Hah - onwards, upwards

So goodbye R3 MB's.

This really isn't a surprise, and at least wherever I end up spending most of my posting-about-music time I hope not to be accused of 'casual sexism' again . Unless I am indeed casually sexist in which case please don't hesitate.

Let's just stick to the music though, so here's a new Spotify playlist just in case you missed the link on the R3 MB's
100 songs about vegetables (but not any of Murky Chris')

The R3 MB's - they are soooooooooooo last week...

Too rich for the R3 MB's

Another day, another moderated post.

*sigh*

This time just a long list of song tracks created here on Spotify by PS, JC, McG and me.

You can listen to it here on Spotify for free...

more than 100 songs not in English

or here's the list in plain text ....

Sevara Nazarkhan – Yol Bolsin

Juana Molina – Martin Fierro

Georges Brassens – Putain De Toi

Jacques Brel – Amsterdam - Live Olympia 1964

Los Mirlos – El Milagro Verde

Les Maitres-Tambours du Burundi – Appel

Franco – Cafe

Getatchew Mekurya – Tezeta

Taraf de Haidouks – Cind Eram La '48

Tumat Kara-ool – Kozhamik (medley) with khoomei, sigit, and kargiraa

Los 007 – No te puedo encontrar

Cheb Khaled – Chabrassi - Original

Adamo – Inch' Allah

Joan Baez – La Llorona (The Weeping Woman)

Lhasa De Sela – Abro La Ventana

Lhasa De Sela – La Frontera

Chavela Vargas – Hace Un Año

Lola Beltrán – Mi Ranchito - Remasterizado

Lydia Mendoza – La Boda Negra

Luz – Piensa En Mi

Antonio Machin – Quizás, quizás, quizás

Nina Hagen – Ich bin da gar nicht pingelig

Sigur Ros – Glósóli

A Filetta – U Sipolcru

Oumou Sangare – Wele Wele Wintou

Huun-huur-Tu – Aa-Shuu dekei-oo

Speed Caravan – Qat Market

Baaba Maal – Gorel

Mayra Andrade – Nha Damaxa

Dingding Sa – Oldster By Xilin River - Self-created Language

Meic Stevens A'r Band – Ysbryd Solva (Ghosts Of Solva)

Mary Ann Kennedy & Na Seòid – Sios Dhan An Abhainn

Julie Fowlis – Hug Air A' Bhonaid Mhoir

Joe Heaney – Whiskey O Roudeldum-Row

Maighread Ní Dhomhnaill – Is Fada Liom Uaim í

Kanda Bongo Man – Sai

Okna Tsahan Zam – Djangar, Le Tout Puissant

Mari Boine – Gula Gula

Tartit – Achachore I Chachare Akale

Soungalo Coulibaly – Dibi dibi

Charanjit Singh – Pyar Chahiye Keh Paisa

Juan Talega – Soleares De Alcalá

Abdel Hadi Halo – Min Yaati Kalbou Lil Melah

Mandekalou – Kanimba

22 Band Kankan – Wousse

Bembeya Jazz – Petit Sekou

Myriam Makeba – Liwa Wechi

Baka Beyond – Kobo

Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey – Osika Gbagbe Ola

Duo Ouro Negro – Kurikutela

Omar Sosa – Why Anga?

Salif Keita – Sina (Soumbouya)

Boyoyo Boys – Maraba Start 500

Amadou Balake – Taximen

Gabin Dabire – Amadou

Dimi Mint Abba – Waidalal Waidalal

Maria Teresa De Noronha – Folhas Caídas

Maria Alice – Perseguicao

Violeta Parra – Santiago penando estas

Atahualpa Yupanqui – Camino Del Indio

Araci Cortes – Quando Meu Amor Partiu

Carmen Miranda – O Que E Que A Baiana Tem

Imperio Argentina – Los Ejes de mi Carreta

Twinkle Brother's Trebunie-Tutki – Pierso Godzina - Don't Betray My Love

Magnificat – Ethelwold, Bishop of Winchester (c.912-984): Sanctus Sub Sancto Dunstano

