What are you listening to right now ?

[maggior]

In the rotation the rest of the week for me are:
OSI - Fire Makes Thunder
Flying Colors - Flying Colors
The Mars Volta - Nocturniquet
RPWL - Beyond Man and Time
OSI - Free (finally got the CD rather than rely on Rhapsody)

At the moment, listening to Fire Makes Thunder by OSI. So far, very impressed! Much like the first one (my fav). Gavin's drumming is awesome, as usual.

[dasmueller]

i'll look for it. I don't have it but I have about 10 or 12 Goodman CDs, including a couple of collections, including at least one collection of live stuff from different eras.

http://www.allmusic.com/album/gather...d-town-r125736

review from the All Music website. Jimmy Newman by Tom Paxton is quite good and a bit out of character from my perspective. Old Town in that era was somewhat like Greenwich Village. Not sure what it is like today. The collaborattions w John Prine are quite nice as you mentioned. There were many songs w messages back then. People used music to be heard. A wild and crazy time. Glad I was around to see the little I did. I still remember where I was on the wknd of Woodstock, working at the beach on Long Island not far away. Also in my mind the golden era of FM radio.

[dasmueller]

Listening to Steve Goodman reminded me of his song "You Better get It While You Can" The Ballad of Carl Martin. An album from 1978 "That Old Gang Of Mine" by Martin Bogan and Armstrong an old time string band. The Martin is Carl Martin. Steve Goodman's endorsement is good enough for me. It's a delightful album of old timey stuff w wonderful instruentation. Howard Armstrong of the same group did an album called Louie Bluie which is quite good as well.

Hope all this reference to older music doesn't scare the younger set off. It's well worth a listen.

[pski]

I got introduced to Steve through my wife who lived a few blocks from the Earl of Old Town in Chicago at the time. She had an album called "Gathering At The Earl Of Old Town which is still available on CD. It was Goodman's 1st recording along w Jim Post, Ed and Fred Holstein and others. His 1st recording of "City Of New Orleans". Worth looking into.

I've had "Unfinished Business" since vinyl. "In Real Life" is an overall favorite.

P

[bobkoure]

Been listening to Bill Evans lately. Led me to Kind of Blue this AM. Titular Miles Davis, but really Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Cannonball Adderley, Paul Chambers, and Jimmy Cobb.
One of my MD faves years ago, so it's nice to rediscover it.

[garym]

13th Floor Elevators - "Sign of the 3 Eyed Men" 10 CD Box Set.

Lo-fi, 1960s psychedelic garage rock at its best. Check out the 2007 documentary on Roky Erikson, "You're Gonna Miss Me" and his post-13th Floor Elevators compilation, "I Have Always Been Here Before". And I'm quite fond of the tribute CD, "Where the Pyramid Meets the Eye" (one of my favorite purchases in the last 20 years).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where_t..._Roky_Erickson

[RonM]

Some tasty acoustic country -- or call it folk/roots, maybe. Very well played and sung.

Eric Brace and Peter Cooper, "Master Sessions".

R.

[Mnyb]

Been listening to Bill Evans lately. Led me to Kind of Blue this AM. Titular Miles Davis, but really Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Cannonball Adderley, Paul Chambers, and Jimmy Cobb.
One of my MD faves years ago, so it's nice to rediscover it.

Thank you for the reminder haven't heard any MD in my new speakers "it was about time" to say the least

[pski]

Thank you for the reminder haven't heard any MD in my new speakers "it was about time" to say the least

I recommend "Blue In Green" from Kind of Blue..

P

[Mnyb]

the new Esparanza Spalding " Radio Music Society " .

At first I thought it a little bland, but it grows on you the songs gets better every listen.

Perfectly acceptable sound quality to ? Cool .

Many modern recordings when not suffering from loudness war also have overemphasised mid treble screechy harsh and paper thin sound, not this one, it's even a bit creamy ?
In a perfect world it would have had some more " air " and dynamics bass is not as tranpararant as it could be, but it good enough to let you listen to the music without fuzzing over the sq and that in itself is exceptional .

( can not get that sound ideal where all midrange and treble sounds like coaxial/one-way car speakers, but immensely popular around modern producers , ariry and 3 dimensional you say what ? Why do drummers even care for the brand of cymbals, modern producers makes it sound like tin foil anyway ).