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

seakayaker posted:

on deck in the queue.....

Sarah Jarosz - Follow Me Down

Something new to me and another mention from JAMES N above and have placed 'Follow Me Down' in the queue. After reading her bio and review, I am looking forward to hearing this album.

This is another beauty from Sarah & you will have seen a number of posts from others here regarding her various albums; if you get a chance to catch up with her other albums they are well worth it. 

Next up......

Bonnie Raitt - Luck of the Draw

I have not played this album in quite a long time. In the process of ripping CD's to the NAS (it may take months) and I am on the C's...... So I happen to glance over at the R's and 'Luck of the Draw' just jumped into my hand.

....."Something To Talk About" just came on and Bonnie is back!  Great vocals, lyrics, music, a wonderful album....

the last of the rockfest to be followed by the mellower

and

Streaming Qobuz

Erich posted:

Streaming Qobuz

Purchased this cd last week superb.

Next Up.....

K. D. Lang - INGENUE

Why - .....listen to the opening track 'Save Me' and you will be hooked, I know I was back in the early 90's when I listened to Ingenue for the first time. This album deserves a listen.

now playing....

John Cougar - John Cougar

I have not listened to John in quite a while and decided to give one of his albums a spin.

Streaming Tidal.

on deck, in the queue.......

Leon Bridges - Coming Home

I heard the last track on this album, 'River,' on the HBO series Big Little Lies and came away needing to listen to Leon Bridges and purchased the album. Also got exposed to Agnes Obel's, 'September Song' and Micheal Kiwanuka's, 'Cold Little Heart' which triggered some CD purchases as well. 

Leon is certainly worth a listen.

After battling for two hours the Creeping Charlie weed in the back yard the only thing left was to decide which Charlie, Parker or Haden, will be rotated next on the 3.5:

Now Playing.....

John Cougar > John Cougar Mellencamp > John Mellencamp

John Mellencamp - No Better Than This

No matter the name I enjoy his music, wonderful voice, lyrics, and music.

This album is worth a listen. There was a documentary on the making of this album which I have seen but not sure where or when. John Mellencamp's No Better Than This is its sound: mono -- recorded live to an Ampex 601 tape recorder circa 1955, with a single microphone without mixing or overdubs. It's warmth and presence are immediate and engulfing. Mellencamp and T-Bone Burnett cut the album while on tour supporting, Life Death Love and Freedom, Mellencamp's celebrated precursor. This album was cut in some very famous locales: First African Baptist Church in Savannah, GA (the first African American Christian church in North America), Sun Studios in Memphis, and in Room 414 of the Gunter Hotel in San Antonio, TX, where Robert Johnson recorded "Stones in My Passway" in 1936.

Streaming Tidal.

Streaming Tidal.

Now playing......

Freddie Hubbard - Live at the Warsaw Jazz Festival - 1991

Why - it's Saturday night, time for trumpet, tenor saxophone, piano, bass & drums. 4 tracks = 60 minutes

Freddie Hubbard (trumpet), Don Braden (tenor saxophone), Ronnie Mathews (piano), Jeff Chambers (bass), Ralph Penland (drums)

Warren Zevon. Mr. Bad Example. On CD from 1991. Is there a "noir" music genre? If so, Warren would head the pack.

The new Mogwai album due 1st Sept

I bought this already awhile ago but haven't listened to it until now

so far I can agree with Pitchfork

The more you accept how much his past reflects in his present, the more receptive you’ll be to this album’s charms.

Probably my favourite Art Pepper cd:

ewemon posted:

The new Mogwai album due 1st Sept

Looking forward to this one.

Paul Weller & The Stone Foundation - Mother Ethiopia.

Love it, Love it, Love it! 

Prompted by the brilliant  (2008) documentary film I watched another day. The Wrecking Crew plays Brian Wilson

Shortly after midnight on what had become the back side of a mild March Hollywood evening in 1966, a group of clean-cut young musicians, some carrying instrument cases and smoking cigarettes, began gathering inside the confines of a small recording studio in a defunct grocery store on Sunset Boulevard. As the players greeted each other and set about unpacking and then tuning up their tools, the session's producer, Brian Wilson, could be seen behind the double-thick glass of an even smaller adjacent room, tinkering with the soundboard.

At about 12:30 a.m., with everyone finally ready to record, Wilson's voice came over the talkback mic.

"Okay, everybody — go to the top. Take one. 'God Only Knows.'"

BY KENT HARTMAN

I haven't played this since ripping all my CDs to the NS01.  This is a perfect gentle start  to a Sunday morning prior to a hard time trial later. Playing concerto no. 1. 

Another run of this one. Second part of the album is better than the first album. It's more reflective than the other Tingvall Trio Albums. For that I wouldn't rate it better than the earlier ones, while it's growing on me the more I listen to it...

Stevee_S posted:

A+3 | WAV

(2010)

Often compared with Dream Theater these London boys do good heavy prog rock 'n metal but have a different, more subtle and varied approach than DT. 

Thanks Stevee, that reminds me to look at their other albums. I agree, they're an excellent band.

I've only got this one, which is about to go on the turntable (good recording and vinyl quality too)  -