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Other Stuff => Archived Manufacturer Circles => Red Wine Audio => Topic started by: Vinnie R. on 25 Oct 2008, 02:14 am
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All,
Time for a fun thread about some MUSIC: 8)
At RMAF 2008, one of the attendees recommended that I start a post on the RWA forum that lists some of the music that we were playing at the show. I thought that this was a great idea and I'm now finally making the time to post this - it is long overdue! :oops:
As you will see, I listen to all sorts of music. Some of these albums in our room were on vinyl, and some were on my Macbook (Lossless files). I know a lot of it is not "audiophile approved," but this is music that I like and this is what we were playing in our room when we were not playing music that show attendees brought in to listen.
I'd really enjoy your feedback on these artists/albums. Like 'em? Dislike 'em? Other music recommendations?
What have you been playing in your listening room with your Red Wine Audio equipment. I'd love to hear about it! Thank you for participating in this thread. I think it is going to be fun! I will make this thread a "sticky" so it is always at the top of the RWA forum.
Ok - this is just some of the music that we were playing (and stuff I enjoy), and this is in no particular order. I found
the cover art, and below it I name the Artist, Album, and the song that we played at RMAF 2008 during the show:
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Buena Vista Social Club Presents Omara Portuondo, Song: Donde estebas tu?
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Jesse Cook - Nomad, Song: Toca Orilla
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Shelby Lynne - Suite Yourself, Song: Where am I now
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Fleet Foxes - Self Titled, Song: Tiger Mountain Peasant Song
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Natalie Merchant - Ophelia, Song: My Skin
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Cowboy Junkies - Trinity Revisited, Song: I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
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Jorane - 16mm, Song: Pour Gabrielle
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Claude Chalhoub - [Import], Song: Oriental Images
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Lila Downs - La Sandunga, Song: La Llorona
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Tchaikovsky, Sibelius: Violin Concertos, Violin Concerto In D, Op. 35 - 3. Finale: Allegro Vivacissimo
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Madeleine Peyroux - Careless Love, Song: Between the Bars (a great Elliott Smith cover)
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Morphine - Cure For Pain, Song: I'm Free Now
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Nellie McKay - Pretty Little Head, Song: Long and Lazy River
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Roy Gaines - I Got the T-Bone Walker Blues, Song: Stormy Monday Blues (Acoustic)
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Tori Amos - Boys for Pele, Song: Putting the Damage On
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Why? - Alopecia, Song: By Torpedo or Crohn's
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Ben Harper - Fight for your Mind, Song: Fight for your Mind
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Billie Holiday - Body and Soul, Song: Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You
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Cat Power - Jukebox (Deluxe Edition), Song: Breathless (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds cover)
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Decemberists - The Crane Wife, Song: The Crane Wife 3
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Duke Ellington - Jazz Party, Song: Toot Suite
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Rachmaninoff : Symphonic Dances, Symphonic Dances - 1. Non Allegro
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Fionna Apple - Tidal, Song: Shadowboxer
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Iron and Wine - The Shepard's Dog, Song: Lovesong of the Buzzard
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Katie Melua - Piece by Piece, Song: Just like Heaven (The Cure cover)
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Lucinda Williams - World without Tears, Song: Ventura
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Team Sleep - Self Titled, Song: Tomb of Liegia
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Trentemoller - The Last Resort, Song: Evil Dub
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Leila - Blood, Looms and Blooms, Song: The Exotics
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Yo-Yo Ma - Vivaldi's Cello , Concerto in B-flat Major for Cello, Strings and Basso continuo, RV 423/III. Allegro
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Wynton Marsalis - The Magic Hour, Song: Big Fat Hen
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Amelie: Original Soundtrack Recording, Song: Les Jours Tristes (instrumental)
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Modest Mouse: We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank, Song: Little Motel
I'll be adding more later - posting all the pics takes time! :wink:
Thanks for posting here...
Best regards,
Vinnie
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Janacek: Glagolithic Mass / Richard Chailly, Richard Novak, Marta Benackova, Thomas Trotter, Eva Urbanova, Vladimir Bogachev
/ Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
I enjoyed listening to this record today. This music breathes with emotions and atmosphere. The instruments blend to a homogenous sound that changes and adopts different colors and textures, in a charming, melodramatic or sometimes also in a peaceful manner. The recoding and interpretation support the organic, breathing aspects of the music nicely.
http://www.amazon.com/Janacek-Glagolithic-Mass-Zemlinsky-Psalm/dp/B00000DBUQ/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1225043360&sr=8-3 (http://www.amazon.com/Janacek-Glagolithic-Mass-Zemlinsky-Psalm/dp/B00000DBUQ/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1225043360&sr=8-3)
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Janacek: Glagolithic Mass / Richard Chailly, Richard Novak, Marta Benackova, Thomas Trotter, Eva Urbanova, Vladimir Bogachev
/ Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
I enjoyed listening to this record today. This music breathes with emotions and atmosphere. The instruments blend to a homogenous sound that changes and adopts different colors and textures, in a charming, melodramatic or sometimes also in a peaceful manner. The recoding and interpretation support the organic, breathing aspects of the music nicely.
http://www.amazon.com/Janacek-Glagolithic-Mass-Zemlinsky-Psalm/dp/B00000DBUQ/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1225043360&sr=8-3 (http://www.amazon.com/Janacek-Glagolithic-Mass-Zemlinsky-Psalm/dp/B00000DBUQ/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1225043360&sr=8-3)
Hi 6rs,
Thanks for the recommendation - I am not familiar with the work of Janacek, so I'm looking forward to checking this one out...
