The Rope Factory this week indulges in some reflecting, looking back at the tunes of 2020 – those who we kept coming back to, those we missed, and those from our favourite artists or compilations. Oh, and a couple wee Christmas numbers too.
Neil Dargie dons his vampire costume for a Rope Factory Spooky Special, celebrating unearthly oddities, sinister sounds and not to mention that all important glimmer of hope and light, just when you thought it was safe.
The Rope Factory returns with a freshly harvested haul of tunes, this month taking in some new music from Banana Oil, Tara Clerkin Trio and Fabiano Do Nascimento, alonside some oldies by Paul Hart, Hiroshi Yoshimura, Brian Eno & +++
This week The Rope Factory explores the ‘The Sorrow of Derdui’ by Mac Talla Nan Creag – who said second albums were difficult? – and further takes in some German nu-disco, Sudanese rhythms and Greek paradise music.
After a short break Neil Dargie returns with The Rope Factory for more musical map making.
This week, we take a look at 70’s versus modern day free jazz, Ivor Cutler makes a welcome and reassuring appearance and we delve deeper into the Latino scene of 1970’s New York City.