A few months ago, I wrote about my idol, Joni Mitchell, and posted a number of links to in-depth, lengthy interviews with her. I wasn’t able to listen to them at the time. Today I am relaxing on the patio, drinking iced coffee, listening to Joni talk about her life,
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Saskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Go To Wood Mountain #exploresask
The Wood Mountain Folk Festival is today, Saturday Aug. 24, 2013, at the Mergel Ranch. On Friday I drove down from Regina in my $50 rental car (for 3 days, from Enterprise). It’s getting 5.7L/100km highway driving in ECO mode. 2013 Elantra, Hyundai. I successfully passed a semi along the
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Paul McCartney Rocks Regina
*Goosebumps* I got goosebumps up the back of my head when he played Hey Jude. Crash. A music legend played in the Queen City for the first time, and seemed to love it. The crowd sure did. What perfect weather, and a perfect night! A quick cheering poll identified most
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Meteor and Aurora
This is my new best meteor photo, and it came with some faint aurora (northern lights) at the bottom of the frame too! CFI had a star party for watching the Perseid meteor shower on Saturday night. There should be more meteors tonight too, so head outside and look up
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Roku has added an app for PBS! This means we watch music clips from Austin City Limits, and in the winter we’ll binge on American Experience history documentaries and American Masters biographies. These documentaries are consistently worth watching, and often truly excellent. On American Masters, we’ve recently seen “There But
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – Foreign Lander
Are juicy harmonies your thing? Try this on for size. 🙂 Filed under: Music Tagged: Foreign Lander, Girls Quartet, The DWR Friday Musical Interlude
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Indian Head #sask Concert
I ended up at a house concert in Indian Head. It’s interesting where life takes you when you don’t plan your day. Dan Frechette and Laurel Thomsen are on their way down to southern California and across the USA touring very soon. Part 2 More may be coming later if
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – Libera Me – Faure Requiem
This is a rerun I know, but after singing it you just have to hear it again. Enjoy folks. Oh, and this is my part that I practiced with the other tenors. I’m sure they hate me by now for pestering them to rehearse with me, but wow did we
Continue readingThings Are Good: Band of the Month: Kira May
Friday….What a day! Today’s band is Kira May. A Toronto musician whose hypnotic and soothing loop mastery quiets and captivates entire rooms upon her first breath. Powerful, layered vocal harmonies, and slow, softly haunting melodies keep you listening to every word. And at live performances she’s known to have appropriately
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – Bach, “Little” Fugue in G minor, BWV 578
Fugue in G minor, BWV 578, “Little” (popularly known as the “Little Fugue”), is a piece of organ music written by Johann Sebastian Bach during his years at Arnstadt (1703–1707). It is one of Bach’s best known fugues and has been arranged for other voices, including in an orchestral version
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude: The Twelve Tone Row
Fantastic ideas contained within this video by Vihart. Consider my knowledge of musical styles expanded, and hopefully your too. 🙂 Wikipedia blurb under the video. http://youtu.be/4niz8TfY794 Twelve-tone technique—also known as dodecaphony, twelve-tone serialism, and (in British usage) twelve-note composition—is a method of musical composition devised by Austrian
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – The CBC Signature Series: F-sharp major – The Mystic
F♯ major or F-sharp major is a major scale based on F♯, consisting of the pitches F♯, G♯, A♯, B, C♯, D♯, and E♯. Its key signature has six sharps. Its relative minor is D♯ minor, and its parallel minor is F♯ minor. Its enharmonic equivalent is G♭ major. F-sharp
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Don’t Commit Sociology When It Makes Sense
Don’t talk about the dark if it’s still night. Don’t talk about the oil while it’s spilling. Don’t mention a war that’s still being fought. Don’t talk about a drought while it’s still dry. Don’t talk about a flood if it’s still wet. Don’t talk about the day if it’s
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Disservice – Hideous Hymns
Hymns suck. And I don’t just mean in moral or rational sense, though they definitely suck in those areas as well. I mean musically. They are absolutely wretched. As a fledgeling choral singer, I’m aware of some wonderfully fantastic religious based pieces that are beautiful to listen to and sing,
Continue readingThings Are Good: Band of the Month: Most People
It’s July…..Time for Band of the Month! Today’s band is Most People. Soothing, yet energetic, and jam packed with a vibrantly colourful sonic palate, Most People capture attention and lay a landscape your ears could drive for days. Using brightly percussive guitar, and warm, soaring vocal melodies over soft synth
Continue readingPostArctica: Medgar Evers
Medgar Evers was murdered 50 years ago. Medgar Wiley Evers (July 2, 1925 – June 12, 1963) was an African-American civil rights activist from Mississippi involved in efforts to overturn segregation at the University of Mississippi. After returning from overseas military service in World War II and completing his secondary education,
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude: The CBC Signature Series – E flat minor – The Eccentric
The CBC Signature Series is hosted by Paolo Pietropaolo. The E♭ (E-flat) minor scale consists of the pitches E♭, F, G♭, A♭, B♭, C♭, and D♭. In the harmonic minor, the D♭ is raised to D♮. Its key signature consists of six flats (see below: Scales and keys). Its relative
Continue readingChadwick's Blog & Commentary: A Little Uke on the Side
About 20 kilometres from home, while mentally playing the piece I had practiced all week, I asked myself if I had remembered to pack my tuner. I remembered taking it off the ukulele and placing it in my luggage. I … Continue reading →
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Muscial Interlude featuring the CBC Signature Series – A flat major- The Good Woman
The CBC Signature Series hosted by Paolo Pietropaolo forges on with A-flat major. A little bit more on A-flat major from Wikipedia: The A-flat major scale consists of the pitches A♭, B♭, C, D♭, E♭, F, and G. Its key signature has four flats (see below: Scales and keys). Its
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