Vinnie
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Gathering a bunch of CD's from the floor in front of the hi-fi I found these:
Marconi Union - Distance
BT - This Binary Universe
Fragile State - The Facts And The Dreams
Dead Can Dance - Toward The Within
The Future Sound Of London - Lifeforms
Underworld - Oblivion Bells
Alexi Murdoch - Time Without Consequence
Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova - The Swell Season
Kings Of Convenience - Quiet Is The New Loud
Mercury Rev - Snowflake Midnight
Mojave 3 - Out Of Tune
The Mothers - Township Sessions
Thievery Corporation - Sounds From The Thievery Hi-Fi
Rhythm & Sound - See Mi Yah
Andy Bey - Shades Of Bey
Rolf Lislevand - Nuove Musiche
Les Musiciens Du Louvre - Mark Minkowski - Rameau: Une Symphonie Imaginaire
Deutches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin/David Robertson - Silvestrov: Symphony No. 5 / Postludium
Anne Gastinel - City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Justin Brown - Elgar/Barber Cello Concertos
Angela Hewitt - Chopin Nocturnes
Hopkinson Smith - Píeces Du Luth Du Vieux Gaultier
Jordi Savall/Pedro Estevan - La Lira d’Esperia: The Medieval Fiddle
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Hi Mariusz,
That Sia cover reminds me a little of Dar Williams' "My Better Self" :green:
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I'll check out Sia - I'm not familiar with her (but I am of some of the others). Thanks for posting!
Hi R. Browne,
Wow, quite a bit of music that I have not tried. I hope to check this out (I usually go to amazon for samples) and order some new music. I'm always looking to try new music.
I like Dead Can Dance's "Toward the Within" and "Into the Labyrinth" - good stuff!
Thanks for sharing!
Vinnie
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Going to see Jane Monheit tonight:
http://centerateaglehill.org/events-detail.php?record=5
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Anyone like her? I only own one of her albums - "Taking a Chance on Love"
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Looking forward to seeing and hearing her live! aa
Vinnie
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I like her for many reasons :drool:
Listening to "Tell the true" Tinsley Ellis (Hot Tones in High Definition - from Gibson. Free download from HDtrack . One whole CD -96/24)
http://www.hdtracks.com/ (http://www.hdtracks.com/) :thumb:
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Lately, I have been listening to these albums over and over:
Worrisome Heart -- Melody Gardot
Lenka -- Lenka
Me and Armini -- Emiliana Torrini
Jehro -- Jehro
Tango Bitter Sweet -- Quadro Nuevo
Rockferry -- Duffy
Ken
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Time to let you all in on some of my favorites, although at the moment I cannot listen to any of them. I am "between systems", having sold my Exemplar 5910 and waiting for my dedicated A/V computer to be finished. :( I'll list the title, recording company/catalog number (if available) and a VERY brief description.
OK, here goes (not in any particular order of preference):
Lux Aurumque (Gothic/G49252)
This CD features the Dale Warland Singers, a choral ensemble that unfortunately disbanded four years ago. The purity of voices is amazing and the choice of repertoire is both demanding and stunning. O magnum mysterium (Track 7) and the following selection Lux Aurumque are the two my wife keeps asking me to repeat. Once you listen you will know why.
Dorian: The First Decade (Dorian/DOR-90010)
For those of you that have not heard of this company (now out of business) they were based in East Troy, NY and most of their chamber music and vocal CDs were recorded at the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall. It is one of the most acoustically rewarding performance venues in the US (I have played orchestral music there). This particular CD is a "sampler on steroids", with over seventy-eight minutes of music. Hard to find but well worth acquiring!
Wagner-Orchestral Music (Deutsche Grammonphon/447 764-2)
Whenever James Levine takes the Met Orchestra out of the opera pit and onto the concert stage it is apprarent what a stellar ensemble it is. I did not detect the brightness in the brass that many complain about in DGG recordings.
Dvorak Symphony#8/Czech Suite (Koss Classics/KC-1002)
This was one of the first two CDs produced at the beginning of Zdenek Macal's tenure as music director of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (circa 1987-8), and yes, I was a member of the viola section of that organization until this September. The Czech Suite, in particular, has a transparency and relaxed sound that is striking, especially considering the time in which the recording project was undertaken.
Music for Two (Sony/SK 92106)
This is a recording of a live performance Bela Fleck and Edgar Meyer played on a tour a couple of years ago. The facility on their respective instruments is marvelous and Sony got the sound right on this one!
Obrigado Brazil (Sony SK 90970)
Yo-Yo Ma is joined by the Assad Brothers, Paquito D'Rivera, et al in another live concert, this one in Carnegie Hall (make sure you pick up the CD of the performance, not the studio recording). Track 9 (Tango Suite) is amazing and a great test for any system would be a portion that occurs about a third of the way through the performance, where the two guitarists strike the bodies of their instruments with their hands in rapid-fire succession. Each one has a different timbre and resonance. My 30.2/Isabella combo picks up those nuances quite nicely, thank you! :D
The New Crystal Silence (Concord/CCD2-30632)
Yet another live concert, this one recorded in May, 2007 at the Syndey Opera House. Pianist Chick Correa teams up with vibraphonist Gary Burton in a fabulous display of musicianship and technical proficiency. On CD1 they perform with the Sydney Symphony, but my vote is in for CD2 when they go solo.
Anuna: Celtic Origins (Elevation/899225001004)
While a couple of selections seem a bit out of place, this CD reflects the wonderful flexibilty in the voices of this company. Rhythmic drive is outstanding.
Sissel: Into Paradise (Decca/B0006 140-02)
For those who are not familiar with Sissel try to imagine the female equivalent of Josh Groban. The two tracks I always go back to are Track 7 (Vitae Lux) and Track 9, an offering sung in her native Norwegian. It is worth the purchase price if all you listen to are those two selections.
I also enjoy movie soundtracks. The Chronicles of Narnia (particularly the score from Prince Caspian) has received more than its share of playing time!
