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Amazing Songs & Other Delights # 54 The Ascend-Descend edition by Raquel Pinheiro @ mixcloud

My radio show Amazing Songs & Other Delights #54 – The Ascend-Descend edition is now on mixcloud. You can read about the show here.

Tracklist:
01: Rafael Toral – Intro + Changes (except)
02: Cabrita – Todo Torto
03: Helado Negro – I Just Want To Wake Up With You
04: J. Masis – Can’t Believe We’re Here
05: King John – The Water
06: Mary Timony – Dominoes
07: MOORIS -04
08: O Gajo – CorrosÃŖo
09 – Swansea Sound – Paradise
10: The Lemonheads – Fear of Living 11: The Smile – Wall Of Eyes
12: Ty Segall -My Room
13: Vince Clarke – The Lamentations of Jeremiah
14: youbet – Carsick
15: Francisco Sassetti – Sara Is Happy

All previous shows on mixcloud: YÊ YÊ Radio mixcloud | Mondo Bizarre Magazine mixcloud

(image: M. C. Escher, Relativity)

Mondo Bizarre Magazine Concerts, Reviews

Charlemagne Palestine, Igreja Paroquial de Cedofeita, Porto. 21.11.2023.

Š AndrÊ Delhaye

words: Raquel Pinheiro ; photos AndrÊ Delhaye

American composer Charlemagne Palestine’s performarnce, , as part of Across Ø Around: Mika Vainio A Tribute was a mesmerizing experience of about 50 minutes.

Imersive is a beaten, too worn word, yet, here, for someone like me, who kept closed eyes, pretty much all the time, it is fitting. And quite descriptive.

Š AndrÊ Delhaye

Palestine start playing before the audience took its place in the pews. At first, a low, tremble leaning continuous hum. Given Igreja de Cedofeita seating seating, most people  had their back turned to the pipe organ balcony, facing the empty altar. Having entering the empty room a little earlier, on the side pew, by the altar, that allows to turn and face the pipe organ and player, I had a prime location for allowing the sound, the music to lead and do its magic.

Š AndrÊ Delhaye

And its magic was a wonder world of tonal variations complementing, overlapping, at times almost making disappear, at others leaving it fully raw, a continuous hum. A hum, in itself, the same and diverse. The inflections, the detours, the shades, the sounds, the whispers, the tumoultous, all had its place in a linear-nonlinearsublime performance that included words of prayer in a language only known to Charlemagne Palestine’s and a short percutive moment with a couple of filled whisky glasses clacking against it other. A night to remember.

@ AndrÊ Delhaye
Mondo Bizarre Magazine Concert Reviews, Concerts

Nadine Khouri | John Grant, Casa da MÃēsica, Porto, 22.11.2023. – Misty Fest.

Nadine Khouri Š Mondo Bizarre Magazine/ClÃĄudia Lopes

words: Marcos Leal (edited and freely translated by Raquel Pinheiro); photos: ClÃĄudia Lopes

Anglo-Libsnese Nadine Khouri is presenting her latest album, Another Life (produced by John Parish). She comes on stage with a drummer and a keyboardist and picks up her red guitar, before strumming the first chords. Attention is immediately called to her warm, silly voice, inspiring Lebanon deserted landscapes.

The sound draws towards David Lynch and Wim Wenders imagetic scenaries. It is worthy to mention Keep On Pushing These Walls, a song dedicated to Lhasa De Sela, Keep On Pushing These Walls, and another to those that had to live in exile. Her is music, alternative exotic cinematografic, makes us go on a roadtrip without leaving our seat.

John Grant Š Mondo Bizarre Magazine/ClÃĄudia Lopes

It is John Grant’s time now., also in a redux emsemble: John, in the piano, and a keyboardist-back vocalist. When he starts to play what stands out is his strong voice and it’s tone. What sets him apart is the quality of his lyrics in which, satirically, he approaches human relationships, homosexuality, social issues. For the joy of the his fans, several songs from the debut album, Queen of Denmark, were played. John says he feels comfortable playing those because certain issues remain as corrent. Of notice was also the excellent piano solo by his pianist-keyboardist. One song was left to be played on the encore. The only weirdness in a beautiful performance was a member of the audience that insisted on speaking to John Grant and clap before the end of each song.

John Grant Š Mondo Bizarre Magazine/ClÃĄudia Lopes
Mondo Bizarre Magazine Concert Reviews, Concerts

Alan Sparhawk (Low) | Lambchop – Misty Fest, Casa da MÃēsica, Porto, 21.11.2023. 

Alan Sparhawk Š Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Marcos Leal

words: Marcos Leal (edited and freely translated by Raquel Pinheiro); photos: Marcos Leal

Alan Sparhawk returns a year after the death of Mimi Parker, his life and musical companion. He is accompanied by three young musicians, one of them his son, on bass, the others bring a drummer and a banjo player., instruments that are characteristic of Alan Sparhawk’s music. The concery start quietly, but quickly the harshness of distortion and feedbacks of the lyrically heavier lyrics, in which Alan seemed to transmit and exorcize darker feelings arriveded. It was a concert with gruge roughness and indie-folk sweetness that received a good clapping at the end.

Lambchop Š Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Marcos Leal

As for Lambchop presented a redux version. Kurt Wagner (vocals) and a pianist. A change that seemed to caught a few people by surprise. As the piano first notes were played, Kurt gestured along the music, like a conductor. Placing himself on the mic stand, his first vocals seemed to had caused a shift on the room. Owning a strong, deep voice, he sang song from the latest album, word by word with captivating mastery and presence, contracting with the simplicity of the production design. The lights didn’t even changed colour.

The minimalist approach may had not been for everyone. Those that stayed enjoyed Kurt’s and his pianist astistic quality until the end. They were irreproachandle and deserved the generous clappung before bed, as Kurt said they would go to sleep right after the encore.

Lambchop Š Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Marcos Leal