E L L Y N I E M A N & R I K K E R T Z U I D E R V E L D - D E D R A A D V A N A R I A D N E

Elly Nieman and Rikkert Zuiderveld, better known as Elly and Rikkert were a Dutch stoner hippie couple. They were introduced to each othet at a party somewhere in the late 60's by the father of an old friend of mine, Dutch film maker Job Pannekoek... They came out with this album in 1971 with their buddy Hans (Appie) Sleijpen, and it's a great, total DIY album and there's one song on it that became a huge hit in Holland, ""De Kaugomballenboom" (The chewinggumballtree)... In 1976 they became devote Christians, they're still together, still active and they released tons of albums, mostly Christian songs and songs for kids and tons of books for kids.... Here's their website: And here's some fairly recent pictures of them:

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AGNES CHAN - WILL THE CIRCLE GAME BE UNBROKEN

Here's a folk/country & western album from Agnes Chan from Hong Kong and this came out in 1971.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

MIRA KUBASINSKA & BREAKOUT - MIRA

Here's the great 1971 Mira album from Polish underground blues/psych/folk band Breakout with Mira Kubasinska.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

TOM SLEPE - AMIT AMIT

Here's an album from Tom Slepe, a promotional vinyl copy for radio stations and this came out in 1983.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

TOM SLEPE - LAGU LAGU POP INDONESIA

Here's an album from Tom Slepe, a promotional vinyl copy for radio stations. Nice one, very much like Iwan Fals.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

LEO KRISTI - LINTASAN HIJAU HITAM

Here's a cassette from Leo Kristi with his Konser Rakyat Leo Kristi group.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

LEO KRISTI - NYANYIAN MALAM

Here's a cassette from Leo Kristi and his Konser Rakyat Leo Kristi group..... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

LEO KRISTI - NYANYIAN FAJAR

Here's a cassette from the traveling troubadour Leo Kristi and his Konser Rakyat Leo Kristi group and this cassette was put out by 70's/80's magazine Aktuil.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

LEO KRISTI - NYANYIAN TANAH MERDEKA

Here's a cassette from Leo Kristi with his Konser Rakyat Leo Kristi group.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

EBIET G. ADE - ALBUM 5 LANGKAH BERIKUTNYA

Here's an album from Ebiet G. Ade and this came out in 1983 and it says on discogs that this is a promotional vinyl copy for radio stations. I have to say.... I never got into listening to Ebiet G. Ade, he's still very popular here in Indonesia, and listening to this album,I'm actually surprised by how good this is..... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

KENJI ENDO - YOROKOBI NO UTA

Here's a live folk album from Kenji Endo and this came out in 1973.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

FERRE GRIGNARD - RING, RING, I GOT TO SING / WE WANT WAR

Ferre Grignard (13 March 1939 – 8 August 1982) was a Belgian skiffle-singer from Antwerp who surprised the world in 1965 with his international hits "Ring Ring, I've Got To Sing" and "My Crucified Jesus". Ferre Grignard renounced his middle-class origins and at the end of the 1950s he went to the Antwerp art academy. He was unsuccessful as a painter, but he could play the guitar and sing the blues and his performances in "De Muze", a famous Antwerp jazz café, made him well known in the Antwerp artists' world. The young generation accepted him as the first Belgian protest singer, because of his hippie-like appearance and the content of his songs. In 1965 he performed at the first "Jazz-festival" at Bilzen. He was discovered by Hans Kusters (the same man who owned the record company HKM that is now producing the music of the Belgian band Clouseau). His "Ring Ring, I've Got To Sing" and "My Crucified Jesus" conquered the world with their mixture of skiffle, folk music and blues. At the height of his career he even performed at the Paris Olympia. The Belgian artist George Smits was a member of Ferre Grignard's band around that time. After the ensuing international success, things started to go wrong. He went to live in a mansion, where he made music, painted and partied with the 20 friends who lived with him. He also refused to fill in his tax-forms, so after a while all royalties went directly to taxes. He neglected his career and was soon forgotten by his fans. A comeback in the seventies failed. He died in Antwerp of throat cancer in 1982. At that time he was living in an attic without heating, surrounded by empty bottles. Ferre Grignard lies buried at the Schoonselhof cemetery, among many of Antwerp's most important citizens. It alsosays on the cover that he was thrown out of the army after a year of being conscripted and he then lived "among the negroes" in the US for a few years and then was expelled due to his anarchist and anti-war attitude.... Great music, think Bob Dylan.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

