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I really enjoyed the 'No More Sad Refrains: The Anthology' SHM CD released last December.There are several more of SD's records being released on SHM CD in April ...Where The Time Goes: Sandy '67 The North Star Grassman And The RavensSandyLike An Old...

Hi all,I firstly must say that I HATE text talk. It is one reason why the standards of English are dropping in the UK, but I had to use this for the message title...I often drive home listening to a CD and get really into it, but always get home...

If you enjoyed The Crane Wife but feel it needed a bit more Led Zep influence and a concept album plot featuring vexed maidens, shape-shifting animals, bosky woodlands and a wee bit of child massacre then The Decemberists: The Hazards Of Love may be...

JJ's latest "at the BBC" is a home run (apologies to all for using an American metaphor to describe a UK born artist on a UK audio web site!) Especially the first disc.

Over the weekend I had to take one of our cats to the vets. The cat concerned hates being in the cat basket in the car. He voiced his protest with a loud "Harroww" call every couple of seconds for the 20 minute drive each way. I was glad of a Depeche...

I have been a member here for just over a year, and I am constantly surprised the width and depth of discussion of music here. Pretty much every artist who interests me has been discussed at some point over the last year.Obviously when artists release...

Remember your first time hearing something and being speechless? Didn't really know what you'd just heard?Beatles' Come TogetherMy ignorant little 15 YO brain just couldn't handle it. I was shocked all thru the next song, then I put the needle back on...

I heard a wonderful track by this duo(?) on Radio 2 this morning and I'm keen to find out more.Anyone familiar with them or have any of their stuff who can point me in the right direction before I take the plunge and start ordering blindly please?Gordon

Thanks to this forum I have been on a Haydn discovery journey. I have bought his London and his Paris symphonies and the Austro Hungarian Orchestra conducted by Adam Fischer performing his first 20 symphonies [after hearning No 5 on R3] I am captivated by No 7 Le Midi . Can anyone recomend similar works? many thanks SJ

Giving it a first listen. Lovely production, lush strings, beautiful voice. This one could be a winner.

i would like to nominate Messiaen's "Quartet for the End of Time" as the most profound, complete and musically satisfying work written in the 20th century.here are some program notes for this work, courtesy of University of Southern California...

Discovered a fantastic young blues guitarist recently worth a listen if you like top notch blues/rock guitar players........JOE BONAMASSA from Utica NY !If you know him or not ..let me know what you think ?Saw Al Di Meola in Vegas in Jan and chatted...

Right now the first songs of the new album leaking through the internet (check youtube).To describe what I heard so far I need one word: Magnificent!

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I am currently in Sydney and last Saturday was "Sound Relief" in aid of the bush fire and Queensland flood victims.The Sydney concert was in the Sydney Cricket Ground and was opened by Coldplay who had a surprise guest singer come on at the end - the...

Live at Montreux 1986 Thursday 19th at 9pm-10.30p on Sky Arts 1& HD

... from his wife who sent it to someone on another audio forum. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNQgVMM4YxU

Well I guess this is a question for HaroldBudd.I would like to get 'Lovely Thunder' (1986) but I notice that most track listings for it show 6 tracks 'Valse Pour Le Fin Du Temps' being omitted. I know a lot of sellers just copy the Amazon listing, and...

This can be done using the internet only (by googling) and takes less than a month :1 - learn to hear meters in 2, 3 and 4.2 - learn to hear 2-against-3 and 3-against-4.3 - learn to hear the difference between major and minor.Then sit back, relax and...

Yesterday, prompted by advice received from George in another post, I listened to Beethoven's first symphony for the first time in 20 years. I had remembered it as eighteenth century, which it is, but what struck me most of all was that it is so...

The marvellous Julie Fowlis has announced a short tour starting May. Shall be getting my ticket. May 16 2009 8:00PBrewery Arts CentreKENDALLMay 17 2009 8:00PGala TheatreDURHAMMay 20 2009 8:00PThe CourtyardHEREFORDMay 21 2009 8:00PPhoenixEXETERMay 22...

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CHRISTINE'S TOUR DATES (please keep checking back for updates) Booking details hereJUNE Friday 19th - The Frazer Theatre, KnaresboroughSunday 21st - The Boardwalk, Sheffield Tues 23rd - The Bluebell Inn, Hempstead, EssexFriday 26th - The Rock, Maltby,...

MikeS has started some superb threads...and has illuminated my understanding of classical music (a genre which has provided us with some lovely tunes, and one I truly love).Others have ralroaded discussions in what I consider to be an insecure and...