Kirk Samuelson » Fred Frith

Dagmar Krause sings Hanns Eisler

Kirk Samuelson — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 04:04:21 +0000

This is really something. Dagmar Krause from Art Bears and Slappy Happy sings the songs of Hanns Eisler. The fact that it was never released in the US is of no consequence now – get it from Amazon or Emusic.

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Step Across the Border

Kirk Samuelson — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:37:04 +0000

I found this documentary on Fred Frith at Netflix after downloading the soundtrack on Emusic. It’s very good. No narration, no interviews, just imagery, bits of conversation, and a lot of music.

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Birds and drummers

Kirk Samuelson — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 03:28:43 +0000

I quite like Fred Frith’s list of birds that he viewed on a single day in 2007 and the list of drummers he’s played with in the past 42 years. It’s easy to believe that he’s performed with (more than) 80 drummers. But 52 bird species in one day? No mention of ornithology at his wikipedia page.