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There is a new Marc Cohn cd just out called "Join the Parade", anybody heard it yet? It seems to be very good with reports on the Steve Hoffman site. jim............
Mr. BigGreat stuff.Steve
Can anyone tell me if you can buy Joe Walsh singing "Help me through the night" on CD with the eagles. It's only on the "Hell freezes over DVD and not the CD
Need some fun lads then have a look at this. Create your own Bob Dylan cue card message.http://www.dylanmessaging.com/create
It's not often I hear something new by someone so established, but somehow I've never heard this piece before. It was played on Radio 3 today by Cedric Tiberghien and the Royal String Quartet, and I was knocked out.Can anyone suggest a good...
I see that HMV have bought FOPP and the stores will be starting to reopen within the next few weeks.alsoVirgin Megastores are rebranding themselves as ZAVVI don't ask me why.
Hi one and all. The great Lucinda Williams is currently on tour in the States and she is now following the Allman Brothers bands example. Copies of the live shows are up for sale to the public immediately after the show ends. Probably cdr's. I believe...
If you are going to see Richard Thompson this Saturday @ The Roundhouse, fancy meeting for a drink? I just so happen to have a spare ticket (Standing), so if you don't mind missing England in the Rugby World Cup Final, mail me via my profile. I won't...
Great news just in from the Rory Gallagher website! "Rory Bronze in Ballyshannon"There has been great news for Rory Gallagher fans everywhere as Donegal County Council have agreed to grant my request to erect a full life-sized Bronze Statue of Rory in...
Ladies and gents,It's not often that an album comes along that exceeds my expectations and is genuinely deserving of the description 'masterpiece' but the new Justin Currie album 'What is Love For?' is one that assuredly does.If you love reflective...
Our Desert Island Eight Discs! To kick this off. Mine are [1] Bach B Minor Mass, conducted by George Enescu [2] Bach Goldbergs Variations, played by Helmut Walcha [3] Beethoven String Quartet, opus 135, in F, played by the Adolf Busch Quartet [4] Beethoven Eroica Symphony, played by the Philharmonia conducted by Otto Klemperer [Mono recording from 1954 or 1955?] [5] Haydn Te Deum Laudamus, sung by the Boys Choir in Vienna [6] Haydn Symphony No 103 in B flat. Concertgebeau Orchestra conducted...
So,is it essential to buy this album or there are better artists out there in this kind of music-I think is country,isn´t it?I´ve got a few albuns of Bil Frisell,wich plays on his ...
Is it similar the U.S and U.K folk music?Yesterday,watching a few folk,Indie U.K. band´s video´s on My Space I had the feeling that both are similar!I don´t know if I´m right,but if so why are they similar?Aren´t the cultures so different from each ...
It is great to search for an artist or band and be able to watch him or her prefomancing live on You Tube video´s!
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Getting into the 800 titles and sick of the fricking jewel cases of CDs, I bought a CD portfolio for those that I very seldom listen to but thinking of going that route with ALL my collection. Music servers are still not there and my Squezzebox is...
After buying a fair few Bach instrumental works, based on excellent recommendations here, I feel it is time to dabble in the vocal pieces. I prefer small scale works rather than than the big choral stuff, but where to start? There are just so many,...
Really enjoyed Emmylou Harris on BBC4 last night. I have just ordered "Red Dirt Girl" and "The Ballad of Sally Rose".Has anybody got "Songbird" her latest cd? This looks very interesting. jim............
Myself and Mrs Sloop having got a baby sitter to go to a meeting which was on the previous evening, used the opportunity to go to the national concert hall for a piano recital by a young pianist Jacqui Connolly. Among the pieces played was Estampes...
the recent released card sleeves japanese cds of the kinks advertised as 24 bit k2 mastering are in fact 20bit only .this due i believe to the 24 bit copy not ready for realease.so if you wanted the 24 bit edition i would wait,although the packaging...
Strat Masters DocumentaryThe blurb says..."Strat®Masters is the most important audiovisual documentary to tell the story of the worlds most iconic instrument - The Fender® Stratocaster® Guitar."Produced by Headstock Productions Ltd, this...
Sorry for the extremely short notice:Special announcement - The Borderline show on Friday 12th October 2007The band will be joined on stage by former STRAY vocalist Steve Gadd.The intention is for Steve to join Del during the set for some acoustic...
Recommendation requested for most powerful reading, please. Who says PC games rot the mind? A Halo 3 commercial just turned me on to this piece. I can't get it out of my head... Ta,dave
My little daughter was assigned a new piece at her piano lesson: the Largo from Dvorak's New World Synphony. So we listened to the recording by Ivan Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra (magnificent performance, by the way).At the end of the...
Is DSD the work of the devil or is it better than analog/pcm regardless of whether the playback is SACD, CD, DVD Dolby/DTS or vinyl. It seems that every new classical recording I am interested in these days is a DSD even though I decided long ago SACD...