Comments on: Upgrade http://bennloxo.com/archives/2005/02/17/upgrade/ One hand can't clap: world music for the masses Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:03:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Ginny http://bennloxo.com/archives/2005/02/17/upgrade/comment-page-1/#comment-92938 Ginny Mon, 21 Jan 2008 03:05:54 +0000 http://bennloxo.com/archives/2005/02/17/upgrade/#comment-92938 Greetings Matt, I wasn't aware that Toumani Diabate was coming out with a new CD, will keep my ears open. My husband also has cassettes (I think they were actually recordings made from Radio Gambia from many years ago), of traditioanl kora and balafon music (his mom enjoys listening to it). This is very traditioanl music, basically storytelling or singing about certain people or families. He's got all kinds of stuff, I'm meaning to get a tape deck with a USB hook up (do they make those?) that I can hook up to the comptuer and convert those into mp3's. Then I could put them onto CD. A lot of this stuff can never be replaced and many of the musicians/singers heard on these recordings are no longer living. Anyway, sorry to bore you with this, as I think you've alluded to before, this is the kind of music that people would play for entertainment and other gatherings, my husband tells me that when he was growing up, after diiner people would sit in their compounds and play music or talk, as there wasn't any electricity and the only entertainment many times was the kora or other instruments. Anyway, won't bore you any furhter, take care and keep up the good work with this site. Greetings Matt, I wasn’t aware that Toumani Diabate was coming out with a new CD, will keep my ears open. My husband also has cassettes (I think they were actually recordings made from Radio Gambia from many years ago), of traditioanl kora and balafon music (his mom enjoys listening to it). This is very traditioanl music, basically storytelling or singing about certain people or families. He’s got all kinds of stuff, I’m meaning to get a tape deck with a USB hook up (do they make those?) that I can hook up to the comptuer and convert those into mp3′s. Then I could put them onto CD. A lot of this stuff can never be replaced and many of the musicians/singers heard on these recordings are no longer living. Anyway, sorry to bore you with this, as I think you’ve alluded to before, this is the kind of music that people would play for entertainment and other gatherings, my husband tells me that when he was growing up, after diiner people would sit in their compounds and play music or talk, as there wasn’t any electricity and the only entertainment many times was the kora or other instruments. Anyway, won’t bore you any furhter, take care and keep up the good work with this site.

]]> By: Matt Yanchyshyn http://bennloxo.com/archives/2005/02/17/upgrade/comment-page-1/#comment-92923 Matt Yanchyshyn Sat, 19 Jan 2008 09:01:58 +0000 http://bennloxo.com/archives/2005/02/17/upgrade/#comment-92923 That doesn't sound cheesy at all, Ginny. I've been listening to an advance copy of Toumani Diabaté's upcoming release (unfortunately I can't post any tracks yet) and it's beautiful. You could easily describe this new album in particular as "African classic music". That doesn’t sound cheesy at all, Ginny. I’ve been listening to an advance copy of Toumani Diabaté’s upcoming release (unfortunately I can’t post any tracks yet) and it’s beautiful. You could easily describe this new album in particular as “African classic music”.

]]> By: Ginny http://bennloxo.com/archives/2005/02/17/upgrade/comment-page-1/#comment-92922 Ginny Sat, 19 Jan 2008 04:48:09 +0000 http://bennloxo.com/archives/2005/02/17/upgrade/#comment-92922 Greetings, my husband (who is Gambian) introduced me to Toumani Diabate, and after hearing him, I went what I call "Rhapsody crazy" where I went online and tried to find everything I could get my hands on (legally speaking *smile*) to download and to put onto CD / my mp3 player. My husband and I have enjoyed the CD's wev'e been able to find immensely. My husband describes kora music as "African classical music", he states that many of the songs are centuries old, and are played widely. And he seems to know every note. He also states that the songs actually have words to them also, but at least on the Diabate CD's, they songs are just instrumental. Anyway, I'm hoping that I don't come off as "cheesy" or frivolous! I am just browsing through your archives and enjoying the posts immensely. Hope you are well. Greetings, my husband (who is Gambian) introduced me to Toumani Diabate, and after hearing him, I went what I call “Rhapsody crazy” where I went online and tried to find everything I could get my hands on (legally speaking *smile*) to download and to put onto CD / my mp3 player. My husband and I have enjoyed the CD’s wev’e been able to find immensely. My husband describes kora music as “African classical music”, he states that many of the songs are centuries old, and are played widely. And he seems to know every note. He also states that the songs actually have words to them also, but at least on the Diabate CD’s, they songs are just instrumental. Anyway, I’m hoping that I don’t come off as “cheesy” or frivolous! I am just browsing through your archives and enjoying the posts immensely. Hope you are well.

