Monday, December 24, 2018

The traditional Sami singing of the joik was important in his music, as well as in his painting and in written works.

The traditional Sami singing of the joik was important in his music, as well as in his painting and in written works. He was first recognised as an artist for his joik during the 1960s, with his first recording Joikuja from 1968, which contained modernised joik. Valkeapeää wrote the music to the motion picture Ofelaš, internationally known as The Pathfinder in 1987, which was directed by Nils Gaup.

As a writer, he mainly wrote in Sami with his work translated into other languages and eventually published eight collections of poems. One of his best known is Beaivi áhčážan which has been translated to English, titled The Sun, My Father.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nils-Aslak_Valkeap%C3%A4%C3%A4?wprov=sfla1

Friday, November 23, 2018

Holy crap that's awesome.

Originally shared by blanche nonken

Holy crap that's awesome. I'm also pinging Phoebe Gleeson who I suspect will love this. You need good speakers for this one.
http://www.isobel-music.bandcamp.com/releases?fbclid=IwAR27NwqxEyOzqDS6CpwW7oLsH0n7V-G301jLRNrALLsqm0j5h3o692SfMhQ

Sunday, November 4, 2018

Is this the greatest Rock performance of all time?

Is this the greatest Rock performance of all time? That's what the internet thinks. I'm impressed by Freddie Mercury's operatics, stage moves and sheer stamina, but on what basis can this be considered "the greatest" vs countless others by Queen and other bands of that era? Is it because the world was watching?
https://youtu.be/A22oy8dFjqc