Music Room
For those of you who are not aware, this is a great Dutch radio station, with a minimum of spoken waffle, and lots of good music.Available at 675Khz in glorious monophonic amplitude modulation, or you can get it in stereo on-line here.Click on the...
Just reminiscing about my attendance atat last November's London Jazz festival BBC Radio 3 gig. I heard Francesco Cafiso on alto sax. This teenager is fantastic! Well worthy of being in my record collection. Serously, even at the tender age of sixteen...
A while back Richard Julian was recommended by Thorsten, with good reason. An excellent album. I suggested a similarity to Todd Snider. That topic is "closed", but this article from our local Portland Sunday paper will tell you more about TS than I...
It's going to happen very soon. The great event which will end the horror. Which will end the sorrow. Next Tuesday, when the sun goes down, I will play the Moonlight Sonata backwards. This will reverse the effects of the world's mad plunge into...
Ok how about the best drum and bass artists/recordings over the last few years. Obviously Aphrodite, Ed Rush and Optical, Roni Size and Reprazent goes without saying, Bill Laswell’s Oscillations Series, Photek, Adam F, sique, London Elektricity,...
I've had a slightly on/off relationship with 'Chop, not least after having the misfortune of seeing them in a woeful live performance but 'Damaged' out this week is a return. I've had it on continously for 3 days!Intimate and subtle in the style of...
hi all,was driving to work the other day when a stones remix of this great track came on, not sure if i liked it but got me wondering if anyone has got more info on it ?like whos it mixed by or with? when was it released? which album is it on?cheersscotty
Got me to thinking about transport related artists or bands whilst I was driving the other day thinking how cool the name Crispy Ambulance is.These are the ones i could think of..........Fire EnginesCarsRed Lorry Yellow LorryVan morrisonVan HalenVan...
Hi all -I love the Jimmy Smith recordings I have. Looking for your recomendations for his finest works and why. Thanks.Craig
I was listening to Radio 3 yesterday morning when they played a waltz. It nearly made me puke. All walttzes do that to me. Oh and that sickly sweet pop muzak that I've spent 30 odd years trying to avoid so I dont know what it's called, it usually...
I`m new to this board but have read it for a while. I have the chance to buy a used Naim 5 or a 5i. My question is this. Which is a better sound, the 5 with a flat cap 2 or the 5i. Thanks in advance guys. Tom
Hi guysI thought it would be nice to hear what others interests in world music are. My main interests are Arabic and African music. My two favourite artists in these genres are:Arabic- KhaledAfrican- Ali Farka ToureWhat world you music do you listen...
Does anyone know if this is avaliable as a complete set please?
What are some of her better recorded CDs? Thanks!
Does anybody know one?I'm looking for news about old '80s bands and singers.Thanks a lot!Gianluigi
I've been buying second-hand records for the last month or so, to build up a collection of LPs. I've been reading here about different pressings, early serial numbers and so on - and am a bit overwhelmed.It'll be great if you can share your "used...
Last night on BBC-2, just after Newsnight, there was a programme about Berlin and in it there was a short clip about a Berlin pop group. There music was quite experimental.Does anyone know its name ?ThanksJames H.
I went to my first classical concert today in the National Concert Hall to hear Schumann Fantasiestuecke for clarinet & piano Mozart Quintet for Piano and Wind Carol McGonnell - Clarinet Peter Whelan - Bassoon Kathy Halvorson - Oboe John Ryan French - horn Isabelle O'Connell - Piano and really enjoyed it. It was a lunch time concert and Mrs Sloop and the 3 young Sloops came as well. I have done a search on the forum and K452 has been mentioned a few times but I can't seem to get the...
Steve Kuhn has been a favorite jazz pianist of mine for nearly 40 years. I have most of his records, and he is very prolific. He has a very unique style with individaul voicings quite unlike any other pianist I know. Lots of classical technique, but a...
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Lyle Lovett's gig in Newcastle has been cancelled. I'm not sure whether this is the case for the rest of the tour of UK. No info at this time on his website that i can see. BumDiccus
Vinyl News RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS LP CONFIRMEDBreaking news about the long awaited much anticipated vinyl version of "Stadium Arcadium" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Here's a quote from Steve Hoffman's website:"We have 28 master song reels and let me...
Just wondering, are there any virtuosic rock keyboard players in the current music scene, who, in the manner of Keith Emerson, Geoff Downes and Rick Wakeman, are seen as lead instrumentalists instead of accompanists? Steve
HiDoes anybody like Prog Rock on this forum also some of the old classic rock stuff like Maiden.Sabbath.Zeppelin Rainbow Deep purple If so what albums
Well folks there is a version of DSOTM available in 4.1 channel DVD Audio lossless/Dolby Digital 4.1/DTS 4.1 !!It is....Er Hum NOT in the shops but can be downloaded from a "Torrent" using software such as "U torrent".To find it just use the magic of...