What are you listening to and WHY might anyone be interested? (Vol. XIV)

I'm still suffering with this wretched cold. This is day nine. So I need something to make me feel better. Sandy Denny always does the trick!

On CD:-

Tori Amos - Native Invader

Now Playing........

Katie Melua - Secret Symphony 

Streaming on NAS..........    A mention from TK421 of this album yesterday had me place this in the TIDAL queue and taking it out for a Spin This morning. 

Just bought this from musicMagpie sale, ripped and listening, lovely voice.

Superb

The Netherlands Wind Ensemble:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1adAkZ5WKAE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6NP5WapJzA

Joe Bonamassa - Live at the Royal Albert Hall - UnitiServe SSD + bare nDAC 

I now have a refurbished Cisco 2960 8tc which dramatically improves the UnitiServe replay into the nDAC! Playing this load while the wif3 is gardening! Sounds amazing even to guy who is not normally a guitar addict!

Phil

Ralph Sutton - At Maybeck

Allmusic.com:

Ralph Sutton finally had his turn to perform in the famed Maybeck solo piano series in 1993. The top stride pianist still active in the 1990s, Sutton performs some of his specialties (including "Honeysuckle Rose," "Dinah," and "After You've Gone") and pays tribute to Bix Beiderbecke (performing two of his numbers), Fats Waller, and Willie "The Lion" Smith ("Echoes of Spring"). This recital is as joyful and as hard-swinging as one would hope.

Now Playing......

Kevin Mahogany - My Romance

Streaming on NAS........   Put this in the TIDAL queue recently and just now taking it out for a spin....  Kevin has a lovely voice covering a number of songs from other songwriters.

Tracy Chapman via Tidal

Great album, easy listening.

Seeing DAV301's post, reminded me to play some Ms Amos. Of those I have, this was my favourite (it's hard to remember since I've not played this or any of her albums for at least 10 years).

(1967)

Why? Definitely just because.

  Horace Andy - Living In The Flood.

  As above ^ 

  Why? Just 'cos, that's why. 

I now understand why I hadn't played any Tori Amos albums for at least 10 years - I don't like them. Maybe I bought them because I thought I ought to like her music. Recovering by playing London Grammar 'If You Wait'.

This was still in my playlist from last night so another listen to start the evening off seemed a good idea...

P J Harvey - Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

Snow Patrol - Eyes Open

Cranking it up now. This is great stuff.

(2013)

Harshly tagged as the poor man's Moody Blues, BJT were a very decent band for a few years back in the early 70's, playing CD one of two from this ripped collection. 

Clive B posted:

I now understand why I hadn't played any Tori Amos albums for at least 10 years - I don't like them. Maybe I bought them because I thought I ought to like her music. Recovering by playing London Grammar 'If You Wait'.

I have only one disc of hers which was last played sometime in the previous century, what I call a 'colossal neglect' but for a reason.

Actually, the mood around here is Man in the Snow, just finishing 90 minutes of snow blowing the driveway only after receiving permission to do so form the lurking coyotes in the backyard.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1A0jDIgLacs

 The Egg, Travelator. Olly’s pick on the weekly record club thread. Not a style of music I know well, I’m enjoying large amounts of this new to me album. I’ll give it another stream 8n a week or 2, if it grows on me I may buy it. Psychedelic dance music would be my uninformed descripti9n.

The Greg Foat Group - Dark Is The Sun

Chamber Jazz in a groovy, late 60’s style. Warning: this album features harpsichord. See also their Girl And Robot With Flowers that slips a couple of years later in style and in parts is almost Valentyne Suite in flavour.

Bandcamp Link

2001 - CD (rip)...

Back to vinyl, my original record, if not 1st press fairly early, triggered by Stevee playing collection above. I have a real fondness for BJH, as Stevee said above, probably underrated in their time and now. This is excellent stadium prog, they have the ballads to make the live gig work. Well sung and played, lovely songs, fine SQ, a very good live album. It repays a clockwise turn on the volume knob.

I’m going to be away from the stereos for the rest of the week, out socialis8ngbtonight after this, work trip, visit to London to see my mum in hospital (3 weeks of physio before getting home after breaking her hip on NYE), Tidal on the tablet isn’t the same.