Tenores Di Bitti – Lamentu

John Chibadura – Vengai Zvenyu

The Four Brothers – Makorokoto

Thomas Mapfumo And The Blacks Unlimited – Kariba

El Cholo Chanka – Misti Gallo

Nathan Abshire – Ma Negresse

Clifton Chenier – Grand Mamou - Big Mamou

Robert Wyatt – Te Recuerdo Amanda

Victor Jara – Canción Al Árbol Del Olvido

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan – Allah Hoo Allah Hoo

Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali – Qalandar Shahen Shah / King Of Qalandar

Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali – Day Of Colours (Rang)

Nitin Sawhney – The Conference

Kepa Junkera – Izaro

Bassekou Kouyate – I Speak Fula

Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars – Tamagbondorsu (The Rich Mock The Poor)

Dobet Gnahore – Côte D'ivoire

Jussi Björling – The Pearl Fishers - Au Fond Du Temple Saint

Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares – Ei Mori Roujke

Momo Wandel – Toko

Cesaria Evora – Sabor de Pecado

Dona Rosa – Gum Collector

Bana – Fichi Fachi Na Tracolanca

Coumba Sidibe – Kani Kassi

Baaba Maal – Lam Toro

Boubacar Traoré – Diarabi

Ólöf Arnalds – Innundir Skinni

S.E. Rogie – Kpindigbee (Morning, Noon And Night)

Fundi Konde – Gari La Punda

Coupe Cloue – Gacon Bozo

Anne-Marie Nzié – Ma Ba Nze

Daniel Owino Misiani – Giko Piny

Super Eagles – Mandal Ly

Dumi Maraire – Koloi

Alemu Aga – Alem Marefiya Nat (The World Is A Place To Rest)

Momo Wandel – Tamouya Gouli

Rokia Traoré – Zen

Rokia Traoré – Finini

Villagers Of Cabrales – Corri Corri

Villagers Of Biligau – Kari Song #1: Saayir Gang Muo, Senlere - Your Father’s House Is Better Than The Bush

Villagers Of Tatakamotonga – Lakalaka #7

Anderson Bakewell – Wedding Song

Gotan Project – Santa Maria (Del Buen Ayre)

Ruben Gonzalez – Tu Corazon Otra Vez

Various Artists – Cucurrucucu Paloma

Trío Hermanas Márquez – Fué En La Africa Lejana

Los Zafiros – Bossa Cubana

Antonio Machin – Dos gardenias (remastered)

Bisserov Sisters – Domakine Sipi Vino; Oj Stano; Posadila Baba; Dujne, Dujne, Krotko Jagne; Aj Da Ideme Jano; Kitcice - Medley

Bahramji Feat. Mashti – Indusufi

Te Vaka – Tutuki

Oki Dub Ainu Band – Toya

Sally Nyolo – La Vie

feat. Huong Thanh – Zong Doï: the source of life

Kabu Kei Conua Group – Isa Lei

All Blacks – The Ka Mate Haka

Huun-huur-Tu – Mazhalyk-Ta

Niña De Antequera – Tanguillos De Cádiz

Ritchie Valens – La Bamba

The Comedian Harmonists – Mein Kleiner Grüner Kaktus

Martyn Bennett – Buain a' Choice

Gerard Lesne – Leçons De Ténèbres : Office Du Jeudi Saint : Plain-Chant Français : Antienne, Psaume 14, Antienne

Morten Lauridsen – O Magnum Mysterium

Lucienne Boyer – Parlez-Moi D'Amour

Planxty – Bean Phaidin

Vladimir Vysotsky – Moscow – Odessa

Bulat Okudzava (????? ????????) – Pesenka O Soldatskih Sapogah (Song About Soldier Boots)

