What are you listening to right now ? [Archive] - Page 2

garym

2011-09-03, 09:26

You have to open your spotify program. Click on What's New and at the bottom of the screen under Feed, click on any of the Spotify links. This will give you a list of published playlists to which you can subscribe or you can check out any of the subscribers to that playlist and see what playlists they have created. Once you find the playlist you are interested in, just copy the url and paste it into the Spotify URL field on your server.
I haven't linked my account to Facebook yet, but I imagine that would be another good way to find playlists...

Aha. I see I can pick other users as well and see what their playlists are. I suppose I should make some playlists and publish them as well....

garym

2011-09-03, 09:27

Mary Gauthier
Between Daylight and Dark (2007)

1. Snakebit

Mnyb, Good stuff. I saw her perform last year at a small venue in NYC with a great female fiddle player...

bakker_be

2011-09-03, 12:55

Sniff 'N' The Tears - New Lines on Love

RonM

2011-09-03, 19:50

Mnyb, Good stuff. I saw her perform last year at a small venue in NYC with a great female fiddle player...

That "great female fiddle player" would be Tania Elizabeth, ex of grammy-nominated The Duhks. She is an amazing wonder. When I saw them in Toronto, Tania looked much younger than her age (ca 27), probably a reflection of her vegan raw-food diet. Mary looked more fit and relaxed than I've seen her before, perhaps due to touring with the health-foodist Tania.

In any event, I think Tania has been a great big part of Mary's recent work, and is all over the CD as well as the live shows.

R.

garym

2011-09-04, 05:12

That "great female fiddle player" would be Tania Elizabeth, ex of grammy-nominated The Duhks. She is an amazing wonder. When I saw them in Toronto, Tania looked much younger than her age (ca 27), probably a reflection of her vegan raw-food diet. Mary looked more fit and relaxed than I've seen her before, perhaps due to touring with the health-foodist Tania.

In any event, I think Tania has been a great big part of Mary's recent work, and is all over the CD as well as the live shows.

R.

Thanks Ron. At the show, I bought Mary's latest CD, had her sign it and I also asked Tania to sign it. She seemed surprised that I'd also want her to sign the CD and was extremely nice...

th00ht

2011-09-04, 05:22

Jon Hopkins', Contact Note, Opaleschent

bakker_be

2011-09-05, 11:17

Randy Crawford - Come into my life, from "Naked & True"

garym

2011-09-05, 11:19

Almost the complete catalog of The Jayhawks, mostly via Spotify.

RonM

2011-09-05, 14:53

Thanks Ron. At the show, I bought Mary's latest CD, had her sign it and I also asked Tania to sign it. She seemed surprised that I'd also want her to sign the CD and was extremely nice...

For those who haven't heard her, Tania's very versatile. She comes out of the Western Canadian Metis (mixed Europpean/native) fiddle tradition, and can play trad music of the most complex kind with her eyes closed. She also can be much more contemporary in her approach when warranted, and on Mary's recording really pushes the boundaries, with some aggressive emotional growling fiddle work. If you're the kind of listener who waits for the fiddle lines, you'll love Mary's recent CD.

R.

bakker_be

2011-09-07, 00:26

The Cure - A Forest, now playing on Studio Brussel (Belgian "alternative" radio station)

TerrynPichardo

2011-09-07, 07:19

2pac - Lost Souls

bakker_be

2011-09-07, 11:29

Lacrimosa - Durch Nacht und Flut, from Lichtjahre

ilmonstro

2011-09-09, 06:34

Dream Theater - A Dramatic Turn of Events

maggior

2011-09-09, 07:48

Dream Theater - A Dramatic Turn of Events

What do you think of it? I guess it's been leaked...I thought it wasn't being released until next week.

dasmueller

2011-09-09, 08:23

Jorma Kaukonen w Rick Danko Troy NY 1987. Having Danko w him gives this show a different flavor from the usual Jorma. Impeccable guitar as always !

castalla

2011-09-09, 16:57

Dixie Chicks ... Taking The Long Way

aaaaaarrrrrrr ...... mmmmmmmmmmmmh

Country girls who took on The Man!

ilmonstro

2011-09-10, 09:28

What do you think of it? I guess it's been leaked...I thought it wasn't being released until next week.

No leak. Here in germany it was released on friday and amazon shipped my deluxe edition already on thursday.

Didn't know what to expect without Portnoy but after listening to the album i'm really surprised. It sounds fresh, you here Myung's bass play again and he wrote the lyrics on one song again. Looks as if Mike controlled the band.

For me there is only one filler on the cd, Far From Heaven, a ballad. James voice is simply great. Have to wait if he can do that live. On a scale from 1 to 10, with 10 the highest rating, i would give it a 9.

Forgot to mention, Mangini does a fantastic job.;-)

Henry66

2011-09-10, 10:47

Thomas Dolby - A Map of the Floating City (http://www.bowers-wilkins.com/Society_of_Sound/Society_of_Sound/Music/Thomas-Dolby.html)

http://www.bowers-wilkins.com/Images/MediaImages/medium/Banner-SOS_ThomasDolby_Banner.jpg

pski

2011-09-10, 17:45

SlimChances

2011-09-16, 19:53

All the Things You Are
Artist
Johnny Griffin
Album
A Blowin' Session (1957)

MeSue

2011-09-16, 19:59

What do you think of it? I guess it's been leaked...I thought it wasn't being released until next week.

Rhapsody has it. It put me to sleep twice... guess it didn't grab me. ;-)

audiomuze

2011-09-16, 20:17

Lindsey Buckingham - Seeds We Sow - very, very nice.

socistep

2011-09-18, 14:03

I bought these recently, 3/5 arrived, other 2 should come tomorrow!

- Other Lives: Tamer Animals
- Laura Marling: A Creature I Don't Know
- The Rapture: In The Grace Of Your Love
- Kasabian: Velocorapter
- Horrible Crowes: Elsie

atrocity

2011-09-18, 15:26

Pink Floyd, "A Saucerful of Secrets" live at the Bath Festival June 27, 1970.

maggior

2011-09-18, 18:21

No leak. Here in germany it was released on friday and amazon shipped my deluxe edition already on thursday.

Didn't know what to expect without Portnoy but after listening to the album i'm really surprised. It sounds fresh, you here Myung's bass play again and he wrote the lyrics on one song again. Looks as if Mike controlled the band.

For me there is only one filler on the cd, Far From Heaven, a ballad. James voice is simply great. Have to wait if he can do that live. On a scale from 1 to 10, with 10 the highest rating, i would give it a 9.

Forgot to mention, Mangini does a fantastic job.;-)

I've been listening to this on Spotify the past week. At first it didn't grab me - it seemed to be lacking something. Over a few listens it has really grown on me. Portnoy's drums in the forefront was strarting to wear thin with me, as was Petrucci seemingly trying to win a speed playing contest. The album does sound fresh yet still being faithful to the Dream Theater sound. I like it enough that I ordered the CD/DVD from Amazon.

Mangini had some huge shoes to fill. His playing didn't jump out at me like "my god, he's awesome!". However, his playing fits in with the other guys without hitting you in the face - that's actually saying something:-).

