What are you listening to and WHY might anyone be interested? (Vol. XIV)
Posted by: Richard Dane on 31 December 2017
On the eve of a new year, it's time for a new thread.
Last year's thread can be found here:
Suffering ever so slightly after a lovely day and night at my best friends wedding .. listening to this is the perfect remedy .
Ben Harper And The Blind Boys Of Alabama - There Will Be A Light
I think it must have been the gospel choir and the very entertaining American Bishop Michael Curry at Harry and Megan's wedding that sent me a subliminal message to stick this on.
Lizz Wright next.
Praise the Lawd!
On vinyl...
Now Playing............
Elina Duni - Partir
Elina Duni (voice, piano, guitar, percussion)
Streaming on NAS......... Arrived in the mail yesterday, ripped to NAS and taking out for a spin. Elina has a beautiful voice and literally does it all on this album. I had listened to this album a couple of times on TIDAL prior to purchasing and listening to the first few tracks this morning has been pure joy an this lazy Saturday morning. Worth the time to give Elina a listen!
dave marshall posted:
Berliner Philharmoniker - Albinoni : Adagio / Pachelbel / Canon.
Well, there's a first for me ............ classical music.
I pushed the wrong button in the car yesterday, and found that I had strayed from my usual 6Music onto a classical station, and was
so taken with the music, that I left it where it was, to the point that, on reaching home, I remained in the car outside my house until it
had ended.
Who knows, this could be the start of a new musical adventure, chez Dave ................. blimey!
Dave,
I just love the genre and, within it, you can’t go wrong with von Karajan & the Berlin Philharmoniker. It was a match made in heaven and they created a lot of fantastic music together - check the Deutsche Grammaphom catalogs. I originally saw them, many, many years ago, at the Royal Albert Hall playing Beethoven’s 5th & 9th. It was sublime ...
I hope your adventure continues ...
rgds
Classic, on vinyl...
ynwa250505 posted:dave marshall posted:
Berliner Philharmoniker - Albinoni : Adagio / Pachelbel / Canon.
Well, there's a first for me ............ classical music.
I pushed the wrong button in the car yesterday, and found that I had strayed from my usual 6Music onto a classical station, and was
so taken with the music, that I left it where it was, to the point that, on reaching home, I remained in the car outside my house until it
had ended.
Who knows, this could be the start of a new musical adventure, chez Dave ................. blimey!
Dave,
I just love the genre and, within it, you can’t go wrong with von Karajan & the Berlin Philharmoniker. It was a match made in heaven and they created a lot of fantastic music together - check the Deutsche Grammaphom catalogs. I originally saw them, many, many years ago, at the Royal Albert Hall playing Beethoven’s 5th & 9th. It was sublime ...
I hope your adventure continues ...
rgds
Thankyou ynwa250505,
Though I had heard quite a bit of classical down the years, I'd never really "listened" to it until yesterday, in the car.
Must have been in a receptive frame of mind or something, but I plan to cautiously dip my toe in the waters over the next few weeks.
Might start with Beethoven's 9th., as I'm broadly familiar with it, and will take on board your Deutche Grammophon advice.
This could be fun. 
Not like much of that can be helped or even really matters, since Africa is one of those albums we should at least consider ourselves lucky to even get a chance to hear. Kabwe had retired to a life of farming by the time this album was proposed for reissue, and out of the other four band members, only guitarist Isaac Mpofu still survives. So hearing Kabwe wail, "Lemme tell you something new/ About the history of the man/ He's got nothing to lose," in "History of Man" resonates a bit more knowing just how little was saved from the Zam-rock scene for future posterity and how close to impermanence Amanaz's music actually came.
On vinyl...
(18th May)
Gazpacho - Soyuz
Downloaded from Qobuz this morning and now on its second listen through and confirming Simon's (Slim68) view that this is another very good release by these Norwegian post progressive art rockers with that fine familiar Gazpacho flavour.
Now Playing......
Ketil Bjørnstad - a Suite of Poems
Ketil Bjørnstad (piano) and Anneli Drecker (voice)
Streaming on TIDAL....... new release from ECM on 18/05/2018. Keith composes 13 pieces by taking a number of poems that Norwegian-Danish author Lars Saabye Christensen has sent him over the years from his worldwide travels.
nigelb posted:Ben Harper And The Blind Boys Of Alabama - There Will Be A Light
I think it must have been the gospel choir and the very entertaining American Bishop Michael Curry at Harry and Megan's wedding that sent me a subliminal message to stick this on.
Lizz Wright next.
Praise the Lawd!
Ben Harper and the Blindboys of Alabama - Live at the Apollo.
Hi Nigel, if you haven't already, give this a bash. It's there on Tidal, and is the perfect complement to the studio album.
Chet Baker - No problem.
Nice jazz by Chet Baker.
- Chet Baker - Trumpet, vocal
- Duke Jordan - Piano
- Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen - Bass
- Norman Fearrington - Drums
Despite Morby’s relative youth, his solo debut is deeply nostalgic. Morby’s focus isn’t on reforming but retracing genres of old, trusting his songwriting hand to make the difference. Opener “Miles, Miles, Miles” is a lovely little 50s slow dance tune, but features a dark point of view we aren’t used to hearing from such sweet music: “That devil hung up on that cross / All the evil that I came upon.” Title track “Harlem River,” on the other hand, is an almost ten-minute cool-jazz lesson from the school of Jim Morrison songwriting: “In my pearl, in my diamond shoes / I climbed a cloud, now I’ve stole the moon.”
dave marshall posted:DrMark posted:
Gary Moore - Ballads & Blues - 1982 / 1994.
Just ordered from The River for pennies ................ great shout, DrMark.
Glad to alert Dave- got this on a bargain (not as good as yours) while in Italy in March.
dave marshall posted:DrMark posted:
Gary Moore - Ballads & Blues - 1982 / 1994.
Just ordered from The River for pennies ................ great shout, DrMark.
Love his guitar playing!
What is “The River”?
Now Playing.......
Steve Tibbetts - Life Of
Steve Tibbetts (guitar, piano), Marc Anderson (percussion, handpan), and Michelle Kinney (cello, drones).
Streaming on TIDAL........ another new ECM Records release from 18/05/2018. Opening couple of tracks are enjoyable and engaging, looking forward to the rest of the tracks.......
Nearly 50yrs old and I still find this LP magical !
(1976)
ZZ Top - Tejas
Some very fine Texican blues rock from the inimitable 'Tops.
On CD:-
Marillion - Brave