Up early today, to celebrate the eight o'clock Mass at Christchurch, Roath Park. That was it until Evensong and Benediction at St German's, so I had a nice un-busy Sunday for a change.
Kath and Rhiannon arrived to stay for a couple of days, just after I returned. It's great to have them here again. Kath brought me the latest album from Ojos de Brujo, 'Corriente vital - 10 anos' - two new songs and nine old songs from their repertoire interestingly re-worked with different musicians and producers. It's marvellous to hear great songs presented with considerable differences in interpretation and performance, a real exploration of how their musical content can be developed.
To my mind there's not nearly enough of this happening in the popular music world of today. The emphasis is so much on everyone writing and performing their own original stuff. The increase of volume of material is accompanied by a decline in its quality. As a result there's very little that's musically exciting to grab attention in the general market. There are always remarkable exceptions of great originality of course, and it's great to know that originality is the hall mark of the output of 'Ojos de Brujo', even when reworking their own songs.
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