Rustavi Choir – Tsmindao Chmerto

Berehinya – Kozatska Pokhidna - Cossack Campaign Song

Stratos – Ta Nea Tis Aleksandras

Zoubeida Idrissis – Chalom Alekhem, La Mujer

Yechiel Hasson – Mano Suave

Yechiel Hasson – Una Noche Más

Orchestra Baobab – Utrus Horas

Lemchaheb – Bladi

Tinariwen – Nezagh Ajbal

Cheba Fadela – N'Sel Fik

Bellemou Messaoud – Hada Raykoum

Carmen Linares – La Tana Y La Juana

Hirut Bèqèlè – Temeles

Mahmoud Ahmed – Mèla Mèla

Mukesh – Dost Dost Na Raha Pyar Pyar Na Raha

Geeta Dutt – Babuji Dheere Chalna (1954)

Super Rail Band – Mansa

Fanta Damba – Ba Douga Den

Ali Farka Touré – Ali Aoudy

Diblo Dibala – Diblo'seri

Super Boiro Band – So I Si Sa

Bafing Jazz de Mamou – Toubaka

Tidiani Koné – Marigoundo (By Madou Keita)

Etoile De Dakar – Mane Kouma Khol Thi Yao

Nico – Lolita

Batida – Nufeko Disole

David Bowie – 'Helden' (German Version 1989 Remix)

Dusty Springfield – La Bamba - BBC Top Gear 16/7/64

Gipsy Kings – Volare

Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story - Original London Cast – La Bamba

Cheikh Lo – Guiss Guiss

Harry Belafonte – Merci Bon Dieu

Africando – Ndiabaane

The Sandpipers – Stasera Gli Angeli Non Volano (For The Last Time)

Laba Sosseh – Guantanamera

Fania All Stars – Guantanamera

Tabu Ley Rochereau – Guantanamera

Beny Moré – Guantanamera

Serge Gainsbourg – Lola Rastaquouère

Rupa – C'est Moi

Michèle Lého – Au pays de Rimbaud

Freddy Fender – Tu Frio Corazon

Noriel Vilela – 16 Toneladas (Sixteen Tons)

Eero ja Jussi & The Boys – Kaunis nainen - Pretty Woman -

Shankar Mahadevan;Ravi Khote – Pretty Woman

Yölintu – Kaunis nainen - Oh, Pretty Woman -

Joe Dassin – Un Garçon Nommé Suzy - A Boy Named Sue

Marianne Rosenberg – Wer Liebe sucht (Stand By Your Man)

Plastic Bertrand – Ça Plane Pour Moi

Conjunto Casino – Jinetes En El Cielo

Pairote – Tee Makhuea Pok - Aour Cheatin' Heart

Inger Lise Rypdal – Fru Johnsen

Agnaldo Timoteo – Os Verdes Campos Da Minha Terra (Green Green Grass Of Home)

Miriam Makeba – Malaika

Onni Gideon – Hawaijilainen sotalaulu - Hawaijan War Chant -

Felix Mendelssohn – Hawaiian War Chant (Hawaiian Serenade)

Kanui – Tomi Tomi

Monks Of The Abbey Of Notre Dame – Introit Benedictus Sit

Sergey Starostin's Vocal Family – Travelling Tatars

Shahram Nazeri – Magham-e-madjnouni-e-lang

Silvia Infantas Y Los Condores – Si Vas Para Chile

Salung Kuiyate and Jali Kabele Jobate with female vocalist – Kullio, Part I

Orchestre National De Barbes – Hagda (live)

Cheikha Rimitti – Nouar

Rahat Fateh Ali Khan – Tere Bina >

Los Cardiacos – Te Vas A Enterar - You Really Got Me

Payom Moogda – Loomsiah

Silver Sand – Kaw-Liga

Sakarin Boonpit – Kotmorn Yoop Yap - All Shook Up

George Lam – YMCA???

