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Sexual orientation this fine morning:

Johnny Kalsi’s arms.

After the Rain ..

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Wickham Festival

Oh man I am knackered. Everything’s sore and I‘m placing the blame at least partially on the Dhol Foundation, getting me in the dancing spirit and forcing me to wave my hands in the air like I just don’t care, damn them! Lots of photosets to come!

Thursday for me started with Sharon Shannon, with wonderful traditional Irish folk amongst other things, a smidge of Dorey the Wise, then the lively Carlos Nunez, Marley Blandford (who was awesome), Feldspar, and the headliner of the day Wilko Johnson! I was so excited to see him, and he was genuinely awesome, full of energy and really going for it, however it soon became apparent he wasn’t on top form and he after a brief concerned exchange onstage (unheard) finished early by hastily thanking the crowd and exiting the stage. I’m happy I finally got to see him, and I hope he’s okay. For anyone who (somehow) doesn’t know, he recently underwent major surgery to treat his cancer, which was previously thought to be terminal (Wiki section explaining it more fully).

Before we went home we checked in on De Temps Antan whose music I randomly discovered in France last year and I was lucky enough to catch my favourite song of theirs “La Turlutte du Rotoculteur” and would’ve danced if not for the fact my ankle was causing me serious agony by then (I sprained it at Pride that Saturday.) I was really surprised and delighted to see these famous huge artists like Wilko Johnson playing Wickham (ha ‘playing Wickham’ like it’s a big ass venue that commonly gets huge acts playing in its fields - It sounds so bizarre as growing up the most exciting thing that happened in Wickham was the annual horse fair!) as it hadn’t occurred to me that the festival might draw acts like that, it’s sort of hard to get my head around the fact that there’s actually quite a popular and successful festival almost on my doorstep!

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I don’t know if it’s taboo for me to share multiple songs from the same artist’s album in one week. But it’s not, because I say so. I guess. I hope. Yes.

This song needed to be shared because it would be a wonderful slow-and-fast ATS song. It incorporates sitar riffs for a more Indian-not-distinctly-Punjabi feel, But just listen to those backbeats! Don’t you just want to keep doing slow drops? Maybe that’s just me. But I still hope you enjoy this song! Let me know: did I do ok with a repeat post?

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I was actually exposed to the Dhol Foundation when I was pretty young, maybe 12 or 13 years old. It was the track "TDF vs. DCS" on a "fusion" (for lack of a better word) album my Dad had bought me. That track was basically a Dhol battle, and I loved it. Years later when I created my StudyTime Playlist, I was surprised to realize that Dhol Foudnation was on it with some completely different, absolutely sublime songs. True to its name, this song plays with various styles of Punjabi music. The simple, haunting flute melody is echoed and continues to (with the help of the dhol and tumbi) achieve a lilting and rhythmic quality as the piece moves on. It would be a fun ATS slow song, but mostly, I enjoy this song as a relaxing-but-motivating part of my study routine. Was this song a departure from what you might think of as "Punjabi"? Would you dance to this song? If yes, then how?

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