Music Room

Went to see GH at Warwick Arts Centre last night and she was wonderful, just wonderful. She has a beautiful voice, and so versatile.  The guitarist was great and the percussionist so talented - the range of sounds they achieved were...

I’m interested in his piano Sonatas primarily, but also chamber-piano works (…rather than piano with orchestration.) My knowledge on this is almost nothing much to go by and it’s a jungle out there with so much choice! All I have is one CD… Fascinating recordings of the great man’s ability to compose and play the piano, and as much as this is highly enjoyable and easy to engage with the music, the quality of reproduction although historically interesting is not very audiophile. So who...

It came out this month for those that didnt know?

Dear All I'm not really planning to do this, but the thought does flit across my mind occassionally. If I was to decide to ditch vinyl, how would I go about selling my 1500-1800 LPs, and what might I get for them?  They're mostly modern...

I've been reacquainting myself with Song to the Siren on youtube and would like a copy on vinyl. I see that 4 Men with Beards released a copy of Starsailor on vinyl which is still available and I was wondering if anyone had heard this? I've heard...

Some really Insipid & bland renditions! On The Blue Nile's " Tinseltown in the Rain" her vocal is particularly annoying !

I'm hoping to get some recommendations for a great recording of Chopin's 24 Preludes. What are your favorites? Thanks in advance, Fred

Hi all, I would like to suggest Jack White e Norah Jones in 'Rome', the  musical project by Brian Burton and Daniele Luppi. I think is a wonderful CD and soon LP regards,salvo

Saw Steve and Eric at The Royal Albert Hall on Friday night. Excellent! Great music, tight band and great sound balance in The RAH. Steve on great form! Richard p.s. Eric was OK too!

Anyone participated yet?  What are your 8 choices?  What is your 1 choice to save if all the others got washed away by a big wave? https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/desert-island-discs/your-desert-island-discs

popped into the Oxfam music store today in Southampton, on the corner of East Street, picked up Coldplay X&Y, Gomez Bring it On, for 99p each, and Roisin Murphy Overpowered for £1.99, all on CD. Good choice on vinyl also available. Well worth a visit if anyone is in Southampton.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13582880  

fascinating illustration of how stringed instruments work. I'm sure this technology could be useful in hi fi design. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13573631

I've only ever had the 1994 cd 'remaster' of this and, after recently aquiring the 1985 V/C original pressing of'Selling England....' and being quite 'gobsmacked' by the better dynamics & SQ generally, I'm curious to know if anyone has the V/C (GECD 2001) 1985 'Seconds Out'and if it too is significantly better than the 'remaster'? Thanks Graeme

Anyone catch him at the 02 last night - feel very lucky to have seen Gilmore & Mason join him on stage, a very special moment........ Gary

Look on their site /join it for details and deals.G.

The man will be at the West End Centre Aldershot on Saturday 11th June, workshop in the afternoon and performance in the evening. Needless to say Seagull and myself are going 

Front Row, 4th May, must be on listen again, and was first piece in the show. Rare interview, and quite an insight. Turns out she is rerecording the songs on Director's Cut as much because she didn't like the original digital recording process as...

To a Russion billianair  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13466179 Chris N

I have just received and playing Amplifiers new album - Octopus (double CD) and is absolutely brilliant, its heavy, as their previous albums, but marks a change of direction leaning  towards prog. On their previous albums they were more hard...

After work drinks yesterday descended into what (seemed then) an amusing discussion regarding suitable subjects and titles for prog albums/songs.  Certain rules prevailed such as the subjects must be soulless. The Building Regulations proved...

Hi everybody Is there any music from singers/composers that you actually like that makes you mad? Any reason qualifies (you don´t actually like, it is overexposed, used in a TV commercial that you hate...). Does not qualify if you actually hate everything from a singer/composer, so for me no Elton John or Phil Collins. These are the ones that I can think of right now: - Simon & Garfunkel´s " El condor pasa" - John Lennon´s "Imagine" - Any try by Ella Fitzgerald or Frank Sinatra to sing...

Just releasd by Steely Dan's own website is this list of special gigs in New York later this year - they are touring across the US prior to these nights. Sounds like a special time will be had by all. New York, NY Beacon Theatre Sep 14 th – 23 rd 2011 The special nights are listed as "Dawn of The Dan" "Gaucho" Plus Selected Hits "Rarities" "Aja" Plus Selected Hits "The Royal Scam" Plus Selected Hits "By Popular Demand" "21st Century Dan" For Shuffle Diplomacy Twenty Eleven , Fagen and Becker...

A large number of previously unheard Pink Floyd recordings are set to be released alongwith remastered versions of all their albums. (from The Hindu) Wonder if we will see 24 bit 96 khz versions? Andy

My wife is trying to figure out who an 80's singer that she can kind of remember and picture in her mind actually is. She describes him as having long, straight black hair and a distinctive voice. She recalls the music as being somewhere in...