It will be interesting to hear how Mangini handles the back catalog when the band tours.

All in all, DT has proved themselves to be more than just Portnoy. I hope he's enjoying his sabbatical ;-).

Not to toally diss Portnoy - he is a fantastic drummer. I just didn't like how his playing was in your face with the last few albums.

ilmonstro

2011-09-20, 10:03

I've been listening to this on Spotify the past week. At first it didn't grab me - it seemed to be lacking something. Over a few listens it has really grown on me. Portnoy's drums in the forefront was strarting to wear thin with me, as was Petrucci seemingly trying to win a speed playing contest. The album does sound fresh yet still being faithful to the Dream Theater sound. I like it enough that I ordered the CD/DVD from Amazon.

It will be interesting to hear how Mangini handles the back catalog when the band tours.

Not to toally diss Portnoy - he is a fantastic drummer. I just didn't like how his playing was in your face with the last few albums.

Nice resume. I also think Portnoy is one of the best drummers. I saw him last year with Transatlantic. Just awesome! And his work with Neil Morse is great.
Have to wait until 2012 to see Mangini and the rest of the guys live.

bigblackdog

2011-09-20, 15:48

Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks. ; mirror traffic

As good as anything that Pavement ever did.

Sinkdrain

2011-09-25, 18:41

Dream theater- A dramatic turn of events.

I am loving this album after losing interest with the last few albums. It appears that without portnoy they have found their stride again.

Mnyb

2011-09-26, 11:33

Ohbijou, Beacons

you can have it as flac at zunior.ca btw

Mnyb

2011-09-26, 11:46

Eric Bibb - Live à FIP

kenjude

2011-09-26, 14:40

Right now, Spectral Mornings / Firth of Fifth / Clocks from Hackett's Live Archive 90s disk

rgro

2011-09-26, 19:21

Tony Bennett, et al (including Lady Gaga and Amy Winehouse)...."Duets II". Total fun!

RonM

2011-09-28, 18:45

Ohbijou, Beacons

you can have it as flac at zunior.ca btw

Ijust love Zunior, but I usually post it as zunior.com, in order to avoid Canada-rejection on the part of parochial readers. Both work.

It's an excellent resource for the best of Canadian independent music, and offers both quite high-quality MP3 versons of titles, as well as flac versions at a $2 premium. Given that the base price is $8.88, that's a good deal.

BTW, there is a new Ohbijou CD released just yesterday, Sept 27, called Metal Meets. Haven't actually got it yet, but it is allegedly great.

R.

JJZolx

2011-09-28, 19:47

Foster the People - Torches (2011)

MeSue

2011-09-29, 15:39

Skysaw - Great Civilizations
http://www.last.fm/music/Skysaw

One of the songs was on a free Amazon sampler and caught my attention. The singer reminded me of Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) at times. Found the album on Rhapsody and I added it to my buy list after a few listens. Only 274 listeners on Last.FM!

I have found some good stuff from those Amazon samplers!

RonM

2011-09-29, 16:29

Willie Dixon God Damn!, by Bocephus King (aka Jamie Perry). Very good roots rock.

boolittlek

2011-10-01, 15:52

Picked up the debut album from Neil Finn's latest endeavor, Pajama Club.

Also listening to a lot from my cousins, The Avett Brothers, in anticipation of their show next week.

pippin

2011-10-02, 05:11

Nostalgically listening to Use You Illusion I+II.
Together with Nirvana's Nevermind which was released a week later the last of the great Rock albums before the Genre became irrelevant.

paul44birch

2011-10-02, 08:03

Using Radioheads Amnesiac to test out some new Naim amplifiers (155/152xs/flatcapxs) connected to my Transporter. All sounding very wonderfull!!

pski

2011-10-02, 09:19

"Honey I Don't Want to Leave You Now" - John Hiatt from Dirty Jeans and Mudslide Hymns

Overall an excellent album. You should also go back and listen to "Little Village.."

P

pippin

2011-10-03, 19:58

♪ DubstepLive - http://radio.dnbtv.com:8004/

Simply a cool dubstep station.

RonM

2011-10-04, 06:57

Don't Explain -- Joe Bonamassa and Beth Hart.

Man, where have these guys been all my life? Absolutely outstanding. Although it sort of trivializes the music to say it, I can easily imagine Beth Hart as being where Janis Joplin might have been if she'd survived. If she'd acquired discipline.

I just love this CD.

R.

PS -- those Canadians of a certain vintage may flash to Carole Pope and Rough Trade when listening to this recording. But with more discipline (and no, I don't have a discipline fetish, although with Carole that might be apt).

pippin

2011-10-04, 08:31

I can easily imagine Beth Hart as being where Janis Joplin might have been if she'd survived. If she'd acquired discipline.

Err... A female Joe Cocker???
SCNR

Mnyb

2011-10-07, 11:05

Rumaging around at BandCamp tonigth ( exellent site ).

we have. Halcyon "Pastures" and then Kim Boekbinder " The impossible girl" and Bluetec " rainforest reverberation"

bandCamp is execellent for exploring odd stuff , everything is avaible in flac and you can preview everything

Mnyb

2011-10-09, 00:33

Vermillion Lies, Separated by Birth

pippin

2011-10-09, 06:47

Rumaging around at BandCamp tonigth ( exellent site ).

Good hint :) And the previews even play on a Squeezebox :)

RonM

2011-10-10, 16:46

All We Are Saying, by Bill Frisell. Lennon covers, with an all-star band that goes beyond Frisell's jazz base. Very very nice.

Frisell is/was a member of Buddy Miller's Majestic Silver Strings -- he can float with the greatest of ease from pure jazz through rock and pop to country-informed roots. His "Greatest Hits Vol 1" essentially covered folk/country instumental versions. It's all wonderful.

R.

garym

2011-10-10, 16:49

All We Are Saying, by Bill Frisell. Lennon covers, with an all-star band that goes beyond Frisell's jazz base. Very very nice.

R.

One of the things I'm enjoying about spotify, is that when I see recommendations I can simply go to spotify, add to a playlist and listen to some of these excellent suggestions. I'm still old school enough to buy the things I really like....but it's nice to check things out without making a commitment.

JJZolx

2011-10-13, 08:05

Pat Metheny
Watercolors (1977)

maggior

2011-10-13, 08:40

Pat Metheny
Watercolors (1977)

One of my all time faves. Love this album!

garym

2011-10-13, 10:07

One of my all time faves. Love this album!

I saw him on his tour last year, with all the "robot" instruments on stage. Truly amazing....

maggior

2011-10-13, 12:12

I saw him on his tour last year, with all the "robot" instruments on stage. Truly amazing....

He is an amazing performer. I saw him on the Trio tour - wow! It was mesmerizing.

Mnyb

2011-10-14, 11:20

Zoe Boekbinder , Darling Specimens .

But inspired by JJZolx I'll put on some Pat Metheny in a moment...

RonM

2011-10-16, 19:12

Feist's new album, Metals.

The NY Times calls it her best yet, so I'll give it time. I've been a fan since long before the Apple ad, but am not yet sure about the new one.