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Obrigado Brazil (Sony SK 90970)
Yo-Yo Ma is joined by the Assad Brothers, Paquito de Rivera, et al in another live concert, this one in Carnegie Hall (make sure you pick up the CD of the performance, not the studio recording).
Hi Profbratsch,
Doh! I have the studio recording :duh: It's actually ok, but I do need to hear the Carnegie Hall version.
Speaking of Carnegie Hall, did anyone pick up the new Buena Vista Social Club at Carnegie Hall?
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Thanks for your post!
Hi sweet_sound and Mariusz,
Thanks for posting.
Jehro -- Jehro
I own this one and like it! Haven't listened to it in a while -- I will be tonight..
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Vinnie
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Just picked up this one:
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Vienna Teng - Dreaming Through the Noise
Wow! I'm really enjoying this. Her voice and style reminds me a bit of Tori Amos and Jorane. Lots of texture and spaciousness in the sonic landscape of her songs. I'm impressed!
Any fans?
-Vinnie
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Vinnie
I've only recently heard Teng and I have to agree with you, she has a great deal of talent. I found this new album both compelling and haunting in a way that seems Ms Teng has a firm grasp on the conveyance of human emotions. Sort of surprising from her background which I believe was originally as a computer software writer. Anyway, I would strongly second your portrayal of her music as a " must hear"
My tastes are eclectic with no one genre overwhelming others. Here are a few additional CDs that I have been listening to lately and have found very enjoyable for different reasons.
For guitar music fans, classical purists may want to listen to "The Best of Andres Segovia, the Millenium Collection" (HIP-O Recordings). It is an assembly that shows his classical style to its finest. At the other end of the guitar spectrum, some may find Kaki King, "Everybody Loves You" (Velour Recordings) to be quite an interesting change of pace. I am not sure how best to describe her work other than to say she interprets guitar music in quite a different way, with changes in pace, body banging and string sliding that is out of the norm. I find it interesting and likeable but this one you just have to hear for yourself. This is her first CD and I have heard that her newer ones are more conventional - can't confirm of deny.
For small group jazz, an interesting new CD is "Ultrasponte", by the John Jorgenson Quintet (2007 J2 Records). This is non-stop fast paced action for when you are in the mood for an energy uplift. Sort of a "Gypsy" jazz sound to many of the tracks.
Another interesting CD is an import that has been around for awhile, unfortunately from a now deceased female soloist: "Fairy Tales", by Radka Toneff with pianist Steve Dobrogosz. (ODIN Records, Norway) She has a sweet, resolute voice, but I find the real interest point for me is the piano technique of Dobrogosz. Perhaps not for all tastes, but if you can find this one, it is a good representation of the work of a singer no longer with us.
Again, if you want to try something out of the mainstream, there is a good CD from Europe entitled, "Round About a Midsummer Night's Dream" by Gianluigi Trovesi Nonet (2000 Enja Records Germany). I think of it as sort of European Jazz Fusion, if you will. Very interesting arrangements ranging from slow and relaxing to fast and Quixotic.
Back to more conventional sounds, I like the older Stacy Kent rendition of Fred Astaire favorites. This is a 1999 CD from Candid Productions, LTD, London. It features new takes on Astaire favorites in Kent's light, signature sounding voice.
For old time tastes, one of my current favorites, that I am spending a lot of time listening to is "Ella and Louis" (Verve Records). Ella Fitzgerald is probably my favorite female vocalist and this pairing with Louis Armstrong has a degree of elementalism and body that I find a bit lacking with many of the newer artists of female jazz. Not to say that I dislike the newer artists, simply that it is tough to beat one of the "original" greats at her own game.
Hope some of you may find these a new treat to listen to. Thanks to Vinnie for starting a thread to share music ideas to listen to on his great equipment. I am enjoying my RWA-WLM setup more each day.
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Here are a few more discs I've been listening to this past week:
Digitonal - Save your Light For Darker Days
Leo Abrahams - Honeypot
Hammock - kenotic
Hammock - raising your voice...trying to stop an echo
Stephen Hough - Piano music by Federico Mompou
La Capella Reial de Catalunya • Les Concert des Nations • Jordi Savall - Battalia a 10 • Requiem a 15 in Concerto • Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
The King's Consort • Robert King • Jonathan Cohen - Cello Concertos • Antonio Vivaldi
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Heard Dars cover of comfortably numb the other day but didn't know who sang it. took me about an hour today to track down who sang it. What a fabulous interpretation Hope the rest of the album is just as good for it's on the way here. :thumb:
Hi Mariusz,
That Sia cover reminds me a little of Dar Williams' "My Better Self" :green:
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I'll check out Sia - I'm not familiar with her (but I am of some of the others). Thanks for posting!
Hi R. Browne,
Wow, quite a bit of music that I have not tried. I hope to check this out (I usually go to amazon for samples) and order some new music. I'm always looking to try new music.
I like Dead Can Dance's "Toward the Within" and "Into the Labyrinth" - good stuff!
Thanks for sharing!
Vinnie
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Heard Dars cover of comfortably numb the other day but didn't know who sang it. took me about an hour today to track down who sang it. What a fabulous interpretation Hope the rest of the album is just as good for it's on the way here.
Hi Ed,
That Dar Williams track is a great cover! :thumb: How are you liking the rest of the album?
Here is one that Ed recommended me at the NYAR last August:
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The Knife - Silent Shout
Silent Shout features The Knife's lurking, textured vocals steeped in a tangled, dark surrealist underbrush. It's is an astounding achievement, intriguing & bewildering, enigmatic and engaging, and never less than compelling. Its jaw-dropping fusion of technology and emotion, circuitry and the soul, melodrama and melody, will leave you gasping.
Good stuff, Ed!
