What are you listening to? (VOL VI)

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Originally posted by Whizzkid:


Now Adrian I thought being you were hip, cool and down with the kids you'd know that.


Squarepusher - Hello Meow



Dean..

Thanks Dean - I just checked with the kids and they'd not heard of it. First 60 seconds sounded alright on spotify so I will give it go later.

AU20

You know Miles sometimes you play some really good music?

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Originally posted by Lontano:

quote:

Originally posted by Whizzkid:


Now Adrian I thought being you were hip, cool and down with the kids you'd know that.


Squarepusher - Hello Meow



Dean..

Thanks Dean - I just checked with the kids and they'd not heard of it. First 60 seconds sounded alright on spotify so I will give it go later.

60 seconds Hmm! I'll put my usual warnings on then, remember who suggested it.



Dean..

Coldplay

quote:

Originally posted by Whizzkid:

60 seconds Hmm! I'll put my usual warnings on then, remember who suggested it.



Dean..

You did suggest Pat Metheny The Way Up the other day - so you do like some good music

Jon Anderson - Olias of Sunhillow

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Originally posted by Lontano:

quote:

Originally posted by Whizzkid:

60 seconds Hmm! I'll put my usual warnings on then, remember who suggested it.



Dean..

You did suggest Pat Metheny The Way Up the other day - so you do like some good music

Ah! yes for those lighter moments in life.



Dean..

Fairport Convention

What We Did On Our Holidays

1. Fotheringay
2. Mr Lacey
3. Book Song
4. "The Lord is in this Place, How Dreadful Is This Place?"
5. No Man's Land
6. I'll Keep It With Mine
7. Eastern Rain
8. Nottamun Town
9. Tale In Hard Time
10. She Moves Through The Fair
11. Meet on the Ledge
12. End of a Holiday
Bonus Tracks
13. Throwaway Street Puzzle
14. You're Gonna Need My Help
15. Some Sweet Day

Island remasters CD @ 2003

(Quote from the sleeve-notes)... "What we did on our Holidays" was the second Fairport Convention long-playing record, and the first to include the presence of Sandy Denny. Recorded in 1968, it continued our approach taken on the first album; that of presenting a variety of musical styles and a variety of writers. Folk, blues, cajun, medieval, country - all are to be heard here. Favourite songwriters Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell (little known then) are represented, along with compositions by nearly all of the group members.

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Originally posted by Sloop John B:



Bowie's last great album?

SJB

'1.Outside' from 1995 is worth trying, perhaps not as good as 'Scary Monsters and Super Creeps', but far, far better than anything between the two. 'Earthling' from 1997 is also quite good, but I would say they are the only post 1980 (studio) albums by Bowie that are worth hearing.

On picture vinyl from 1983.

Jono

From HDX:



Regards,
Michel

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Originally posted by BigH47:
You know Miles sometimes you play some really good music?

I try to please.

Kate Walsh

As if playing one violin within the Western art music tradition wasn't difficult enough, the virtuoso L. Shankar has made it his trade to both sing and play a customized double violin within the contexts of Hindustani, Carnatic, Western, and experimental musical sensibilities. On this 1990 ECM release, Pancha Nadai Pallavi, he lays down two tracks, the first without percussion and the second in collaboration with Zakir Hussain on tabla and Vikku Vinayakram on ghatam. Caroline also accompanies the L. Shankar with the drone setting sruthi (a small one-note hand-pumped reed organ) and talam (a pair of small hand cymbals). With the first track L. Shankar performs the ragam "Sankarabharanam" (a ragam is the Carnatic equivalent to the Hindustani raga). For nearly 30 minutes he elegantly articulates an innumerable series of variations on traditional forms, melodies, and rhythms. The double violin allows him to imitate the sounds of a multi-octave string ensemble. On the CD's second cut a serpentine nine and one-half beat rhythmic cycle, the Mahalakshmi Tala, provides the temporal framework for the performance. An original creation by L. Shankar himself, this tala is realized by tabla superstar Zakir Hussain and the celebrated ghatam (clay water pot) player Vikku Vinayakram. Both of these percussive masters draw a myriad of tones and conjure up a fortified stew of rhythmic cadences from their respective instruments. In sum, Shankar's Pancha Nadai Pallavi is a smashing CD that represents virtuosic creativity and experimentation at work in both solo and collaborative contexts. ~ John Vallier

Vinayakram (ghatam); Caroline (talam, sruthi).

Recorded at Rainbow Studio, Oslo, Norway in July 1989.

Allison Moorer - Crows

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Originally posted by MilesSmiles:

Now that is a bit special.

Joe

On my PC from her web-site