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Rettward von Doernberg – Night Drive

Because this isn’t a Bandcamp release, and because I should be exploring more sites so that readers can enjoy an ever-widening array of music, I am happy to offer for your ears a track by Berlin-based composer (and an alum from the Musician’s Institute in my home town of Los Angeles), Rettward von Doernberg.

Though the headline in his webpage had me a bit worried, reading “Indian, Chinese, Electronica and Orchestra: Four Musical Traditions – One Piece of Music,” it turns out that Rettward has the skill to blend these traditions into a quite workable piece of music. I do hope to hear more work from him in the future, and there are several links where you can hear his music.

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Ceoltóirí Chualann – Ríl Mhór Bhaile an Chalaidh

Today is Saint Patrick’s Day for Western Christians, and is also celebrated by my fellow Orthodox, though his feast day on the Julian Calender is March 30. I thought I would share a bit of Irish music, but something not so common.

I’m sure a great many of you know the work of Ireland’s third-most famous export (after Guinness Beer and U2), The Chieftains. They have toured the world bringing Celtic music to the masses, even making a legendary appearance at the Great Wall of China in 1983. The band got their start after the members of the above band, led by the single most important man responsible for the Irish traditional music revival, Seán Ó Riada and featuring a young Paddy Moloney and other future Chieftains, who went on to develop a sound more reliant on Uilleann pipes.

 

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Hozan Yamamoto 銀界 – Silver World (1971) (Full Album)

Though long out-of-print, this album screams for a proper reissue.  The album combines a fine jazz quartet with Yamamoto’s sublime shakuhachi playing.

The personnel on this album were:

Bass – Gary Peacock

Drums – Hiroshi Murakami

Piano – Masabumi Kikuchi

Shakuhachi [Bamboo-Flute] – Hōzan Yamamoto

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60’s Garage Rock Mix

Easily one of the best collections of rare or hardly-known garage rock bands.  The track listing reads as follows:

00:00 The Enfileds – I’m for things you do

2:28 The Choir – In Love’s Shadow

5:05 Danny & The Counts – Ode to Wind

7:39 The Odes & Ends – Never Learn

10:23 Squires – Wonderin

12:50 The Illusions – Little Girl

15:10 Dark Knights – Send Her to Me

17:44 Young Tyrants – She Don’t Get The Right

20:39 Mystic Tide – Stay Away

22:54 Avenger VI – Heartbeat

25:02 The Malibu’s – Cry

27:14 The Nomads – Please Don’t Hurt Me

29:35 The Jades – You Have to Walk

31:58 The Hangmen – The Girl Who Faded Away

34:40 Outer Limits – Alone and Crying

37:14 The Outsiders – Sun’s Going Down

39:52 Cool Stove – Big Sensation

42:29 Vanguards – I Know a Girl

44:17 Us Too Group – I’ll Leave You Crying

46:43 Good Feelins – Shattered

48:59 Fugitive Five – (I ain’t gonna give up) My Way of Life

51:30 Blue Boys – I Know

54:13 Tides In – Trip With Me

56:54 Dominions – I Need Her

59:37 Young Men – A Though For You

01:02:35 The Endless – Tommorows Song

01:05:05 The Briks – It’s Your Choice

01:07:59 Dagenites – I’m Gonna Slide

01:10:38 The Trodden Path – Keep Me Hangin’on

Much respect to the curator of this video, mod elo!  He has a Spotify playlist also worth checking out here.

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Male Choir of the Valaam Singing Culture Institute – Blessed Be The Name Of The Lord

To our new readers, we at Music You Need To Hear wish to honor Christmas on the Julian Calendar.  We wish you a Merry Christmas, a hopeful 2021, and peace on Earth and in your hearts.  Here is some music for the season courtesy of the Male Choir of the Valaam Singing Culture Institute.

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The Story of Skinhead with Don Letts (BBC Documentary)

For your viewing pleasure, Don Letts produced a great video on the history of the skinhead movement.