I think that guy did my kitchen tiles, but he pronounced it "latta-MOR-ay"
― Paul Ponzi, Wednesday, 23 May 2018 13:07 (five years ago) link
his tiling is sharpthen he plays you his harplatta-MOR-ay
― chant down basildon (NickB), Wednesday, 23 May 2018 13:13 (five years ago) link
I've seen kora players in The Gambia and I like Marion Lattimorus, so check the size of my spuds.
― The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums (Chinaski), Wednesday, 23 May 2018 13:18 (five years ago) link
the appetite for hostility is more disturbing to me than the substance of this particular accusation against the harp music of mary lattimore.― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Monday, May 21, 2018 3:16 PM (two days ago)
This is seriously OTM, LL.
― emil.y, Wednesday, 23 May 2018 13:32 (five years ago) link
Ok, I LOLed
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Wednesday, 23 May 2018 14:19 (five years ago) link
anyway the brigade threads have been generally the best and nicest threads on ilm for a long time and i really love all the regulars so i'm glad all this shit got hashed out in another thread, though lattimore probably has little to do with it.
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 23 May 2018 14:37 (five years ago) link
“Ppl's lack of interest in something as niche as instrumental harp music doesn't seem like a refusal until they latch onto one particular example and then you wonder why this and not that. There's been quite an upturn in interest in instrumental string music in recent years but it's largely centred around this american scene, w/ a mixture of ppl from the previous early 00s takomish boom (& those they've inspired), the usual mix of often older psych and drone fans, and increasingly ppl who have followed their bliss from other scenes which have moved into more mellow, new age territory, which has become a converging point.“
This seems fair and reasonably likely to me though apart from a few isolated examples (e.g. Blackshaw) I don’t know much of the American music you’re referring to - case in point, I discovered Lattimore off a friend who has a shared love of the new agey end of Balearic revivalism. My go-to reference points for Lattimore when first listening (and especially her latest album) would be stuff like Wolf Muller & Cass rather than Toumani and Sidiki Diabate, though obviously if viewed in terms of the choice of lead instrument the latter makes sense. I had heard Toumani before, but not the 2014 album, and it is magical, though in ways that feel very different to me than ML.
In that sense my entry point and frame for ML are perhaps precisely the sonic trappings which you’d consider represent aesthetic choices which are wrong or dubious or cynical, I dunno.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 23 May 2018 22:12 (five years ago) link
man, god forbid someone just thinks lattimore's songs are pretty
― Davey D, Thursday, 24 May 2018 06:39 (five years ago) link
https://threelobed.bandcamp.com/album/ghost-forests
― velko, Wednesday, 5 September 2018 05:43 (five years ago) link
excited for this!
the only track available is lush, reminds me of grouper a bit
― nxd, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 09:08 (five years ago) link
Beautiful song
― flappy bird, Thursday, 13 September 2018 03:51 (five years ago) link
Painter of Tygers sounds just like His Name is Alive circa 1992. Gorgeous
― john. a resident of evanston. (john. a resident of chicago.), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 14:52 (five years ago) link
meant to post here that if anyone is craving more fresh instrumental harp music SOAR by Catrin Finch and Seckou Keita (on kora) is v v good
https://open.spotify.com/album/2s5WYOg1fezE42u6X0GqJc?si=NPVnH4Q7T06un-ZMOtnG_w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urnm8Aync5s
― niels, Tuesday, 13 November 2018 14:57 (five years ago) link
Enjoying this, thanks.
― jmm, Tuesday, 13 November 2018 15:05 (five years ago) link
Mary Lattimore on the PBS @NewsHour just now! Very cool 👏 pic.twitter.com/vkbeFymeVX— Nicky Smith (@nickyotissmith) April 20, 2019
― flappy bird, Saturday, 20 April 2019 21:45 (four years ago) link
I just came to say her new album is rather lovely and then I re-read the thread...
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Saturday, 14 November 2020 09:54 (three years ago) link
I will state ftr that I'm in the upper reaches of the 30-50 bracket and have very much given up.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Saturday, 14 November 2020 09:57 (three years ago) link
She is fantastic and I love the new one
― change display name (Jordan), Saturday, 14 November 2020 13:36 (three years ago) link
I think this album is her strongest yet & ogmor can suck it
― real muthaphuckkin jeez (crüt), Saturday, 14 November 2020 14:42 (three years ago) link
https://bfplny.com/event/electric-appalachia/
Jan 25 at 7:30pmSILENT FILMS / LIVE MUSIC:ELECTRIC APPALACHIAElectric Appalachia is scored and performed by Mary Lattimore and William Tyler.Experience the first evening of the Silent Films/Live Music series with the New York premiere of “Electric Appalachia.” Using found archival footage, the film offers a meditation on electricity and modernity in East Tennessee. Compiled by Eric Dawson (director at the Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound – TAMIS) with score written and performed by guitarist William Tyler and harpist Mary Lattimore.No RSVP is required. Seating is first come, first served. Free popcorn while supplies last.
Experience the first evening of the Silent Films/Live Music series with the New York premiere of “Electric Appalachia.” Using found archival footage, the film offers a meditation on electricity and modernity in East Tennessee. Compiled by Eric Dawson (director at the Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound – TAMIS) with score written and performed by guitarist William Tyler and harpist Mary Lattimore.No RSVP is required. Seating is first come, first served. Free popcorn while supplies last.
― POLIZISTEN VERSINKEN IM SCHLAMM (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 18 January 2023 20:45 (one year ago) link
New album today https://marylattimoreharpist.bandcamp.com/album/goodbye-hotel-arkada
― giraffe, Friday, 6 October 2023 09:55 (five months ago) link
Listening now, it's fantastic.
― Chris L, Saturday, 7 October 2023 16:03 (five months ago) link
Was about to make the exact same post, lol
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Saturday, 7 October 2023 16:05 (five months ago) link
Great stuff
― nxd, Saturday, 7 October 2023 19:20 (five months ago) link