Lyrichs in Norse in case anyone wants to try to see if they understand sentences (just for fun):
Inst í einn kenning, yfir orð
erundir himinn, langt um norðr
Ekundra, vill hon sýna sik?
ekallar, má hann heyra mik!
Einn tíð fyr strið, einn tíð fyr friðr,
blóðdreifa snjór at syrgja við,
Kom sýn mér, hver er leiði nú?
einn konung, ennú einn lítinn glóð
Brátt vere varr einn skimi bjart,
tendran á ljos ím vetranátt
þar bifra band sem hvítr lín
í bogir undir stjarnaskin
Tíð fyr strið, ok tíð fyr friðr,
sverði ok vón at kempa við
Sjá jartegn í einn himinnbrú
einn konung, ok eitt folk af trú
Heimdallr, vǫrðr goða, sitr við himins enda
hver er leið til himins af jörðu?
Goðin gerðu Bifröst, brú við himins enda
Bifröst, þrimr litum, Bifröst sterk
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Wardruna. The favorite band of my Spanish friend Raul. One of the most, if not the most, unique, and original bands from my country. I have seen them live, it was outdoors, dusk, and magical. It was magic.
You can however only listen to this if you turn the volume up a bit or you will lose some of the tones and music (you will understand if you listen to it, this isn’t heavy rock or techno, you need not fear for your ears, butyou need sound to carry across the magical atmosphere).
Helvegen (The road/way to Hel)
Solringen (The Sun’s Ring) :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEizKmZlUAw
My avatar’s favorite :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhiUacGzIg8
I’d be interested to hear what the guitar god group of posters think about the solo at the end of this track:
For me this and the grunge guitar on Bo Diddley Bridge by the Throwing Muses album were the playing highlights of 2020’s new releases.
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https://youtu.be/IKmPci5VXz0
Just can’t get enough of this brilliant artist, song, album and this video is very well done.
Natalie Lafourcade is a name that was new to me until 2020. Looking forward to where she takes her audience next …and vice versa 
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFWKJ2FUiAQ
I can really get stuck on this one, its so so beautiful.
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Solo is exceptional but it doesnt fit the piece; if they’re trying a Scott Walker they havent pulled it off.
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Unexpected is what I would term that solo.
The song seems to have some strange almost jazz like influences to it. Again I wasn’t expecting that.
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I dont want to accentuate division.
I think the way the solo emerges was a bit reminiscent of John McLaughlin’s entrances on In A Silent Way but speeded up. So I get your jazz comment completely. The whole album’s full of these very strange arrangement ideas. Avant-folk / Jazz / Classical fusion!!!
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Who is that guitarist?
I say this at the end of every year, but I really must explore Scott Walker next year.
I got my ears heavily caught on this Scott Walker film score about four years ago: ‘Childhood of a leader’, but probably sub-consciously guarded myself against disappointment in not listening to anything else.
This hasn’t got old one bit in those 4 years. Walker’s completely committed himself to wearing his film music influences on his sleeve.
It’s like he wants to inhabit the world of Hitchcock composer Bernard Herrmann but how Herrmann might have sounded fifty years later after having listened to a lot of American minimalist composers like John Adams.
https://youtu.be/VQHZcORowlc
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https://youtu.be/_pLnmJr1b70
One of my favourites from this year’s releases
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I love this song…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFTLKWw542g
…and like Billy Joel in general
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I see him as the American Elton John in terms of his demographics, musical influences and the way they share a very similar approach to piano playing,: very basic bass parts in the left hand, very catchy melodic playing in the right.
Both of them have written songs that have accompanied us through almost all our lives.
Both of them get way too much radio play though and it’s to their detriment tbh.
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I dont know and have searched it but the information is very scant on those last sessions Scott did with the Walker Bros, as well, on Nite Flights, Ive been committed to replicating the synth sound he uses as a rhythmic basis for the song, but alas cannot. But that guitar work is stellar for 1978, everything about it is pushing into avant garde, the phrasing and tone shape are marvelous.
You must get into Scott he is at the pinnacle of art rock and influenced Bowie greatly. I have this Childhood of a Leader but havent given it enough time. I think you will enjoy the album Tilt the most, and you are right after that, there are some disappointments, some pieces I just find too difficult where art statements have completely compromised the quality of the music, but there are gems too. A less acclaimed favourite of mine is Climate of Hunter from the 80s, but after Tilt, there are The Drift and Bish Bosh, its here where the most difficult pieces are. There is also a great Ep he did with Sunn O)))). Get on with it, Im sure you will be moved immensely by some of his works, the TRUE genius of rock music, truth be told, with the voice of an angel. Oh and all the early 60s to 70s material, a rich quarry.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNgpr0rdgDk
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As regards his voice, I made the mistake of listening to his early solo albums counter to my own listening trends of the last three years, which are instrumental music or very pretty sounding folk-style female vocals.
The voice just wasn’t working for me in those moments.
His instrumental music is where I’ll stick for now.
Yes, you are not the first to say this. The deeply baritone positioning of it is unusual for some people, but then, for example Jarvis Cocker, and Eno, claim him to have the greatest male voice 
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Liked that a lot. The phrasing in the middle section at around 4.00 really reminded me of Bowie’s on Blackstar.
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