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

Chased in by the rain:

Bach wrote his Inventions as exercises for amateurs and students of the keyboard (including his own sons), as he put it in a preface. The works were intended as an introduction to counterpoint and to demonstrate to the student that both hands could have equal importance in a piece of music. Simon Dinnerstein surely elevates these student studies to concert pieces with her insightful reading and playing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByhXM9AvnQo

Always one of my favorite new albums of the year...

Some Villa Lobos to satisfy the wife.

seakayaker posted:

Now Playing......

k. d. lang - hymns of the 49th parallel

k. d. covering her fellow Canadian's, with two songs each from Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, and Neil Young, along with four others. Eh, and she has included a new one of her own.....

I was gutted to miss her when she was in Vancouver last month. I was away on a work trip so my wife took a friend of hers and they both loved it (of course).

k.d. lang is a national treasure.

(Originally posted in the wrong thread.) I'd forgotten that a Mary Black concert DVD also came with a CD, spotted it today and ripped. Mary's got an amazing voice, really enjoyable Irish folk and folk-rock concert.

Mainly for Radiohead's sublime "Talk Show Host". But the rest of it is a great soundtrack.

Now playing .......

Ernestine Anderson - Now & Then

...... after a little rest its now time to get blood flowing again.

I bought this when it came out, gave it a few listens and liked it, then forgot about it for some years until Clive B posted it earlier. Nice to hear it again, the Sandy Denny lyrics that Gilmore has set are melancholic and beautiful, the settings work well and have an orchestration reminiscent of the solo Sandy albums from the '70s. Gilmore doesn't make the mistake of trying to sound like Sandy, but sings the songs superbly. It's Ines I'll come back to occasionally. Thanks for reminding me Clive. 

Continuing in the guitar vein, classic old vinyl  of Narciso Yepes.  Unfortunately I think the stereo enhancement of the original mono recording suffers.  The background tape hiss is very bad, but the playing plays through.  The CD copy, although no background hiss, seems to lose some of the more delicate nuances of his playing.

Stevee_S posted:

james n posted:

I heard 'Non Believer' on the car radio over the weekend and realised i'd not really give this album a chance. After a few more plays it's grown on me a lot more. Much more of a slow burner compared to the first album but that's not a bad thing.

London Grammar - Truth Is A Beautiful Thing. 

 

I'll have to give this a try, I've put off trying it after the negative reviews here but it seems to be a grower for those reviewers now. 

I Love this album, it is similar to If You Wait. Give it a couple of plays, It's a beautiful thing.

Slim68 posted:

Stevee_S posted:

james n posted:

I heard 'Non Believer' on the car radio over the weekend and realised i'd not really give this album a chance. After a few more plays it's grown on me a lot more. Much more of a slow burner compared to the first album but that's not a bad thing.

London Grammar - Truth Is A Beautiful Thing. 

 

I'll have to give this a try, I've put off trying it after the negative reviews here but it seems to be a grower for those reviewers now. 

I Love this album, it is similar to If You Wait. Give it a couple of plays, It's a beautiful thing.

Thanks Simon, I will. 

winkyincanada posted:

seakayaker posted:

Now Playing......

k. d. lang - hymns of the 49th parallel

k. d. covering her fellow Canadian's, with two songs each from Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, and Neil Young, along with four others. Eh, and she has included a new one of her own.....

I was gutted to miss her when she was in Vancouver last month. I was away on a work trip so my wife took a friend of hers and they both loved it (of course).

k.d. lang is a national treasure.

This is a lovely record. And have been a fan since absolute torch and twang. Unfortunately she also gave one of the most uninspiring gigs I have ever been to! An adoring crowd and 40 mins only for the whole gig at the Hammersmith odeon/Apollo. Very odd. And full price tickets. Not a happy crowd at the end. 

This goes out very loud. So much loud!

Now Playing.......

Ernestine Anderson - Never Make Your Move Too Soon

When I listen to Ernestine, I remember NEVER, no Never just listen to one of her albums. Great vocals, great orchestration, always great musicians backer her up. Worth the time to give Ernestine a listen if you haven't already!

Gianluigi Mazzorana posted:

This goes out very loud. So much loud!

Absolutely a great album!

Some classic guitar  from the First Lady  of the Guitar, Liona Boyd

Felt like relaxing to some ambient music, so I picked Cyborg from Klaus Shulze.

I have the 1975 reissue on the left (Brain 2/1078). The original 1973 cover is on the right.

Hungryhalibut posted:

And now this...

Great Track.