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One hundredth anniversary of the birth of Django Reinhardt all time jazz great. Django Reinhardt: 100 Years Of Hot Jazz
I heard the new Gil Scott-Heron single today. The first new studio recording for close to 20 years I think. Of course it was rubbish but it's good to hear that he's back and he's trying new sounds. In fact it's good to hear that he's still alive. He...
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About seven years ago, I got involved in a product that would read text. One of the first things I did was to search out everyone who was trying to do that, and give their results a listen.It was all too mechanical, and in a way that made you ignore...
The best orchestra of my hometown have now an very interesting project online.It called Digital Concert Hall. The Hall stream the event in realtime from the Berliner Concerthall in to every living room all over the...
Hi Guys, I've been listening to Joan on Spotify and want to get a CD with ideally, Dixie, Diamonds & blowin included. There are dozens of them on Amazon, anyone know which contain the best selection of other songs and are well recorded? I was thinking 'Diamonds'. Input appreciated, Huw
Each year I get a kind invitation to attend a production of my choice at Glyndebourne. This never usually presents a choice dilemma, but this time I find four options that I am not at all familiar with.So a great chance to learn something new, the...
I was listening to Wayne Shorter's Night Dreamers and Juju last night (both Rudy Van Gelder editions). Jazz sounds fantastic on a Supernait. The guy was a worthy replacement for Coltrane.Will history place him on the same exalted pedestal as...
The death of Bobby Charles has been announced.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8461767.stmSad news. His Bearsville lp is one of my favoritesjames
Mother of Rufus and Martha Wainwright, sister of Anna and ex wife of Loudon Wainwright 3 and folk singer has passed away after a 'battle' with cancer Story here with son Rufus
I thought it was disappointing. I am so glad I have never wasted any money on Florence and the Machine if last night's performances were anything to go by. I feel much the same way about Kasabian. Muse sounded like a cross between the Glitter Band and...
Igor Stravinsky - Works For Igor Stravinsky (22 CD) An online retailer is offering this 22CD set of the complete works conducted by the composer at the bargain price of £14.95 (Free delivery). I hope the mods will allow this post. I have used a...
Not heard much, but mmmm...Tom Waits says her music is like going swimming in a lake at night.
ha to the naimes am looking for her first album called so good i think its been deleted any ideas tel
My 1000 or so CD's are all organised alphabetically and can be viewed all at once. I find I choose what I fancy listening to in a very unstructured and organic way; pull out a CD, see cover, change mind, spot something else on shelf below, decide on...
The Anti Virus AVG is showing it up as a virus on my Vista laptop!
I first discovered Stravinsky's 'The Rite of Spring' when my father purchased a copy of 'A Journey Into Stereo Sound' (Decca Records)back in the early 1960s to play on the family's newly acquired HMV Stereomaster stereogram.The Decca record, which I...
As the title says, any fans other than me?My favourite studio album is without question the practically perfect in every way 'Peepshow'(2007). quote:Siouxsie and the Banshees were among the longest-lived and most successful acts to emerge from the...
Its bugging me... early 80s, I think, uses the same guitar riff as Three Girl Rhumba by Wire, Pink Flag:"I can't understand how a heart is a knave butSomehow a vital connection is made" ...BOOOOMpuh-lease help...
Just listening to Beethoven's 5th Symphony, Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic and just for George & Mike, IT'S ON VINYL . The music is spectacular and as we all know, unforgettable once you hear it, this to me is quite a feet in composition and to maybe sound naive as I have only just started listening to Classical over the past year or two, is the top of the musical tree in terms of scope, emotional impact, accessibility and character. Though I'm not talking about just the 5th, iconic as it is,...
Any recommendations - vinyl or cd?ThanksGregg
Interesting track listing:- CD 1 Heroes [David Bowie] The Boy In The Bubble [Paul Simon] Mirrorball [Elbow] Flume [Bon Iver] Listening Wind [Talking Heads] The Power Of The Heart [Lou Reed] My Body Is A Cage [Arcade Fire] The Book Of Love [The Magnetic Fields] I Think It's Going To Rain Today [Randy Newman] Apres Moi [Regina Spektor] Philadelphia [Neil Young] Street Spirit (Fade Out) [Radiohead] CD 2 The Book Of Love (Remix) My Body is A Cage (Oxford London Temple Version) Waterloo Sunset...
This is from another thread i started but will probably get a better answe if i ask it seperately: I went looking for Songs of Experience on vinyl and found this place http://www.vinyl.com/help/faq.phpHowever in the F.A.Q section i read about how they...
Happy Mondays - PerformanceThey don't make them like this anymore... I think this is genius, although I am sure some of the Bach fans may disagree...
1. KCRW2. NPR3. RadioSwiss Jazz4. KJZZ5. MonkeyRadioRadioParadise doesn't really work for me due timeouts and disconnections.Any ideas for FreeJazz programs?Cheers,Daniel.