Hallucinogenic story:

I listened to her first (commercially successful) recording, Let It Die, a whole lot when it first came out, since it was a great recording and she is a nice Toronto girl attached to the wonder that is Broken Social Scene. But it hadn't exactly broken worldwide.

Was in Rome working, totaly jet-lagged, two in the morning or something, mindlessly twirling through the (totally mindless) Italian tv channels, and came across a music video program, done at the lowest possible budget. Ratty couch, weird cartoon graphics, un-witty* repartee entirely in Italian, etc. And what do they play? Feist's low-cost video of Mushaboom.

Culture shock came around and hit me in the face.

R.

*Going entirely on the forced laughter and awkward looks, I don't speak Italian. But I know the "do you think we'll actually get paid?" genre well.

RonM

2011-10-16, 19:45

Zoe Boekbinder , Darling Specimens .

I can't actually locate anything by Zoe by that name. Not on the last album, from 2009. Can't see it on the Vermilion Lies albums, but I don't own either.

R.

Henry66

2011-10-16, 19:51

I can't actually locate anything by Zoe by that name.
http://zoeboekbinder.bandcamp.com/album/darling-specimens

RonM

2011-10-16, 19:55

Never mind, I found Zoe on bandcamp -- new album not on the usual places, e.g. amazon, etc. Sounds nice, right up my alley, downloading both albums in flac. Then I'll listen to some Pat Metheney and Bill Frisell.

R.

RonM

2011-10-16, 19:55

http://zoeboekbinder.bandcamp.com/album/darling-specimens

Hah! Found her there before I saw this link.

Mnyb

2011-10-16, 21:14

Mnyb

2011-10-22, 05:26

porcelaintoy

Contrite elegant rebel

http://shop.porcelaintoy.com/album/contrite-elegant-rebel-pcd02

castalla

2011-10-23, 17:01

Last Night on Earth

Noah & the Whale

SlimChances

2011-10-23, 17:49

"Heart of the Sunrise" by Yes on Yessongs

Mnyb

2011-10-29, 12:46

bat for lashes " fur and gold " song: Trophy :)

Hofstede

2011-10-31, 11:47

Alan Parsons - On air

JJZolx

2011-11-01, 20:39

Wax Tailor
Tales of the Forgotten Melodies (2005)

I heard the track 'Que Sera' last week on Pandora. Love the album.

Here's the video for Que Sera:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEi9ZQrEjr8

SteveEast

2011-11-01, 20:41

Beirut - The Rip Tide

cubdog

2011-11-02, 11:13

Pat Metheny Group...The Way Up

cubdog

Mnyb

2011-11-03, 13:54

Tom Waits, Rain Dogs .

if you don't have any Waits "Swordfishtrombones","Rain Dogs" and "Franks Wild years" is his consumate work imho :) these 3 albums go together thematically .

I'm a fan so I do like his older lounge piano style too. but at gunpoint I would pick those 3 .

hmm a new game reduce an artist to 3 records a new tread maybe.....

cubdog

2011-11-05, 07:50

Wes Montgomery...Jazz Masters

cubdog

MeSue

2011-11-05, 08:33

♪ I'm listening to Pink Floyd, One Of These Days from Meddle - http://www.rhapsody.com/player?rcid=Tra.1996173

40th anniversary today

CharlieG

2011-11-05, 09:23

♪40th anniversary today

Did your mean yours, or the album? :-)

Guess I better not tease, my next anniversary will my 35th!

MeSue

2011-11-05, 11:09

Did your mean yours, or the album? :-)

Guess I better not tease, my next anniversary will my 35th!

The album, of course! My 22nd wedding anniversary was last month. :p

kenjude

2011-11-06, 07:54

Stupid Girl - Garbage

SlimChances

2011-11-14, 17:54

Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress) (3:16) (812kbps VBR)
Artist [x]
Hollies
Album [x]
The Midas Touch (1996)

cubdog

2011-11-22, 11:59

David Helpling...Sleeping On The Edge Of The World

cubdog

artintampa

2011-11-22, 12:25

Seether -fake it (at my desk at work through android phone)

dasmueller

2011-11-24, 15:56

Alice's Restaurant Massacre ! Perfect dinner music for Thanksgiving. Left a few bars on several peoples phones as a reminder.
Hope you all are having a great day !

garym

2011-11-24, 16:29

Alice's Restaurant Massacre ! Perfect dinner music for Thanksgiving. Left a few bars on several peoples phones as a reminder.
Hope you all are having a great day !

+1. My classic thanksgiving must play song.

MeSue

2011-11-24, 18:39

At my parent's house using Rhapsody to play the old Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass albums my Dad used to have.

CharlieG

2011-11-24, 19:00

At my parent's house using Rhapsody to play the old Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass albums my Dad used to have.

Last week I was a bit nostalgic and bought "Whipped Cream & Other Delights (40th Anniversary Edition)" a classic Herb Alpert album. I've been re-enjoying it all week!

MeSue

2011-11-24, 22:23

Last week I was a bit nostalgic and bought "Whipped Cream & Other Delights (40th Anniversary Edition)" a classic Herb Alpert album. I've been re-enjoying it all week!

Yep, that's one he had. We didn't get to it tonight. Maybe in the morning.

Mnyb

2011-11-26, 11:30

Eric Bibb.

His two latest albums.

Troubador Live

Blues Ballads & Works Songs

Labarum

2011-11-26, 11:47

I'm listening to German Radio 3 (WDR3)

256kb/s and impeccable quality

http://www.wdr3.de/

http://www.wdr.de/wdrlive/media/wdr3_hq.m3u

It's a prgramme full of organ and choral settings on the text

Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland

An Advent Sunday text which is tomorrow

Nun komm, der heiden heiland - Google Search http://tinyurl.com/czbbyl6

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nun_komm,_der_Heiden_Heiland

toaran

2011-11-26, 20:55

groove salad somafm

Ikabob

2011-11-27, 17:05

Siriusly Sinatra; Nancy for Frank; Mama Cass singing " Dream a Little Dream of Me" and now Dean Martin singing same song. Ahhhhhh. Nice. I miss them all.

castalla

2011-11-28, 09:09

Adele - Live at the Royal Albert Hall

cubdog

2011-11-29, 06:32

Harold Budd...The Pearl

cubdog

Mnyb

2011-12-01, 11:05

Radka Toneff

It don't come easy

cubdog

2011-12-01, 11:26

Jon Jenkins...Treasure

cubdog

Kyle

2011-12-02, 15:32

Adele - Live at The Royal Albert Hall

paulster

2011-12-03, 00:08

Frédéric Chopin - The Complete Nocturnes & Impromptus (Claudio Arrau)

Mnyb

2011-12-03, 12:14

Sven Weisemann

Shove EP .

Extraordinary good electronica :) just get it now or.....

paulster

2011-12-03, 12:37

Sven Weisemann

Shove EP .

Extraordinary good electronica :) just get it now or.....

Just listening to Light Soil on MOG right now. That's a great EP!

Mnyb

2011-12-03, 13:09

getting sligthly drunk here ... graveyard , hisingen blues :)

Mnyb

2011-12-03, 13:23

Just listening to Light Soil on MOG right now. That's a great EP!

ligth Soil ? Something new ? I'll investigate...

