Canary Records
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Books / records. Research / muttering
https://canary-records.bandcamp.com
Iāll be doing presentations on both Saturday and Sunday.
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I just heard that we lost the great James Blood Ulmer. Fascinating, beautiful person. Dazzling, undersung discography. Have I played any song on repeat more than this one in the past decade? Unlikely.
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Are You Glad To Be In America?
YouTube video by James Blood Ulmer - Topic
https://youtu.be/kox-sFTDXX8?si=CAgZWaEqikYMhWai
8 days ago
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15 days ago
Adieu Areski (1940-2026). Ici avec Brigitte Fontaine, ils interprĆØtent "Les Vergers" en 1974.
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In 2 weeks Iāll be making my only European appearance of the year at the Aman Aman Festival in Berlin. Sat June 13 Iām on a panel Sun June 14 Iāll give a 1 hour talk-and-listening session of āOttoman-Americanā women from 78rpm discs ca 1917-47
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AMAN AMAN Berlin
A three day festival of open air screenings, listening sessions, concerts, lectures and culinary interventions AMAN AMAN!A distant cry of unfulfilled longing, a call of insurmountable passion, a styl...
https://sinematranstopia.com/en/program/film-series/aman-aman-berlin
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intv: When youāre feeling psychically & spiritually depleted, how do you restore yourself Cpt. Beefheart: A Mrs Grace Chocolate Fudge Cake. I feel like saying ātake me to your leaderā when I see one of those things.
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NEW CANARY ALBUM Over 2 hours recorded by the great Deben Bhattacharya (b. 1921; d. 2001) of performances in Arabic, Hebrew, Spanish, Judeo-Malayalam, Bulharian, and Uzbek. Plus 2500 words of notes. Photo by Bhattacharya of two young Yemeni performers. The girl on the right is playing a gas can.
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Made New: June-July 1957 Field Recordings of Maghrebi, Yemeni, and Asian Jewish Musicians in Israel, by Deben Bhattacharya, recordist
36 track album
https://canary-records.bandcamp.com/album/made-new-june-july-1957-field-recordings-of-maghrebi-yemeni-and-asian-jewish-musicians-in-israel
28 days ago
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Hats off to the museum wizard who put the moose and the flying squirrel across from each other at the Walters.
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30 days ago
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A few early 20th century postcards I hadnāt seen before: Egypt, Turkey, Syria
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untraced Syrian musician ca. 1940s?
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early 20th century funerary photo found in Aleppo before the war
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produced by the Derounian Brothers photo studio in Aleppo Syria and hand-dated in pencil about the time it was founded, 1918. They seem to me (some speculation here) to be artistic self-portraits by Vartan Derounian (b. Arabkir 1888; d. Beirut 1954) age 30.
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Two photos ca. 1920s of an untraced Egyptian dancer. Found in Syria by a friend about 25 years ago.
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NEW CANARY ALBUM
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Share Something With Me: Arab-Americans on Independent 78rpm Discs ca. 1945-55, by Canary Records
15 track album
https://canary-records.bandcamp.com/album/share-something-with-me-arab-americans-on-independent-78rpm-discs-ca-1945-55
about 1 month ago
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Noticing that I had a clean copy (a 1950s immigrant pirate) of one of the discs of this south Lebanese master singer and activist, I added better masters of two of the tracks on this 30-minute release
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about 1 month ago
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Jeff Sunbury
11 months ago
What Heaven Has Against Me: Central & Southern Turkish Folk Music, ca. 1928 - 55
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What Heaven Has Against Me: Central & Southern Turkish Folk Music, ca. 1928 - 55, by Canary Records
16 track album
https://canary-records.bandcamp.com/album/what-heaven-has-against-me-central-southern-turkish-folk-music-ca-1928-55
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Bernardo Oliveira
11 months ago
Disco lindĆssimo!
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Bororo Vive: Funerary Field Recordings from Mato Grosso, Brazil, 1985-86, by Francisco Pereira de Souza (Chico Bororo), recordist
19 track album
https://canary-records.bandcamp.com/album/bororo-vive-funerary-field-recordings-from-mato-grosso-brazil-1985-86
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Jim Hawkins
9 months ago
Sound up, everyone! Vitamin Polka by Ed Swierad & his Aristocrats
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Vitamin Polka, by Ed Swierad & his Aristocrats
1 track album
https://canary-records.bandcamp.com/album/vitamin-polka
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Itās bandcamp friday
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about 2 months ago
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Carnival Sideshow, etching by Reginald Marsh from New Theatre Nov. 1934
about 2 months ago
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NEW CANARY ALBUM Mohammed El-Akkad was from a lineage of Egyptian master musicians and, like a leaf blown in the wind of history, wound up in the U.S. He was about 60 in the the early ā70s when he self-released this exceptional LP.
