Digging for Music

Adios Nonino - Tango from Astor Piazzolla. Guitar solo version by Marcos De Ros

2012-02-10T23:36:00.001-08:00

Tractor Performs with Jazz Band

2012-01-20T23:44:00.001-08:00

Эдуард Анатольевич Хиль, Vokalise

2011-12-30T23:18:00.000-08:00

Anatolia - Dansuri romanesti (Bela Bartok) si Çeçen Kizi (Tanburi Cemil Bey)

2011-12-24T10:28:00.001-08:00

Ólafur Arnalds - Ljósið

2011-10-20T00:00:00.000-07:00

previously known as Let Yourself Feel

An epic story - Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics

2011-10-19T18:59:00.001-07:00

De sărit / Jumping dance

2011-10-13T07:44:00.000-07:00

Beat It by Igor Presnyakov

2011-10-09T23:08:00.001-07:00

Guyamas Sonora by Beirut

2011-10-02T10:59:00.000-07:00

Tinariwen - Desert session #2: Shadows on the sand

2011-08-17T23:29:00.000-07:00

Adjustable Microtonal Guitar

2011-08-02T12:10:00.000-07:00

Asik Veysel's "Kara Toprak", arranged by Ricardo Moyano and performed by Tolgahan Cogulu with the Adjustable Microtonal Guitar

Ș-a venit Vinerea Mare / Good Friday song by Anica Anghel

2011-07-30T09:20:00.000-07:00

This one is for Özlem, the biggest promoter of this blog. "Ș-a venit Vinerea Mare", performed by Anica Anghel. Romanian field recording from 1940.

Alaa Wardi - Ma3gool

2011-07-01T02:42:00.000-07:00

Nedim Nalbantoğlu - Al Bint El Chalabiya

2011-04-09T09:46:00.000-07:00

Jamming with friends: Nedim Nalbantoğlu, Serkan Çağrı, Göksel Baktagir, Mehmet Akatay

2011-03-01T20:00:00.000-08:00

Hamza el Din

2011-03-01T19:56:00.000-08:00

Le Cygne of Camille Saint-Saëns. Theremin played by Clara Rockmore

2011-02-28T22:39:00.000-08:00

Another Smooth Criminal Cover

2011-02-19T07:32:00.001-08:00

Zaz à Montmarte : Les passants

2011-02-19T07:29:00.000-08:00

Zaz à Montmarte : Les passants
Yükleyen LEXPRESS. - Öne çıkan müzik videolarını izleyin.

Ronnie "Happy New Year Luie" !

2010-02-14T02:12:00.000-08:00

Humoresque

2009-10-20T21:37:00.000-07:00

Art Tatum:

"Conventional" (who is the pianist in this one?):

My Favorite Things interpreted by Pomplamoose Music

2009-10-19T23:43:00.000-07:00

Live Smooth Criminal Cover by J.Viewz

2009-08-24T01:48:00.000-07:00

Kazak Dombra Solo - In Pursuit of Wings

2009-08-24T01:45:00.000-07:00

Nicolae Botgros & Ovidiu Bartes

2009-05-23T17:39:00.001-07:00

Ciguli: He is the accordion!

2009-05-18T20:47:00.000-07:00

When the Boat Comes In

2009-03-16T18:46:00.000-07:00

A classic fishing song, also used as the intro for a BBC program of the same name.

Peter Sellers: A Hard Day's Night

2009-01-25T00:29:00.000-08:00

Peter Sellers performs 'A Hard Day's Night' by The Beatles, in the style of Laurence Olivier's interpretation of Richard III.

And here is Laurence Olivier in 'Richard III'

Bluegrass Tony rice &cie:red haired boy

2009-01-24T23:57:00.000-08:00

Bluegrass Tony rice &cie:red haired boy
by jolysable

La Foule, performed by MattRach

2008-12-03T15:48:00.000-08:00

Louis Armstrong and Johnny Cash - Blue Yodel No. 9

2008-12-02T22:47:00.000-08:00

Toni Iordache - Cantec de joc

2008-12-02T21:34:00.000-08:00

Lizst Hungarian Rhapsody No 2 by Tom & Jerry

2008-11-28T16:57:00.000-08:00

Büyük Cevizin Dibi - Erkan Oğur

2008-11-21T17:44:00.000-08:00

I got rhythm!

2008-10-12T19:38:00.001-07:00

Gershwin himself:

Stephane Grappelli/Django Reinhardt:

Whistling Queen of the Night aria Magic Flute

2008-07-11T07:22:00.000-07:00

Whistler: Michael Barimo

Nude Remix by Sinclair ZX Spectrum and friends

2008-06-07T08:55:00.001-07:00

Inspired by the Radiohead Nude Remix Contest, this guy does something,.. different:

If you do not enjoy waiting for it to load (I did), the song starts at 1:09.

How to make speakers out of hard disks

I thought the scanner sound was modulated digitally for getting different notes, but some people say you can get it by choosing different resolutions.

Etta Baker

2008-06-05T21:43:00.000-07:00

Such a wonderful video.

Dee Dee Bridgewater - Compared to What

2008-06-02T17:41:00.000-07:00

Original, cover

2008-05-26T17:55:00.000-07:00

One:

Two:

Three:

Stunning drummer Stoyan Yankoulov

2008-04-25T03:17:00.000-07:00

Glenn Gould: Young and not so young

2008-04-21T21:19:00.000-07:00

Two versions of the Italian Concerto:

Compare and contrast!

There is also a documentary that has parts from the recording of the "young" version from 1959:

The full documentary is also available (I think): part 1 is here.