Wombat

2011-12-03, 18:48

Zoar - Clouds Without Water

Just listening "02. Our Way Of Life" that leaves you hopeless and only some tracks away from "07. In These Rooms" in that Jennifer Charles of Elysian Fields makes a sentense like "I slit his throat, spit into his eyes and waited three days until the maggots appeared..." sound sexy.
Still more other highlights to discover here.

copperstate

2011-12-04, 04:48

Dag Wirén — Serenade, Op 11

Performers: Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner (conductor)

(from Radio 3's Sunday Morning Show)

Kyle

2011-12-04, 20:22

Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings - 100 Days 100 Nights

servies

2011-12-05, 08:19

Pink Floyd: You've got to be crazy
from the Wish You Were Here Immersion boxset

garym

2011-12-05, 08:23

The Jayhawks, Hollywood Town Hall (Expanded Edition)

Percival Sweetwater

2011-12-06, 16:39

The Soviet Army Ensemble - Alexandr Alexandrov from 1956
Vinyl rip to flac
Very patriotic.

finnbrodersen

2011-12-07, 03:21

Herb Albert: Definitive Hits :-)

pippin

2011-12-12, 02:30

http://soundcloud.com/barbnerdy/barbnerdy-dezember-2011

pski

2011-12-12, 07:16

River of Time - Jorma Kaukonen

GRC

2011-12-16, 12:12

SWMBO is immersed in Emmerdale (a UK TV soap) so I've plugged my cans into the Controller and am headbangin' on my Chesterfield here in the study to the latest Wishbone Ash album "Elegant Stealth". Forgot how good these guys were / still are! Grew up with them and still have the early stuff on vinyl.

Then some Mariza or maybe Shakatak to go with the steaks and Douro red for dinner.

It's a tough life this retirement ... !

castalla

2011-12-16, 12:30

Evidently you have one of those gold-plated pensions ... and can't resist gloating about it, either. Too much time on your hands, I fear.

garym

2011-12-16, 12:56

Too much time on your hands, I fear.

but isn't that the joy of retirement...time to do whatever suits you. And who's to say he didn't fully earn his retirement. Mine's not that terribly far off in the future and I've earned every penny (no official pension at all by the way, just my OWN money I've put away for the future!)

GRC

2011-12-16, 13:08

Evidently you have one of those gold-plated pensions ... and can't resist gloating about it, either. Too much time on your hands, I fear.

Ouch! Have I inadvertently / unintentionally touched a nerve here?

Would that any part of your comment was true:-

>"gold plated" - I wish ...

>"can't resist gloating about it" - what? Not sure where you're located but my Douro red cost around €3 euros a bottle and the sirloin steaks around twice that (some things in Portugal are cheaper than others)

>"Too much time on your hands, I fear" - before I retired I was concerned that this might be true, but my days are full, just not at the ridiculous pace that they used to be (I spent 30 years in the computer industry so figure what that's been through since the early 70s)

Wherever you're posting from, you probably know that this little country Portugal is in deep financial doo-doos, so please don't begrudge me a little musical escape with a glass or two of wine whilst I cruise this august forum.

But apologies if you feel it necessary and/or feel offended.

GRC

castalla

2011-12-16, 13:10

I don't care whether it's a state pension or private ... he told us what he was listening to - I don't need to know that he's also a carnivore, a discerning alcoholic, and that his wife watches rubbish on UK tv. Too much information.

dasmueller

2011-12-16, 15:08

2 Cellos. For those who do not know, rock covers played by two young Croatians on the cello

garym

2011-12-17, 06:20

2 Cellos. For those who do not know, rock covers played by two young Croatians on the cello

very nice! listening now via MOG.

Ikabob

2011-12-17, 06:51

Saturday morning with TSF Jazz from France. Good sounds and I am trying to understand the French. 4 years in high school and I should understand something.

garym

2011-12-17, 06:58

Saturday morning with TSF Jazz from France. Good sounds and I am trying to understand the French. 4 years in high school and I should understand something.

I like the Django Reinhardt style jazz I often hear on TSF Jazz.

Mnyb

2011-12-17, 07:00

Sufjan Stevens xmas album via Bandcamp plugin :)

Nursing my discerning alcoholism with an anchor steam liberty ale....

Still a hardworking blue colar man thou...

garym

2011-12-17, 07:09

Nursing my discerning alcoholism with an anchor steam liberty ale....

Breakfast time for me, but I may be having an "anchor steam" this afternoon! ;-)

Ikabob

2011-12-17, 08:00

What is "anchor steam" ??? I may join you. :-)

Mnyb

2011-12-17, 08:18

What is "anchor steam" ??? I may join you. :-)

An excellent american brewery http://www.anchorbrewing.com/

Their liberty ale is tasty

And now we we are listening to The Woodlands "The Woodlands" can be bought via Bandcamp too...

garym

2011-12-17, 08:22

An excellent american brewery http://www.anchorbrewing.com/

Their liberty ale is tasty

And now we we are listening to The Woodlands "The Woodlands" can be bought via Bandcamp too...

Dave Alvin, west of the west, his covers of California songwriters. Great Saturday morning music, but would also go well with an anchor steam, a California brewery.

Ikabob

2011-12-17, 08:49

Ok, thanks for the info re: Anchor Steam. I found it available at Anderson's. I don't usually like domestics but this sounds special and if you guys recommend it, it must be good.

garym

2011-12-17, 08:58

Ok, thanks for the info re: Anchor Steam. I found it available at Anderson's. I don't usually like domestics but this sounds special and if you guys recommend it, it must be good.

Steam brewed and definitely has a unique flavor.

Mnyb

2011-12-17, 09:03

Ok, thanks for the info re: Anchor Steam. I found it available at Anderson's. I don't usually like domestics but this sounds special and if you guys recommend it, it must be good.

It's not very domestic to me , in fact US has a beer culture (for the discerning alcoholic ) it was mangled by all the big breweries a while back but sort of rebounded again with many smaller outfits doing good stuff.

For i while I thought it was only bud light or similar that was US beer....

Gary migth pass by the blue star in San Antonio sometimes.. ;)

On topic again:

"Leon & Eric Bibb" "A Family Affair" excellent music

To the glögg (Swedish sweet glüwein )

dasmueller

2011-12-17, 09:23

/QUOTE]2 Cellos. For those who do not know, rock covers played by two young Croatians on the cello

very nice! listening now via MOG.
Glad you enjoyed it. I found the CD at the library earlier this week. It looked interesting so I checked it out. From what I gather the Michael Jackson tune "Smooth Carnival" was a huge hit on Youtube earlier this yr. Over 2 million views as of yesterday.

Henry66

2011-12-17, 10:03

To the glöggSkål!
I am half Swedish and my wife is a Swede, and every year at this time we set up a big "drop in for some glögg" event for all our local friends and neighbors. It is a big hit. We get all the glögg ingredients and pepparkakor at IKEA in Boston, but bake fresh saffransbullar.

Anyway, last night I chased down the glögg with some untainted red wine from Goats Do Roam and settled in to listen to Nilsson Schmilsson (http://www.amazon.com/Nilsson-Schmilsson-Harry/dp/B000159ELA). It took me by surprise. I had never heard of him before and bought the CD on a recommendation from a friend. Can there be a better album for winding down after a long week?

