Category Archives: Music

Sounds And Silence

Posted on April 2, 2013 by hamer the framer

This is a short trailer for the film Sounds And Silence from 2009. It is subtitled Travels With Manfred Eicher and it tells the story of his record label, Editions of Contemporary Music, following him over five years as he … Read more…

Tic Toc Choc

Posted on March 28, 2013 by hamer the framer

More Couperin by Alexandre Tharaud in this vidéo charmant by Elise McLeod.

Les Baricades Mistérieuses

Posted on March 27, 2013 by hamer the framer

Alexandre Tharaud – 1. Couperin. Les Baricades mistérieuses Alexandre Tharaud plays François Couperin. One explanation of his enigmatic title is suggested here.

London Is The Place For Me

Posted on March 15, 2013 by hamer the framer

Video by James Allen. Music by Lord Kitchener. London Is The Place For Me.

Goodbye My Darling

Posted on March 11, 2013 by hamer the framer

Sam Lee takes his coracle down to the river via Ridley Road and Smithfield accompanied by Gerry Diver, fiddle; Jonny Bridgwood, bass; Michael Wright & Saul Eisenberg, jews harp; Ed Hicks, banjo. For an account of their visit to Khartoum, … Read more…

Here Comes The Sun

Posted on March 6, 2013 by hamer the framer

VA – George Harrison-Here Comes The Sun f I know, it’s wishful thinking but it’s been such a long time. This is George’s sundance incantation from The Concert For Bangladesh together with just some of the many suns of Christopher … Read more…

Jungle Blues

Posted on March 3, 2013 by hamer the framer

Jonny Hannah introduced me to C W Stoneking a while ago. I should have posted this video earlier, it’s a nice piece of vaudeville hokum, a pantomime Heart of Darkness. I love it and I love the comment it received … Read more…

Blues For Miró

Posted on March 2, 2013 by hamer the framer

Duke Ellington and Joan Miró at Fondation Maeght in St Paul de Vence, Côte d’Azur, France.

The Gashlycrumb Tinies

Posted on February 27, 2013 by hamer the framer

There was a lot of fuss last week about Edward Gorey’s 88th birthday, even though he died at the age of 75. There was a Google doodle and he featured in The Guardian and the Los Angeles Times and at … Read more…

For Kevin Ayers

Posted on February 26, 2013 by hamer the framer

Kevin Ayers & Bridget St John – The Oyster & The Flying Fish A favourite song from his Shooting At The Moon album from 1970, The Oyster & The Flying Fish, a duet with Bridget St John.