What are you listening to and WHY might anyone be interested? (Vol. XIII)
Posted by: Richard Dane on 01 January 2017
2017 has arrived today, so time to start this thread afresh.
Last year's thread can be found here;
Definitely the last for today.
ewemon posted:nigelb posted:Susan Werner - Last of the Good Straight Girls
This is rather nice, if a little fluffy in places. Susan doesn't have the greatest range to her voice but it has a lovely quality to it. There is some lovely songwriting on here too.
Her best album. If you like it then try Eliza Gilkyson's Hard Times in Babylon album you might like it (assuming you may not have heard it)
I have the EG album in my Tidal favourites but haven't listened to it for ages.
A timely reminder - cheers.
Duke Garwood - Garden of Ashes. Tidal
Another of Dave Marshall's excellent recommendations. Tidal.
Alison Moyet - Alf.
Following Yazoo, above, seems only fair to end the evening with Alison's debut album ......... '80s music at it's best.
Following the arrival of my first CD player, this was the first ever CD I bought, a lifetime away. 
Jeff Anderson posted:
Anais Mitchell - "Young Man In America" (2012)
Ewen, she is coming to Portland on May 11 for $15 per ticket, I hope to be there, one of the few artists I care to attempt to see live nowadays. Always grateful for you and others here making me aware of her music. Jeff A
27 years ago, with Branford Marsalis sittin' in...from the digital multi-track tapes. Fantastic show!
Jan Garbarek, tenor saxophone
Vangelis Christopoulos, oboe
Eleni Karaindrou, piano, vocal
Anthis Sokratis trumpet
Nikos Guinos, clarinet
Tassos Diakoyiorgis, santouri
Eleni Karaindrou director String Ensemble
Recorded August 1990, Polysound, Athens
EJS posted:
Marie-Nicole Lemieux is a real contralto and a treat to hear in Rossini, native territory to her voice. Her approach is quite modern (technically proficient, with added emotional touches that weren't fashionable for a long time and probably not historically correct - but I actually like the added colour to belcanto). She sounds rather frayed at the start of the recording (close miking), but improves as the recital gets underway. The album closes with the humorous duet for two cats - which could be read as a critical contemporaneous commentary on the perception of Rossini's music (it was not actually written by him).
From 16/44 download; live, no applause included.
Cheers
EJ
What a bad photography
While waiting for the new recording
Jeff Anderson posted:Jeff Anderson posted:
Anais Mitchell - "Young Man In America" (2012)
Ewen, she is coming to Portland on May 11 for $15 per ticket, I hope to be there, one of the few artists I care to attempt to see live nowadays. Always grateful for you and others here making me aware of her music. Jeff A
An artist I wish I could go and see, maybe one day.
A few trax off this album
A + 3 | WAV
(2017)
I ran out of time to finish listening to this yesterday morning so finishing off 'the second half' of Cousin Silas's latest Science-fi inspired work.
John Mellencamp. Freedom's Road. On CD from 2007. Johnny Cougar, John Cougar and John Cougar Mellencamp were always well-recorded with great dynamic range. About the time he became John Mellencamp the loudness wars happened and he fell prey. Still the same artist, still well-recorded, still great music, but this album is unfortunately compressed to the hilt. I don't think it was ever set to vinyl.