What are you listening to right now? (VOL I)
Posted by: Tam on 06 June 2005
Anyway, to kick things off, I'm currently, and probably for most of the rest of this week, listening to Radio 3's Beethoven Experience. They're doing one of the piano concertos at the moment and (number 2 with Glenn Gould). Anyway, the experience thing probably needs its own thread, but, even on this cheapo radio it's proving fairly enjoyable.
So, what are you listening to right now?
So, what are you listening to right now?
Michael Stanley "Eighteen Down", "The Ground", "Americand Road"
quote:Mark,
It is good to see you back from your French Foreign Legion service. I hope that you had decent music there too (not counting all those military marches).
Regards,
Haim
Hi Haim,
Not really been away, apart from the occasional trip to Holland for meetings. I have been too busy (then tired) and did not really feel like sitting again in front of the computer to post what I have been listening to. Thanks for the welcome back though
After lunch had a listen to the Brahms violin concerto off of
Then had a long snooze (weather is awful)
Now just about to put the Chopin Preludes on
Cheers
Mark
quote:Amazon.co.uk Review
Reading-based songstress Laura Marling has been likened to veteran folksters Joni Mitchell and Joan Baez. Despite such hyperbolic accolades, her entry into the crowded world of young female singer-songwriters has been remarkably hushed and wonderfully organic. Having started writing songs at the age of 15, Marling's success has been achieved not by shouting, but by whispering her way through the ranks. Perhaps because of her youth--she turned 18 just before releasing this Alas, I Cannot Swim--Marling has an understated yet accomplished manner that just doesn't grate like some of her peers. Plus her songs are good--very good. Backed by imaginative arrangements from leftfield acoustic outfit Noah and the Whale, the tracks here are often coyly charming, though far from naïve. Marling digs impressively deep into all kinds of universal topics, from religion and parents to love and romance. Lead single "Ghosts" introduced to many her soft, alluring vocal style, and other songs here share the same sense of intimacy, even if they differ thematically and musically. Things are kept simple throughout (think acoustic strums and a homespun delivery), but there are subtle and beautiful contrasts throughout; the Beirut-esque carnival aura of "Crawled out of the Sea" and the brooding "Night Terror", for example, which provide darker counterpoints to airier fare like the folksy title track and the compelling "My Manic & I". Disarming yet deep, provocative yet peaceful, Alas places Marling head and shoulders above the bawlers and wailers. --Paul Sullivan
Description
Debut album from folk-pop singer-songwriter Laura Marling. A collection of British folk classics in the making, with hints of psychedelia, this album is a must for fans of artistssuch as Richard Hawley, Turin Brakes and Portishead. Includes the tracks 'My Manic And I', 'Night Terror' and 'Ghosts'
On SHM CD.
La Belle Homicide-manuscrit barbe
Rolf Lislevand, 11-course baroque lute.
Incredible.
quote:Originally posted by Chief Chirpa:
Incredible.
Absolutely stunning
The Stand on myspace
Anthology Vol.1
They're smacking out 'Three Cool Cats' as i type this, makes an interesting change from the Ry Cooder version i'm so familiar with.
Brian sounds very, Okay-Yah!
I'm enjoying every bit of this anthology and will play disc's 1 and 2 back to back.
Considering the £4.97 price paid for this it's a bargain too! : )
nymph
p.s. Some bad news - Amazon just put the price back up again!
An overlooked classic from the one and only Mr Roy Wood.
If you don't believe me then just listen to Dear Elaine (here) - every instrument is played by Roy and every voice in the choir is Roy - pretentious most definitely - superb, of course.
In a Radiohead - Amnesiac (kind of mood).
Regards
Nic
Regards
Nic
To me, it seems like ages since Kip Hanrahan has had his last CD out. He is of the kind that only produces if he has to say something new.
The latest from his very special microcosmos:
The latest from his very special microcosmos:
Gerard Willems, Stuart & Sons piano, an instrument like no other I've heard.
Songs from Scandinavia
Simple things (please simple minds) Zero 7
Regards
Nic
Regards
Nic
