An inspired choice.
― anagram, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 16:29 (fifteen years ago)
where's the 'like' button on this thing?
― Joint Custody (ian), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 16:36 (fifteen years ago)
yeah, that will be good. will he book linda is the question, though. reunion!
― tylerw, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 17:40 (fifteen years ago)
i get the feeling his picks will be less adventurous than the norm. more rootsy, in any event.
― by another name (amateurist), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 20:24 (fifteen years ago)
yeah i'm not too keen on this pick
― Jamie_ATP, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 20:26 (fifteen years ago)
rooting for a French-Frith-Kaiser-Thompson reunion here
― blow it out your bad-taste hole (WmC), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 20:26 (fifteen years ago)
richard thompson what's on yer ipod?
probably just animal collective on repeat.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 20:29 (fifteen years ago)
I can also see him booking Pere Ubu ...
― tylerw, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 20:30 (fifteen years ago)
left banke reunion?
― by another name (amateurist), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 20:37 (fifteen years ago)
I wager he'll make you eat your words. I always got the impression his tastes were pretty broad.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 22:55 (fifteen years ago)
It's probably fair to expect a few folk stalwarts (Carthy, Swarbrick, June Tabor, Maddie Prior et al), as well as new folkies like Eliza Carthy, Spiers & Boden and his boring son Teddy. More intriguingly, if his 1000 Years of Popular Music is anything to go by, we may well get some early music ensembles, as well as a bit of music hall, vocal jazz and Britney. Don't forget his interest in non-Western music and Islam either: that could throw up a few surprises. Fred Frith is a good bet, seeing as he's a Meltdown favourite - he played as part of the Ornette festival, and I wouldn't be surprised if he'd been involved in the Wyatt one. A focus on his soundtrack work would be interesting. Get Werner Herzog to compere it!
― Count Palmiro Vicarion (Stew), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 23:23 (fifteen years ago)
I wager he'll make you eat your words. I always got the impression his tastes were pretty broad
Yes, plus it's not as though roots music can't be adventurous and sonically challenging.
― anagram, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 06:03 (fifteen years ago)
Oh noes, not the same ol' indie rock bands, what will people do...
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 24 February 2010 06:12 (fifteen years ago)
Paulo Fucking Nutini
― You Weaked It! (MaresNest), Thursday, 8 April 2010 12:04 (fifteen years ago)
You've let us all down, Thommo, but most of all you've let yourself down
― Is that your Ayrshire bacon? (Tom D.), Thursday, 8 April 2010 12:06 (fifteen years ago)