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El Salaam: an Egyptian Master Qanunist in the U.S. ca. early 1970s, by Mohammed El Akkad
12 track album
https://canary-records.bandcamp.com/album/el-salaam-an-egyptian-master-qanunist-in-the-u-s-ca-early-1970s
about 2 months ago
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Organizing and resleeving the keepers. So, like hereās a box of specific Slavic & Balkan immigrant collections. And also the 1st of 2 boxes of the 1912-25 Turkish, Arabic, Armenian & Greek stuff. Got your early 20s indie labels then the Victors then the Columbia E seriesā¦
about 2 months ago
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Tav Falco verite doc of a 1986 Black biker gathering in Memphis is the most riveting thing Iāve seen in a long while
youtu.be/tn6qPxmINSo?...
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KING RYDERs MEMPHIS CLUBHOUSE
YouTube video by Tav Falco
https://youtu.be/tn6qPxmINSo?si=D1x34f4mzqy1pBhE
2 months ago
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Just learned that the only other composition by Plonsky available is on an album of Daniel Schmidt gamelan pieces and so isnāt findable as Plonskyās work. But it is. And he plays flute on it.
youtu.be/ZFMERnQICCg?...
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2 months ago
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Syrian Jews in Brooklyn apparently playing in praise of newly independent Lebanon ca. 1947. Let me know if you can easily translate the Arabic for me.
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https://canary-records.bandcamp.com/track/erzeth-lebnaney
2 months ago
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Happy International Roma Day
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Romane Gil'a: 1958-71 Field Recordings of Roma Songs from Slovakia, Eastern Czechia & Northern Hungary, by Dr. Eva DavidovĆ , recordist
27 track album
https://canary-records.bandcamp.com/album/romane-gila-1958-71-field-recordings-of-roma-songs-from-slovakia-eastern-czechia-northern-hungary
2 months ago
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Just added this Jan. 31, 1912 performance by Zaki Mourad (b. Alexandria 1880; d. Cairo 1946), protege of Abd Al-Hayy Hilmi (whose face is the album's cover) and father of the star Layla Murad, to this album.
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Ma hadde zayi (mawal), pts 1+2, by Zaki Mourad
from the album Tarab Vocal Art in Khedival Cairo, vol. 2, ca. 1905 - 1914
https://canary-records.bandcamp.com/track/ma-hadde-zayi-mawal-pts-1-2
2 months ago
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New episode of The Sonic Turn posdcast is an hour of me answering Dragos Rusuās questions
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Field Recordings part 1: Ian Nagoski
The Attic is an online magazine focusing on a wide variety of music genres and investigates different cultures from all around the world.
https://theatticmag.com/audio/2524/field-recordings-part-1%3A-ian-nagoski-.html?fbclid=IwZnRzaAQ7pOZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeFGJzu9hOwCmB3RV8oAMl0zUWiZokZueV6qoGGOijKUXysxfQBDRo7OFBrFQ_aem_iGyTn0JhyWBbWd2hSPQItQ
3 months ago
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I just added another 7-minute June 1910 performance by Sayed el Safti to this 2 1/2 hour long album.
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Min abl ma ahwa, pts 1+2, by Sayed el Safti
from the album Tarab Vocal Art in Khedival Cairo, vol. 2, ca. 1905 - 1914
https://canary-records.bandcamp.com/track/min-abl-ma-ahwa-pts-1-2
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10 more days
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French Odeon disque April 1932
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New episode of The Sonic Turn posdcast is an hour of me answering Dragos Rusuās questions
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Field Recordings part 1: Ian Nagoski
The Attic is an online magazine focusing on a wide variety of music genres and investigates different cultures from all around the world.
https://theatticmag.com/audio/2524/field-recordings-part-1%3A-ian-nagoski-.html?fbclid=IwZnRzaAQ7pOZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeFGJzu9hOwCmB3RV8oAMl0zUWiZokZueV6qoGGOijKUXysxfQBDRo7OFBrFQ_aem_iGyTn0JhyWBbWd2hSPQItQ
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Engraving by Alfred Delauney (b. 1830; d. 1894) of a Breton piper from sheet music for a tune called āLe Biniouā by Emile Durand (b. 1830; d. 1903)
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French Odeon catalog 1932 So where are the Paul Gallon musical saw records??
3 months ago
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NEW FREE CANARY RELEASE A broken, worn record about which I canāt say much.
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Your Heart, My Dear: a ca. 1940s disc from Aleppo, Syria, by Prof. Muhammad Eff. Al-Nassar
1 track album
https://canary-records.bandcamp.com/album/your-heart-my-dear-a-ca-1940s-disc-from-aleppo-syria
3 months ago
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Not much bread coming in lately and then the car battery died this week. So I dropped the price of the 200+ title discography to 85% off $169.69 thinking maybe some folks would want to help out.
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Canary Records
early 20th century masterpieces (mostly) in languages other than English. An hour in clamor and a quarter in rheum.
https://canary-records.bandcamp.com
3 months ago
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What to do when there is nothing to do. Dissidence and the creation of āa working model of the future in the present.ā
youtu.be/2Cs5TBXLyR4?...
