Dec 24, 2023·edited Dec 24, 2023Liked by Clayton Craddock
So pleased to see this item become the next one our host Clayton does me the honor of posting here. I'd become as bored with writing geopolitical commentary as everyone else must have become of reading it, when this young lady entered my vision of current world reality.
I suppose what with her being from where she is from, the geopolitics won't leave her untouched anyway.
Of late I have also become a big fan of Billy Strings and his bluegrass (plus) act: my sensibilities as a music fan say that Nastya Tyurina and Billy belong on the stage together, because it would take her all of five minutes to master the form and learn some songs, and set those five men quite the challenge in keeping up with her, leaving the traditional music of Appalachia changed in the most unexpected ways from then on.
But will that ever happen? The musicians in the equation could make it happen tomorrow, and the results would be superlative, even if the players didn't speak the same language: they have their own language, and I'd dearly love to hear what bluegrass sounds like with such a stunning balalaikist adding her voice to it.
But with the type of visionless and mediocre individuals who become world leaders instead of artists in charge, such an obvious summit of virtuosi might be off the table entirely for generations to come.
Let's hope not: maybe some fine day, by some miracle, these empty suits running the world's affairs will stand down and confess they've made a right muck of it all for no good reason, and leave the rest of us to manage things on our own. Trying to imagine it being done any worse than it has been, for centuries, leaves me assuming that a world without politics would at least give us some very interesting music to enjoy, and would probably be better in every other respect.
What an absolute treasure she is
So pleased to see this item become the next one our host Clayton does me the honor of posting here. I'd become as bored with writing geopolitical commentary as everyone else must have become of reading it, when this young lady entered my vision of current world reality.
I suppose what with her being from where she is from, the geopolitics won't leave her untouched anyway.
Of late I have also become a big fan of Billy Strings and his bluegrass (plus) act: my sensibilities as a music fan say that Nastya Tyurina and Billy belong on the stage together, because it would take her all of five minutes to master the form and learn some songs, and set those five men quite the challenge in keeping up with her, leaving the traditional music of Appalachia changed in the most unexpected ways from then on.
But will that ever happen? The musicians in the equation could make it happen tomorrow, and the results would be superlative, even if the players didn't speak the same language: they have their own language, and I'd dearly love to hear what bluegrass sounds like with such a stunning balalaikist adding her voice to it.
But with the type of visionless and mediocre individuals who become world leaders instead of artists in charge, such an obvious summit of virtuosi might be off the table entirely for generations to come.
Let's hope not: maybe some fine day, by some miracle, these empty suits running the world's affairs will stand down and confess they've made a right muck of it all for no good reason, and leave the rest of us to manage things on our own. Trying to imagine it being done any worse than it has been, for centuries, leaves me assuming that a world without politics would at least give us some very interesting music to enjoy, and would probably be better in every other respect.
I say, let's get started.