What are you listening to and WHY might anyone be interested? (Vol. X)
Posted by: Richard Dane on 31 December 2013
On the cusp of 2014, we start a new thread...
Anyway, links:
Volume IX: https://forums.naimaudio.com/to...16#22826037054683416
Volume VIII: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...nt/12970396056050819
Volume VII: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...6878604287751/page/1
Volume VI: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...ent/1566878604097229
Volume V: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...ent/1566878605140495
Volume IV: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...ent/1566878605795042
Volume III: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...ent/1566878607309474
Volume II: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...ent/1566878606245043
Volume I: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...ent/1566878607464290
On vinyl, LP2...
Nick Drake "Pink Moon"
(Spotify Premium US)
Got number 44. Vinyl quality is excellent and the music is fab!
atb
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On vinyl...
Leonard Cohen "Recent Songs"
(Spotify Premium US)
Al Stewart "Year Of The Cat"
(Spotify Premium US)
Probably my favourite album by Ryan, ably assisted & produced by Ethan Johns.
Ryan has produced Ethan's new album, 'The Reckoning', which, sounds like a good one...
'The Reckoning' Mini-Documentary - http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/ethanjohns
Paul Simon "Rhythm Of The Saints"
(Spotify Premium US)
Holly Williams "The Highway"
(Spotify Premium US)
Patty Griffin "Children Running Through"
(cd rip ti iTunes)
Why? Because I love it!
Original Island 1st press vinyl.
Thanks for the inspiration Steve. Original vinyl!
Saw the band recently providing excellent support for Magnus Öström.
Steely Dan "Two Against Nature"
(Spotify Premium US)
A recent addition to my CD collection. Thought I’d give Sirenia a try on the basis of Sorren’s write-up. Early impressions from a first listen are very favourable. The driving, high-energy lead guitar/bass/drums remind me lot of Garbage but the female vocals are cultured and harmonious, quite different to the snarling sometimes ironic style of Shirley Manson. Think I’ll get some more Sirenia albums. Thanks, Sorren. A good tip.
MDS
A recent addition to my CD collection. Thought I’d give Sirenia a try on the basis of Sorren’s write-up. Early impressions from a first listen are very favourable. The driving, high-energy lead guitar/bass/drums remind me lot of Garbage but the female vocals are cultured and harmonious, quite different to the snarling sometimes ironic style of Shirley Manson. Think I’ll get some more Sirenia albums. Thanks, Sorren. A good tip.
MDS
You're welcome MDS. Glad you like it.
Having compared Sirenia to Garbage I thought I might try the latter next
2nd disc
Soriba Kouyaté - kora
Matthieu Michel - trumpet
Linley Marthe - bass
Joël Allouche - drums
The kora is a 21-string bridge-harp used extensively in West Africa.
CD: 
Norah Jones "Not Too Late"
(iTunes download)
All too often, jazz critics have promoted the myth that Lester Young's playing went way downhill after World War II -- that the seminal tenor man was so emotionally wounded by the racism he suffered in the military in 1944-1945 that he could no longer play as well as he had in the '30s and early '40s. To be sure, Young went through hell in the military, and his painful experiences took their toll in the form of alcohol abuse, severe depression, and various health problems. But despite Young's mental decline, he was still a fantastic soloist. This eight-CD set, which gathers most of the studio recordings that he made for Norman Granz's Clef, Norgran, and Verve labels from 1946-1959, underscores the fact that much of his postwar output was superb. At its worst, this collection is at least decent, but the Pres truly excels on sessions with Nat "King" Cole and Buddy Rich in 1946, Oscar Peterson and Barney Kessel in 1952, Roy Eldridgeand Teddy Wilson in 1956, and Harry "Sweets" Edison in 1957.