What are you listening to and WHY might anyone be interested? (Vol. XIII)

Now Playing......

Mark Knopfler - Kill to get crimson

Starting out the morning with a mellow voice and beautiful guitar!

Thanks STEVEE_S for the recommendation!

nigelb posted:

Seakayker, if you like Sabina Sciubba and it appears you like Antonio Forcione also, if you haven't done so already you might like to take a listen to this. There are some wonderful tracks on here that shows off the talents of both artists.

It's on Tidal

Thanks for the heads-up Nigel, I did listen to 'Meet Me in London' album recently which did lead me to exploring Antonio's music. I do enjoy both artists!

seakayaker posted:

Now Playing......

Mark Knopfler - Kill to get crimson

Starting out the morning with a mellow voice and beautiful guitar!

Thanks STEVEE_S for the recommendation!

If you are enjoying this then I don't think you can go wrong with any of his other solo albums. It should be a very pleasant journey of discovery to those albums you haven't tried yet.

Steve

On CD:-

Camel - The Single Factor

Next in the Queue.......

Mary Chapin Carpenter - The Things That We Are Made Of

Thanks to PCD above for the mention, I do love Mary's music and had not given this album a listen. 'Come On, Come On' and 'Stones In The Road' are my favorite two albums by Mary. Great singer, songwriter and musician.

Yello - Flag

Why? Because its such virbrant music & well produced, Im a bit lost for words to describe it but a snip from Allmusic states: "a fascinating collage of Afro-Cuban rhythms, rain storm effects, drums nicked from a Broadway revue, monkey chatter, basso-profundo lyrics, and screams..."

Really lively & worth a spin, theres zaney trombones, frantic sax & some quite nice deep bass notes that my Kans somehow managed to repoduce.

kevin J Carden posted:

Bert Schurink posted:

kevin J Carden posted:

Bert Schurink posted:

Nice floating jazz album, easy to listen to..

 

 

In this case I am now using Imgur and the pictures do show up for me, so I don't know why they wouldn't show up for you. Perhaps their service was down for a while. Please let me know if it's still invisible as even on this reply I see properly this picture.

Still blank for me Bert, but since others aren't experiencing the same problem I guess it's something at my end. On iPad it's just a blank white square. On my PC it shows a picture icon in the white square, but that icon doesn't open when clicked upon. Strange.

Odd case with this pictures sharing. I use Imgur for some of this stuff now and it should work. As others mentioned they can see it as well and I am seeing it also across multiple devices. Will try to also mention name and album title in the future so that even in cases people don't see it - they can still know what I am talking about.

A+3 | WAV

(1989)

I gave this un-remastered ripped CD a spin (stream) a couple of months ago and I'm just in the mood for something from them again. Quintessential English rock (with humour) from the band that never really took itself too seriously.

Nice sounding....

Bert Schurink posted:

Nice sounding....

Oh I promised to mention the name and leave some more info as pictures are not always coming across. So this s Batik of Ralph Towner and some further information from ECM Reviews below

Ralph Towner
Batik

Ralph Towner 12-string and classical guitar, piano
Eddie Gomez bass
Jack DeJohnette drums
Recorded January 1978, Talent Studio, Oslo
Engineer: Jan Erik Kongshaug
Produced by Manfred Eicher

There are certain images that seem fail-proof when musically evoked. The “Waterwheel” that inaugurates us into guitarist Ralph Towner’s astonishingly beautiful Batik is one of them. Having since been painted for us by such varied talents as Hamza El Din (see the Kronos Quartet’s Pieces of Africa) and Marina Belica (former leader of the October Project, of which their self-titled debut is a personal all-time favorite), Towner’s particular configuration embodies the best of all worlds with the precision of his fingers magnified to great effect by Jack DeJohnette on drums and soothingly animated by the bass of Eddie Gomez. Towner’s democratic shifts in density allow for solos to shine through the haze unhindered, such as the enchanting bass that darts through his added splashes of 12-string. Towner rejoins in overdubbed costume, while amplified sustains peek like the sun from behind a cloud. Their passage through the sky is marked only by DeJohnette’s delicate metronome, allowing us one final glimpse of its thematic pool. “Shades of Sutton Hoo” is named for an Anglo-Saxon burial ground and haunts us with its reverberant lows and tinkling cymbals. A noticeably freer structure pervades, tracing every mound of earth with archaeological care. This delicate filler leads us up a “Trellis” of melody into ghostly afterthoughts. Gomez’s voice cuts with urgency through Towner’s ornamental stride. Their sumptuous counterpoint continues in the 16-minute title track and sets us down comfortably in Solstice territory. DeJohnette unleashes a noteworthy solo, while Gomez laces his quick fingers to support every hoisted footstep. We end in the “Green Room.” Painted with Towner’s mournful piano, it glows in a wash of potent commentary from bass and brushed drums, crumbling like spring snow into silence.

