1st nights camping in a tea plantation attracted a big crowd

Drunk singer with giggling children, Northern West Bengal

"Lula's Prayer" was commissioned by the Carson McCullers Center for Writers and Musicians and is dedicated to Andrew Zohn. The composition was difficult in that it had many false starts, one of which used some quotations of David Diamond's music. David was a friend of Lula Carson Smith (Carson McCullers' maiden name) and had set her poem The Twisted Trinity for Voice and Piano. My intention was to use that melody as a point of departure, and use variation techniques to build the piece.
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Long story short – many sketches, and an imminent deadline... As I learned more and more about her very troubled life, I began to think “What if in the midst of it all - between the strokes, flirtations with suicide, and illnesses - Lula would stop and reflect – perhaps even pray...
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What ensued was a short, heartfelt piece of music for guitar ensemble which attempts to sing - what should be long vocal lines - through the guitar. Always a great performance challenge for guitars to perform as if they were a choir.

Here in this recording is Chuck Hulihan's Amazing Glendale Community College Guitar Ensemble - 

EXPLORE

Lula's Prayer

Song of Sorrow is a composition from the upcoming concept album "Divinities of the Earth and the Waters" which deals with the human condition, love, loss, myths and struggle. The story is set in the preindustrial Balkans and in the fashion of the late Sergei Parajanov follows a story of one individual both through his reality and through his imagined perception, from young adulthood to his own funeral.

Vocals - Maja Rivic
Vocals - Anabela Baric
Clarinet - Jason Alder
Bass Clarinet - Rob Milne
Soprano Saxophone - Andrew Liddell
Alto Saxophone and Alto solo - John Macnaughton
Tenor Saxophone - Daniel Woodfield
Baritone Saxophone - Andrew Linham
Trumpet and Flugelhorn - Tim Wearden
Trumpet and Flugelhorn - Andy Hall
Trombone - Owen Dawson
Trombone - Hannah Dilkes
Tuba - Benjamin Kelly
Piano - Leon Rosten
El. Bass - Jamie Benzies
Percussion - Tom Atherton
Drums - Harry Pope
Live electronics - Tile Gichigi Lipere, Hrvoje Nikšić
Lyra - Thodoris Ziarkas
Tambura - Filip Novosel
Flute -  Leo Beslać

Composition, Lyrics, Concept, Musical Director, Producer - Mak Murtic

Engineers and Producers - Martin Merenyi and Gabor Halasz, Hrvoje Nikšić

Recorded at Fish Factory Studios, London, UK.
Mixed and Mastered by Hrvoje Nikšić at Kramasonik studio, Zagreb, Croatia.

Mimika Orchestra - Song Of Sorrow (feat. Thodoris Ziarkas on Lyra)

"Night High" 
    Artist: Late Flight
    Genre: Afro Beat/House

Night High

"Ever Changing Times"
    Artist: Late Flight
    Genre: Nu Jazz/Latin Funk

Ever Changing Times

"Soak My Soul"
    Artist: Late Flight
    Genre: Hip Hop Soul/Hip Hop Jazz

Soak My Soul

Links...

For Idris - www.soothsayers.net
                 www.illconsidered.net 

Afua Hirsch - https://twitter.com/afuahirsch
https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/1079598/afua-hirsch.html

Akala - http://www.akala.moonfruit.com

Jeffrey Boakye - https://twitter.com/unseenflirt?lang=en

Bumi Thomas - https://twitter.com/bumithomas
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-49065905/bumi-thomas-british-born-jazz-artist-faces-deportation-from-the-uk

Nehru's book on India - https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-Discovery-of-India-by-Jawaharlal-Nehru-author/9780143031031

KUTCHA BUTCHA PODCAST 1 - IDRIS RAHMAN

This Is The Story Of Waiting 
Everyone has to wait and everyone has to Feel it 

you can see the Movie In the Link Below 
Please Like And Subscribe to the Channel and comments :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rZeFcZNV0M

Waiting - Video in link below

Live @ Free Movements (Juno Cafe) 01/01/20

samples from Its time for peace - Hamilton Bohannon

wefixmac.com's Album

its time for peace

Oriole - Live @ the Crypt, Camberwell, London Nov 2019. Video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrsaY-eM05o.

Sherpa Song Live Crypt Nov 2019...

Hi, my name is Jonny. I play the guitar and write music. My main band is called Oriole although I also play and write for other people and teach on-line and in person, in normal times.

Oriole's new album is called "Every New Day:, reviews below.

BBC Music Magazine “Outstanding”
Performance*****
Recording(by Joe Leach@CowshedStudio)*****

The Observer – Dave Gelly - “An unexpected delicacy” ****

The Guardian – John Fordham -”The music, and the recording, quietly blaze like an Iberian summer” ****

Mojo - “Utterly persuasive and charming”

The Glasgow Herald – Rob Adams - “the music’s shape and momentum continue to thrill. A belter.”

The List – Edinburgh

Manchester Evening News - “Every New Day exudes serenity – Perfect.” *****

Music OMH – Dan Paton - “This is warm, bright, delightful album that deserves to reach a wider audience.”

The Metro –  “full-throated melodies that swoop and soar”

The Jazz Breakfast – “A rich, charming, deeply human and gloriously uplifting collection of songs, beautifully played. It should be available on prescription.”

Jazzwise – Review/Interview – Selwyn Harris – “Like Polar Bear at carnival time” *** 

London Jazz Blogspot – Chris Parker – “a gentle warmth and mellow beauty infusing all ten of his pieces” 

All About Jazz – Chris May – “Just beautiful.”

All About Jazz – Bruce Lindsay - “a gorgeous collection of tunes, an album of genuine beauty”

http://f-ire.com
http://jonnyphillips.com
http://oriole-music.com

Sherpa Song Live Crypt Nov 2019...

Jonny Phillips