Mnyb

2011-12-18, 01:48

Skål!
I am half Swedish and my wife is a Swede, and every year at this time we set up a big "drop in for some glögg" event for all our local friends and neighbors. It is a big hit. We get all the glögg ingredients and pepparkakor at IKEA in Boston, but bake fresh saffransbullar.

Anyway, last night I chased down the glögg with some untainted red wine from Goats Do Roam and settled in to listen to Nilsson Schmilsson (http://www.amazon.com/Nilsson-Schmilsson-Harry/dp/B000159ELA). It took me by surprise. I had never heard of him before and bought the CD on a recommendation from a friend. Can there be a better album for winding down after a long week?

Never heard of mr Nilsson, but that can be said of most music :) which is a good thing otherwise we be bored .
Btw glögg is headache inducing there was a reason to spice up and sweeten wine in ye olde days and it's still valid today ;)

Now we are enjoying Carolina Chocolate Drops "heritage" and a cup of zoega coffe

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004WOXKT8/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1/190-1814231-1354857?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_r=1KPVF1WBMXZYPZFRXXYC&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_p=1278548962&pf_rd_i=B002U33GQU

copperstate

2011-12-18, 04:22

Monique Serf arr. Michel Block — Ma plus belle histoire d’amour

Performers: Michel Block (piano)

(from Radio 3's Sunday morning show)

Btw: My new Touch sounds great! :)

Ikabob

2011-12-18, 06:23

Mp3Locker recorded World of Opera broadcast from the Met. Pucinni's Madama Butterfly. Beautiful music for an early Sunday morning.

pski

2011-12-18, 07:40

Skål!
I am half Swedish and my wife is a Swede, and every year at this time we set up a big "drop in for some glögg" event for all our local friends and neighbors. It is a big hit. We get all the glögg ingredients and pepparkakor at IKEA in Boston, but bake fresh saffransbullar.

Anyway, last night I chased down the glögg with some untainted red wine from Goats Do Roam and settled in to listen to Nilsson Schmilsson (http://www.amazon.com/Nilsson-Schmilsson-Harry/dp/B000159ELA). It took me by surprise. I had never heard of him before and bought the CD on a recommendation from a friend. Can there be a better album for winding down after a long week?

You would also like "A Little Touch of Schmilsson In The Night" which consists of "20th century standards." It has some of the finest singing ever and music arranged by Gordon Jenkins (who worked a lot with Frank Sinatra.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Little_Touch_of_Schmilsson_in_the_Night

P

garym

2011-12-18, 08:27

Gary migth pass by the blue star in San Antonio sometimes.. ;)

sorry, more off topic:
http://www.bluestarbrewing.com/
I'll have to check it out the next time I'm in the Alamo city! And for other visitors, definitely check out the great 24/7 Tex-Mex restaurant, Mi Tierra Cafe. I like the home made tortillas at 2:00am when the place is almost empty. I suspect they'd be particularly good if I spent some time earlier at Blue Star Brewing!

http://www.mitierracafe.com/

Ikabob

2011-12-18, 08:43

You would also like "A Little Touch of Schmilsson In The Night" which consists of "20th century standards." It has some of the finest singing ever and music arranged by Gordon Jenkins (who worked a lot with Frank Sinatra.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Little_Touch_of_Schmilsson_in_the_Night

P

"A Little Touch of Schmilsson In The Night" which consists of "20th century standards."

Yes! Thank-you for that suggestion. They are my kind of tunes. Songs my mommy sang to me when I was very little. :-). Thank you and thanks to MOG.

PS: these are songs that I can sing for my fans.

copperstate

2011-12-18, 09:36

Mp3Locker recorded World of Opera broadcast from the Met. Pucinni's Madama Butterfly. Beautiful music for an early Sunday morning.

Those are always great. I had to pass on it this time as I went to the opera (imho nothing beats a great live performance - and that one was gorgeous).

copperstate

2011-12-18, 09:42

It's not very domestic to me , in fact US has a beer culture (for the discerning alcoholic ) it was mangled by all the big breweries a while back but sort of rebounded again with many smaller outfits doing good stuff.

For i while I thought it was only bud light or similar that was US beer....

Gary migth pass by the blue star in San Antonio sometimes.. ;)

On topic again:

"Leon & Eric Bibb" "A Family Affair" excellent music

To the glögg (Swedish sweet glüwein )

Another great brewery is Sierra Nevada (at least it used to be when I last tried it a couple of years ago): http://www.sierranevada.com/

garym

2011-12-18, 09:45

Another great brewery is Sierra Nevada (at least it used to be when I last ried it a couple of years ago): http://www.sierranevada.com/

Agree. Still good stuff. The US is awash with great microbreweries these days. 25 years ago I had to travel to places to find anything other than major brews; now available lots of places. Very fond of Dogfish Head stuff.

http://www.dogfish.com/

dasmueller

2011-12-18, 10:18

http://www.yourlittlebeachtown.com/pelican
http://www.fullsailbrewing.com/

My two favorite spots for a beer. The 1st is one of the last remaining places fisherman still launch wooden dories into the ocean to go fishing. What could be better than that and watching the surfers after having breakfast and then a beer !! The 2nd is in Hood River the windsurfing capital of the world. Its a very colorful sight when they are out on the river.

Oh and the beer is pretty nice as well !

garym

2011-12-18, 10:55

Ikabob

2011-12-22, 02:39

Listening to my fave... Old Blue Eyes Francis Albert. In the wee smallhours and only the lonely.

Thanks to My Logitech ecosystem, ipeng and MOG. This stuff never gets old.

Oh yes,I tried the Anchor Ale. It was ok. Gotta try the others.

pippin

2011-12-23, 11:22

♪ I'm listening to Charles Mingus, Cumbia & Jazz Fusion aus Thirteen Pictures: The Charles Mingus Anthology Disc 1

Fahzz

2011-12-23, 17:09

My Christmas music folder...with an almost frozen Blue Moon that has a slice of orange in it.

pski

2011-12-23, 17:50

My Christmas music folder...with an almost frozen Blue Moon that has a slice of orange in it.

Oh hell yea

th00ht

2011-12-26, 08:40

vinyl: five minutes to trancfer, klaus schulze

Recoveryone

2011-12-26, 10:37

Back at work today, streaming last.FM via my windows phone "Floetry Radio"

pski

2011-12-26, 12:46

vinyl: five minutes to trancfer, klaus schulze

What hardware/software do you use for this?

P

ob_kook

2011-12-26, 23:06

Doc & Merle Watson - Pickin' the Blues.

But queuing up some local music from Melbourne Australia next!

SlimChances

2011-12-27, 18:37

Everybody Knows
Leonard Cohen

...words ring true with the world I know

"Everybody knows that the dice are loaded
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed
Everybody knows that the war is over
Everybody knows the good guys lost
Everybody knows the fight was fixed
The poor stay poor, the rich get rich
That's how it goes
Everybody knows "

pski

2011-12-28, 08:32

Kind of Blue - Miles Davis

RonM

2011-12-29, 21:26

Two pretty interesting new acquisitions:

David Gogo, Soul Bender -- really really good guitarist in the rock/blues tradition. If you like the Joe Bonamassa/Beth Hart CD, you'll like this one -- it's rockier and maybe even higher energy, but in the same direction.