On vinyl, loud, and sounding excellent tonight.

Now Playing......

Christian Scott - Yesterday You Said Tomorrow

Taking the lead from Bert above.....

On the third track and enjoy the album......

Christian Scott (trumpet), Milton Fletcher Jr. (piano), Matthew Stevens (guitar), Kris Funn (Bass), and Jamire Williams (drums)

kevin J Carden posted:

Buddy Whittington - eponymous. All time fave track of mine is his cover of ZZ's ' Sure got cold after the rain fell'. Rare for a cover to best the original, especially when it's ZZ Top, but this surely does so for Guitar, Vocals and especially for sonics. Spine chiller.

 

 

Due to my tendency to re-post new discoveries on here that I rate, this surely has to make a reappearance. What a guitarist this guy is and a decent vocalist also.

Nice one, Kevin.

Watched the 70th birthday concert for John Mayall and this guy was wonderful, Clapton looked in a lower league, albeit different numbers. He is one of the finest blues breakers.

Sean Rowe - New Lore

Those of you that follow this thread may have guessed that I quite like this chap. I would go so far as to say this is one of my discoveries of the year - cheers Bert.

IMHO, it is wonderful. I urge you to check it out if you haven't already.

Lee Morgan - Sidewinder

Time for a Blue Note / Hard Bop classic.

Streaming | WAV

(2007)

Why on earth these weren't released I shall never know. 

seakayaker posted:

.......now playing 

Neil Crowley Trio - Radio Silence

Neil Cowley (piano), Richard Sadler (bass), Evan Jenkins (drums)

.....something new to me 

You make like this

steve

Next up, in the queue.......

Julie Byrne - Not Even Happiness

Checking this out after a mention from TONY2011 above, enjoyed reading a couple of reviews on Julie and have not heard of her previously, looking forward to listening to the album.

nigelb posted:

Sean Rowe - New Lore

Those of you that follow this thread may have guessed that I quite like this chap. I would go so far as to say this is one of my discoveries of the year - cheers Bert.

IMHO, it is wonderful. I urge you to check it out if you haven't already.

I was introduced to Sean through this forum, love his music and went out an bought all his CD's. Love his voice, songwriting, and his music, just solid all the way around!

I listened to 'New Lore' on Saturday driving home from a Bach Festival down in Oregon, great album.

The first album I've played since returning from five nights of soggy camping in Cornwall. Wonderful. 

Inspired by Kevin-W and Stevee_S several page back... absolutely fantastic .. takes me right back to the day of experimental electronica of the late 70s and early 80s.... and some of the 'creations' I helped make... both artistically and technically... if by any freak chance Richard Youngs (who was by far the more artistically gifted and is now creating great music still pushing boundaries)  reads this... do get this CD compilation if not already... and remember that minisonic synth I built that could never stay in tune for more than a minute... along with your Tandy reverb/echo and fuzz box, wierd Chinese percussion from Covent Garden  and manual loops and splicing on your four track... happy days... of that pre internet social media age of fanzines, and self published cassette EPs

Foy Vance - Hope

An old favourite of mine. Superb stuff.

I've got a few Of Beth Nielsen Chapman's albums now but this was my first and still my 'go to' album when I think I wants to listen to her. Lovely.

WOW!!!  Great gutsy and FUNFUNFUN.  Solo from the group, turn it up LOUD.