One more Koryak painting

Marija Afanasevna Tyna
12 x 9 inches, oil on canvas, 2018

Marija Afanaseva Uičan is a Koryak woman who "works in the jaranga (a tent where the Koryak live while in the tundra.)" [1] She sings two personal songs on the CD Kamchatka: Tambours de danse de l'extreme-orient Sibérien recorded by Henry Lecomte in Tymlat (in Kamchatka in Russia's far east). Lecomte publishes a photograph of Marija Afanasevna Tyna in the booklet of the CD but Tyna is not represented in the recordings. It's possible therefore that Uičan, who accompanies herself with a jajar drum, is the same person as Tyna, who is also holding a jajar drum (the Koryak have Russian and Koryak names). All but one photograph in the booklet has been rendered in paint now as five tracks from the CD are listed in the top 100 this year.

Boredoms

The Boredoms
7.5 x 14.25 inches, oil on wood, 2018

It's been many years since The Boredoms were awarded a spot in the top 100, it goes back to the time of a previous marriage, and the album Soul Discharge that my ex owns is really the only album of theirs I know (well). The song Pow Wow Now, that opened up randomly in YouTube (after looking at Merzbow clips), brought back instant memories to that album, and how great is. Fronted by Yamantaka Eye and Yoshimi P-We (who is holding one of Eye's dreads in the picture) The Boredoms have released a good number of recordings since their foundation in Osaka in 1986. Style: Japanoise.

Nowayilethi Mbizwena

Nowayilethi Mbizweni
13 x 7.5 inches, oil on wood, 2018

Until 1980 the world of ethnomusicology did not know that a throat singing tradition existed on the southern hemisphere. The traditions of throat singing in regions close to arctic circle had been well examined but it wasn't until Prof. Dr. Dave Dargie "discovered' a similar tradition among the Xhosa of South Africa that throat singing was found any further south than Mongolia. Dr. Darvie recorded and filmed Nowayilethi Mbizweni demonstrating the vocal techniques of the Xhosa, solo, in duets, a trio, as well as in larger groups. Throat singing among the Xhosa is known as Umngqokolo and utilizes, like the tradition of the Siberians, three variations of 'overtone' resonating vocal chambers. Dr. Dargie compiled some of his material on film into Umngqokolo: Thembu Xhosa, Overtone Singing 1985-1998 which can be viewed on YouTube. The world "Umngqokolo" is incredibly hard to pronounce for non-Xhosa speakers as it contains the "click" sound, characteristic of Xhosa language and popularized by the singer Miriam Makeba. I am using here the spelling Nowayilethi as used by Mark C. van Tongeren in Overtone Singing:Physics and Metaphysics in East and West. [Fusica, Amsterdam, 2002] Dr. Dave Dargie adds an X to the name: Nowxayilethi. You would think Dargie's spelling is the right one but Nowxayilethi does not result in any hits on Google while Nowayilethi is not a problem. It makes sense that the English "no-way" is embedded in her name as her two main collaborators (and the only other singers named in the documentary) are named Nosomething Mbizweni and Nofirst Lungisa.

Rahsaan

Rahsaan Roland Kirk
12 x 9 inches, oil on canvas, 2018

 The second Kirk painting within a month illustrating the second track from the film Sound?? If the previous painting belonged to Three for the Festival this one then must belong to Here Comes the Whistleman. One of his whistles hangs on his chest, the flute on his back. While announcing the track in the movie (as Blues in W) he thrown a bunch of plastic flutes in the audience inviting them to blow along. The resulting cacophony is the backdrop for Kirk's flute solo and everything suddenly makes sense and all sounds in the room seem in perfect harmony.