Favourite Tiny Desk Concert ?

OccultHawk · 09-09-2020, 06:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Lisnaholic

Have you notice that the Desk Concert series is continuing during the era of covid with home recordings? Here's a faultless session from Jacob Collier - just right if you are in the mood for some light, jazzy vocal harmonies beautifully executed:-

Between songs, one guy mentions the intriguing detail that they have been quarantined together for 10 weeks, so even if you don't care for their style of music, gotta give them credit for being on better terms with each other than The Beatles when they recorded Let It Be.

Man if I just heard that without the video proof I’d never believe they pulled off that perfect vocal harmonizations like that without meticulously using several individual takes in the studio. To pull that off in a single track live recording is something not many bands can do. That may not be first in line for what I usually listen to but damned if that don’t do it well.

OccultHawk · 09-09-2020, 06:40 AM

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Originally Posted by grindy

Not sure whether you are joking or really not recognizing that it's just one guy.

No ****ing way! I’m so busted! lol

What a gimmick!

Lisnaholic · 09-09-2020, 06:53 AM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

No ****ing way! I’m so busted! lol

What a gimmick!

Thank you for being taken in, just like I was!

Turns out that Jacob Collier has a high reputation among musicians, particularly for his skills in harmony:

Spoiler for 16 mins of analysing Jacob Collier:

grindy · 09-09-2020, 09:07 AM

lol
Yeah, dude's crazy talented.
I hope he improves a bit in the songwriting department but I mean he's still young.

Plankton · 09-09-2020, 12:16 PM

Whoa, nice. Checking into more of this dude.

Lisnaholic · 10-16-2020, 07:51 AM

Here are three calming songs from Zimbabwe singer "Tuku". Not exceptional music, but exceptional quality, that elevates the simple to the beautiful:-

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Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi (22 September 1952 – 23 January 2019) was a Zimbabwean musician, businessman, philanthropist, human rights activist and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for Southern Africa Region. Tuku was considered to have been Zimbabwe's most renowned and internationally recognised cultural icon of all time.

Oliver Mtukudzi, or "Tuku" as his fans lovingly call him, plays spirited music, born from the soul of Zimbabwe. He's been recording since the late 1970s, with about as many albums as his age: 60.

But Mtukudzi's new record reveals a heavier heart than before: Sarawoga is his first recording since the loss of his son Sam. He and Sam — also a guitar player, as well as a saxophonist — had a special relationship touring together. But in March 2010, Sam Mtukudzi was killed in a car crash at the age of 21. Oliver Mtukudzi recently told NPR's Tell Me More that "the only way to console myself is to carry on doing what we loved doing most. Sitting down [to] cry and mourn — I think it would have killed me."

OccultHawk · 10-16-2020, 08:44 AM

He was a great musician. I downloaded a bunch of his stuff off of Kazaa back in the day.

Lisnaholic · 10-16-2020, 08:58 AM

Is that right, OH? You clearly got in a few years before me.

Plankton · 10-21-2020, 10:27 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koveFxBb3FU

TheBig3 · 10-21-2020, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Lisnaholic

That Moon Hooch clip is really good. They have an immediately likeable sound, which is clear from the responses in the following link. Somewhat to my surprise I found that Big3 dedicated a thread to them a while back:-
https://www.musicbanter.com/avant-ga...oon-hooch.html

Sorry, why is that surprising? I saw them at the House of Blues around that time and they were crazy good.

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Lisnaholic ...here to hear... Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: He lives on Love Street Posts: 4,444	Is that right, OH? You clearly got in a few years before me. __________________ "Am I enjoying this moment? I know of it and perhaps that is enough." - Sybille Bedford, 1953

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