Vacillating between 1970's West African tunes and modern beats from the Balkans, Brazil and beyond. Called by some a "hostess extraordinaire" due to her table-filling skills. Called by others "Mama" for her story reading and Lego abilities.
MamaEDub
Sound Unseen This Weekend
Submitted by MamaEDub on Thu, 10/13/2011 - 10:43am
A quick hit about the Sound Unseen Film fest this weekend, plus a plug for Celtic Junction's re-opening party in a couple of weeks.
Frigg = Joy
Submitted by MamaEDub on Thu, 09/29/2011 - 1:17pmLast Sweet Summer Sounds: No Thirty Second Sound Samples
Submitted by MamaEDub on Fri, 09/23/2011 - 8:18am
It's a flashback post. Don't look outside at the 50 degree windy rainfall. Take your mind back a couple of weeks to 85, humid and sunny. I put together easy links to some of my favorite African and Latin sounds from these past few month to equal and hour or two of sweet summer sounds. Plus a few surprises I could not resist. Of course.
I was compiling the orignal list under the influence of wasp venom, so I cannot be held completely responsible for my choices.
First Aid Kit Covers Patti Smith, Patti tears up, Mama E Reminisces
Submitted by MamaEDub on Sun, 09/11/2011 - 10:14pm
Were you ever into Patti Smith? Could anyone who called themselves any sort of alternative music fan in the 1980s make it through without having a Patti phase? Was it just a girl thing? I don't know, guys. You tell me.
All I know is that when I saw this vid of everyone's favorite Swedish sister duo covering Smith's "Dancing Barefoot," I got a little choked up and a flood of memories rushed in. There was time when I thought Patti Smith was seriously bad ass. It wasn't just the music; there were some high high spots, there was some I could take or leave. It was her whole persona. Read more »
What he said: GO To Väsen!
Submitted by MamaEDub on Mon, 09/05/2011 - 5:35pm
It's been a crazy couple of weeks of truck driving and food preservation with virtually no time near a computer at all. Sorry, faithful readers! I do have a great end of summer playlist cooking for you all, but no time to tidy up the links and edit it for a few days yet.
In the meantime, do follow the Main Fig's lead and get yourself to Vasen Wednesday night. Always a great, great show. And it's FREE. That's FREE! Do I make myself clear?
So come early for the best seats and to say hi to me in the back bar.
Very Different Kinds of Girl Power: Smoke Fairies and Rasputina at the Entry
Submitted by MamaEDub on Tue, 08/16/2011 - 10:20am
It's a live music cliche that sometimes you go see a band you know you like and the opener just blows everyone away. What about the the times you go to check out the opener whom you know and love and decide to stick around for the headliner because well, you're already there, and they turn out to be lots of fun, too?
A recent visit to town by The Smoke Fairies and Rasputuna put some serious girl power up there on the grubby Entry stage. Read more »
Some Spice, A Little Sugar, and Whole Lot of Saltee
Submitted by MamaEDub on Tue, 08/09/2011 - 1:18pm
Shows like this remind me of why I do this. All the late nights, double shifts, the occasional grumpy customer, anything else that can be annoying in this music business is SO wiped away by a set like the two Saltee turned in on the Cedar patio last Friday night.
Plus wondering how Motion 414 will hurt Wisconsin's small breweries and a little bit of musing about Longital and the moon. Read more »
Rush River Brewery and a Couple of Hot Concert Tips
Submitted by MamaEDub on Wed, 08/03/2011 - 10:55am
For this week's brewery feature, we travel across the St. Croix river and head south on state highway 35 a few miles to where cold trout streams run out of the rounded hills. I must confess that the Rush River Brewery is a bit near and dear to my heart, because they are out here north of River Falls, Wisconsin, not too far away from my farm.
Plus a heads-up on a couple of must-see shows next month.
Sorry Bamba, Flat Earth Beer and some great newish releases
Submitted by MamaEDub on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 10:59am
Way back when, there was a time before VIntage West African or Africa Gold or Golden Afrique or any other name for 1970's African music had even been conceived as a genre. It was a time when Analog Africa was but a gleam in Samy Ben Redjeb's eye and Miles Cleret had just recently traveled through Ghana and heard the dj which inspired him to start Soundway. In this ancient era, a little cd was released on David Byrne's Luaka Bop label which forever changed my musical outlook.
Plus a thirst-inducing look at the Flat Earth Brewery beer list and mini-reviews of the new releases from Tamikrest and JuJu. Read more »
Jolie Holland's mysterious box fiddle
Submitted by MamaEDub on Mon, 07/18/2011 - 1:12pm
In one of those increasingly rare Cedar moments in which the audience is completely rapt; fellow blogger Bio-muse and I were watching Jolie Holland's encore from the projection window upstairs the other night and not one cell phone was illuminated. What drew me away from my paperwork and over to the window was a slightly skewed, somehow archaic fiddle sound; when I looked at the stage Holland was playing some sort of rectangular homemade fiddle. Of course my "weird instrument" blogging reporter instincts were piqued, so I had to go find out what exactly she was playing and how she got that ancient sound out of it. Read more »
