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Ok. let's see if there's any interest in this.

What I'd like is to hear you commendations for music and musicians. The more distinctive, the more local, the better. Two questions:

Who or what?

And Why?

So, here's my commendation.

Serious Sam Barrett

[BBvideo 425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4vQr7bWgEY[/BBvideo]
[BBvideo 425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2YtFF72TpA[/BBvideo]

Why?
He's from Leeds and sings about Leeds.
He is completely do it yourself: production, promotion, recording, sleeve design, all of that. So I'd like to think that he's selling direct to a market without all of the market forces.
His sound is very direct and 'authentic'. There's a huge mix of americana in his music: country, zydeco, cajun, bluegrass: why I can even listen to banjo when he's playing!

[Added one of his current tracks]
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Re: Commendations

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Show of Hands - try the track Roots.

Try it on a big system with rhythmic zest - Real power and anger in an English folksy tradition. Foot stomping!

[BBvideo 425,350]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5h4PFBuzvw[/BBvideo]

or Country Life


[BBvideo 425,350]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78Y7cBLJWgI[/BBvideo]
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The Skalinskis. Sort of Ska/Two Tone. Sorry to say I know a few of these people ;) This is probably their most 'commercial offering', The King Tut Strut:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=983hafdMFq4
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For lovers of soprano saxophone and beautiful classically-oriented choral music ... just wonderful!

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Oooooo - yummy! :clap:
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jandl100 wrote:For lovers of soprano saxophone and beautiful classically-oriented choral music ... just wonderful!

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Oooooo - yummy! :clap:
Very nice. It reminds me of Jan Garbarek's work with The Hilliard Ensemble.
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Serious Sam - Im liking him Terry..... :clap: :clap:
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jammy395 wrote:Serious Sam - Im liking him Terry..... :clap: :clap:
Have a listen to him with Jaime the Fang

[BBvideo 425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_U5TZZLpag[/BBvideo]

I'm rather hoping that the next series of Happy Valley will feature his music rather than Jake Bugg.
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