Waterfront Blues Festival
Portland, OR.
July 7, 2013
Again this year recorded from KBOO FM 90.7 here in Portland. A volunteer radio station that
has broadcast the festival each and every year. It has become a huge festival & we stopped
going due to the big crowds. I now record all that I can & enjoy sharing with you all. As
with any all volunteer station there are a few blurps along the way, which I have "fixed"
as well as I can. Enjoy, twofthrs
FM> H2 Zoom> SD card> HD> FLAC> U.
Before his recent projects in Nashville with Alison Krauss and Band of Joy, Plant worked
alongside the very interesting force, “Strange Sensation”, recording the critically acclaimed,
multi-Grammy nominated albums – “Dreamland” and “Mighty Rearranger”. From this platform,
Sensational Space Shifters has developed. Now together these confederates and conspirators
dig deeper and more intensely, always twisting and turning, bringing the past into a brilliant
technicolour present.
It's impressive company:
Justin Adams - a childhood in the Middle East and teenage years with a soundtrack of UK punk set the tone for Adams ' musical adventures. He has produced Grammy winning Desert poets Tinariwen and Algerian Rai rebel Rachid Taha, as well as playing guitar and writing with Jah Wobble, Sinead O' Connor , Natasha Atlas and many more. Three award winning albums with Juldeh Camara for Peter Gabriel's Real World label have been the latest in a series of collaborations with Master Musicians from North and West Africa.
John Baggott - one of the originators of the Bristol Trip hop sound, Baggott cut his teeth as
a teenage piano prodigy playing with visiting US legends like Jimmy Witherspoon and Charlie
Feathers. He contributed to seminal work by Portishead, combining musicality with cutting edge
sonic texturing and sampling, which led him to become a member of the Massive Attack team. He
has also composed film and tv music for Emmy award winning documentaries and most recently
worked with songstress Anna Calvi on a new album.
Juldeh Camara - Juldeh was taught the Ritti ( one- string African Violin) by his blind Griot
father , who was reputedly taught himself by the forest spirits of Gambia who took his eyesight
in return for the gift . A traditional Fulani village musician , Juldeh's exceptional talent
and charisma took him first to Banjul , Gambia's capital and then around the world with Ifang
Bondi . Hearing Adams' Desert inflected Blues he decided the two should collaborate , which
led to the groundbreaking Juju records, and in turn to his work with Plant ,where the
connections between the Blues and Mother Africa turn full circle.
Billy Fuller - Fuller has been exceptionally creative in the past few years, as a founder member
of post rock trio Beak , together with Portishead's Geoff Barrow, he has made two albums and
played at the ultra- cool All Tomorrow's Parties Festival amongst many others. He has
contributed to albums by Massive Attack , the soundtrack for the Banksy movie "Exit via the
Gift Shop", guested with Portishead, and toured with Adams and Camara in JuJu. A rock solid
bassist he is a vinyl junkie with consummate taste.
Liam “Skin” Tyson - a surreal Scouser ( Liverpudlian ) who now lives in the Misty Mountains
of North Wales, his combination of Pastoral acoustic open tuned guitars and electric 21st
century psychedelia make him a perfect foil for Plant’s balladry and fire. He made a massive
impact with Brit Pop group Cast in the 90s who had a succession of chart hits, mentored by
figures like producer John Leckie. He built a studio in his Barn where he recorded his Men
from Mars project and from where he nurtures local bands in between surfing and touring.
Dave Smith - originally trained as a jazz drummer and orchestral percussionist, a chance
encounter with West African music led Smith to study sabar drumming in Gambia over a ten year
period. He is the hub of a scene of Jazz and electronic improvisers based around the Vortex
club in London, where he leads groups such as Fofoulah and Ruhabi , incorporating polyrhythmic
African drive into their music. Headhunted by Adams and Camara , he brought a Ginger Baker like
energy to their music which now moves to another level in the context of the Sensational
Space Shifters.
Plant revels in the excitement generated by the collision of these remarkably powerful forces.
Though his contribution to Pop Culture began with his work with Led Zeppelin, his path since
has been uncompromising: keep it fresh, spin the bottle, dig deep, embrace the past - visit it
– celebrate it – but don’t build a home in it.
Set List
01 Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You
02 In The Mood
03 Tin Pan Valley
04 Spoonful
05 Black Dog
06 Another Tribe
07 Going To California
08 The Enchanter
09 Freedom Fries
10 Four Sticks
11 Friends
12 Fixin' To Die
13 What Is & What Should Never Be
14 Whole Lotta Love > Who Do You Love > WLL
Encore
15 Satan You Kingdom Must Come
16 Rock & Roll http://fp.io/da73b985/
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