Paddy Groenland, steps away
Paddy Groenland and most of humanity are within 6 degrees of each other. This matrix combines the small-world principle behind this seemingly magical fact with inter-artist recommendations-in-series in order to make all artists potential curators and discoverable within a handful of steps from everywhere on the planet. It works like this:
I RECOMMEND people (do you?)Paddy Groenland & degrees of proximity
Why again is Paddy Groenland mere steps away from other artists in here, and by extension, most everybody on the planet???
WHO CURATES "I RECOMMEND" ABOVE?
- Vertex/Edges Out by: The Matrix
Artist & Where
- Name: Paddy Groenland
- City/Place: Dublin
- Country: Ireland
Life & Work
- Bio: Paj is the result of a life shared through music. Led by singer & guitarist Paddy Groenland and his band of superlative musicians - past and present members of Irish trailblazers Hozier, Loah, Ensemble Eriu, Manden Express, Nava, Zaska & Fehdah - Paj's songs emerge from soul, jazz & world music, divulging memories of living in USA, Brazil & West Africa... Imagine Jeff Buckley, Thundercat & Frank Ocean taking turns to discuss Joni Mitchell, while being recorded by Alan Lomax.
Contact Information
- Email: pgroenland@gmail.com
Media & Markets
- ▶ Buy My Music (downloads/CDs/DVDs): http://paddyg.bandcamp.com
- ▶ YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/patrickgroenland
- ▶ YouTube Music: http://music.youtube.com/channel/UCrRce1HR8zrPxKIU_Ro9zAQ
- ▶ Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/album/48St5bNm5yqrZqt75AtG7B
- ▶ Article: http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/ensemble-%C3%A9riu-it-s-trad-music-but-not-as-we-know-it-1.1761932
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Quotes, Notes & Etc.
"As a musician with Ensemble Eriu, RiZa and Feather, Groenland is no stranger to global sounds and new ways of using them. The lead track on his new Nativism EP (“a reference to the current global struggle for identity and ownership”), is a beautiful guitar piece that has an African, jazz, blues and folk in its DNA."
- Nialler 9
ABOUT THE MATRIX
This matrix is dedicated to creative artists and non-algorithmic discovery.
It was described (to some degree) and can be accessed via this article in British journal The Guardian (which named our radio of matrixed artists as one of ten best in the world):
www.theguardian.com/travel/2020/apr/17/10-best-music-radio-station-around-world
While the Brazilian musicians I work with now you may not know, I formerly worked (chasing unpaid royalties!) on behalf of Aretha Franklin, Barbra Streisand, Led Zeppelin, Jim Hall, Mongo Santamaria, Gilberto Gil, Astrud Gilberto, Wah Wah Watson (Melvin Ragin), Philip Glass, The Cadillacs (Earl Carroll), The Flamingos (Zeke and Jake Carey), and others, including Oscar-winning world-class great-guy Robb Royer. I was interviewed by David Dye for broadcast on U.S. National Public Radio several years ago ... about the Brazilians:
- Randy "Pardal/Sparrow" Roberts
All is more connected than we know.
w/ David Dye for U.S. National Public Radio
The matrix was inspired in (the kabbalah-inspired fiction of) Borges' El Aleph, that in the pillar in Cairo's Mosque of Amr, where the universe in its entirety throughout all time is perceivable as an infinite hum from deep within the stone...
Our logo, per the "spirit" above, is a cortador de cana, a cane cutter. It was designed by Walter Mariano, professor of design at the Federal University of Bahia to reflect the origins of the music the shop specialized in. The Brazilian "aleph" doesn't hum... it dances and sings.
