What are you listening to and WHY might anyone be interested? (Vol. XII)
Posted by: Richard Dane on 01 January 2016
2016 has arrived today, so time to start this thread afresh.
Last year's thread (and links to previous years) can be found here;
1998 - Tidal...
Brilliant Music & SQ.... CD
A+ | Transcoded DSD
(2015)
I struggled to get into this when it was released, giving it yet another go. Originally downloaded as a 24/96 FLAC file.
Quad 33 posted:
Brilliant Music & SQ.... CD
An absolute belter of an album, which ought to be in every blues fan's collection.
Great shout. 
1979 - Tidal - remaster- ((2015)
Mark Knopfler - Sailing to Philadelphia.
First listen and I think it will grow on me. Guest appearances by James Taylor and Van Morrison are a real plus though.
Haim Ronen posted:
"A Meeting by the River can best be described as a spontaneous outpouring of music, unhindered by convention or form, brought into being by musicians so supremely capable that the music is never labored, the technique of their craft always subservient to the final product. Cooder and Bhatt are genuine masters of the guitar and mohan vina, respectively. The latter, an instrument created by Bhatt himself, is a sort of hybrid between a guitar and a vichitra vina, and is played with a metal slide. This fact is just one of the many things that connect Bhatt's playing to Cooder's, who plays nothing but bottleneck guitar here. The musical interplay between Cooder and Bhatt is nothing short of astounding, especially so considering that they met for the first time only a half-hour before the recording of this album." (AllMusic)
Haim, I tried to listen to this the other day via your link but it is restricted and not playable in the UK. i will try and find it elsewhere or just go and buy the album if I can. I so enjoy good exponents of the Mohan Veena, what a wonderful sound. If you don't know him already, do try Harry Manx who is a great exponent of it.
Cheers
Steve
Original vinyl
Why? Saw it and thought I hadn't played it years so it was time for a spin.
steve
Pink Floyd
The Wall
Next
Mark Knopfler
Live in Oakland - mp3 320 kbps
Edward
Miranda Lambert - The Weight Of These Wings
Simpler times before mobiles or social media
Mark Knopfler
Get Lucky
16bit 44.1 - Wave
Next
Dire Straits - Live
Alchemy
16bit 44.1kHz - Wave
Edward
Jerry Joseph and the Jackmormons - "Craters Of The Moon" 3 song ep (released today) a little background:
Jerry Notes: Two years ago. The jackmormons were in Drumlish , County Longford Ireland ... I had met the brothers Cronin in Dublin a year earlier and they had invited us to come out to their studio .. Great spot with a cool house attached .. So I showed up with the band in tow .. It was our "new band " Dex , Steve James and Jeff Crosby .. The night we arrived we started recording .. We had wanted to get a couple covers in the can as we never record covers nor had we recorded as that unit So we jumped right in with Hiss Golden Messenger / Jesus Shot Me in the Head and my favorite Clash tune ..Sound of the Sinners ... It was a cool vibe and those songs seemed appropriate for cozy peat smoke vibe of livetransmission ( the studio ) the Cronin brothers being bad asses at their combined playing and recording . Please check their new Record. "The First Kiss of Love. Brilliant stuff A few days later we had gathered around said peat fire to write songs as a group ( something I rarely do) My good friend and spiritual mentor ... Jim Blumenthal ( with his doctorate in Tibetan Buddhism and patience with sobriety) had been ill. I woke to see his wife had called me .. I was pretty sure it wasn't good news and that perhaps his illness was progressing ... I went for a run in Irish countryside .. Killing time to call the US west coast ... And I started writing this song in my head about someone who was dying ... I returned from the run .. We started stealing pogues chord progressions with my new lyric ideas... And Jims wife Tiffany called to say Jim had died .. During the blood moon the previous night ... Surrounded by family and monks and love and pure light ... In my many times with Jim tho a grounded loving individual .. I always got the sense that he was tapped into something beyond my understanding ... I had Craters of the Moon written down as a title since a tour years earlier with Wally Ingram , Who survived his illness ... It all seemed to fit. Sad Irish songs about death are a lot easier to write in Ireland We began recording Craters of the Moon at TRI studios with Dave Schools producing for the Mars record with The JMOS and Mookie Seigel , we finished at Jackpot in Portland with Jenny Conlee and Little Sue . We have a lot of material laying around .. Hence the Irish bundle..... Ho Ho Ho. J
Not the complete album but a whole bunch of trax off it.
Duke Garwoods latest due 3rd Feb
Watched as well as listened of course. I'm very familiar with Ms Gardot's music but this was the first time I've watched this Bluray so the Home Theatre system got a serious workout - volume up to 65 db 
DTS HD Master sound track produced an immersive experience. I was particularly struck by the rawness of the live performance (though her live performances are still highly polished) . I might be imagining it but I felt a number of songs from her Currency of Man album were played at a slightly slower tempo on this, not that it affected the enjoyment. If you like Ms Gardot and her talented band of musicians I can highly recommend this. Brilliant!
First this....
Joan Armatrading - Joan Armatrading
...then this...
Laura Shay - Bittersweet
Why? Other than they are two of the very best female singer songwriters, I have no idea!
Had an appetite for some Gazpacho, this will do nicely.
Snow is falling here at the end of a long work week, and I really needed to hear something beautiful and relaxing. Sandwiched between "Blue" and "Court and Spark", this equally great album can sometimes get overlooked...
R.K posted:On vinyl. So much better than on Tidal
Excellent shout - been ages since I've spun this. Such a great voice! May have to queue up "Son of..." next. 