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;
Well after Horace Andy, it had to be Massive Attack.
Time to exercise some Shahinian woofers...
Massive Attack - Mezzanine
Original vinyl. The Enid - Aerie Faerie Nonsense.
Now Playing......
Steely Dan - Gaucho
A mention from STEVEE_S yesterday had me place this in the TIDAL queue, and taking it out for a spin this morning! Perfect music after a lovely Saturday morning sleep-in, Babylon Sisters is sounding mighty fine!
Streaming on TIDAL......
You can just about guess from Stan Getz' facial expression - he did not like Chet Baker very much
Ripped 3 x CD - good stuff !
And to follow the symphonic rock of 'Aerie Faerie Nonsense', the album which preceded it, 'In the Region of the Summer Stars'. Also original vinyl.
(2011)
Something cool and well executed to get started...
"Acoustic-guitar meditations turn slowly into tranquil funk" -- The Guardian
"Distilled -dreamy, trippy, downtempo instrumentals...and lush semi-orchestral settings" -- Uncut
"Mood music of a more hypnotic and ruminative hue can be found on the lovely album Distilled"
-- Record Collector
"delivered with a cinematic sweep...a very impressive self-invention"
-- Manchester Evening News
"music that is fascinating and, at its best, a thing of breathtaking beauty." -- All About Jazz
Pops Staples - Don't Lose This.
My record of the year in 2015, still sounding great ............ blues, gospel and downright funk ............ superb album.
It's on Tidal, and you do owe it to yourself to have a listen. 
Can't remember the last time I played but other enjoying it.
Rag 'n Bone Man - Human.
Another favourite from 2017 .............. what a soul voice this guy has .................. a bit "pop", yet awfully good.
LP - Reprise reissue : )
This year is fading away... not long to go now : )
Debs
(2009)
Yep, just lovely...
Rickie Lee Jones 3 nights at the Le Poisson Rouge Club- official recording (not a bootleg)- unreleased.
dave marshall posted:
Rag 'n Bone Man - Human.
Another favourite from 2017 .............. what a soul voice this guy has .................. a bit "pop", yet awfully good.
My niece is in the video for - As You Are - another one of Rag 'n Bone Man's singles she is a close friend of his partner and says he is an absolute gentlemen.
I've invited Neil around tonight for some live tunes : )
Debs
An official recording (not MP3 as per cover)- unreleased.
Having mentioned on here yesterday the merits of the second CD in this special edition, I thought I'd remind myself how good it is. Five songs from one of her concerts in Paris. Lovely. Now looking forward to her forthcoming Live In Europe album.
BTW imgur is now behaving again
ewemon posted:
An official recording (not MP3 as per cover)- unreleased.
I saw her on that tour. A fabulous night at an intimate venue:
RICKIE LEE JONES **** QUEEN'S HALL, EDINBURGH NO MATTER how cheerful or romantic their lyrical content, there is a certain sadness to Rickie Lee Jones's songs. It's hard to place where this comes from, but perhaps it's down to her laid-back, somewhat doleful performance manner. While the Chicagoan has maintained a clearly loving fanbase over the years, her live presence is decidedly unstarry. This makes it all the more striking, then, when she does actually let rip with a song. Her playing, together with that of multi-instrumentalist Lionel Cole and bassist Jose Maramba, is blessed with a mesmerising, intuitive resonance that is borderline spectacular in places. The lengthy Living It Up was the centrepiece of the show, and it saw the trio almost play musical chairs throughout, with Jones moving from piano to drums, Cole from drums to keyboard and Maramba sawing away at his bass with a bow. Fusing rhythm and blues with jazz, it was one of those rare live moments which deserves the term electrifying. Otherwise, Jones's singular voice carried the occasion, a high-pitched and hopeful holler which sounds fragile to the point of breaking at any moment. She sang in praise of her daughter on Wild Girl ("if I can't give her advice, at least I can give her a song"), in tribute to her father with The Moon is Made of Gold, a song he wrote, and of beautiful, pained romance and nostalgia on Bonfires and On Saturday Afternoons in 1963, respectively. The closing Chuck E's in Love naturally earned much applause, but her biggest hit still didn't steal this memorable show.
G
Fancied listening to some classic Jimi. My only niggle is that the songs were so short in those days. I'd like to enjoy each one for longer!
Now Playing....
Blues Traveler - Four
Streaming on NAS........ Random pick from something old, something blue from the mid-90's
Review from All Music by Stephen Thomas Earlewine here:
Lacking the rootsier edge of Save His Soul, Four finds Blues Traveler retreating to their standard blues-boogie formula, with mixed results. Of course, there are some fine songs here -- including their breakthrough hit single, "Run-Around" -- but too often the band sounds like it's coasting. Four is a solid record, but it shows signs that the band's formula may be wearing thin.
Rival Sons first album from 2009.