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;
Final album for today the new Chris Stapleton due 5th May entitled From a Room Vol 1.
Great album, on vinyl...
Lent to me by a friend - I am not a soundtracks person but it is not bad
Haim Ronen posted:
Haim, great album but I wonder if I am the only person in the world who find the front cover..."ackward?" Not sure who is responsible for the album design but this one misses the mark by a wide mark.
Personally, I think it belongs in Bert's strange album cover thread.
Larry Heard. Alien
mid 90s ambient house classic.
ewemon posted:Borders Nick posted:Rodney Crowell - Close Ties. Tidal. Apologies for posting this again but it's a great listen (new artist for me).
"The thousand-yard stare Rodney Crowell’s wearing on the cover of Close Ties suggests battle weariness, and much of the material inside surveys the Nashville veteran’s past in uncompromising fashion. East Houston Blues addresses his dysfunctional boyhood, I Don’t Care Anymore is a driving blues casting a rueful eye on youthful excess, and Forgive Me Annabelle is an apology to an ex-lover (“We both know how far from grace I fell”). Still, Crowell wears his wounds lightly. It Ain’t Over Yet, featuring ex-wife Rosanna Cash, is defiantly upbeat, and I’m Tied To Ya a tender duet with Sheryl Crow. Delicately sung and immaculately played in semi-acoustic fashion, it’s a high point in an impressive career." The Guardian.
If you this album try his first album and also Houston Kid
Thanks Ewe - I'll check if they're on Tidal.
Charlie Haden & Pat Metheny - Beyond the Missouri Sky. CD rip. Long time no play. Beautiful album.
(2008)
One of my (many) problems is that when I start playing this delicious symphonic goth metal is that I find it hard to jump off. Here goes another, a live gig complete with a Dutch symphony orchestra and choir, the accompanying DVD is a belter too.
Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943): Khatia Buniatishvili (piano) | Paavo Järvi | Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Piano Concerto No. 2 in c-minor, op. 18 | Piano Concerto No. 3 in d-minor, op. 30
Two of my favorite keys; c-minor & d-minor together, on one album! I like this better than expected. Buniatishvili is nuanced and passionate and the recording is nice. One thing you have to expect from Buniatishvili is that it is not slow by any means. It is highly charged and I don't particularly always desire the speedy versions. I do tip my hat here though to Khatia is that she was able to play like she was on fire and still maintain a mostly beautiful sense that this music deserves.
So this is a feat in any case to play like the devil and I will listen to this regularly when I need to dust the walls in the house as it sounds wonderful fully cranked up. My heart though is still reserved for the slower, more reserved, heart focused interpretations. Obviously the faster, pyrotechnical, walk on water type of playing is more in vogue these days (as you always have to up the anti each time compared to anyone before you). Maybe, what I imagine in my head is just me and has never been in style?
Some more Metheny seemed appropriate after the previous album.
Borders Nick posted:Some more Metheny seemed appropriate after the previous album.
Offramp is probably my favourite Pat Metheny album (but then it does include the original version of 'Are You Going With Me'), which I have owned since not long after its release. I saw him touring just after the album was released at the Hammersmith Odeon., having seen him before that on the Old Grey Whistle Test. A thoroughly enjoyable concert, even though most if the material was new to me. Pat manages to get some great sounds out of the Roland G303 guitar synthesiser.
Donald Byrd - Slow Drag. Tidal. Another forum recommendation. Groovy Stuff.
Florestan posted:Haim Ronen posted:Haim, great album but I wonder if I am the only person in the world who find the front cover..."ackward?" Not sure who is responsible for the album design but this one misses the mark by a wide mark.
Personally, I think it belongs in Bert's strange album cover thread.
Doug,
Unfortunately, in our overly political correct world we live in, nothing is safe from ackwardness aside of the Beatles white album..
Freddy Kempf goes hell for leather in the ballades, building each towards an explosive climax. Hugely exciting, not always the last word in polish or accuracy, and perfectly suited to the lean Yamaha grand.
EJ
My first play of this. More electronica than I expected and it didn't have the instant impact on me that Tales Of Us did but still favourable. This might be a 'grower'.
I'm very much enjoying Ms Krall's music recently, and in particular this album and Live in Paris.
Focus is a jazz album recorded in 1961, featuring Stan Getz on tenor saxophone with a string orchestra. The album is a suite which was originally commissioned by Getz from composer and arranger Eddie Sauter. Widely regarded as a high point for both men's careers, Focus was described by Getz as his favorite of all his recordings. The pair would next collaborate on their soundtrack to the 1965 film Mickey One.
As noted in the booklet for the 1997 CD reissue, Sauter's orchestration did not include melodies for Getz. Rather, Sauter left spaces in the arrangements in which Getz would improvise. Documentation for the recording dates is incomplete, but the CD booklet reports that those involved in the original sessions recall that Getz recorded live with the strings on about half the songs, while he overdubbed sax solos on the others.
I'm really enjoying this - perfect for a relaxing evening with dinner and a nice bottle of wine.
Stevie Ray Vaughan unreleased first album recorded in Nashville in 78.
SWMBO wanted me to play this again
Stevee_S posted:
(2008)
One of my (many) problems is that when I start playing this delicious symphonic goth metal is that I find it hard to jump off. Here goes another, a live gig complete with a Dutch symphony orchestra and choir, the accompanying DVD is a belter too.
another good one yet again Steve....definitely ticking the box for me.