I have been enjoying playing Marin Marais' 'Les Folies d'Espagne' and would like to put it on the new album as well - it has a beautiful simplicity to it :) When I discussed it with Joe Arthur, my producer, he thought we should add a funky beat to it, which should make it interesting! I'm not quite sure that would work, but we'll definitely be experimenting!
I have been listening to lots of Tango recently and also got together with Judy, the accordionist who plays with me, to try out some Astor Piazzolla numbers. I've also started some Tango dancing lessons again, which I'm really enjoying. I could easily do a whole Tango CD, but would probably leave that for later. Meanwhile I have a shortlist of Tangos to put on the new CD.
On a completely different note - I have been fascinated by the allure of children's skipping songs, or hand-clapping songs that have stood the test of time. They are usually very simple, but have something that gets to me and makes me want to move to the music. One example of a skipping song is 'Sea Lion Woman', with which Feist has gone to town. Nina Simone also recorded it some years ago. I'll post some more interesting notes on this on the next blog!
Today I had a rehearsal with Lamine Sonko on guitar and vocals, King Marong on Djembe and vocals and Beck Matthews on Kora and vocals. We are putting together some beautiful African music and will be performing it in Melbourne in October - looking forward!
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