dusttoodigital @dusttoodigital
The backup account for Dust-to-Digital. Follow @dusttodigital for the latest. linktr.ee/dusttodigital Joined May 2021-
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Thanks to everyone who found this page over the past 11 months. We have enjoyed this community! Yesterday, Twitter reinstated our official account after being frozen for more than a year. We are moving our activity back to it, so please follow @dusttodigital for the latest posts.
Remembering Charles Mingus, born 100 years ago today. Here’s the Charles Mingus Sextet rehearsing in 1964 with Eric Dolphy on alto sax and bass clarinet, Clifford Jordan on tenor sax, Johnny Coles on trumpet, Jaki Byard on piano & Dannie Richmond on drums.
The A’bel and the A’reng are instruments played by the Co Tu and Ta Oi Pako people of Hue Province, Vietnam. Both instruments use the mouth as a resonator. These two one-minute clips are courtesy of the Vietnamese Institute of Musicology in Hanoi.
Wes Montgomery performing “Twisted Blues” in April 1965 with Harold Mabern on piano, Arthur Harper on bass, and Jimmy Lovelace on drums.
.@chubbycree is an indigenous hand drum group based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Led by 12-year-old Noah and his grandmother Carol, the group’s mission is to spread healing, connection, and love for all people.
Remembering Clyde Stubblefield, born on this day in 1943 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Here he is performing “Cold Sweat” with James Brown at the Boston Garden on April 5, 1968.
Producer and dub music pioneer Lee "Scratch" Perry at his Black Ark studio in Kingston with family and friends in the 1970s.
Banjo player @_thornpipe playing music for a fox in Colorado.
Happy birthday to June Millington, born on this day in 1948 in Manila, Philippines. Here she is playing guitar and singing “Ain't That Peculiar” with Fanny in 1971.
Happy birthday to Al Green, born on this day in 1946 in Forrest City, Arkansas. Here he is performing "Love and Happiness" in 1973.
Happy birthday to Herbie Hancock, born on this day in 1940 in Chicago. Here he is demonstrating his Fairlight keyboard and computer recording setup to Quincy Jones in 1984.
Remembering Jacques Brel, born on this day in 1929 in Schaerbeek, Brussels, Belgium. Here he is singing his song “Ne Me Quitte Pas (Don’t Leave Me)” in the early 1960s.
Remembering Billie Holiday, born on this day in 1915 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Here she is singing “Fine and Mellow” in 1957.
Congratulations to Joni Mitchell on winning the Best Historical Album Grammy for her archival box set. It was an honor for our "Excavated Shellac" anthology to be nominated in the same category. Here's Joni performing “Coyote” in 1975.
The music video for “Rock Creek Park” by The Blackbyrds. Filmed in 1975 in their hometown of Washington, D.C.
another excellent research piece from @dusttoodigital, this time on the range of music in the Ethiopian village of Yeha. it comes with a full 52-page book providing an account of the cultural and musical history of the region. dusttodigital.bandcamp.com/album/from-the…
“Brincadeira da Tomada” performed on a guitar and homemade drum kit in Alagoinhas, Bahia, Brazil.
Happy birthday to Astrud Gilberto, born on this day in 1940 in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. Here she is performing "The Girl from Ipanema" in 1964 with Stan Getz on tenor sax, Gary Burton on vibraphone, Gene Cherico on bass, and Joe Hunt on drums.
Remembering Rufus Thomas, born on this day in 1917 in Cayce, Mississippi. Here he is performing "Breakdown" at Wattstax in 1972.
Remembering Aretha Franklin, born 80 years ago today in Memphis, Tennessee. Here she is performing "Rock Steady" in 1973.
