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Lisnaholic

^ Thanks WWWP You are clearly the total expert on Tiny Desk Concerts! Of your excellent recs, I especially liked this one:-
In fact there's a bunch of very interesting performers piling up fast here. I haven't had time to check them all, but I did notice:-

^ Any group that calls itself an Arkestra gets my attention, and these guys didn't disappoint.

And how about DakhaBrakha, who bring the wild sounds of the Ukraine to NPR land:-

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windsock

Yeah, definitely this thread is the spice I signed up for.

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Plankton

I've always wanted to learn some of this kinda pickin':


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyHipL45pwM

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Lisnaholic

windsock's Florist is a welcome change of pace. Among all the inventiveness of these Tiny Desk Concerts, that girl's music is a reminder that you can take something simple, tweak it around a little, and make it all your own. Very nice.

Thanks Plankton: Steve Martin surprised me at how good he is on the banjo. Initially I had some resistance to the idea that a comedian could be considered as a serious musician too. It made me feel uneasy somehow - in fact I felt much more comfortable with these cross-dressing Koreans.

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windsock

I've been a sucker for that sound ever since I got into Frankie Cosmos and, to a lesser extent, Feist a few years ago. It's truly beautiful and evocative.

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Lisnaholic

^ Ok, windsock. I'll take a look at Frankie Cosmos. Thanks. (I think I dipped into Fiest a few years back and came away unimpressed.)

Perhaps they have a similar starting point, but with a different personality, ended up with a different product: anyway, the honesty of the Florist lyrics put me in mind of some of the artists mentioned here:-
https://www.musicbanter.com/hardcore...ustic-emo.html

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windsock

Feist's Let it Die from 2004 is a gem of a record. The best thing her and her band's ever done. She's pretty minimalist though so I can understand how her tour de force can come across as pretty underwhelming.

Yeah, this sort of lo-fi stuff is super emphasized on melancholia, so it makes sense to having emo lyricism. Emo like Coheed or Mineral I realize though tends to have a lot cleaner production than something like Florist. Just more proof that sadness is one of the strongest emotional connectors for humans, especially when used in music.

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Lisnaholic

Oh, so Frankie Cosmos is in Feist - I didn't realise. That's a cute video, and I like the line about "I haven't written this part yet", but it sounds a bit flatter than Florist imo.

^ Never really thought of that before, but yes, it sounds true. Perhaps you've heard of a genre called the blues, which proves your point.

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windsock

Oh, no she isn't. Leslie Feist is the frontwoman of Feist. Frankie's in her own eponymous group. Should arrange my thoughts better.

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