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Post by maarts on Mar 23, 2011 4:34:25 GMT -5
Day 1            From top to bottom: Opening welcoming ceremony by the local Aboriginal tribe, the official opening of the festival. Flags of the APY-lands- Tjurkurpa Mulapa Tjukarita- Sky flags depicting a Dreamtime-story from the Pitjintjantara-people of Central Australia Rango- from Egypt and the Sudan- eclectic and highly entertaining A workshop by Ukrainian outfit Dakhabrakha. Eastern European chants with a slightly Gothic vibe at times. The decoration in the huge trees in the wonderful Botanic Gardens of Adelaide. Horace Andy & Dub Asante. Massive mon! Wildbirds & Peacedrums With Voices- from Gothenburg- atmospheric art pop at its best. DJ Norman Jay MBE brings reggae, ska, dub and dance at the very end of night.
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Post by maarts on Mar 23, 2011 7:27:23 GMT -5
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Post by maarts on Mar 23, 2011 7:28:04 GMT -5
          The women of the Pitjitjantjara-tribe gathered in story and song. The inimitable Bob Brozman and his ensemble. A lesson in slide 'n hula that leaves everyone breathless. Strolling in the big park is great by itself- hearing the bloody motherfucking Martha Wainwright is that too. Plenty of shopping available, even well past 6PM. The night brings out the stars- like Amadou & Mariam who leave me slightly underwhelmed with their big-ass Afro-sound. CD-signing sessions are fun too, like here with the indomitable Imelda May who was fantastic. The last strains of a long, warm, great day- Indian flautist Rajendra Prasanna goes all Ian Anderson on our ass. |
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Post by RocDoc on Mar 23, 2011 11:18:40 GMT -5
thank you maarts!
that '17 hippies from berlin', just from seeing the instrumentation alone, intrigues me. i've seen the name here and there, but couldn't recall what they're about.
and brozman has switched up from indian classical to slackkey hawaiian now?
i've heard some amazing stuff by him...tracked down while i was searching down robbie basho and harry manx.
it's the blessing and the curse of internet dl'ing - one thing ALWAYS leading to another.
the festival sure looks like it was a wonderfully spent time...and you sure got in close to take some fantastic shots!
fwiw that picture of the kid with the headphones strapped to his/her head sure looks a bit like liz and gaz's little juju there....
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Post by maarts on Mar 24, 2011 14:38:27 GMT -5
Brozman has done a whole lot of international recordings, including a visit to Papua New Guinea where he recorded a splendid album with string band musicians. He's been a long time lover of Hawaiian music, recorded one or two albums back in the 80s I think strictly with slack key guitar music.
17 Hippies- yeah, definitely an eclectic combo that switched between German torch song (!), gipsy rhythms and a sort of world mix of styles (jazz, oompah, reggae). Though there were only 12 people on stage.....
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Post by maarts on Mar 26, 2011 21:27:16 GMT -5
Day 3         The weather was quite different- gusty winds with a fresh bite about it and the threat of rain- autumnal weather. To warm up the Creole Choir of Cuba treated work shop visitors to some dancing lessons... The Irish arrived in the form of the Alan Kelly Quartet to give a bit of shamrock cheer to the masses..... Making their first appearance ever outside of their village of Tate in the Southern Highlands of Papua New Guinea, the Huri Duna Dancers entertained the crowd with their unique chants and costumes (the head gear is made of hair!). 70-year old Calypso Rose brought 'plenty of sugar' in a highly entertaining and sexy set of Trinidadian goodness! Local Aboriginal troubadour Archie Roach and his sons played a moving set of classic songs...the empty chair next to him representing his late wife Ruby Hunter which brought out a lot of emotions out of the veteran. If you think the day went on slowly, spare a thought for this performer then.....
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Post by maarts on Mar 26, 2011 21:28:30 GMT -5
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Post by maarts on Mar 26, 2011 21:29:12 GMT -5
Day 4      Tanya Tagaq, an Inuit throat singer who performed with Kronos Quartet and Bjork explains her art in a workshop- darkly guttural and esoterically beautiful wrapped in one feisty package. Amiable Adelaidian Adam Page, a true-life one man-band brings his multi-looped version of world music to an enthousiastic crowd... The ladies of DakhaBrakha bringing ethno-chaos to traditional Ukrainian folk melodies. Oh, there's a bloke too but oh well.... Ash Grunwald, another young man well schooled in the art of surfie blues-music performs live on radio station ABC's broadcast. Whaddayamean, monkey on my back? ....and this is the life...slumming under a big ole tree listening to the folksy sounds of renowned Aussie combo The Gadflys.
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Post by maarts on Mar 26, 2011 21:30:55 GMT -5
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Post by strat-0 on Mar 30, 2011 14:46:24 GMT -5
What a terrific photo diary, Maarts! Looks like it was an awesome experience, too! I would love to see that.
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Post by RocDoc on Mar 30, 2011 16:18:47 GMT -5
glad to hear your pauan capture ended well, maarts! tho i wish they'd posed you standing with spears held at your back! it coulda been a poster for gulliver among the lilliputians...tho i could be wrong.  just seems like most of them are kinda little - were a few of them anywhere near your height? and those maori women's scowls! though i think i saw a travelogue once (bourdain's maybe?)where they had pretty much the same comical scowl during some ceremonial thing. must be some sort of standard 'look' they're taught. hey why mess with success, because they've sure perfected that one. and 'separated at birth'; that os mutante guy in the dashiki...and paulie mccartney? |
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Post by JACkory on Apr 7, 2011 17:54:35 GMT -5
What, a gay pride rally and I missed it?  just kidding, maarts. I'm just jealous because I couldn't accompany you to the festival. |
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Post by maarts on Apr 10, 2011 4:05:02 GMT -5
Well, there's always next year....
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