And tomorrow, I will cross that bridge between Sweden and Denmark once more, since I am off to my good friends at the Gouveia Art Rock festival to lead a discussion on all things Prog. It will be great to see my good friends Luis (and his lovely girlfriend Catia) and Nuno again, not forgetting Eduardo, Carlos, Mario and all the other heroes of this lively, wonderful festival.
This will be the first time I fly with Luxair, and also the first time I will be in Luxemburg, even though it's just for changing planes. I have no hopes for the vegetarian food, but I have hopes of finding a good bottle of Scotland's finest on my way back. And in the best of cases a bottle of Slibovitz, not for myself - I don't touch that stuff - but for Mr. Zawinul, who apparently loves the stuff. At least that's what his agent told me, and I want to have a happy musician on stage on Tuesday and Wednesday at our club.
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"Bro" (Swedish for bridge) is the standout track on The Jolly-Boat Pirates' eponymous debut album. Moving between free jazz, some rock elements, aural signs of folk music, and I even hear some minimalism in there. They don't quite go the distance, but "Bro" is really good.
NP: The Jolly-Boat Pirates - The Jolly-Boat Pirates
2 comments:
hi Thomas
;)
just to tell you that "listening to your thoughs/ideas and talking with you about alot of thing" was one of the greatest things of GOUVEIA ART ROCK.
last year i learned alot with your presentation. this year you made me feel that again. talking about the concept of "progressive music and what progressive is"... it was great for me to tell people what i think about it and also listening to some other thoughts.
the thing that realy made me feel great when i was talking with you (besides the GREAT PERSON that you are) was that you were always paying attention in what i was saying (even when our ideas were not the sames)
meeting people like you.... that makes me feel RICH ;)
i don't know if you can see already who am i. i'm NOCA (the Luís friend)... the MICK KARN's fan.
i can't tell you how much it means to me knowing that you liked the art-cover that i made for the GAR2004 DVD.
sorry for my poor english
all the best to you Thomas
noca (Dinis Ramos)
nocaramos@gmail.com
i'm listening now to the "songs from the observatory" that you gave me. i'm flying ;) GREAT GREAT GREAT music
ps: GREAT festival that we had. you sure helped alot on it
Noca, thank you for your kind words, they are much appreciated. I had a wonderful time, as always. This was the third time I had the honour of visiting this wonderful festival, and the second time I participated on my own as a speaker.
I sincererly hope to come back next year!
During the next weeks, I will mention the festival in some of my blogs, time permitting.
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