Music Banter - Vote for a FAIR album before January 14

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Vote for a FAIR album before January 14

Every two weeks the Folk And International Roots Album Club votes for an album that they will listen to and discuss in the coming weeks.
Anyone can vote in this poll, but if you vote, please follow through and be ready to discuss whichever album wins the poll.

After a Christmas lull, we are back with five albums to choose from.
( As more than half the nominations are from stp, he still has a special dispensation and is entitled to vote for one of his own albums if he wants.)

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Kef by Aram Bajakian (2011)

http://www.theholyfilament.cl/wp-con...m-Badakian.jpg

Three musicians who can`t decide if they`re a traditional Armenian wedding band, a jazz combo or a rock power trio, so they just put it all together in one album. This instrumental album is noisier and less traditional than most FAIR club nominations, but it retains just enough roots to be included here I hope.

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Originally Posted by Frownland (Post 1244152)

I'll nominate another throat singing album since the last one was so popular. It's Oidupaa Vladimir Oiun's Divine Music From a Jail. It's vocals and accordian, written and recorded during Oidupaa's Serbian imprisonment. It's a gorgeous album and it has some of the best throat singing I've ever heard.

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Originally Posted by stp (Post 1244268)

Can't find much on this Brazilian artist but a pretty nice album.

Ana Flávia - Orações Aos Orixás (Candomble Prayers to the Orishas) (2009)

http://home.iprimus.com.au/fazstp/im...Aos-Orixas.jpg

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Originally Posted by stp (Post 1244288)

Another Oud player, this time from Tunisia.

Anouar Brahem - Conte de l'Incroyable Amour (1992)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...able_Amour.jpg

Wiki

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Originally Posted by stp (Post 1245135)

Ok this is my third nomination but to be honest my last two haven't really stood up to repeated listens. The Ana Flavia and Anouar Brahem sounded good at first but there are definite flat spots on both albums that make me doubt my nominations.

So on to my next attempt... :rolleyes:

Dos Cafundós - Capitão Coração (2012)

If Zappa was Brazilian I would imagine it would sound something like this. He is cited as an influence by the band and it is certainly apparent.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kgsLe0-46I...s+cafundos.jpg

Thanks as always to the people who make the effort to share their enthusiasm for FAIR music here.
:)
Now let`s get voting ....

What was the winner of the last time we did this? I've forgotten and I don't think that I checked out the album to begin with.

Hi, Frownland ! Good to see that you`re still around ...
Our last winner was this one:-
http://www.musicbanter.com/country-f...no-agadez.html
And, in case you missed it, there`s a comment for you in this thread too:-
http://www.musicbanter.com/country-f...na-albums.html

Two votes already for Dos Cafundos, so I`m going to copy you guys and vote for them too !

I'm really interested to hear the winner, great job running this Lisnaholic! :)

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Originally Posted by Vanilla (Post 1273808)

I'm really interested to hear the winner, great job running this Lisnaholic! :)

Thanks, Vanilla ! It`s an honour for us to have a visit from you !
The winner by a landslide is Dos Cafundos, so on January 21st, we`ll be opening a thread to compare our impressions of it. In the meantime, if you have any trouble tracking it down, let us know.

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Originally Posted by Lisnaholic (Post 1275073)

Would you mind please giving me a mediafire upload? And I'm honored to come join the club. I hope I can have some interesting input for you all. :D

Yes, I`m sure you`ll have something interesting to say, Vanilla ! I hope you`ll like some of the music we listen to here. :)

At the moment, I`m just listening to Dos Cafundos on Soundcloud, here:-
Dos Cafundos - Capitão Coração

If I find another format I`ll let you know - or, who knows, perhaps someone else can help ...