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32K Followers 6K Following Singer, Musician, Songwriter, Voice-over, Actor… Aquariusanother excellent research piece from @dusttoodigital, this time on the range of music in the Ethiopian village of Yeha. it comes with a full 52-page book providing an account of the cultural and musical history of the region. dusttodigital.bandcamp.com/album/from-the…
"this album is the first to survey the range of music in a single Ethiopian village. Yeha is located in the far north of the country in north-central Tigray, about 30 km south of Eritrea." released friday by @dusttoodigital dusttodigital.bandcamp.com/album/from-the…
Folklorists and AFS Members @hey_emhilly and Sarah Bryan were in conversation with April and Lance Ledbetter (Dust-to-Digital) on defining folklore today for @BitterSouth. #askafolklorist #folklore #folklife #community bittersoutherner.com/summer-voices-…
Q：What is folklore today? bittersoutherner.com/summer-voices-…
In 1971, when he was 17, George Mitchell took his first photograph with a Kodak Brownie he bought at a Memphis drug store. Since then, he's made photographs of people across the South. @dusttoodigital, thank you for sharing these images with us. bittersoutherner.com/summer-voices-…
THE PLAYLISTS: Four separate links to an absolute goldmine of videos. Country, Blues, Gospel and Jazz. These are the videos that made the whole world interested in music history again. Videos that made us fall in love with @dusttoodigital. bittersoutherner.com/summer-voices-…
What Is Folklore Today? bittersoutherner.com/summer-voices-… via @BitterSouth
To wrap @dusttoodigital’s incredible week at @BitterSouth : Margo Newmark Rosenbaum’s photos from their 2008 Grammy award-winning “Art of Field Recording Volume I: Fifty Years of Traditional American Music Documented by Art Rosenbaum.” So so good. bittersoutherner.com/summer-voices-…
This collab has been the stuff of archival excitement > LOOOK AT IT
To wrap @dusttoodigital’s incredible week at @BitterSouth : Margo Newmark Rosenbaum’s photos from their 2008 Grammy award-winning “Art of Field Recording Volume I: Fifty Years of Traditional American Music Documented by Art Rosenbaum.” So so good. bittersoutherner.com/summer-voices-…
Daniel Gonora has been playing the guitar since he was a kid.When he started to go blind as a teenager, he put his heart and soul into mastering the guitar. Its become second nature @dusttoodigital #hardtimesneverkill #danielgonora #isaacgonora #guitar #iguitars
Congrats to Lance & April of @dusttoodigital on their beautiful guest edited issue of @BitterSouth. I was honored to talk w/ them & fellow folklorist Sarah Bryan, whose work I've long admired, about the meaning of folklore today & its role in everyday life bittersoutherner.com/summer-voices-…
My latest is a meditation on the relationship between artist and audience, and the choices we both make, seen through the lens of the career of @YusufCatStevens, an early hero. For @washingtonpost washingtonpost.com/magazine/2021/… @RandyNewman @dusttoodigital #SunRa #Shaggs @GreilMarcusNET
Our own @hey_emhilly talks contemporary folklore, dynamic traditions, and notions of authenticity with @dusttoodigital & @SarahBryan!
April & Lance at @dusttoodigital have taken over @BitterSouth this week and the stories are good! Today, a conversation with two of our favorite folklorists about… #folklore. What does that word mean today? bittersoutherner.com/summer-voices-…
@hey_emhilly + sarah bryan + april and lance of @dusttoodigital got together and talked about folklore. gave me a lot of soul food for today’s drive across New Mexico bittersoutherner.com/summer-voices-…
April & Lance at @dusttoodigital have taken over @BitterSouth this week and the stories are good! Today, a conversation with two of our favorite folklorists about… #folklore. What does that word mean today? bittersoutherner.com/summer-voices-…
Enjoy…
A drum solo by 18-year-old Karen Carpenter from 1968.
Welcome back @dusttoodigital‼︎ I am very happy ♪♪♪ Feel so calm♥️
Legend! And an all-time favourite. "Everything was a song. Every conversation, every personal hurt, every observance of people in stress, happiness and love. If you could feel it, I could feel it. "And I could write a song about it."
Remembering Curtis Mayfield, born on this day in 1942 in Chicago. Here he is performing “Keep On Keeping On” in 1972.
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