Britten Sinfonia - Bach meets Moondog

Live footage from Britten Sinfonia's London show
www.brittensinfonia.co.uk

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[KoolBand]

I went to a sweet record store today, and got my first Moondog album and the early recordings of Daniel johnston, super kool.

[nikadevita]

Louis T. Hardin better known as Moondog was a revered pioneer on the Avant-Garde/Minimalist scene.

Bonn 26th May 1916 in Maryville, Kansas, Moondog wrote all his music in braille having lost his sight in an accident involving a dynamite cap at the age of 17. He studied music at the Iowa School for the Blind and later at Memphis. He was mostly self-taught determining chord structures by ear and developing his skills and theory from books...

[Adavur]

This number is called "Reedroy" from the Sidewald Dances album. This is a really great version, though.

[ears61]

I love everything about this should be known

[nixinoodles]

Britten Sinfonia are playing two dates at London's Roundhouse in Jan 2010, with Joanna MacGregor (23rd) and Nico Muhly (24th), for more of the same...

[Stuart Lee]

i'm so glad that there are people performing moondog's music...is there more from this group? well, i just looked up the website and, yes, there is more...the album is moondog-sidewalk dances.

[WizardofFuzz]

that hair is amazing

[Jnkdog]

Ain't that the truth. Genius composer.

[nikadevita]

And he was a homeless guy who wondered the streets of New York, writing music all day long... A F'n musical genius!

Where was HIS mansion in the hills! It's just not right...