Here is a new one that I am really enjoying:
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Sevara Nazarkhan - Sen
Here is a nice little review of it on 6moons: http://www.6moons.com/worldmusic/2008/sen.html
Check this one out!
Vinnie
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Nothing sounds better on my Red Wine setup than the 2 albums from this group, Hana (Omen is a slightly better CD than Hana, but they're both amazing). These CDs are in limited circulation, so I doubt many out of the Seattle area have heard it, but we know our music up here.
I'd describe this as layers of lyrics and vocalizations by a classically-trained vocalist, Anisa Romero, on top of layers of ambient synthesized tones from keyboard wizard, Jeff Greinke. If you like Enya or Pink Floyd you'll wear these CDs out.
http://www.jeffgreinke.com/hana.htm (http://www.jeffgreinke.com/hana.htm)
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One more, Tom Brosseau...a kid who's found a following around here in the past few years, with just a guitar and his voice, singing songs about his roots in North Dakota. No pretense made for perfection here, just pure unvarnished character and brilliant song writing. I highly recommend the self-titled album.
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http://tombrosseau.com/ (http://tombrosseau.com/)
P.S. if you have an Isabella or other USB DAC, KEXP.org is the only radio station I've found on the net with a completely uncompressed stream.
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Hi Fork,
Thanks for the recommendations!
It is getting close to the end of the year - so what are all your choices for "Best albums of 2008?" aa
I need to go through my collection and pick some favorites...
Vinnie
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Hi Fork,
Thanks for the recommendations!
It is getting close to the end of the year - so what are all your choices for "Best albums of 2008?" aa
I need to go through my collection and pick some favorites...
Vinnie
Here are a few good ones from 2008:
Why? - Alopecia
Shelby Lynne - Just a Little Lovin'
TV on the Radio - Dear Science
Fleet Foxes - self titled
Priscilla Ahn - A Good Day
Lymbyc Systym - Love your Abuser Remixed
Kaki King - Dreaming of Revenge
Cat Power - Jukebox (especially that bonus album!)
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
Alina Simone - Everyone is Crying Out to Me, Beware
Vinnie
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Nothing sounds better on my Red Wine setup than the 2 albums from this group, Hana (Omen is a slightly better CD than Hana, but they're both amazing). These CDs are in limited circulation, so I doubt many out of the Seattle area have heard it, but we know our music up here.
I'd describe this as layers of lyrics and vocalizations by a classically-trained vocalist, Anisa Romero, on top of layers of ambient synthesized tones from keyboard wizard, Jeff Greinke. If you like Enya or Pink Floyd you'll wear these CDs out.
http://www.jeffgreinke.com/hana.htm (http://www.jeffgreinke.com/hana.htm)
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P.S. if you have an Isabella or other USB DAC, KEXP.org is the only radio station I've found on the net with a completely uncompressed stream.
I bought this one (amongst many, many others) as a result of this thread, thanks guys!
I love it too, but it seems to clip in a few places. I ripped the CD with EAC, I tried again and it's still there so I just listened to the original CD and it's still there. At 4:34 into the track "Smoke" there is some bad distortion in the right channel only.
I Tried it on completely different systems and still there. Can anyone that has it try it and see if you hear it too? It's obvious, right over the top of her vocals.Thanks!
BTW, thanks to Fork I now listen to KEXP regularly, I love it!
Steve
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Going to see Jane Monheit tonight:
http://centerateaglehill.org/events-detail.php?record=5
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Anyone like her? I only own one of her albums - "Taking a Chance on Love"
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Looking forward to seeing and hearing her live! aa
Vinnie
LIKE her??? I'd say based on the album covers alone :drool: that would be an understatement of the year!
:lol:
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Responding to StevenKelby 3 posts back in this thread.
Yes, KEXP is an awesome station. Like NPR, it lacks commercials for the most part. There are several shows throughout the week that focus on specific genres (reggae, techno, punk, hip hop, rockabilly, etc). What I like most is the sound is uncompressed (the only uncompressed station I have ever found) and they play stuff like what you see on Vinny's playlist, which doesn't get much play on regular stations. I send them $20 occasionally (during their pledge drives), because they have to pay for each user they stream to.
If you like classical music, King FM in Seattle has fewer commercials than normal and there's a pluggin to stream higher resolution (choose the 64k option).
Regarding the distortion Steven hears on the "Smoke" track of the Hana album, that's not supposed to be there, it must be the disc.
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Just a few current faves;
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Sweet Billy Pilgrim - "Twice Born Men": Brilliant, brilliant album. Hard to categorize but really worth listening to. Here's a snippet from a review of the album...
"Okay: remember how Wilco's "experimental" album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot turned out to be simply a series of brilliant pop songs? Same thing here. What makes Twice Born Men truly special is the way the indefinable floatiness of the verses is merely the springboard for a succession of delicious pop choruses."
and from the BBC site...
"Elsenburg's music is all about texture. Found sounds and clicks weave in and out of the mix. There is even, ahem, a tuned dishwasher on Kalypso. Longshore Drift rises and swells, snapping in and out of focus, while Joy Maker Machinery is an otherworldly ballad. But there are songs here, too. Truth Only Smiles is longing pop, evoking Talk Talk and the Beach Boys. Remarkable, too, is the album's closer, There It Will End; a hymn which features Elsenburg's voice overdubbed 30 times."
If you like left of center arrangements tied to quite wonderful but slightly melancholy pop songs then you will love "Twice Born Men". An added bonus is that the album sounds absolutely fantastic, if you're into that sort of thing ;-)
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Jackson C. Frank - "Jackson C. Frank". Fantastic folk album produced by Paul Simon. Really the template for so much that came out of the British folk scene in the 60s. Well worth listening to if you have even the vaguest interest in 60's folk (Nick Drake, Fred Neil).
Can be found (Remastered) on Amazon.co.uk for a pittance.