Austra, Feel it Break -- Austra is a band from Toronto. Definitely an of-the-moment group, usually classified as Club or Electronica. Vocals from Katie Stelmanis are operatic; beats and electronics make it very danceable. The overall feel to me has more than a bit of classic prog rock going for it.

R.

Recoveryone

2011-12-29, 22:18

some old school slow jams:

Tower of Power, so very hard to go
Rolls Royce, Love don't live here anymore

Wombat

2011-12-31, 19:54

CocoRosie - Gallows

ob_kook

2012-01-01, 00:00

Wooden Birds - two matchsticks.

Recommended by a friend whose taste I trust. Really liking it a lot!

castalla

2012-01-01, 15:56

Adele Live at the Royal Albert Hall on BBC1 tv ... excellent.

garym

2012-01-01, 16:26

Tom Jans:

Dark Blonde
The Eyes of an Only Child

SlimChances

2012-01-02, 11:37

Song: Go On
Artist: Jack Johnson
Album: Sleep Through The Static
Genre: Folk/Rock
Year: 2008

pski

2012-01-02, 17:09

Song: Go On
Artist: Jack Johnson
Album: Sleep Through The Static
Genre: Folk/Rock
Year: 2008

Thanks for the reminder.

ob_kook

2012-01-10, 22:29

"Marie"

Edit - just realized tapatalk doesn't include the subject line. This is Willie Nelson doing Townes Van Zandt.

MeSue

2012-01-10, 22:41

♪ I'm listening to J. Geils Band, Full House "Live" - http://www.rhapsody.com/player?rcid=Tra.25177460

Inspiration for my New Year's resolution, learning harmonica.

ob_kook

2012-01-10, 23:05

♪ I'm listening to J. Geils Band, Full House "Live" - http://www.rhapsody.com/player?rcid=Tra.25177460

Inspiration for my New Year's resolution, learning harmonica.

Whammer Jammer? Now there is a harp tune!

Sent from my Inspire 4G using Tapatalk

MeSue

2012-01-10, 23:13

Whammer Jammer? Now there is a harp tune!

Oh yeah! Track 2. :)

cubdog

2012-01-12, 08:49

Bud Powell...The Amazing Bud Powell

cubdog

castalla

2012-01-12, 11:07

Van The Man Radio - nonstop Morrison!

Recoveryone

2012-01-12, 11:16

Random mix of Soul and R&B Current song "If you play your cards right", Alicia Myers. Former lead vocal of the group "One Way" late 70's early 80's funk band.

Mnyb

2012-01-12, 12:04

Band: Carolina chocolate drops.

album: genuine negro jig

Song: hit 'em up style

chill

2012-01-12, 12:26

Spending a bit of time with Jools Holland and his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra at the moment. Two recent purchases are 'Rockinghorse' and 'The Informer' - both albums full of fantastic feel good music.

Also occasionally switching over to a (short) playlist of Jools Holland tracks featuring Louise Marshall as the vocalist - absolutely beautiful evocative voice.

SlimChances

2012-01-12, 18:29

Rediscovering the 70s

Song: 3. Foreplay / Long Time
Album: Boston (1976)
Band :Boston

pski

2012-01-13, 11:44

Black Tie, White Noise - Bowie

If you have not already seen it, google "tim tebowie" by that Fallon guy.

P

Percival Sweetwater

2012-01-13, 14:14

Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World

Tim Tebow - WTF?

pski

2012-01-13, 14:22

Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World

Tim Tebow - WTF?

http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/blogs/2012/01/david-bowie-tim-tebow-tebowie/

An American football player who is lampooned for his zealotry.

P

dasmueller

2012-01-13, 15:01

Gillian Welch and David Rawlings live at Newport 2011 FM broadcast. A free legal download I downloaded earlier today. Quite nice.

CharlieG

2012-01-15, 07:17

Artist: The Avett Brothers
Album: I And Love And You
Track: Ill With Want

"Oh something has me (Something has me)
Acting like someone I know isn't me
Ill with want and poisoned by this ugly greed"

garym

2012-01-15, 07:32

"2 Cellos" (learned about here in this thread a while back and it is perfect Sunday morning music)

Mnyb

2012-01-15, 07:46

Yoshimi battles the pink robots , flaming lips

garym

2012-01-15, 08:39

now on to, Keith Jarrett, the Koln Concert, for a low key sunday morning

dasmueller

2012-01-15, 09:09

John Cowan Band 11-7-2001 Englewood Colorado, former member of The Hew Grass Revival one of the 1st bluegrass/newgrass super groups.

RonM

2012-01-15, 09:28

Two whiplash inducing recordings:

Rome (Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi)

For The Good Times (The Little Willies)

I enjoy both of these very different recordings. Rome is a kind of riff on the music of spaghetti westerns, lots of string sounds, electronics, atmospherics. For The Good Times is basically a sophisticated re-interpretation of classic country songs.

The whiplash effect is from the prominent presence of Norah Jones on both of them. A credit to her personal range.

R.

garym

2012-01-15, 09:30

finnbrodersen

2012-01-15, 10:03

Creedence Clearwater Revival: Good Golly Miss Molly

SlimChances

2012-01-16, 11:32

8. Remembrance Day
Get Lucky (2009)
Mark Knopfler

Mnyb

2012-01-16, 12:45

To the 5 Boroughs , Beastie Boys

Jon

2012-01-17, 15:22

Peter Gabriel singing Arcade Fire's "My Body Is A Cage"

bazzman

2012-01-17, 16:27

Heart - Dreamboat Annie

castalla

2012-01-19, 15:20

Rick Perry's remake of Dr Hook's 'Goin' Back to Texas to Be One More Horse's Ass'

pski

2012-01-19, 16:34

Rick Perry's remake of Dr Hook's 'Goin' Back to Texas to Be One More Horse's Ass'

Tickets:

Gingrich/Perry

Romney/Huntsman

Santorum/A random NYC queen

<Apologies to the moderators: I couldn't help myself, I did it because of my love for America. No WAIT, that was Newt.)>

castalla

2012-01-19, 18:15

It sure ain't good music ... the Rep. Presidential debate - but these guys sure are virile! Two have produced twelve offspring between them, one has had three wives ,,, and one is, well, a veteran. What a great track record!

As we say over here ... mad buggers!

ob_kook

2012-01-19, 18:43

I am over in Tokyo on business and had a chance run in with "Takuya". We ended up having dinner and then went to a whiskey bar together. He sent over a CD to my hotel yesterday, and I'm listening to it now.

Takuya is a talented guitarist who used to play with the JPOP Punk-Pop band Judy and Mary (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXD2Ap_BkhA). They were big in the 90's playing to packed stadiums of 50,000 fans.

Takuya is now a solo artist writing, playing, and producing his own CD's. I couldn't find a Youtube clip of him, but I'm definitely digging his latest release!

Damn nice guy too.

