What are you listening to right now? (VOL I)

SJB

Japan - Oil On Canvas

Ketama - ... Y Es Ke Me Han Kambiao Los Tiempos.

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Originally posted by Gianluigi Mazzorana:

Self quoting is the first sign down the stairs...
Btw i got this album for few coins and did not give it too much till the moment the player started with the track n°8.
From this point and further the atmosphere changes and i can listen to some of the best guitar tracks (would you call them songs for electric guitar?) i've ever listened.
Sorry i can't still appreciate Mr. Clapton.
After BB king, here we have the slow hand.

Philip Jeays - October

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Originally posted by Ian G.:

Enjoying a sly listen on some headphones at work. I came across Sonya as the support act to Joe Jackson a month or so back. One Diccus and ROTF might enjoy. Check some samples on MySpace

Hi Ian

Thanks - she sounds pretty good - I detect some MCC influence in the songs (no bad thing - when it comes to American singer/songwriters might as well be influenced by one of the very best).

ATB Rotf

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Originally posted by droodzilla:


ECM's latest...

how's it ?
Stefan

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how's it ?

Early days yet, Stefan, but it sounds very promising. I bought it more or less on spec, reasoning that it could hardly be bad with those musicians. Interesting, unclassifiable folky/jazzy fusion, as is par for the ECM course. Love the sound of the kantele, which is a new instrument to me. The lyrics are poems by a Norwegian nature-mystic, and are quite special even in translation.

Addendum - One of Borli's poems, in English:

The dream is a tree
that grows upside down:
Its roots fastened in the sky,
delicate root-hairs suck
strange nourishment
from the mouldy darkness between the stars,
while its crown spreads out its branches as
a resting place for the birds
in the boundless spaces of the human heart

Also forget to mention that Langeland has made a couple of albums which mix Norwegian folk songs with Bach hymns - impossible for me to resist!

Bob Dylan
"Live At The Gaslight 1962"
(2005)

104 degrees in Portland today - totally sucks

Sarah McLachlan
"Afterglow Live"
(2004)

Ray LaMontagne
"Till The Sun Turns Black"
(2006)

well I looked my demons in the eyes
lay bare my chest
said do your best to destroy me

I've been to hell and back so many times
I must admit you kinda bore me

there's a lot of things that can kill a man
there's a lot of ways to die
yes, and some already did and walk beside me

there's a lot of things I don't understand
like why so many people lie
it's the hurt I hide that fuels
the fire inside me

Will I always feel this way
so empty
so estranged?

Lee Ritenour: Sugar Loaf Express
A JVC direct cut disk via a headfone.
Patrice rulz!

What a high-school nostaligia!

Crowded House, Time On Earth
Spoon, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga

Another album from the German box - except this one is Italian. A pleasant enough record.

PJ Harvey - Stories From the City,Stories From the Sea. Courtesy of the library.

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Originally posted by munch:
Rotf did it come today?

Not so far - probably come tomorrow now. I've been in all day - working from home.

Many thanks, Rotf

Aqualung [ORIGINAL RECORDING REISSUED]




The Classic Records reissue of Aqualung was cut from the original analog master tapes obtained from Ian Anderson on Classic's "all tube" cutting system by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman mastering. This version features, for the first time since the original Chrysalis release, an authentic faux linen textured gatefold jacket and original label art. Pressed on Classic’s 200g Super Vinyl Profile this will be the definitive version - period!

I still think the MFSL version sounds better but this one is very good.

Larry

Propers for the feast of St Benedict (today, 11th July) from Solesmes Abbey, France - THE masters in Gregorian Chant:


And not to leave out the English! From Worth Abbey (as in BBC2's 'The Monastery') English and Gregorian Chant:


I wish you all a blessed and happy day.
James

Re: PJ Harvey OK but overall I think I'll stick to The Pretenders/Blondie.