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Wow - this thread needs an update! (sorry for forgetting to do this more often! :oops:)
Didn't make it to RMAF this year, but here is some music that I've picked up more recently and am enjoying!
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Regina Spektor - Far
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Muse - The Resistance
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Hope Sandoval and the Warm Inventions - Through the Devil Softly
(I've been waiting for Hope to release a new album for a long time - I love her work! :inlove:)
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Why? - Eskimo Snow
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Neko Case - Middle Cyclone
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The Beatles (remastered) - Abbey Road
(I gave in and bought this after reading all the positive feedback on how much better it sounds compared to the older CD release. Well all the buzz it true - MUCH better sounding - well done!)
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Hoots and Hellmouth - The Holy Open Secret
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Mum - Go Go Smear the Poison Ivy
(I've heard it called experimental Icelandic "folktronica" - It's good stuff! :green:)
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The Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
More to come - must get back to listening without distractions of typing... :nono: :thumb:
Vinnie
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Yes, time for an update of recent listening choices:
Magos Herrera - Distancia
Kim Kashkashian & Robert Levin - Asturiana - Songs from Spain and Argentina
Marcin Wasilewski Trio - January
Eberhard Weber - Silent Feet
The Herbaliser Band - Session 1 & 2
The Egg - /Forwards
Marconi Union - Tokyo
Between Interval - Autumn Continent
Alva Noto - Xerrox Vol. 1 & 2
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Just picked up this one - WOW!
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Nellie McKay - Normal as Blueberry Pie: A Tribute to Doris Day
Here's another good one!
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Rosanne Cash - The List
Happy listening,
Vinnie
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Glad to hear that you like that the Alopecia album, its awesome
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Glad to hear that you like that the Alopecia album, its awesome
Hey joschmo,
Yes - Why? - Alopecia is definitely one of my favorites from 2008! I also saw them live in Boston last year at the fine arts museum and it was a great show.
Their new one (Eskimo Snow) is definitely growing on me - did you check it out?
I also love their "Sanddollars" EP (from 2005) :guitar:
Cheers!
Vinnie
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Just can't get enough of Bill Evans:
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This set of 3 CDs includes everything on the "Sunday at the Village Vanguard" disk posted by Mariusz. The first time I listened to disk 1, I thought my system was dying. Then I read the liner notes and found that their tape recorder had been the victim of a brief power failure during the first take of "Gloria's Step". What a relief!
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When I want to savour delicious bass, this is the one I play.
My favorite ambient artists are Jim Butler and Steve Roach. These two CDs are dark and immersive, yet very calming:
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Deep Energy 1 by Jim Butler. This is the first ambient music I ever paid serious attention to; iTunes tells me that I've listened to it in its entirety 82 times since January 30.
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A Deeper Silence by Steve Roach. This is the only CD that I play with the volume set louder than 12 o'clock. The louder it is, the calmer I get!
David
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Glad to hear that you like that the Alopecia album, its awesome
Hey joschmo,
Yes - Why? - Alopecia is definitely one of my favorites from 2008! I also saw them live in Boston last year at the fine arts museum and it was a great show.
Their new one (Eskimo Snow) is definitely growing on me - did you check it out?
I also love their "Sanddollars" EP (from 2005) :guitar:
Cheers!
Vinnie
No I have not heard it but I will soon!
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Yes, time for an update of recent listening choices:
Magos Herrera - Distancia
Kim Kashkashian & Robert Levin - Asturiana - Songs from Spain and Argentina
Marcin Wasilewski Trio - January
Eberhard Weber - Silent Feet
The Herbaliser Band - Session 1 & 2
The Egg - /Forwards
Marconi Union - Tokyo
Between Interval - Autumn Continent
Alva Noto - Xerrox Vol. 1 & 2
Nice choices and what an interesting system you have there.
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This made The Times "100 Best Records of 2008" list but I just picked it up yesterday. Old school R&B, well recorded with a lush, fat sound. Backup includes The Dap-King Horns and Corinne Bailey Rae. Not a weak track on it. An easy recommendation.
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Yes, time for an update of recent listening choices:
Magos Herrera - Distancia
Kim Kashkashian & Robert Levin - Asturiana - Songs from Spain and Argentina
Marcin Wasilewski Trio - January
Eberhard Weber - Silent Feet
The Herbaliser Band - Session 1 & 2
The Egg - /Forwards
Marconi Union - Tokyo
Between Interval - Autumn Continent
Alva Noto - Xerrox Vol. 1 & 2
Nice choices and what an interesting system you have there.
Thanks for the comments.
Here are a few new selections a bit out of the ordinary.
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Yui Onodera And The Beautiful Schizophonic - Radiance
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Yui Onodera - Entropy
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Northerner - 1976
(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=23104)(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=23103)
Chihei Hatakeyama - The River & Saunter
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Loscil - First Narrows
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Danny Norbury - Light In August
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Burial - Untrue
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Nosaj Thing - Drift
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The most intimate playing I've ever heard, especially for the Mozart piano sonata. Also the funniest, for the Chopin Scherzo no.1; Horowitz's impish nature really shines through.
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From Sudbin's liner notes: "We can only imagine how alien the sonatas must have sounded at the time they were written and it is small wonder that they were nicknamed, somewhat misleadingly, 'original and happy freaks'. The poet Gabriele d'Annunzio compared them to 'a necklace which breaks, producing a resounding hail of glistening pearls rolling around and bouncing about like precious bubbles of watery beauty', a more reasonable comparison."
David
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An odd but endearing collection of jazz pieces, with much use of sampled sounds. The pieces range from the goofy to the haunting and slightly melancholy. Happily, there is much more haunting than goofing. Anyone who used to listen to "After Hours", the now-cancelled late-night CBC jazz show, will recognize this music; After Hours habitually used a 40-second clip from one of these songs to signal the end of a segment.
