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  • I’m So Tired

    I’m So Tired


    Show notes for the 649th Mużika Mod Ieħor podcast featuring music by performers from or in Malta:

    Bitterside – Future

    Amber – I Need You

    Maxine – Lie Lie

    Lyndsay – Hanging
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzmo-0r3BGE

    Bloodline – Minute to Midnight

    Rheez – PTSD
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpfiYNOAFaU

    Aidan – Ritmu (Acoustic)

    The RSS feed for the Mużika Mod Ieħor podcast is available here or you can simply click here to subscribe directly with iTunes. You can also follow each new episode through the MMI Podcast: Facebook Fan Page. An archive of MMI podcast is also available on Mixcloud. If you have no idea what any of this means, just enjoy listening to the podcast on the player right below this text.

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  • Mużika 21 – numru 034

    Mużika 21 – numru 034

    Is-sensiela Mużika 21 tkompli fit-tielet staġun tagħha bl-34 programm.

    PARTI 1: Diski godda li ħarġu fl-aħħar ġimgħat…

    Bitterside – Future

    Maxine – Lie Lie

    Toby, Armani & Destiny – Pump Up The Jam

    Aidan – Ritmu (acoustic)

    The JoyGivers – Baħar Jaqsam

    Glen Montanaro + Xhud – Man of Gold

    Id-dettalji tad-diski u recordings oħra kollha li ħarġu matul l-2022 issibhom permezz tal-wiki tal-M3P.

     

    PARTI 2: X’ħoss jagħmlu Overdrawn? U x’sar minnhom? Qabel xejn, però, min huma Overdrawn? Overdrawn huwa trio jew forsi kwartet ta’ rock alternattiv minn Malta li s’issa qatt ma deher waqt is-sensiela ta’ poddati ta’ Mużika Mod Ieħor. Ir-raġuni għal dan hija li qatt ma tfaċċaw fuq ir-radar tiegħi qabel issa. Din stramba għax għandhom tliet siltiet fuq YouTube u waħda minnhom hija t-tip ta’ video li normalment ninkludi bla problemi ta’ xejn waqt il-poddati ta’ Mużika Mod Ieħor.  Minn fuq Spotify sirt naf li Duncan Borg id-drummer and Nigel il-kantat u kitarrist ħolqu dan il-kumpless fil-bidu tal-2017, u ftit wara ingħaqad magħhom kitarrist ieħor li jismu Lazar. Eventwalment dan donnu sparixxa u floku (ma nafx eżatt) daħal Matthew Grech fuq il-bass. Flimkien irrekordjaw dawn it-tliet siltiet li semmejt fuq YouTube, li nsibuhom ukoll fuq Spotify. Ma nafux xi jmiss għalihom, imma mill-paġna tagħhom fuq Facebook jidhru li għadhom flimkien.

    • Until I Go
    • Sunshine (feat. Denise Buckle)
    • Down

    Tista’ tisma’ l-mużika ta’ Overdrawn fuq Spotify.

     

    Banjo Lucia - Peccadilloes cover artPARTI 3: L-album tal-lum huwa l-EP Peccadillos ta’ Banjo Lucia. Din il-kantanta Awstraljana diġà ltaqjna magħha drabi oħra sew waqt Mużika 21 kif ukoll fil-poddati ta’ Mużika Mod Ieħor.  Il-konnessjoni tagħha ma’ Malta hija waħda familjali; ommha hija Mama Kin, jew ossija Danielle Caruana, kantawtriċi Maltija-Awstraljana li ġejja minn familja mużikali stabbilità ferm, inkluż rabtiet li jmorru lura sas-snin 40 tas-seklu l-ieħor. Peccadillos ħareġ għall-bejgħ fuq Bandcamp fis-6 ta’ Mejju 2022. Minnu għażilt tliet siltiet:

    • Lion Boy
    • Leave Again
    • Last Song

    Tista’ tisma’ jew takkwista l-EP Peccadillos ta’ Banjo Lucia fuq Bandcamp.

    Mużika 21 huwa produzzjoni tal-Fondazzjoni M3P u jixxandar fuq Campus FM kull nhar ta’ Tnejn f’12:00pm u l-Ħamis fis-6:00pm.