Tunis

2008-03-08T23:05:00.000-08:00

Commenter 2Luke says,

asian chicks using spanish guitars to play arabian music... sweet.

I'd like to add:

asian chicks using spanish guitars to play arabian music composed by a French dude...

The players are: Wang Yameng, Su Meng, Chen Shanshan, Li Jie

Helsingin Valituskuoro

2008-03-08T20:42:00.000-08:00

In the Finnish vocabulary there is an expression "Valituskuoro". It means "Complaints Choir" and it is used to describe situations where a lot of people are complaining simultaneously. Kalleinen and Kochta-Kalleinen thought: "Wouldn´t it be fantastic to take this expression literally and organise a real Complaints Choir!"

Complaint Choirs Worldwide

Music using only sounds from Windows XP and 98

2008-02-21T01:11:00.000-08:00

Wolfgang would have liked it

2008-01-19T18:51:00.000-08:00

Michel Lauzière

Stairway to Heaven from Nashville

2008-01-15T17:27:00.000-08:00

Nashville Super Pickers play Stairway to Heaven

Here are a few more covers...

Bellatone

2008-01-13T09:51:00.000-08:00

Symphonic Hymn of Yunus Emre

2007-11-19T03:29:00.000-08:00

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yunus_Emre

young tabla player

2007-11-16T03:30:00.000-08:00

Hang Trio in Vondelpark, Amsterdam

2007-10-11T23:44:00.000-07:00

The players are Davide Swarup, Lyron Mann and Jeff Hijlkema.

Hang, more hang

Evlerinin Önü Boyalı Direk a la Flamenco!!

2007-10-01T08:48:00.000-07:00

yet another version of Csárdás

2007-09-26T06:51:00.000-07:00

pay attention to double bass player from the Bassiona Amorosa sextet!

Balalaika virtuoso Alex Siniavski plays Czardas

2007-09-25T23:07:00.000-07:00

What is Csárdás??

Nubian Oud - Abdo Jorob

2007-09-16T13:45:00.000-07:00

Hammond B3 summit

2007-09-07T01:00:00.000-07:00

Paul Shaffer, Joey DeFrancesco, Doug Riley, and Dr. Lonnie Smith plays Jimmy Smiths' the cat!

Gilles Apap

2007-09-06T20:17:00.000-07:00

One of the commenters seems to say that the song is called Zella Zella.

And here is an interesting "cadenza" during a violin concerto.

There is a lot fighting going on in the comments...

Gilles Apap

Amateur - Lasse Gjertsen

2007-09-03T15:17:00.001-07:00

With 5.8 million views and counting, this is not really a deep dig, but I like coming back to it. A feat of "hyperactive editing" by Lasse, who says he can play neither the drums nor the piano.

Otros Aires - Milonga sentimental

2007-08-30T07:53:00.000-07:00

Feux follets by Claire Huangci

2007-08-29T21:52:00.000-07:00

16 years old Claire Huangci playing Feux follets by Liszt. (Commenter jtchen22 says, "I.. would eat your poo.")

Here is a reenactment of the mysterious "feux folllets", from Wikipedia:

I liked this piece, but found it quite hard to follow in any detail at times. Then I saw this visualization (not as well-played as above, alas), and thought my feelings were justified!

More visualizations here. I like this one.

Foggy mountain breakdown

2007-08-29T00:45:00.000-07:00

The poster says: "Heaven or Hell? You decide :)"

"Tik-Tik-Tak" another rembetiko

2007-08-17T02:50:00.000-07:00

Sometimes you like someone and just being around them makes you nervous. You see them and your heart beats like a drum, tik tik tak. This is a song about the nervousness you feel around people you like and upon whom you want to make a good impression.

Sebastien & Paolo

2007-08-12T07:27:00.000-07:00

I can't be satisfied:

Tricone swing:

Vieux Farka Touré

2007-08-07T06:12:00.000-07:00

Vieux's father is the late Ali Farka Touré.

Hejrat by Googoosh from pre-revolution Iran

2007-07-31T07:46:00.000-07:00

Gopher Mambo by Yma Sumac

2007-07-31T05:58:00.000-07:00

From the movie Rebetiko, directed by Kostas Ferris

2007-07-29T13:39:00.000-07:00

Stou Thoma To Magasi

Beethoven parody by Dudley Moore

2007-07-23T20:14:00.000-07:00

I imagine Ludwig sitting in the audience, laughing out loudly near the end.

Banana Boat Song (Day-O) from Vanilla Mood

2007-07-22T12:40:00.000-07:00

Diariamente by Marisa Monte

2007-07-20T20:48:00.001-07:00

Huun Huur Tu in Münich Concert 2002

2007-07-19T07:57:00.000-07:00

A throat singing example from Huun Huur Tu

Merle Travis and Thom Bresh

2007-07-17T19:23:00.000-07:00

Father and son, cute ending.

Ievan Polkka from Loituma

2007-07-17T14:58:00.000-07:00

Live version of a cappella "Ievan Polkka" from Finnish quartet Loituma

Chave Romane

2007-07-14T22:51:00.000-07:00

A song by Diabolske Husle (Devil Violin). I'd like to echo one of the comments on YouTube: dobreeeee!

Busi Mhlongo

2007-06-29T18:39:00.001-07:00

A wonderful song by Busi Mhlongo, from her album Urban Zulu: Uganga Nge Ngane.

Dumbala Dumba

2007-06-12T08:20:00.000-07:00

Here is another version of Dumbala Dumba of Taraf de Haidouks

The Rajko Orchestra plays Béla Bartók 's Rumanian Folk Dances

2007-06-09T08:11:00.000-07:00