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I don't ordinarily think of Bach as happy music, but Turkish pianist Fazil Say somehow manages to infuse every note with happiness, and makes it sound perfectly natural.
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Glassworks by Philip Glass: frenetic minimalist music from the early 80's. I first encountered the music of Philip Glass through the soundtrack of the movie "Koyaanisqatsi", for which it is the perfect accompaniment.
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Some recent listening:
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Kings of Convenience - Declaration of Dependence
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The Dead Texan - The Dead Texan
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Rolf Lislevand - Diminuito
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Kim Kashkashian - Neharot
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Celer - Discourses Of The Withered
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Le Lendemain - Fires
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Hey guys,
Thanks for all the great posts - during the upcoming Holidays, I plan to check a lot of this music out. Gotta spend those Amazon gift cards on good music 8)
Best regards,
Vinnie
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I love the slow start to this music. Before he plays the first tune, the artist spends ten minutes (!) introducing each of the notes that he'll be using. He plays with them individually and in groups, bending and shaping them, letting you hear them from different angles. When the music finally gets going, it's like going to a party with your new friends.
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For me, the female vocals are the most memorable part of this music. They're all sung in a language I don't speak, but they're so catchy, they run through my head for a long time afterwards.
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Antony and the Johnson's "The Crying Light"
This guy has the most amazing voice (strangely akin to Nina Simone). A beautiful meditative record. Great arrangements, great songs, great vocals. If you have a hankering for an album that's sad beauty is totally uplifting, then this is the one for you.
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Nick Lowe "The Brentford Trilogy"
This is a 3CD package of "The Impossible Bird", "Dig My Mood", "The Convincer".
Lowe writes some of the best pop songs out there. Check out "The beast in me" or "Faithless lover".
If you are a fan of classic pop tied to great arrangements and wrapped up in a beautiful production, then look no further. It's what the Brits do best.
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You can't judge an album by its cover - this one is filled with cheerful, optimistic blues.
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Tal Wilkenfeld - Transformation
Bass wonder from down under
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Tower Of Power - Live And In Living Color
TOP kicks live booty
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Susan Tedeschi - Back To The River
A Bonnie Raitt for the 21st century
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Some new music for me - all from ECM.
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Julia Hülsmann Trio - The End of a Summer
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Anouar Brahem - The Astounding Eyes Of Rita
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Gianluigi Trovesi - Vaghissimo Ritratto
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Jon Hassell - Last night the moon came dropping its clothes in the street
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A lovely long conversation between cello and piano. This is all that Beethoven had to say.
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Real deal honky tonk blues.Very well recorded.
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Beautiful and noble lamentation and prophecy of doom from medieval Spain.
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Vassilis Tsabropolos/Arild Andersen/John Marshall - Achirana
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Christian Vasseur - Alam
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Nest - Retold
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Solo Andata - Solo Andata
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Willits + Sakamoto - Ocean Fire
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Some new music for me - all from ECM.
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Julia Hülsmann Trio - The End of a Summer
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Anouar Brahem - The Astounding Eyes Of Rita
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Gianluigi Trovesi - Vaghissimo Ritratto
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Jon Hassell - Last night the moon came dropping its clothes in the street
:dance: :dance: Great!!
Gianluigi Trovesi you listen Fugace? Is a beatiful cd's
I like ECM music now I'm listening a JON BALKE / AMINA ALAOUI "SIWAN" :angel: :angel:
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Nicola,
Thanks. I haven't heard "Fugace" yet. I'll check it out. The JON BALKE / AMINA ALAOUI "SIWAN" disc was named as #1 in a selection of the top ten recordings of 2009 by one of the DJ's of a World Music/Jazz program at my local radio station KCRW.
Robert
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Spooky, compelling rock from the sixties, remixed for much better sound quality. This is the first, and best, of the Doors' six studio albums. The last song on the album, 'The End', was used on the soundtrack for the movie 'Apocalypse Now.'
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Complex, subtle and refreshing; this ain't your grandpa's waltz music.
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Egberto Gismonti - Solo
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Nils Frahm - Wintermusik
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I heard a cut from this on CBC Radio 2 and liked it. Sort of a post-modern country sound (they call it "city-grass"), lots of acoustic guitar and banjo with a very natural sound. Took me a while to locate the CD but it was worth it. As a bonus, when I heard "Big Ol' Dirty Tattoo" that's on this CD, it made me laugh out loud...been a long time since a song has made me do that! The band is called The United Steelworkers of Montreal and the CD is "Kerosene & Coal". Highly recommended for both the music and the great sound. You can get more info and a link to download the album in FLAC format here: http://www.uswm.ca/
Dan.
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Slow, ghostly, high-pitched ambient music.
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The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Electric Ladyland.
Swooping, stratospheric electric guitar with plenty of wah-wah pedal. Jimi was from Seattle, so he knew how to cope with a west coast winter: "Lay back and dream on a rainy day. Ain't no use gettin' uptight, just let it groove its own way."
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The coolest of cool jazz, built around Bill Evan's piano work. Introspective, occasionally verging on introverted, and so cool as to sometimes seem slightly morose, I find this music consoling when my faith in human nature is at a low ebb.
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Miles Davis: The Complete In a Silent Way Sessions (3 discs)
Miles has a new crew, goes electric and does fusion. It took me a long time to see that this is a happier, more meditative extension of Kind of Blue; now I wonder how I ever missed the connection.
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"King Tubby deconstructions of Dynamites rhythms produced by Clancy Eccles. Anyone interested in Tubby's early mixing style need look no further as he takes on these straight forward reggae songs and turns them upside down and inside out, taking them on to somewhere completely different."
Totally and utterly brilliant dub reggae re-mixes. This stuff is so cool it's ice cold. Even if you don't have an interest in this genre, I would urge you to listen to the samples on Amazon and then buy the damned thing!