Jeff Flowerday

2012-01-19, 18:53

Pat Metheny - Orchestration

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk

Ikabob

2012-01-21, 06:01

Etta James

CharlieG

2012-01-21, 09:21

garym

2012-01-21, 09:23

Janis Joplin, Me And Bobby McGee

This song contains two of my all-time favorite lines:

"Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose"
I can remember hearing this line as a teen and saying "Right On Man!" (well it was the early '70s...)
and
"Well, I'd trade o' my tomorrows, for one single yesterday"
Deep stuff.

the definitive version. and Kris Kristofferson (the songwriter) wrote some unbelievably good songs. His early stuff is classic. "Sunday Mornin' Coming Down"

Well I woke up Sunday morning,
With no way to hold my head that didn't hurt.
And the beer I had for breakfast wasn't bad,
So I had one more for dessert.
Then I fumbled through my closet for my clothes,
And found my cleanest dirty shirt.
An' I shaved my face and combed my hair,
An' stumbled down the stairs to meet the day.

RonM

2012-01-21, 15:54

Yes, it's hard not to think of Bobby McGee without thinking of Janis. She ruined a perfectly good song for any number of other artists, I think.

Sunday Morning, though, has a large number of really great covers. I especially like the version by Alvin Youngblood Hart on "Johnny's Blues", a tribute to Johnny Cash.

R.

chill

2012-01-22, 06:43

The Dandy Warhols - Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia

I bought this album a few years ago on the strength of the single "Bohemian Like You", but never really spent any time with it. Put it on this morning and have been carried away. They certainly know how to build an atmosphere - almost mesmerising.

MeSue

2012-01-24, 09:05

New one from Rodrigo y Gabriela - Area 52
http://www.rhapsody.com/artist/rodrigo-y-gabriela/album/area-52

garym

2012-01-24, 09:11

New one from Rodrigo y Gabriela - Area 52
http://www.rhapsody.com/artist/rodrigo-y-gabriela/album/area-52

Interesting. I just learned about them in a NY Times article yesterday and meant to check them out...
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/24/arts/music/rodrigo-y-gabriela-return-to-mexico-city-in-triumph.html?_r=1&ref=arts

MeSue

2012-01-24, 10:09

I know he's been around forever, but I've never listened to Dion before today. His new one, Tank Full of Blues, is really good.
http://www.rhapsody.com/artist/dion/album/tank-full-of-blues

Recoveryone

2012-01-24, 10:14

Streaming HD radio 92.3 slowjams out of Los Angeles, CA. ACC converted into 700kbs Flac

maggior

2012-01-24, 10:53

Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble Live at Montreux 1982 & 1985 DVD

Having picked up my guitar playing again, I've been listening to some SRV again (somehow I find it inspiring rather than deflating - the man was an INCREDIBLE player). A friend of mine lent me the DVDs of these shows from '82 and '85. I learned some history - SRV was booed at his first appearance there. At the time, he wasn't signed to a label and was a relative unknown. They put him in a lineup with acoustic acts. SRV and company ripped it up despite the hostile crowd. How things changed by the time he played there again in '85.

He was such a physical player. Drummers normally sweat to death. SRV's drummer didn't break a sweat. SRV, however, looked like he just took a shower by the end of the show.

How sad that we lost him.

Mnyb

2012-01-24, 11:04

New one from Rodrigo y Gabriela - Area 52
http://www.rhapsody.com/artist/rodrigo-y-gabriela/album/area-52

Perfect they are on spotify to :) never heard of them very good music.

Seems i have to buy some aluminised polycarbonate again , can't find a lossles source to buy from...

dasmueller

2012-01-24, 11:28

Perfect they are on spotify to :) never heard of them very good music.

Seems i have to buy some aluminised polycarbonate again , can't find a lossles source to buy from...

http://rodgab.com/store.html

Link to their site where you can buy FLAC versions of Cds.

Mnyb

2012-01-24, 11:31

http://rodgab.com/store.html

Link to their site where you can buy FLAC versions of Cds.

Sweet i only looked at the usual itunes and similar cr*p links on thier site.... Missed that

Recoveryone

2012-01-24, 12:28

http://rodgab.com/store.html

Link to their site where you can buy FLAC versions of Cds.

Not to highjack the thread, but what is the bit rate of Mp3 D/L off amazon. NVM I just dug a little deeper and found it 256kbs

garym

2012-01-24, 12:30

Not to highjack the thread, but what is the bit rate of Mp3 D/L off amazon

things I've bought tend to be 256 CBR or LAME mp3 encodes that are probably -V0 or -V1. Not consistent from album to album, that's for sure, but all reasonably high bitrates.

SlimChances

2012-01-25, 19:54

Lola (Live) from Come Dancing With The Kinks - The Best Of The Kinks 1977-1986 by Kinks

tank121

2012-01-27, 12:06

Rem- I'll take the rain. Sounds great through the MDAC especially the guitar intro.

castalla

2012-01-27, 18:37

Transatlantic Sessions 2 - vol 2 .... Boots of Spanish Leather by Nanci Griffith - all brought to us all by the magnificent BBC!

pski

2012-01-28, 11:06

Legend - Poco

Reminders of an early happy time

garym

2012-01-28, 11:24

Legend - Poco

Reminders of an early happy time

Big poco fan. A travesty that they are not in the rock and roll hall of fame.

Mnyb

2012-01-29, 06:20

Richard Bona , Ten Shades Of Blues

MeSue

2012-01-29, 10:01

Chimes of Freedom: The songs of Bob Dylan from MOG

chill

2012-01-29, 12:09

Gershwin's Rhapsody In Blue - synched across all three downstairs SB zones and turned up to 11. Fabulous!

pski

2012-01-30, 08:34

Gershwin's Rhapsody In Blue - synched across all three downstairs SB zones and turned up to 11. Fabulous!

Andre Previn w/London Symphony (1971) is the best. The same for Concerto In F. The french horn is very good.

chill

2012-01-30, 09:27

Andre Previn w/London Symphony (1971) is the best. The same for Concerto In F. The french horn is very good.

I hope you mean this one: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gershwin-Rhapsody-Concerto-American-Paris/dp/B00002439G/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1327940567&sr=1-1

Just ordered it on the strength of your recommendation!

rgro

2012-01-30, 10:29

I hope you mean this one: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gershwin-Rhapsody-Concerto-American-Paris/dp/B00002439G/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1327940567&sr=1-1

Just ordered it on the strength of your recommendation!

The performance of Rhaposdy in Blue/Concerto in F/Cuban Overture with John Nakamatsu and the Rochester Philharmonic is also very well regarded and is available in 24/96 download from HD Tracks (I have it and the engineering/audio quality is first-rate).

chill

2012-01-30, 11:06

The performance of Rhaposdy in Blue/Concerto in F/Cuban Overture with John Nakamatsu and the Rochester Philharmonic is also very well regarded and is available in 24/96 download from HD Tracks (I have it and the engineering/audio quality is first-rate).

Hehe - you're toying with me now aren't you. How many of these do you think I'm going to buy?

I'm almost tempted to try the HD Tracks download though. Not particularly interested in the 24-bit version, but the 16/44 FLAC works out the same price as the Amazon MP3 album download. It's a pity neither service offers 'Rhapsody in Blue' as an individual download.

chill

2012-01-30, 12:12

The Big 18 - The Legendary Swing Sessions. Great music to cook to.

