Meredith Monk's Tortoise Dreams and Folk Music from Another Planet: Q2 Spaces

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  • Опубліковано 16 лис 2014
  • In this episode of Q2 Spaces, we tour the living quarters and urban fairy-tale rehearsal space of visionary composer and singer Meredith Monk. More: bit.ly/1xeBdte
    Monk opens a window onto her longstanding Buddhist practice; her sculptured, cinematic approach to composition and cultivation of a “beginner’s mind;” her tortoise Neutron and piano Rose; and an upbringing which included singing trios with her mother and sister while doing chores around the house.
    Monk describes her sound as “folk music from another planet,” getting at what listeners have identified in her music as a time and place-less simultaneity of the ancient and the modern, as the vibrant outgrowth of her early epiphany that the human voice could be treated as a part of the body, as profoundly physical and versatile instrument capable of unchartered expressive possibilities.
    Video: Kim Nowacki & Alex Ambrose
    Executive Producers: Alex Ambrose & Mike Rinzel
    Music: All music by Meredith Monk | Courtesy of ECM Records
    www.meredithmonk.org
    www.ecmrecords.com
    Q2 Spaces is produced by Q2 Music, New York Public Radio's online music station devoted to contemporary classical music and dynamic live webcasts from leading new-music venues. Q2 Music lives online at wqxr.org/q2music.
    © Q2 Music 2014

КОМЕНТАРІ • 58

  • @pelgervampireduck
    @pelgervampireduck 4 роки тому +68

    turtle dreams is a new classic, like edged weapons and rem lazar

    • @IAmNotAHorse
      @IAmNotAHorse 4 роки тому +11

      I don’t practice Santeria, I just worship rem lazar

    • @imperishableneet
      @imperishableneet Рік тому +1

      Don't forget SOS, courtesy of the Children of God cult

  • @jlovebirch
    @jlovebirch 4 роки тому +40

    Anyone else come here after seeing RedLetterMedia's review of Turtle Dreams?

    • @nspinicelli
      @nspinicelli 4 роки тому +1

      YUP!

    • @esteemedscholar5969
      @esteemedscholar5969 4 роки тому +1

      Yes

    • @BossRedRanger
      @BossRedRanger 3 роки тому +4

      This woman has an award from President Obama. And all we knew was from some jerks in Milwaukee making fun of her. LOL

    • @LKRaider
      @LKRaider 3 роки тому +3

      HossKirkland being on tape with Rich Evans is the pinnacle of her achievements.

  • @sujoyteslesl
    @sujoyteslesl 4 роки тому +72

    anyone else here after watching botw on redlettermedia and decided to dig deeper?

    • @Pensive_Scarlet
      @Pensive_Scarlet 4 роки тому +9

      Yeah, I actually thought the bits they showed were really nice. I never have a problem with people getting an honest laugh out of a performance that doesn't resonate with them, and I could tell these were the sorts of performers who would take that laugh as a good thing, as a positive their performance gave to someone watching. I'm looking into experimenting with the sort of music that might make some people laugh or giggle like that, it's neat to see there's at least one person who might be interested. XD

    • @sujoyteslesl
      @sujoyteslesl 4 роки тому +4

      @@Pensive_Scarlet That's fair. Good luck, and all the best.

    • @sledgemofo1898
      @sledgemofo1898 4 роки тому +6

      I went through the phases of disbelief and disgust, then curiosity, and now feeling like things don’t have to make sense the more I listen. I don’t want to like it, I sort of don’t. But I do?

    • @sledgemofo1898
      @sledgemofo1898 4 роки тому +8

      But yes, Red Letter Media is to blame.

    • @johnbacon4997
      @johnbacon4997 4 роки тому

      Yeah

  • @patrickhamos2987
    @patrickhamos2987 4 роки тому +39

    i went to the store store store

    • @IAmNotAHorse
      @IAmNotAHorse 4 роки тому +3

      Everyone goes to the store!

    • @chapterrv
      @chapterrv 4 роки тому +4

      11 outta 10 for the reference

  • @lavista1602
    @lavista1602 3 роки тому +3

    I love your work... thank you so much for your amazing integrity as an artist...

  • @EssieP
    @EssieP 6 років тому +1

    Fantastic voice and music. I've followed her music since I discovered it in the late 1980s.

  • @conniebousquet3104
    @conniebousquet3104 9 років тому

    She's so well organized! What an inspiration! Thanks, Ellen, for making me aware of this Video.

  • @chirho100
    @chirho100 4 роки тому +24

    "it broke new ground!"

    • @nspinicelli
      @nspinicelli 4 роки тому +4

      OOOOHHHH myyyy GOOOOOOODDD!

  • @SgtxAnus
    @SgtxAnus 3 роки тому +7

    can we please please PLEASE get this message to her?
    "Meredith, PLEASE GO ON BEST OF THE WORST."

    • @sgtjonson
      @sgtjonson Рік тому

      No offense, but I think this artist is a bit too high brow for RLM. RLM is full of great guys and they know film, but Monk is from a different world

    • @SgtxAnus
      @SgtxAnus Рік тому +1

      @@sgtjonson nah man she needs to get on there and start talking about Death Stalker 3. Wtf is this “too high brow” bs. At the end of the day sometimes you just need to relax n have a good time; if you cant do that then damn thats a depressing life. And i should know im depressed.

  • @pamelachiara1489
    @pamelachiara1489 9 років тому +2

    she is in NY?OMG I was finally so close to her...I didn't know! she is such a pure soul...beautiful shining spirit

  • @RichardHBlumberg
    @RichardHBlumberg 9 років тому +1

    Meredith Monk in NYC, Showing Her Cool Ass Crib!!!!

  • @npc1386
    @npc1386 Рік тому

    baw baw baw. Rich Evans loves you.

  • @emilymorsemusic
    @emilymorsemusic 5 років тому

    Love the information!

  • @EverybodyLovesMaria
    @EverybodyLovesMaria 9 років тому +8

    OMG, somebody, please, tell me the name of the song playing on 2:37!.. It's so amazing!!

    • @Postphenomenology
      @Postphenomenology 7 років тому +5

      It's by Meredith and it's called Ascent.

    • @johnny1893
      @johnny1893 4 роки тому +2

      I when to the store. STORE! STORE!

  • @wilkkick
    @wilkkick 3 роки тому

    2:30 whats the track name ?

  • @TheKinoEye
    @TheKinoEye 5 років тому

    Two nights ago at (le) Poisson Rouge, in Greenwich Village NYC. Wow!

  • @willyvlyminck138
    @willyvlyminck138 Рік тому

    Wish you could do something with Zap Mama

  • @senhoradoo
    @senhoradoo 9 років тому +2

    Master Monk

  • @arcrs40
    @arcrs40 5 місяців тому

    likeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

  • @terrydavis8451
    @terrydavis8451 2 роки тому +2

    Is this that crazy lady who yells on the tv?

  • @flxmq
    @flxmq 4 роки тому +1

    please!! what is the name of the first song that's playing??

  • @LIFEHAZARD56
    @LIFEHAZARD56 5 років тому

    2:11 what is that instrument?

    • @carlborg98
      @carlborg98 4 роки тому

      Jew's harp or jaw harp

  • @AStateOfProgressive
    @AStateOfProgressive 3 роки тому +1

    These people all have Asperger's .

    • @avesatanae
      @avesatanae 3 місяці тому

      Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiidds

  • @jonnyc429
    @jonnyc429 3 роки тому +1

    I'm sure all the pretentious, middle class art students will be queueing up to heap praise on her