Note the cover. The boys seem to be into audio as well. ;-)
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Michael Brook - Cobalt Blue
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Balmorhea - Constellations
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Jóhann Jóhannsson - And in the endless pause there came the sound of bees
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Some Robin Guthrie...
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Carousel
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Angel Falls
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Songs To Help My Children Sleep
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Hey Guys,
Thanks for your posts and sharing what you've been listening too.
Any Natalie Merchant fans check our her new one?
http://www.amazon.com/Leave-Your-Sleep-Natalie-Merchant/dp/B002ZCDR88/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1271853307&sr=8-1
I'm going to pick it up soon...
Vinnie
UPDATE:
I did buy this double album and have been listening to it for about a week now. Quite different from her other work, but very well done and features a diverse range of songs and some are quite catchy. I'd say NM fans are bound to find a lot to like with here new album (it's been like 6 or 7 years, so its about time :wink:).
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The Unthanks - Here's The Tender Coming
Modern take on traditional English folk songs.
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Ralph Towner/Paolo Fresu - Chiaroscuro
Acoustic guitar/trumpet duo.
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Dustin O'Halloran - Vorleben
Lovely solo piano recorded live during a concert in a Berlin church. Limited edition CD.
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hammock - chasing after shadows...living with the ghosts
Monumental, lush and ambient post-rock.
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Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma
The future of jazz/hip-hop/electronica from a visionary musician/producer. Too much to absorb in one listening.
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Les Troubadours Du Roi Baudouin - Missa Luba
Congolese Mass and folk songs recorded in 1958. Popularized as part of the soundtrack of Lindsay Anderson's 1968 film "If..." A classic recording I heard for the first time in a high school music class back in the 60's.
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Heather Woods Broderick - From the Ground
Post-folk ballads with moments of neo-classical ambience.
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Laura Veirs - July Flame
Summer songs from Portland singer/songwriter Laura Veirs
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Wonderful synergy between Stan Getz on tenor sax and Kenny Barron on piano. Five of the songs on this album are Kenny Barron originals. I've been listening to Stan Getz for a long time, but I hadn't really paid much attention to Kenny Barron until I heard this. Got to get more!
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I've been listening to Stan Getz for a long time, but I hadn't really paid much attention to Kenny Barron until I heard this. Got to get more!
(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=32103)
I happen to have a CD called "Night and The City" with Kenny Barron and Charlie Haden that was recorded live at The Iridium in NYC. Recommended.
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Hey Guys,
Thanks for your posts and sharing what you've been listening too.
Any Natalie Merchant fans check our her new one?
http://www.amazon.com/Leave-Your-Sleep-Natalie-Merchant/dp/B002ZCDR88/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1271853307&sr=8-1
I'm going to pick it up soon...
Vinnie
UPDATE:
I did buy this double album and have been listening to it for about a week now. Quite different from her other work, but very well done and features a diverse range of songs and some are quite catchy. I'd say NM fans are bound to find a lot to like with here new album (it's been like 6 or 7 years, so its about time :wink:).
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41E62UZbTjL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
Thanks for the link. I listened to the video and loved the song. Interesting to me is that this is on Nonesuch. They did a good job on Laura Viers' Carbon Glacier. Again, thanks, I'm ordering it.
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Thanks for the link. I listened to the video and loved the song. Interesting to me is that this is on Nonesuch. They did a good job on Laura Viers' Carbon Glacier. Again, thanks, I'm ordering it.
Hi Jim - you're welcome, and hope you are enjoying it!
I've been enjoying this one:
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The Avett Brothers - Emotionalism
The owner of Ramseur Records (http://www.ramseurrecords.net/) contacted me about RWA gear, and I asked him for some recommendations from his label. I'm glad I did - great album! I need to check out some of their other offerings...
Happy Listening,
Vinnie
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I happen to have a CD called "Night and The City" with Kenny Barron and Charlie Haden that was recorded live at The Iridium in NYC. Recommended.
If you are getting into Kenny Baron check out his duet album with Regina Carter. Two amazing players for the price of one!
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Two very different interpretations of the Nocturnes by Frederic Chopin.
(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=33467)
The music is warm, compassionate and yearning; Chopin is dreaming in the moonlit garden.
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The music is dark and moody; Chopin is sulking in his room. From the liner notes:
'I am up to my neck in evening parties, concerts and dances, but they bore me to death; I am sad, and feel so lonely and forsaken here. I must dress, appear with a cheerful countenance in the salons; but when I am again in my room, I give vent to my feelings on the piano, to which, as my best friend in Vienna, I disclose all my sufferings.'
Thanks to R Browne and CSI for the Kenny Barron recommendations; I'll give them a listen.
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Wonderful synergy between Stan Getz on tenor sax and Kenny Barron on piano. Five of the songs on this album are Kenny Barron originals. I've been listening to Stan Getz for a long time, but I hadn't really paid much attention to Kenny Barron until I heard this. Got to get more!
That Stan Getz Bossas And Ballads album is awesome. Stupid that it sat unreleased for so long.
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Vladimir Horowitz, as quoted on the Steingraeber Piano website (www.steingraeber.de):
“The most important thing is to transform the piano from a percussive instrument into a singing instrument .... a singing tone is made up of shadows and colors and contrast ...”
This final recording, made when he was 86, shows just how well he succeeded. This has become my favorite Horowitz album; it never fails to sooth and comfort me.
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Damn, R Browne, man after my own heart, get down with yer bad self.
CSI, two of my favorite players. Good for you, my man.
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Vladimir Horowitz, as quoted on the Steingraeber Piano website (www.steingraeber.de):
“The most important thing is to transform the piano from a percussive instrument into a singing instrument .... a singing tone is made up of shadows and colors and contrast ...”