Rosa Yemen – Larousse Baron Bic

Tapani Kansa – Oi Buenos Aires Sä Rakkain (Mi Buenos Aires Sä Rakkain)

Carlos Gardel – Mi Buenos Aires Querido - Voice

Ernos – Kesäaikaan

Danny – Räystäät jos tippuu

Anna Babitzin – Pitkätukka poikafrendi - Long Haired Lover from Liverpool -

Marlene Dietrich – Paff, Der Zauberdrachen

Lord of the Yum-Yum – Greensleeves

Magazine - My Mind It Ain't So Open

A warning from Howard Devoto ex Buzzcocks front man and here with his excellent band Magazine.

Mozart - Piano Sonata No. 8 in A minor 1st Mov.

Here's one for the Maxster. I used to play this movement as a student, very imperfectly but with much feeling. Here it is played by Claudio Arrau, the great Chilean pianist.

Shona Kipling and Damien O'Kane

Shona Kipling and Damien O'Kane performing at the Lamb Folk Club, Eastbourne on 7th February 2007. Damien wedded Kate Rusby on 12th June this year having had a beautiful baby girl on 15th September 2009...Daisy Delia or Dizzy Delia as my dad says. Our congratulations to all!

Mick Jones - Songwriter and Producer

"I don't care what key it's in, where it's come from, where it's been just play that music." The mighty Mick Jones and his Big Audio Dynamite. I was at the Rainbow in London July 14th 1979 for the first major show previewing the 'London Calling' material. I'd sneaked in for the soundcheck and was sat at the mixing desk. Mick walked over to talk to the sound engineer. "Take it right over the top" he said and grinned at me. I was totally chuffed. Here's Mick as producer with the Libertines:

songs about food: ice cream

If music be the food of love, play on! And what about the use of food, metaphoric or literal, in music? Let’s take Ice Cream, for instance.


Here’s Jamaican chanteur, Johnny Osbourne, protesting about ‘’Ice Cream’’ love; no he don’t want it because his, he boasts, is warmer than a chocolate fudge. And you don’t need the Dictionary of Euphemisms to work out what he’s implying.

Actually, the image of chocolate fudge drizzled over vanilla ice cream is seriously erotic, but that might just be me. Johnny went on to compare the love of his life to the sweetness of lollipops and sugar dumplings giving weight to the adage - the way to a man's heart is through his stomach.




Speaking of erotic images, what’s this next one all about (as if I need to ask)? Ozzie techno-jock, DJ Goodwill, offers us his take on the Cornetto. This confection, made for the adult market, offered more than a bald, whirly squirt of white goo into a ragged beige cone (hundreds and thousands topping optional). Instead we are teasingly invited to peel down slowly the paper-thin chemise and expose the delicacy within, encouraging a brief hit of lascivious voyeurism before communing, tip to tip, with the most sensual of all our organs, the tongue. Granted, this tune knocks O Sole Mio into a Gondolier’s cocked boater but what on Earth is it to do with Cornettos?




Canadian singer-songwriter, Sarah McLachlan, it is rumoured, has penned a song that may be the official theme tune to the 2010 Winter Olympics, Vancouver. I’ve never been but I bet they don’t sell much Ice Cream in Vancouver during the snow. But Sarah has previously been heard Fumbling Towards Ecstasy, a collection which included the song, Ice Cream. No real metaphor here; she simply compares her lover’s love with said dessert and, good news for Johnny Osbourne types, it comes out well.

Of course, we don’t know Sarah’s feelings about ice cream, per se so it’s not exactly proof of life. Furthermore, she goes on to say that it’s better than chocolate. Frankly, unless she has an undisclosed food allergy, this is hard to believe. Women, I am reliably informed, love chocolate more than sex.


There are many more songs featuring Ice Cream, I could’ve gone on and on but I’m getting an ice cream headache just thinking about it. Personally, I’d always prefer a portion of jam suet pudding in a sea of custard but, I’m afraid, I might have to write my own songs….

Next: songs about peaches, featuring old favourites such as Laura Veirs, The Allman Brothers’ Band, and Britain’s own, The Stranglers. Tune in.