Just arrived - Carnatic violin from 78’s collected by my friend (and Into the Zone guest) Chris King. Thanks @thirdmanrecords
Great liner notes too. Fascinating to see Chris joining the dots between Indian violin and his passion for Greek violinists like Alexis Zoumbas
On Into the Zone, Chris and I talked about prewar American rural music, and he played me jug bands and some amazing early Cajun music. We talked about the friendship between singer and accordionist Amédé Ardoin and violinist Dennis McGee.
Here's film of McGee visiting (and playing music with ) Ardoin's excellently-named nephew Bois-Sec in 1972
Anyhow, I'm off to listen to Chris's violin rediscoveries. Here's a link to the show. Our episode is called 'That Ain't Country' pushkin.fm/into-the-zone
Correction:,There’s actually one Hindustani player on here so not 100% Carnatic
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