interestingly intricate, favorite probably being 'Water Boy' an a cappella piece with very very interesting use of backup singers. Very masculine, and powerful. Maybe a tad dated or cheesy at points, but that never deters me.
Good stuff, I well enjoyed my present.
Now, I'm going to do in very typical fashion take a stab at who gave me the gift. I have 3 sort of potential culprits in mind. So, here they are.
1. Billy Jerome - Always intrigued by his music taste. It's honestly not a whole lot like anything I've ever heard. It's not 'weird' music like I listen to, but it's very much it's own. I remember on mumu he used to upload a lot of 50s-60s era sort of movie soundtrack type stuff, early folk music, and world music. Could imagine this being under his umbrella.
2. The Phanastasio - Can imagine very much something she'd get into. She seems very historical about music, and could have spotted the blues musicians which make up my list like 'Leadbelly', 'Son House', etc. Knowing I probably haven't listened much to Robeson, and may like it as I like a lot of theatrical type stuff, might have sent it.
3. JackPat - This is another likely culprit in the sense he knows fairly extensively my music taste, and would probably be willing to do something I haven't heard before. He also has an extensive interest in early black folk music, even if particularly blues, and might send me something like this to catch me off guard, or mask the fact he was sender.
Anyways, those are my three guesses, I can't wait to see how close I am/not.
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