CHINESE INSTRUMENTAL FOLK MUSIC - SOLO FLUTE PIECES: JOURNEY TO KUSU

Lovely Chinese insrumental folk music album and here's what our friend Yoshio said about this record: Journey to Kusu is a solo flute piece composed by Jiang Xianwei in 1962. It is a piece of music describing the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River, expressing the beautiful scenery of the historical city of Suzhou and the delightful mood of the people during their visit. Based on the music of Kusu, the piece expresses the typical music of Jiangnan and the lyricism, elegance, lightness and liveliness of the southern flute. The melody is mainly pentatonic, with few jumping intervals and little contrast in rhythm and strength. The division of free and irregular phrases makes use of different traditional folk music materials; for example, traditional ensembles such as the Jiangnan Silk and Bamboo, often in the form of variations, push up the mood of the piece gradually, so that the piece ends in a warm atmosphere. And the repetition of the slow theme after the fast movement, forming a three-part structure, is different from the traditional music. Three-part style with introduction: Introduction: Scattered Plate Slow Plate: more long tones with ornamentation, characteristic of Kunqu's lingering and soft style Middle section: Allegro, with frequent irregular syncopations in the lively and enthusiastic sixteenth note melody. Adagio: the theme of the adagio is reproduced, with small additions of flowers in between. Thanks Yoshio! GET IT HERE Enjoy!

A JOYOUS DAY: CHINESE FOLK MUSIC

Chinese folk music... A Joyous Day This piece was composed by Ma Shenglong in 1958. It is an early pipa composition in the modern three-part style. The piece depicts the joyous mood of the people on a happy day when they are beating gongs and drums. The piece begins with a short introduction, using a combination of sweeps, half-wheels and picks to simulate the rhythms of folk gongs and drums, which is cheerful and enthusiastic. The theme that emerges is from the Henan folk song ‘Eight Duan Jin’, a tune later rewritten as ‘August Laurel Blossoms Bloom Everywhere’, which is smooth and joyful. The first part of the piece is made up of a contrasting sequence of offerings, splits, and overtone variations, and passing phrases. The second part of the slow movement, still on the basis of the original theme, slows down the tempo, and uses the long wheel to express the stretching and beautiful melody, which expresses people's inner joy. The third part is the recapitulation part, the melody of the drum and gong rhythm is more exciting and enthusiastic, and finally, the use of fast melodic rhythm pushes the piece to the climax. This piece is characterised by the unity of the material, the smoothness of the tune, and the combination of pipa techniques. Thanks for the information Yoshio! GET IT HERE Enjoy!

IWAN FALS - GALANG RAMBU ANARKI / DJADJAT PARAMOUR - DANGDUT

Here's a promotional vinyl copy for radio stations, on side A 4 songs from Iwan Fals and on side B 4 songs from Dangdut singer Djadjat Paramour.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

ALI JIHAD RACY - ANCIENT EGYPT

Here's a wonderful album from the Lebanese composer and musician Ali Jihad Racy and these pieces were composed fot the 1978 King Tutankhamun Exhibit at the Seattle Art Museum. He didn't just compose all these pieces, he played all the instruments on this one. Truly beautiful music.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

KOREAN FOLK SONG VOL. 1

Here's an album with Korean traditional music.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

F A R A M A R Z P A Y V A R & E N S E M B L E - A P E R S I A N H E R I T A G E

Faramarz Payvar and his Ensemble playing classical music from Iran.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

ZULKARNAIN - KEADJAIBAN ALAM

Posted this one quite a while ago, found a much better copy... Great album from the great blind troubadour Zulkarnain from Bukittinggi in West-Sumatera, fantastic album, he's singing, playing the guitar, whistling, drumming on his guitar and making all sorts of sounds.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!

STEVEDORE STEVE - I'VE LIVED

For many, many years of his life Canadian Stevedore Steve was doing the Jack Kerouac, traveling all over Canada, the United States and Mexico, riding box-cars, hitch-hiking or just walking, doing odd jobs along the way. When he died, at age 80 he donated his body to science.... The songs on this album explain, he writes, how he lived.... At times you would swear you're listening to Johnny Cash, but not when you hear the one small hit he had way back with the song Lester The Lobster..... GET IT HERE Enjoy!