No, Choimara, I don't play any instrument - never had that kind of patience or talent. And how about you? Do you play anything already, or would you be starting from scratch with the dulcimer or pixie harp?
Those Laura Canell tracks were beautiful; as you say, very haunting. And thanks for posting some more Riff Raff. I've downloaded a few tracks from
Look Out Mama and like them all, so maybe I'll investigate Cat Power, who I don't know anything about. Your clip,
Little Things, is good too, but I got a big surprise when I came across a video on Y/tube for
Hungry Ghost. What a dramatic change of style and appearance!
French Canadian music has plenty of accordion, but La Bottine Souriente (= The Smiling Boot) are the best I've found so far. They have an album called
En Spectacle, and they have what is probably my favourite live music clip, which I'm now posting for about the fifth time on MB:-
For a completely different style of accordion playing, I can recommend this album by Hailu Mergia, from Ethiopia. This is the amazon page:-
https://www.amazon.com/Hailu-Mergia-...06E36B6DRDFVNP
And here's a little taste of his music, which is lively, cool and mysterious all at the same time:-
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