Tidal.   Joan Armatrading -  Joan Armatrading

Why?

Having seen her as a support act, I liked the music, then I discovered how many other artists she worked with, the work that she does with many organisations.

Fresh, different, worthy of support.

limited edition pink vinyl

Try "Salty Water" work out the derivation....

ewemon posted:

VladtheImpala posted:

ewemon posted:

Another recent album I love and a great follow up to Sprained Ankle.

Thanks for posting this - really enjoying it.

Vlad

Glad you are as it is a really good album. You should explore her first album as well.

Streaming  (Tidal) it now.  TYVM for posting it. 

A great young pianist

A fine audiophile album of the trio....

Dan Tepfer trio - Eleven Cages

Checking out new music by the (for me) unknown Dan Tepfer trio.

Now Playing........

Stephen Stills & Judy Collins - Everybody Knows

A good way to start a Monday morning....... The first track 'Handle With Care'............

A very nice review From the NPR Music Website found here:

Stephen Stills and Judy Collins' Everybody Knows comes out Sept. 22.  Courtesy of the artist

Stephen Stills and Judy Collins' duo album, Everybody Knows, marks the long-deferred continuation of a story that started nearly half a century ago. But the title track brings closure to a musical relationship that goes even farther back.

Stills was romantically involved with Collins around the time Crosby, Stills, and Nashstarted in 1968, but the couple split before the recording of CSN's 1969 debut album. That record's opening song, "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes," was Stills' bittersweet look back at the relationship. Not only did it aid the trio's ascent to stardom (the fledgling group's performance of the tune is a highlight of the iconic Woodstock documentary), it became a classic-rock radio staple forevermore.

So Collins, 78, and Stills, 72, reuniting after all these years to sing together for the first time on record represents one level of denouement. But their version of "Everybody Knows" closes yet another circle: the one surrounding Collins and the song's author, Leonard Cohen.

In 1966, when Cohen and Collins first met, he was an established poet but a fledgling songwriter with no intentions of singing. Collins was so floored by his song "Suzanne" that she put it on her hit album In My Life that year, effectively putting Cohen on the map. Soon after, she encouraged him to perform his own songs, notably by dragging him onstage to sing "Suzanne" at her Town Hall concert in New York. Without her support, Cohen might never have had a career.

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Relatively unknown but rather good

Now Playing.......

ECM Spectrum Vol 1. 

A random pick for a Monday morning........

Something for everyone...........

A new purchase. On CD (though I've still got the original 1985 cassette):

Tomas Hobzek - Stick it out.

It's always nice to discover new jazz music that you like. Such as this one.

From the record label website:

Tomáš Hobzek, founding member of Organic Quartet and Points, recorded his first solo album containing his own compositions as well as tracks written by his bandmates – bassist Tomáš Liška and New York based pianist Dan Tepfer. Dutch saxophonist Cyrille Oswald is the fourth to feature on the album. Both Oswald and Liška released their solo albums on Animal Music recently.

The 50th anniversary box - mono mix CD. Sounds better than remastered mono vinyl in the same set (although not as good as my rather scratchy UK first press mono LP):

  M People - Bizarre Fruit.

  A blast from the past, with the lovely Heather Small ..................... smooth 90's funk.

    Small Faces - Ultimate Collection.

    Just been listening to the lovely Heather Small singing "Itchycoo Park" ^ ...................... so, naturally ............ 

Lucinda Williams - Down where the spirit meets the bone

Stonkingly good double album.

More jazz violin…

(1986)

Not the best live recording quality but one that does take you back to a few classic Ozric gigs in the mid eighties. Originally only available on cassette but transferred to CD in '93.

Now Playing......

Alexandre Tharaud - joue / plays Rameau: Nouvelles Suites

Something that HAIM RONEN mentioned yesterday and I placed in the TIDAL queue, and giving it a spin right now.....

Michael Jackson - Bad.

  Massive Attack - Blue Lines.

  The 2102 remaster, which is even more ethereal and hypnotic than the original ............. feel a Massive Attack session coming on. 

Talking of Massive Attack, here is a song by their best ever guest vocalist...

dave marshall posted:

  Massive Attack - Blue Lines.

  The 2102 remaster, which is even more ethereal and hypnotic than the original ............. feel a Massive Attack session coming on. 

You got yourself a DeLorean as well Dave 

On CD:-

Delaney & Bonnie and Friends - Motel Shot

I had forgotten I’d bought this! There are some excellent versions on it. 

(1990)

Ozric Tentacles from the studio, luverly stuff as ever.