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10 Feb 08 - 12:21 PM (#2258511) Subject: Azerbaijani music in Podcast From: Fred McCormick I don't know how long it is since the BBC extended its Podcast facilities to Radio 3's World Routes, since I haven't listened for a while. However, yesterday's edition was the first of a two parter on the music of Azerbaijan, so it was 'absolutely unmissable'. Real 'Big League', as anyone who's heard Azerbaijani music will testify. I plugged the Internet in, thinking I'd have to record it in realtime, and found I could download the whole programme in about two minues. You have to follow the instructions carefully of course, but that should be no problem to anyone with half a brain in working order....... And the music is just awesome. |
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10 Feb 08 - 05:04 PM (#2258844) Subject: RE: World Routes as a Podcast From: ThreeSheds I hope they do the same for late junction |
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11 Feb 08 - 04:35 AM (#2259211) Subject: RE: World Routes as a Podcast From: Fred McCormick At the moment very few BBC programmes are available as Podcasts, which is why I was so surprised that they'd chosen World Routes. Doubtless the 'Big Leaguers' at the BBC will eventually let us have all their programmes in Podcast. In the meantime, for anyone who digs New Orleans cornettist King Oliver, there's a downloadable programme on him coming up this friday night on Radio 3. |
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11 Feb 08 - 04:54 AM (#2259221) Subject: RE: World Routes as a Podcast From: GUEST,Volgadon OOH, as long as it isn't the style of music known in Armenia as rabiz. THeir folk music, however, is amazing. Very lyrical. |
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11 Feb 08 - 05:01 AM (#2259225) Subject: RE: World Routes as a Podcast From: Folkiedave And my show "Thank Goodness It's Folk" playing mostly music from the British Isles is available as a podcast - though I never have downloaded it, being there at the time so to speak. This week includes a long (17 minutes) interview with Mike Waterson. What www.sheffieldlive.org does today, the BBC follows. |
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11 Feb 08 - 05:10 AM (#2259231) Subject: RE: World Routes as a Podcast From: Fred McCormick Not sure what Rabiz is. The only record I have of Armenian music is mainly of rather boring and rather urbane sounding choirs, except that there's a couple of stunning tracks where the musicians let their hair down and let it rip. |
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11 Feb 08 - 05:14 AM (#2259234) Subject: RE: World Routes as a Podcast From: The Borchester Echo Ahem, Sheffield Live TGIF archive here. |
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11 Feb 08 - 05:17 AM (#2259237) Subject: RE: World Routes as a Podcast From: GUEST,Volgadon Simply put, balding guys in sleazy suits with synthesizer backing singing in far too high of a pitch. Think bad Turkish music. That said, both Azeri and Armenian traditional music is very pretty. |
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11 Feb 08 - 05:19 AM (#2259240) Subject: RE: World Routes as a Podcast From: Fred McCormick I just looked up the word rabiz on the Internet and it came up with the following: "Rabiz (n). A slang word describing a social class of Armenians that exhibit socially questionable behaviors." It then goes on to describe rabiz music; "ironically, is an adaptation of Turkish songs adapted for a rabiz-Armenian audience." It also accuses Rabiz's of smelling strongly of onions! Hate to condemn anyone before I've heard their music but it sounds to me as though it might be the music of an urban social underclass, rather like rembetika or fados. In which case I doubt that I'd dig it, and I doubt that it would sound much like the Azerbaijani music on World routes. I'd be glad to find otherwise though. |
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11 Feb 08 - 12:11 PM (#2259518) Subject: RE: World Routes as a Podcast From: Jack Campin There is a bit of rabiz on YouTube. Looks like the Armenian equivalent (in sociological terms, anyway) of Turkish "arabesk" ("country and eastern"). Armenian folk fused with electro-pop, whereas arabesk is more or less a fusion of Turkish classical and Kurdish folk. I'm not in any hurry to learn to sing it, but the folkier part of it is okay. |
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11 Feb 08 - 12:32 PM (#2259535) Subject: RE: World Routes as a Podcast From: Mr Happy World Routes as a Podcast Azerbaijani music in Podcast Fred, When I saw this thread titled 'World Routes... ' I thought it might be about footpaths/walking Which one was your title? |
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12 Feb 08 - 04:31 AM (#2260162) Subject: RE: World Routes as a Podcast From: Fred McCormick World Routes is a weekly BBC Radio programme which deals with world music. Nothing to do with footpaths/walking. |