Kings of Spring

Although it is barely spring, there is a sense of summer to what we are about today and

the wind could never blow it out. Only scatter the seeds.

It is the growing that comes after all the rain and music and

the bruising that the new moon and new seasons always cause

on our apple hearts. Seeds don't bruise.

What have I been listening to?

Woodpeckers, playgrounds, kazoo solo by Hellsongs' lead singer, in spandex, sequins and white runners,

for instance.

Today the King is coming into the Orbit:

achilla orru

When Achilla Orru was born among the Karimojong people in Northeastern Uganda, the birth of the apaa-idomo (the multi-coloured bull) was an auspicious event to be celebrated. With his international debut album in 1996, Achilla Orru lived up to the title APAA-IDOMO, for like the multi-coloured bull, he is a musician to behold and listen to.

During his formative years at the Madera special school for the blind in Soroti Teso his extraordinary musical talent was recognized and developed. In 1975, the lokembe earned a special place in Orru's heart. This was the year he won the Junior Award for the Thumb-Piano at the Uganda National Music Festival in Kampala. In 1976 he stunned the audiences of the National Theatre of Uganda when he broke with tradition and presented a troupe of twelve young women playing lokembe. Under his direction, these students from Berkley High Girls School in Iganga earned first place in the folk instruments category.

As the undisputed master of the lokembe, sometimes referred to as the akogo, sanza, akadongo, and kalimba (thumb-piano), Orru's colourfuly crafted music demands the rapt attention from everyone. In Orru's hands, the lokembe is transformed into the very embodiment of spiritual reawakening of his traditional culture. "When I sing with it, when I hear it, there is a part of me that becomes one with the world around me", he says.

The Last Playlist of Winter:

hellsongs	seasons in the abyss	hymns in the key of 666	aporia	11:03
SALLY SHAPIRO	dying in africa	the seven year itch	paper bag	11:08
orleans	fresh wind	let there be music	asylum	11:11
chin	don't shake it down	Dtach	chinschuners	11:16
the new koto ensemble of koto	andante from mozart's symphony #40 in G minor	koto mozart	emi	11:21
habib koite & bamada	fimani	afriki	cumbancha	11:26
desi arnaz	the peanut vendor	mambo	bmg	11:32
tom waits & kronos quartet	way down in the hole	healing the divide	anti-	11:37
israel and the new breed	new season	new season	zomba	11:42
will.i.am	it's a new day	Black I'd	Peas	11:46
catl	church on time	with the lord for cowards you will find no place		11:50
THE BANGLES	september gurls	live	youtube	11:54
heather mcready	take my hand	acoustic rainbow`	roots radio	11:57
colleen brown	ain't got no man to have problems with	foot in heart	outside	12:02
norah jones	tell yer mama	the fall	bluenote	12:06
tanya philipovich	inuit chicken sculpture	secret fiction romance	tanyarock	12:10
the dojo workhorse	the universe	weapons grade romantic	load	12;14
DON CHERRY AND THE JAZZ COMPOSERS' ORCHESTRA	the queen of tung-ting lake	relativity suite	jcoa	12:18
glen ricketts	everyone falls in love	rise up	thunderdome	12:22
souljah fyah	eight days of summer	summer single	love empire	12:26
dennis brown	say what you're saying	the best of...part 2	joe gibbs	12:30
jimmy cliff	let your yeah be yeah	rhythm n reggae	k-tel	12:35
thee silver mount zion orchestra	piphany rambler	kollaps tradixionelles	tsmzo	12;45
HANK JONES & CIEF TIDIANE SECK	HANK MIRI	SARALA	GITANES	12:55
KING ACHILLA ORRU	dongo lobo / interview / chan-lim	sacred gift	king	12:59
ross neilsen	jelly bean	what you need vol. 1	bootsoup	1:30
shawn jackson / roy kenner / wayne st. john		live at the bluenote		1:45
orleans	waking and dreaming	waking And dreaming	asylum	1:50
ginger st. james & the grinders	devil dance	preview	hamilton sounds	1:55