Not exactly this blog’s usual fare but who can turn down a Liberace segment?
For the youngsters in the crowd, Liberace was seriously into bling before bling was a word. In fact, compared to his usual style, he is actually being
Category: Music
The Day Louis Armstrong Made Noise
An article about the day back in 1957 when Louis Armstrong decided that the time had come for him to speak out on racism.
Definitely worth reading.
“The Algorithm” announces its new* album “Compiler Optimization Techniques”
Sounds like an interesting album.
* Actually, the album came out in November of 2018 so it isn’t quite “new” anymore.
http://www.the-algorithm.net/blog/2018/10/15/3w2lw7pguw59ho3mwqxr72bgntl73p
“Beautiful Tibetan Musical Notations Visualize the Rise and Falls of Buddhist Chants”
An interesting and beautiful way to describe their chants.
“Meet the N.S. teenager who sang Blackbird by The Beatles entirely in Mi’kmaq”
Emma Stevens of Eskasoni, NS has recently released a music video in which she sings the Beatles song Blackbird in Mi’kmaq. The focus of the article linked below is discussing her experience while translating Blackbird into Mi’kmaq. Very interesting.
The article includes a roughly six minute audio segment during which she is interviewed about her experience of creating the music video. It also has a link to the YouTube video in which she sings Blackbird.
Here’s a link to the earlier CBC segment titled “Cape Breton student sings beautiful Mi’kmaq rendition of the Beatles’ Blackbird” which the CBC segment referenced above is a followup of: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/blog/cape-breton-student-sings-beautiful-mi-kmaq-rendition-of-the-beatles-blackbird-watch-1.5118570