Forks' thread for inexplicable/fascinating/awesome/jokey YouTube music/theater/comedy/brilliance that I will undoubtedly vote for in Pazz and Jop or that I just think are excellent in general

I am involved in promotion for this guy's first east coast appearance

My god, I just discovered this.

He's a neat dude.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIzS8bvzjWg

^lengthy performance and interview

I'm only just getting more interested in enka. (Also I suddenly have hundreds of hours of listening I want to get to, or so it seems. The first half of the year I've mostly been listening to a few things obsessively and not finding many leads for new-to-me stuff (though most of my obsessive listening has been to a few new things). It generally hits at some point during the year. But I will add this to my imaginary list.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIaFtAKnqBU

^leave it on loop for maximum effect

http://soundcloud.com/esmink/bouncing-harbor-cumbia-edit
DOPE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E82BifytoYY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNsyJiF1b_4

http://soundcloud.com/djsliinkbbc/sets/vibrate-ep-bh004/

can't rep for this but short return to upthread
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iA8j7EpyubA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=wvvqz2qnky0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hro4AdTYiTA&feature=endscreen&NR=1

approved.
also good for "Is This Racist?"

Dust to Digital has just released new compilation of music by Lonnie Holley, an Alabama artist and musician.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDh_GyrMU4A
This track, from that new album, is stunningly beautiful and spurred me to buy a copy of the disc. Only twelve bucks!
Dust to Digital link here.
Give this documentary excerpt a peek too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKdukTx3Zxo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsMKOx6fumc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=6herO1dIc4s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L48YJYrjVgo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1Og5Tg_Jyo
aawwwwwwwwww shit y'all it's the eight minute I AM A CAT REMIXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=PIylQx892Ws

http://mabsonenterprises.bandcamp.com/track/call-me-maybe-acapella-147-times-exponentially-layered

also: http://www.nationalanthems.me/more/every-national-anthem-at-once/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=gNR-_hH_qOM

not sure how I've gone so long w/out seeing this treasure trove before but there are many fine items here, some familiar, some new to me. mb it's because i'm febrile in bed but the 8 minute i am a cat video seems huge, operatic.

reposting btw: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns6hcizidmg

and thanks: that's wendy vainity for you!

That kayakum prodigy is bad-ass.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJx0eih949g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhWeLHVvI8w

https://soundcloud.com/ripley/hello-exile

http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=kn3QMADWTdY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=fphrK9fKClI

I sent some Jero videos to someone from Palau I worked with for a little while. She was impressed with his voice and showed them to her uncle who is an enka fan, and he was very impressed. (Apparently enka and other older Japanese music forms are popular with some segments of Palau, probably partly thanks to Japan's former colonial presence there. She said her grandparents were really into older Japanese music.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=MmL7jdyVZsk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrymjzHlYEw

http://vimeo.com/56065412

http://soundcloud.com/pomdeterrific/pomdeter-call-me-a-hole

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ocg6wDxjYzo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzJtWqd1p0g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nG17K3Vql-w
this guy is god

http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=z0kNJNe7HGE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=Q2YdJy0w66Y

Ruby Velle is awesome
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9-JvdNNP-A

Soema Montenegro is awesome
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4jAW99pVgs

http://vimeo.com/60986395#

http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=O-a3zagLXIY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAal8xHfV0c

Chinese version is FAR inferior strangely.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqfAkIESoOU&feature=youtu.be&t=3m

i diggit.
can you provide some context?

The singer starting at 3:00 is the Senegalese singer Aby Ngana Diop who was highlighted in this awesometapesfromafrica offering. Found this quote online:

Diop was born in the Dakar region and was the area's most famous tassukat (tassu being a form of sung Wolof rhythmic verse that is often used to impart traditional values to children). . . . She performed in Europe a few times and appeared on stage with Doudou N'Diaye Rose. Most of her performances though were at baptisms and weddings in and around Dakar. I spoke with Mbaye Gueye, who produced the cassette, and he knew nothing about her. I've also spoken to several music journalists in Dakar. . . nothing. I'll keep you posted." Matt also reports that he's heard that Aby Ngana Diop passed away in the late '90s, between '96 and '98, although he can't confirm this.

nice.
I'm getting into tartit
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xrn50p_tartit-buloululba-melynga_music