  • Mużika 21 – numru 033

    Mużika 21 – numru 033

    Is-sensiela Mużika 21 tkompli fit-tielet staġun tagħha bit-33 programm.

    PARTI 1: Diski godda li ħarġu fl-aħħar ġimgħat…

    Anthea – What It Do

    Kelsey Bellante – Guilty Love

    Rheez – PTSD

    MeadowStrings – Għix il-Ħajja

    Id-dettalji tad-diski u recordings oħra kollha li ħarġu matul l-2022 issibhom permezz tal-wiki tal-M3P.

     

    PARTI 2: Carmelo Muscat il-Captain (1928-2012) Fit-tieni parti tal-lum qed infakkru 10 snin mill-mewt ta’ kitarrist prim Malti, modern, li miet fis-16 ta’ Mejju 2012. Il-Captain għallem il-mużika lil uħud mill-aktar ismijiet popolari fix-xena tal-mużika Maltiija. Dawn jinkludu lil Freddie Portelli, Mary Spiteri, u Joe S. Grech. U huwa propju Joe S. Grech li ħareġ album bil-mużika ta’ Carmelo Muscat il-Captain, Mellieħi bħalu, miktuba bejn l-1960 u l-1992. Originarjament dan l-album inħareġ bħala CD b’tnax il-silta fl-2006, meta l-Captain kien għadu ħaj. Issa dan l-album ġie remastered u sitt siltiet minnu nħarġu mill-ġdid fuq Bandcamp.

    Tista’ tisma’ jew takkwista The Captain Album ta’ Joe S. Grech fuq Bandcamp.

     

    Glen Montanaro - Xhud - album cover artPARTI 3: L-album tal-lum huwa Xhud ta’ Glen Montanaro li se joħroġ għall-bejgħ fuq Bandcamp fil-21 ta’ Mejju 2022. Din hija l-ewwel darba waqt il-programm mużika 21 li qed indoqq siltiet minn album li ħiereġ dalwaqt flok wieħed li ħareġ diġà. (Minn hawn nagħmel appell lil aktar mużiċisti biex jgħadduli kopji tal-albums tagħhom qabel joħorġu jekk iridu li ndoqqhom f’mument tajjeb mad-data tal-ħruġ oriġinali.) Minn dan l-album diġà daqqejt is-silta Borders fl-aħħar edizzjoni ta’ Mużika 21. Illum qed nagħżel 3 siltiet oħra. Flimkien mal-kitarrist Glen Montanaro nisimgħu lil Jan Sedlák fuq il-kuntrabaxx u Anders Bak Julsgaard fuq id-drums. Is-siltiet li għażilt huma:

    • Protagonist
    • Unison
    • Clint

    Tista’ tisma’ jew takkwista l-album Xhud ta’ Glen Montanaro fuq Bandcamp.

    Mużika 21 huwa produzzjoni tal-Fondazzjoni M3P u jixxandar fuq Campus FM kull nhar ta’ Tnejn f’12:00pm u l-Ħamis fis-6:00pm.

  • Eurovision bil-Malti?

    Eurovision bil-Malti?

    The producers of the long-running TVM series IIsienna have invited me to comment about the use of the Maltese language at the Eurovision Song Contest. I have little to add to the video clip in Maltese, which you can see here. However, I’ve chosen write a blog post about it in English for the benefit of anyone interested in this subject who may not understand Maltese.

    Malta has been taking part in the Eurovision Song Contest since 1971. The first two years featured songs in Maltese, both of which placed last in their respective contest. The national language was never used again (except for a short spoken section in 2000) after 1972 and the main reason given for this by the Maltese organizers has always been that Maltese-language songs will only land Malta in last place at the contest.

    Incidentally, Malta placed last in 2006 with a song in English. Malta also didn’t manage to make it to the Eurovision Song Contest final in 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2015 and 2018, even though the song from Malta in all these years was sung in English.

    Perhaps it’s time for Malta to send a song in Maltese to the Eurovision Song Contest…but not in 2022, of course. While the ongoing strategy (if we can call it that) with songs in English doesn’t seem to be working in terms of achieving top placements, it may indeed open up the growing contemporary Maltese-language songbook to a wider audience.

    My comments about the use of the Maltese language at the Eurovision Song Contest first appeared on TVM during Ilsienna broadcast on Monday 9 May 2022.

    More at EurovisionMalta.com.