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M. Gessen
YouTube video by Seattle Arts & Lectures
https://youtu.be/2Cs5TBXLyR4?si=AlB2eYg0lm9uWBdH
3 months ago
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Show yr kids. Itās not corny or pandering. I've been a fan for 35 years ā grew up outside of Philly & have a lot of stories / experiences, spent thousands of hours listening & reading about Ra. So, I didnāt learn much, but I liked it. But for the kids, it's a decent way in.
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Sun Ra: Do The Impossible - Watch the documentary now! | American Masters | PBS
Discover the extraordinary life of poet, philosopher and music visionary Sun Ra, who self-produced more than 200 albums.
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/sun-ra-do-the-impossible-documentary/37455/?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=23636024823&gbraid=0AAAAAC5plKTLutb4KYH6q2KtUoykTE40U&gclid=Cj0KCQjwve7NBhC-ARIsALZy9HVhFuUYZe6-hKZoq4TlGWCX5-4tNeMKcG00wE02G1lrgT0tAUqigoAaArdwEALw_wcB
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A piece on Eliane Radigue by Nate Wooley came out in The Nation. (Apparently I got a mention as a āāhistorian, raconteur, and custodian of strange music.ā)
www.thenation.com/article/cult...
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The Intermediate States of Ćliane Radigue
On the life and work of the pathbreaking French composer.
https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/eliane-radigue-music/
3 months ago
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A. Roberto
3 months ago
Now playing: "Op. 30 Hairy Vibe + Double Identity (1986)" by
#PeterPlonsky
(Avant-garde; Experimental; Noise) I've been listening to this on and off for the past couple of days. Great background noise, but also a surprisingly effective way to disconnect.
canary-records.bandcamp.com/album/op-30-...
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Op. 30 Hairy Vibe + Double Identity (1986), by Peter Plonsky
2 track album
https://canary-records.bandcamp.com/album/op-30-hairy-vibe-double-identity-1986
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Baltimore next month
www.lemondo.org/events/music...
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MUSIC/BENEFIT: BilÄd al-ShÄm Listening Session presented by Ian Nagoski | Le Mondo
A specialist in the recordings made by immigrants to the U.S. in the first half of 20th century, Nagoski will give a talk-and-listening session about recordings made by performers from Greater Syria (...
https://www.lemondo.org/events/music-benefit-bilad-al-sham-listening-session-presented-by-ian-nagoski
3 months ago
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Marcia sent me this photo of what appears to be my first public 78 talk putside of Baltimore. ā03 at the Schoolhouse in Bushwick Brooklyn NY. 2nd photo Ben sent of almost everything I owned around the same time, the night we stayed up drinking and listening to records
3 months ago
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Bandcamp Friday $70 annual subscriptions currently include 140 back catalog titles which is absurd. (Sunday Iām gonna pull it back to just 100 for new subscribers.) Big help would be to tell friends about stuff you like. Thanks!
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Canary Records
early 20th century masterpieces (mostly) in languages other than English. An hour in clamor and a quarter in rheum.
https://canary-records.bandcamp.com
3 months ago
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NEW CANARY ALBUM "Donāt think I do my art seriously The flute in my hand's a faucet gone dry. The wine-slurping fools love the flute's sound It's all whistling for drunk donkeys to me." -- freely adapted from a quatrain reportedly written on a cigarette packet by Neyzen Tevfik
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Whistling for Donkeys: some Turkish Instrumental Music from 78rpm Discs ca. 1927-47, by Canary Records
18 track album
https://canary-records.bandcamp.com/album/whistling-for-donkeys-some-turkish-instrumental-music-from-78rpm-discs-ca-1927-47
3 months ago
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NEW CANARY ALBUM āTwo half hour concerti (violin + organ) of acoustic and glissando modulated by variable tape speed three times then layer mixed ethnic asian folk instruments: ā¦
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Op. 30 Hairy Vibe + Double Identity (1986), by Peter Plonsky
2 track album
https://canary-records.bandcamp.com/album/op-30-hairy-vibe-double-identity-1986
4 months ago
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No musician ever mattered more to me than Eliane Radige. She changed my life, changed me, affirmed deep intuitions about nature and how a human being ought to behave. I learned so much from her and from her music. I am so grateful.
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NEW CANARY ALBUM One of two scarce privately pressed LPs ca. 1963 of a Romanian instrumental dance band with roots in the 1920s, co-led by long-standing performers in their 50s and 60s with four teenagers from their community of working-class immigrants.
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Plays Your Favorite Romanian Dance Music Vol. 2, Chicago ca. 1963, by Comlosana
12 track album
https://canary-records.bandcamp.com/album/plays-your-favorite-romanian-dance-music-vol-2-chicago-ca-1963
4 months ago
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Steve Kiviat
4 months ago
RIP legendary salsa sax player, composer, musician Willie Colon at 75. Saw him @ the long gone Zanzibar on the Waterfront in DC. (I will just try to ignore his recent years MAGA tweets as he was once a Dem)
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This is the excellent record to which Dr. Sawyer is referring
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