Since I have long held great interest and enthusiasm for the music of Mike Oldfield (re: Tubular Bells, Ommadawn, etc.), and since Oldfield was peripherally in on the Canterbury Scene in England during the 70s, Ive been investigating the musical outputs of this loose movement. Here I have posted a live, instrumental piece entitled Stationary Traveler, by one group that came out of that period, and is in fact still touring, namely Camel. FWIW, Wikipedia has this to say about the Canterbury Scene-- ...The Canterbury scene (or Canterbury sound) is a term used to describe a loosely-defined style of music created by a number of progressive rock, avant-garde and jazz musicians, many of whom were based around the city of Canterbury, Kent, England during the late 1960s and early 1970s. These musicians played together in numerous bands, with ever-changing and overlapping personnel, creating some similarities in their musical output.... ...The real essence of Canterbury Sound is the tension between complicated harmonies, extended improvisations, and the sincere desire to write catchy pop songs.” “In the very best Canterbury music...the musically silly and the musically serious are juxtaposed in an amusing and endearing way.... youtu.be/0aSBP2eLlxk
Posted on: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 03:56:43 +0000