Daily Archives: January 19, 2012
Old Bollywood Videos
Scratching Post picked up the very cool song “Jaan Pehechaan-Ho”, which the video makes cooler. I counter by figuring out there’s probably a video for “C.A.T. Cat Mane Billi”. Sometimes you may think a lot of Bollywood singers sound the … Continue reading
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Recreated Lyre and Pipes from Ur
I like this sort of musical exploration based on archaeology. Of course, there’s no way to tell if the music was much like this, but these were some of the tools in their toolbox. From several thousand years later and … Continue reading
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O’ Carolan, Sir Walter Scott, and Beethoven Collaborate
FPB posts an impressive art song adaptation of one of the old Irish tunes. The tune is “Young Terrence O’Donough” (“Toirrdealbhach Og Mac Donnchadh”, aka “McDonough’s Lamentation”) by the great O’Carolan, but the song is “The Return to Ulster,” with … Continue reading
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