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?

Posted on: 03 November 2007 by u5227470736789524

quote:
Originally posted by ewemon:
quote:
Originally posted by Jeff Anderson:
Steve Tannen
"Stopped At A Greenlight"

shuffled with:

Steve Tannen
"Big Senorita"

First time I have heard him Jeff and sounds good to me. Purchase list for now.

I enjoy Steve a great deal. I think it is intelligent pop, above average lyrically. His brother Greg Tannen is also good and Steve is half of the Weepies with singer/songwriter and life partner Deb Talen. Deb lived in Portland in the late 90's. She and Steve met back east when Deb lived in Boston and Steve in NYC. They now live in LA.

If you are willing to stretch that far, Steve and Deb co-wrote 5 of the songs on the new Mandy Moore disc which I like alot - but doesn't seem to spark interest on this forum. My earlier post on that album had no responses.

best,

Jeff A

Posted on: 03 November 2007 by u5227470736789524

just finishing:

Coldplay
"X&Y"

followed by:

The Long Winters
"Putting The Days To Bed"

Posted on: 03 November 2007 by mtuttleb

Posted on: 03 November 2007 by Gary S.

Posted on: 03 November 2007 by u5227470736789524

quote:
Originally posted by Steve S1:

Steve,

if interested, go to www.barsuk.com (Barsuk Records),at the Cobain screen click "enter site", click on media in the upper right, the top "show" is a Songwriters gathering, with Matthew Caw (Nada Surf), John Roderick (Long Winters), Jesse Sykes (and the Hereafter), and Ben Gibbard (Death Cab For Cutie). I enjoyed it very much.

Jeff A

Posted on: 03 November 2007 by Haim Ronen

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Posted on: 03 November 2007 by jim c

Leah Randazzo-'At the Root'

http://www.myspace.com/leahrandazzogroup

Superb!!

Posted on: 03 November 2007 by RichardM

Graham Parker - The Mona Lisa's Sister

Posted on: 03 November 2007 by RichardM

Posted on: 03 November 2007 by Gianluigi Mazzorana

Posted on: 03 November 2007 by u5227470736789524

quote:
Originally posted by jim learoyd:
gretchen peters

Didn't know of her music until yesterday, she was on the KUSP Live At Lunch podcast. You can listen to that here:
http://www.kusp.org/shows/live_music.html

Jeff A

Posted on: 03 November 2007 by mtuttleb

A 3 LP set with music from Paco de Lucia

Posted on: 03 November 2007 by sjust

quote:
Originally posted by Haim Ronen:
quote:
Originally posted by sjust:
Haim, Today's JPC package had two of your recommendations (plus the new Bollani / Rava):
Acquario (Bollani, Mirabassi, String Quartet)
and
Hamelin playing Alkan

Can't wait to get in front of my system

Stefan,

Alkan is Huw's discovery.
Let me know, please, how you like the Rava/Bollani disc (I could not sample it on the JPC site).
I wonder how this music would compare to the wheeler/Taylor on CamJazz:

Regards,
Haim

Early stage, Haim, but... To me the Wheeler / Taylor is more "polite". The two players are more of the same kind. The Bollani/Rava makes more use of the tension beteen young / old, experimenting / wise, energetic / settled, etc. A bit like what happens with Sauer / Wollny in their duo sets. This is not to say that equi-potential players aren't a nice thing to have, of course.

I prefer Bollani / Rava.

Just my opinion, as usual.

Posted on: 03 November 2007 by ewemon

quote:
Originally posted by Jeff Anderson:
quote:
Originally posted by ewemon:
quote:
Originally posted by Jeff Anderson:
Steve Tannen
"Stopped At A Greenlight"

shuffled with:

Steve Tannen
"Big Senorita"

First time I have heard him Jeff and sounds good to me. Purchase list for now.

I enjoy Steve a great deal. I think it is intelligent pop, above average lyrically. His brother Greg Tannen is also good and Steve is half of the Weepies with singer/songwriter and life partner Deb Talen. Deb lived in Portland in the late 90's. She and Steve met back east when Deb lived in Boston and Steve in NYC. They now live in LA.

If you are willing to stretch that far, Steve and Deb co-wrote 5 of the songs on the new Mandy Moore disc which I like alot - but doesn't seem to spark interest on this forum. My earlier post on that album had no responses.

best,

Jeff A

Thanks for that Jeff. Used to have a couple of Deb Talan discs when I was going through the same thing as Jim- a female singer songwriter period. No doubt he'll send me an email re that remark. My problem is I am not much of a lyrics man. The feel of the music has to do it for me.

But I had to make room for new stuff coming in so she went to the great cd player in the sky.

Posted on: 03 November 2007 by worm

Posted on: 03 November 2007 by Voltaire

quote:
Originally posted by jim learoyd:

A very nice afternoon playing some fantastic music.

Who's this please?

Gordon

Posted on: 03 November 2007 by Steve S1

quote:
Steve,

if interested, go to www.barsuk.com (Barsuk Records),at the Cobain screen click "enter site", click on media in the upper right, the top "show" is a Songwriters gathering, with Matthew Caw (Nada Surf), John Roderick (Long Winters), Jesse Sykes (and the Hereafter), and Ben Gibbard (Death Cab For Cutie). I enjoyed it very much.

Jeff A

Thanks Jeff. Interesting stuff.

Steve

Posted on: 03 November 2007 by Voltaire