Amazing Songs & Other Delights # 43 – The It’s Spring Again edition por Raquel Pinheiro

Amazing Songs & Other Delighs # 43 – Amazing Songs & Other Delights # 43 – The It’s Spring Again edition as the titles says brings us back to Spring. It airs tomorrow Monday 27th, 3-4pm on Yé Yé Radio: yeyeradio.com/ (or on the app).


From two excerpts of Igor Stravinsky The Rite of Spring to Miguel Feraso Cabral’s upcoming singe, Alegado Suspeito, through Bill Prichard singing a poem by Patrick Woodcock, The Sundays, Éme e Moxila, Donovan and more, Spring is celebrated in spirit, tone and, of course, in the work itself.


The Beatles’ Here Comes the Sun appears once more, it matches several seasons, here by the Glee Cast.

Tracklist:
01: Igor Stravinsky – A Sagração da Primavera (excerpt) by Vortice Dance Company)
02: Bill Pritchard – Lance (Patrick Woodcock poem)
03: Blanche – Bottles
04: David Van Auken – Blossom
05: Cory Hanson – Twins
06: Éme e Moxila – Estocolmo 1984
07: Douglas Dare – Doublethings
08: Donovan – The Lullaby of Spring
09: Glee Cast – Here Comes The Sun (The Beatles cover)
10: Gordon Grdina | Mat Maneri | Christian Lillinger – Stand By
11: Lael Neale – Faster Than The Medicine
12: Lola Flowers – Saudades
13: Miguel Feraso Cabral – Alegado Suspeito
14: Rodrigo Amarante – Hourglass
15: Suarasama – Sea Fish
16: The Gift – Primavera
17: The Sundays – Skin & Bones
18: Igor Stravinsky – The Rite of Spring (excerpt) by The London London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Simon Rattle

All previous shows: http://www.mixcloud.com/infoyeye/stream/ | http://www.mixcloud.com/raquelpinheiro/stream

Owen Pallett | The Hidden Cameras @ gnration, Braga – 24.03.2023.

Joel Gibb (Hidden Cameras) © E. Vilares

words: João Vilares; photos: E. Vilares; editing. Raquel Pinheiro

Owen Pallette © E. Vilares

It is uncommon to be “welcomed” by one of the protagonists of the night at the merchandise stall. Owen Pallett was distributing shy smiles among records and t-shirts, hinting that the first half of the show would certainly be Joel Gibb’s responsibility.

With gnration’s Black Box full, the Berlin-based Canadian artist entered the stage, shortly after 10 pm. With just a guitar, a double-mic and a bass drum, Gibb took us on a journey, lasting over an hour, through some of the main themes of The Hidden Cameras’ church gay folk, like Bread For Brat, Ban Marriage, Redemption, Smells Like Happiness, Freedom, A Miracle, Breathe On It, or the electronica of Origin: Orphan. In between, there was still time for an Instagram moment with the crowd chorusing Awoo.

On Joel Gibb’s debut in Portugal, also unsurprisingly, in this more intimate one-man-show format, Owen Pallett joined him for a large part of the performance, but that did not affect the provocative intensity of the lyrics and the celebratory power of the sexual freedom with which The Hidden Cameras marked the Toronto music scene at the beginning of the century.

The night was only halfway through when Gibb lefted and the stage was exclusively dedicated to the music of Owen Palllett. The violinist, composer and producer brought us “a couple of depressing songs from the last album” (Islands, 2020), such as Lewis Gets Fucked Into Space or Fire-Mare.

Good-humored while tuning the guitar (clearly not his instrument of choice: “Guitar is a boring instrument.”) and following the same celebratory tone of the night, Pallet offered us a retrospective of his solo career since Has a Good Home”(2005) through He Poos Clouds (2006) and In Conflict (2014) before ending with a rock version of Lewis Takes Off His Shirt from Heartland (2010).

Owen Pallett and Joel Gibb would return for the encore with We Oh We from the Hidden Cameras album Mississauga Goddam (2004). The words “All I want is to be under his covers and not just be a time from Yesterday” summon up a concert that celebrated the past with a gaze into the future.

Owen Pallette © E. Vilares
Joel Gibb (Hidden Cameras) & Owen Pallette © João Vilares
Joel Gibb (Hidden Cameras) & Owen Pallette © E. Vilares

Records of the Year 2022

As it tends to happen our Records the Year list is published around the arrival of Spring. This year there are 19, as usual in alphabetical order.

Bernard Butler – People Move On – 2021 vocals (Demon Music)
Black Toska – Dandelions (self-release)
Garry Gray & Ed Clayton-Jones – We Mainline Dreamers (Spooky Records)
Jeremy Rose & Earshift Orchestra – Disruption! The Voice of Drums (Earshift Music)
José Tornada – Love, Hope, Desire and Fear (self-release)
Jessie Buckley & Bernard Butler – For All The Days That Tear The Heart (EMI)
João Diogo Zagalo – The Lone Ranger (self-release)
Nadine Khouri – Another Life (Talitres)
Manuel Linhares – Suspenso (Porta-Jazz)
Miguel Feraso Cabral – Indo Por Ali Longe (Rudimentol Records)
Spiritualized – Everything Was Beautiful (Fat Possum Records)
Steve Gunn – Nakama (Matador Records)
The Bobby Lees – Bellevue (Ipecac)
The Orchids – Dreaming Kind (Skep Wax)
The Senior Service feat. Rachel Lowrie – A Little More Time With (Damage Goods)
The Monochrome Set – Allhallowtide (Tapete Records)
Various – Loiusville (Grémio/Tradisom)
Víctor Herrero – Pajarito Negro (Trás-Os-Montes Records)
Weezer – SZNZ Winter (Crush Music)

Amazing Songs & Other Delights #42 – The Everything and the Kitchen Sink edition by Raquel Pinheiro @ Yé Yé Radio mixcloud

Amazing Songs & Other Delights #42 is The Everything and the Kitchen Sink edition is a rather ecletic programme that can now be listened to at Yé Yé Radio’s mixcloud.

New or nearly new song. New renditions of traditional songs. From Portugal to Australia through the UK.
As well as a preview of Rapariga de Truffautfrom Fire in the Lab upcoming debut album.

Monday, 13th March 2023, 3-4pm

Running Time: 60:00:04
Tracklist:
01 – 1st Base Runner – Night Stalker
02 – Alasdair Roberts – Eppie Morrie (Traditional song)
03 – Angel Olsen – Nothing’s Free
04 – Balla – Segredos
05 – Banana Leaf Boy – I Want 2
06 – Bill Rivers – Captured
07 – Fire In The Lab – Rapariga de Truffaut
08 – Fontaines D.C. – Cello Song (Nick Drake’s cover)
09 – Michael J Sheehy feat. Suzanne Rhatigan – Phoenix Island (Traditional song)
10 – Mick Harvey & Amanda Acevedo – Milk & Honey
11 – Miraculous Mule – Sinnerman
12 – Mudhoney – Move Under
13 – Panic Pocket – Mad Half Hour
14 – Quadra (feat. Miguel Santos) – Tropicália
15 – Sleaford Mods ft. Florence Shaw – Force 10 From Navarone
16 – Zebra Libra – Summer Day

All previous shows: http://www.mixcloud.com/infoyeye/stream/ | http://www.mixcloud.com/raquelpinheiro/stream