(Let's see you send me off after more versions of this one - pretty sure there's just the one!)

rgro

2012-01-30, 14:59

The Big 18 - The Legendary Swing Sessions. Great music to cook to.

(Let's see you send me off after more versions of this one - pretty sure there's just the one!)

Pretty sure you're right (on both counts)! :)

pski

2012-01-30, 16:03

I hope you mean this one: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gershwin-Rhapsody-Concerto-American-Paris/dp/B00002439G/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1327940567&sr=1-1

Just ordered it on the strength of your recommendation!

That's the one ! I bought the album just after it came out.

So many versions of RIB are jaunty rather than jazzy and the Adagio of this Concerto in F has never been bettered: the horns' "slur" is incredible.

I am mostly comparing the RIB to the mechanical recordings played by George himself.

(The cover changed when they made the CD.)

Paul

kenjude

2012-01-30, 16:12

Gretchen Peters eponymous second album, as I only paid for second class postage for the new one so it isn't here yet :-(

"Souvenirs" is still a beautiful song.

Recoveryone

2012-02-02, 12:24

Eliesha Nelson (My cousin) Qunicy Porter

dasmueller

2012-02-02, 12:49

garym

2012-02-02, 12:54

The Goat Rodeo Sessions
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=392252

Newly available today
For those who do not know, they are- Yo Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan,Edgar Meyer and Chris Thile. One of classical music's best w three of the best in bluegrass/newgrass.

thanks. you always have interesting suggestions (at least for my taste). Its at MOG and I'm very much liking it only 2 songs in. I've long been a fan of Chris Thile stuff.

dasmueller

2012-02-02, 13:15

thanks. you always have interesting suggestions (at least for my taste). Its at MOG and I'm very much liking it only 2 songs in. I've long been a fan of Chris Thile stuff.

Glad you are enjoying it. My younger brother says I have very eclectic tastes in music and he's pretty openminded-a design engineer at D'addario-one of the,if not the largest musical string mfrs. located on Long Island.

I found the group w link below a few yrs back w a show from BBC Proms the large classical music fest held in London yearly.

http://www.ukuleleorchestra.com/main/home.aspx

Ukulele Orch of Great Britain-8 people playing various ukuleles and singing as well. Some of my favs are Anarchy in the UK-cover of the sex pistols, and Pinball Wizard. Worth a look.

garym

2012-02-02, 13:48

Ukulele Orch of Great Britain-8 people playing various ukuleles and singing as well. Some of my favs are Anarchy in the UK-cover of the sex pistols, and Pinball Wizard. Worth a look.

I found only the "secret of life" on MOG and will check it out after Goat Rodeo (I think it will fit in nicely in that playlist stream...). Looks like some interesting covers as well (but I was looking forward to Anarchy in the UK!).

dasmueller

2012-02-02, 14:21

I found only the "secret of life" on MOG and will check it out after Goat Rodeo (I think it will fit in nicely in that playlist stream...). Looks like some interesting covers as well (but I was looking forward to Anarchy in the UK!).

If you care to, PM me and I will email you the files. In checking, what I have are Mp3 files which is strange. They are 320kps tho. 28 tracks may take a few emails

Generally I like Chris thile as well but Sleep With One Eye Open left me cold.

garym

2012-02-02, 15:10

The Secret of Life is fun. Tracks like "Je T'aime - Mais Non Plus", Mcarthur Park, Le Freak, and Only You. These folks would be great to see live...they obviously have fun with what they do.

garym

2012-02-02, 15:18

And speaking of ukelele, check out Jake Shimabukuro if you haven't heard of him. I think he became "known" because of this youtube video. I have one of his CDs and it is quite nice.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=829401773913198414

garym

2012-02-02, 15:28

Caught Steve Earle, his wife Allison Moorer at City Winery in NYC last Monday night. If you're a Steve Earle fan (and I am) it is a great casual acoustic show. They are playing there every Monday I believe for a few weeks (always with someone sitting in with them for some songs...on Monday they had "The Mastersons" - a husband and wife who happen to be guitarists, fiddle, singers, etc. that play in Steve's full band as well (The Dukes & Duchesses)....caught the full band in Minneapolis last summer).

City Winery is a great small venue by the way....

dasmueller

2012-02-02, 15:30

pski

2012-02-02, 16:39

Bela Fleck

Aside from novelty, his accompanist Futureman <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_Man> features his invention the Synthaxe-Drumitar

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zendrum

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RonM

2012-02-02, 20:04

Was listening to Bela Fleck's lady, Abigail Washburn, today. Also a mean banjo player and very interesting singer. Some of the most engaging music I've heard in the last few years, most recently City Of Refuge.

R.

RonM

2012-02-02, 20:23

Andre Previn w/London Symphony (1971) is the best.

I'm fond of the version of Rhapsody In Blue on the 1983 LA Philharmonic/Leonard Bernstein recording. The Rhapsody is great, and there is a really fine version of Barber's Adagio for Strings. Bernstein plays piano, and he is a revelation.

R.

dasmueller

2012-02-03, 21:34

Appalachian Journey-Yo Yo Ma, Mark O'Connor and Edgar Meyer-wonderful

jmschnur

2012-02-03, 21:57

Sabicas guitar

Mnyb

2012-02-04, 01:03

The Wilderness of Manitoba

Hymns of love & spirits

Edit: avaible as flac dl at zunior btw, buy .

And acording to TAS science the torrented copies can't sound any good ;)

dasmueller

2012-02-05, 21:07

garym

2012-02-06, 05:23

Mississippi John Hurt-Today. A person who has influenced many guitarists, a gentle giant. Those who know of him understand, those who do not should seek out some of his music. It is not highly polished commercial music. Just music from the heart.

Agree. I also enjoy an older tribute album "Avalon Blues: A Tribute to the Music of Mississippi John Hurt"

Mnyb

2012-02-06, 05:29

Agree. I also enjoy an older tribute album "Avalon Blues: A Tribute to the Music of Mississippi John Hurt"

This is one of my favorite albums :)

dasmueller

2012-02-06, 07:12

Agree. I also enjoy an older tribute album "Avalon Blues: A Tribute to the Music of Mississippi John Hurt"

Listening now for the 1st time in years. Bill Morrissey also did a 1st rate tribute album - Songs Of Mississippi John Hurt.

Soulkeeper

2012-02-08, 05:31

Feline (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feline_%28album%29) by the Stranglers. Quirky stuff, I liked it the first time I heard it, and I'm not bored yet. :)

SlimChances

2012-02-09, 20:03

10. Trilogy
The Best Of Emerson, Lake & Palmer (1994)
Emerson, Lake & Palmer

garym

2012-02-10, 07:06

"2 Cellos" (learned about here in this thread a while back and it is perfect Sunday morning music)

My wife loves the tv show GLEE (and shes a 50+ year old woman!). But last night she was watching a saved episode (where they do michael jackson music) and I heard something familar. Walking into the room, I noticed two guys on cello in the scene. Googled it and sure enough "2 Cellos" were guesting on GLEE. Good for them....I hope they get some sales out of it...