]]> By: Benn loxo du taccu » Blog Archive » http://bennloxo.com/archives/2005/02/17/upgrade/comment-page-1/#comment-11350 Benn loxo du taccu » Blog Archive » Thu, 25 Aug 2005 18:30:56 +0000 http://bennloxo.com/archives/2005/02/17/upgrade/#comment-11350 [...] When I was younger I played jazz trombone. This musical hobby was dropped quickly after I started college and moved into a series of horn-unfriendly apartments, but I still have a soft spot for the sound. I was happy, then, when Benn loxo listener Scott passed me a copy of Toumani Diabate and Roswell Rudd’s album, Malicool. [...] [...] When I was younger I played jazz trombone. This musical hobby was dropped quickly after I started college and moved into a series of horn-unfriendly apartments, but I still have a soft spot for the sound. I was happy, then, when Benn loxo listener Scott passed me a copy of Toumani Diabate and Roswell Rudd’s album, Malicool. [...]

]]> By: Richard Silverstein http://bennloxo.com/archives/2005/02/17/upgrade/comment-page-1/#comment-852 Richard Silverstein Sat, 05 Mar 2005 02:42:29 +0000 http://bennloxo.com/archives/2005/02/17/upgrade/#comment-852 Absolutey lovely Diabate. The magic of those fingers! Absolutey lovely Diabate. The magic of those fingers!

]]> By: Joe http://bennloxo.com/archives/2005/02/17/upgrade/comment-page-1/#comment-822 Joe Sun, 27 Feb 2005 17:39:55 +0000 http://bennloxo.com/archives/2005/02/17/upgrade/#comment-822 sorry - totally false. For some reason my aggregator just took a really long time to render the article contents. Too bad I can't delete the previous posting. sorry – totally false. For some reason my aggregator just took a really long time to render the article contents. Too bad I can’t delete the previous posting.

]]> By: Joe http://bennloxo.com/archives/2005/02/17/upgrade/comment-page-1/#comment-821 Joe Sun, 27 Feb 2005 17:38:57 +0000 http://bennloxo.com/archives/2005/02/17/upgrade/#comment-821 Your RSS feed no longer includes any of the article text -- I appreciated that from the old system. Your RSS feed no longer includes any of the article text — I appreciated that from the old system.

]]> By: mike http://bennloxo.com/archives/2005/02/17/upgrade/comment-page-1/#comment-758 mike Fri, 18 Feb 2005 14:15:19 +0000 http://bennloxo.com/archives/2005/02/17/upgrade/#comment-758 This is the first track you've posted which I already own on CD. Great choice. This is the first track you’ve posted which I already own on CD. Great choice.

]]> By: Mike Cohen http://bennloxo.com/archives/2005/02/17/upgrade/comment-page-1/#comment-744 Mike Cohen Thu, 17 Feb 2005 15:15:35 +0000 http://bennloxo.com/archives/2005/02/17/upgrade/#comment-744 Are you switching to WordPress 1.5? I did it a few days ago and it was very quick & painless. Here's what you need to watch out for. 1. Don't replace your index.php & stylesheets which contain the style & page layout of the site. 2. If you have anything in your wp-content folder don't replace it, just copy the themes folder 3. Run the upgrade script before doing anything else. 4. Unless you enable themes (see the new index.php for details), the themes folder isn't used and it will retain the same appearance. Are you switching to WordPress 1.5? I did it a few days ago and it was very quick & painless. Here’s what you need to watch out for.

1. Don’t replace your index.php & stylesheets which contain the style & page layout of the site.
2. If you have anything in your wp-content folder don’t replace it, just copy the themes folder
3. Run the upgrade script before doing anything else.
4. Unless you enable themes (see the new index.php for details), the themes folder isn’t used and it will retain the same appearance.

]]> By: mattgy http://bennloxo.com/archives/2005/02/17/upgrade/comment-page-1/#comment-743 mattgy Thu, 17 Feb 2005 13:32:33 +0000 http://bennloxo.com/archives/2005/02/17/upgrade/#comment-743 where's your sense of adventure? where’s your sense of adventure?

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