This final recording, made when he was 86, shows just how well he succeeded. This has become my favorite Horowitz album; it never fails to sooth and comfort me.
You probably have it already but if not please get a hold of Horowitz in Moscow. It's a Deutsche Grammaphon CD that preserves what must have been a very emotional recital for him...his first in Russia after a fifty+year exile. The fabulous acoustic venue is captured vividly! When I am in the mood for piano this is one of the two favorite discs I turn to. The other one is a Great Performances CD with Leon Fleischer performing the Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini...amazing playing before his hand injury. :thumb: :thumb:
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The Congos: Heart of the Congos
Roots reggae featuring beautiful falsetto vocals by Cedric Myton. The mood is one of joyful transcendence.
Thanks for the recommendations Profbratsch. As it happens, I've never listened to Horowitz in Moscow.
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Deerhunter's Halycon Digest.
What a stunner of an album. It has the feel of absent minded thoughts on a hot summer's day.
One of the best, if not the best album from a relatively new band I have bought this year.
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A few recent recommended selections:
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Sophie Hutchings - Becalmed
Solo piano and piano with a few supporting instruments. A new fave.
(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=37910)
Dustin O'Halloran - Piano Solos Vol. 2
Lovely short solo piano pieces.
(http://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=37911)
bvdub - The Art of Dying Alone
Endlessly drifting ambient music.
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Thelonius Monk: Monk Alone
Slow, deliberate, crunchy, chewy. Monk on solo piano, noodling away for two CDs. Music to lift weights by.
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All,
Here are some really nice albums from World Circuit Records of London (very well-recorded, I might add):
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Afrocubism (the original idea for the project that became Buena Vista Social Club). Cuba meets Mali - awesome!
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Orlando Cachaito Lopez (The debut album from the bass player of the Buena Vista Social Club).
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Toumani Diabate - The Mande Variations. He is one amazing kora (West African Harp) player!
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Ali Farka Toure and Toumani Diabate - Ali and Toumani. Sit back and listen in awe - This recording was the last one made by two of West Africa's pre-eminent folk instrumentalists (due to the death of Ali Farka Toure in 2006)
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Ali Farka Toure - Savane. The Hotel Mande Sessions -- A very powerful last studio performance by the great African guitarist.
More artists from World Circuit Records can be found here: http://www.worldcircuit.co.uk
Happy Listening! :thumb:
Vinnie
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Nice selections, Vinnie. 8) Another great talent from Africa is Boubacar Traore. Here's one of my favorites:
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Boubacar Traore - Kar Kar
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"No Fool for Trying" is a 2009 release from the female alt-country duo called Madison Violet.
Its first track, entitled "The Ransom", won the 2009 John Lennon Songwriting Contest "Song of The Year" and the track entitled "Crying" got lots of play on CBC Radio 2, which is where I first heard of them.
Upbeat, original songs with tight harmonies and lots of acoustic guitar, fiddle, banjo and upright bass in the mix.
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Very highly recommended!
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Sandy Denny - A boxful of Treasures. The title is a massive understatement, by the way.
This compilation spans her career. From her early demos, thru her stint with Fairport Convention, then on to her own band and finally her solo stuff.
I can't even begin to tell you how unutterably brilliant this woman is.
THE most beautiful crystalline voice you have heard this side of Ella Fitzgerald, some serious song writing chops and oh, did I mention that voice? If it was the only voice I heard for the rest of my life, I'd die a happy man.
What I will say, is that she is the GREATEST female folk singer, ever. Full stop. On either side of the Atlantic. Better than Saint Joan of the Baez, better than Judy Collins, better than anybody you can think of.
Now I know these are fighting words and comparisons, especially musical ones, are odious at best, but still, I tell you, she is the GREATEST. EVER. FULL STOP.
If you are a lover of folk music, heck, if you're really a lover of music, then get this. It is expensive but it's pretty definitive (there was a recent limited edition release 20 cd box set that sold out in moments and is now selling for a thousand dollars) and totally, totaly worth it and then some.
Sandy never got her due during her very short life and in death, she is no more than a minor cult figure, but believe me, if there is any justice, she deserved and still deserves so much more than that.
Buy it, listen to it, don't bother to thank me ;-) and that includes you too Mr Rossi.
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Buy it, listen to it, don't bother to thank me ;-)
I bought the set on E-bay this morning on your recommendation. Does that mean if I don't like it I can't blame you? :wink:
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I bought the set on E-bay this morning on your recommendation. Does that mean if I don't like it I can't blame you? :wink:
Profbratsch, you are indeed a man of taste and distinction.
Do you know that feeling that you get when you hear someone so musically gifted that you sit there in awe and then you listen to some of your other favorite artists and you kind of laugh, because as good as they are, they can never be, that good . Sandy Denny was THAT good.
You'll like her.
P.S. Please spread the word. She never caught fire in her lifetime. Maybe now we can grow a slow fire.
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The John Scofield Band - Up All Night
Old Man Sco funkin' the night away. Yes, we have cowbell.
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This is the third release (and best IMO) from Montreal's indie-rock sensation Arcade Fire. Its entitled "The Suburbs" and it was on a lot of Best of 2010 lists. Last Sunday it won the Grammy award for Album of the Year.
If you aren't familiar with their music, this is a good place to start especially since, to celebrate their Grammy, Arcade Fire is temporarily making the FLAC download of the full album available through their website (arcadefire.com) for only $3.50 US. A great example of the control independent bands have over the pricing and distribution of their music via the internet.
I hope I'm not breaking any rules by posting about this offer, I have no connection to, or financial interest in, Arcade Fire, I just think it's a great album and a nice gesture by them to their fans.
Even if you're not into their music, if you have college age kids, you can impress them with your coolness by casually playing this where they can hear it! LOL.
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John Grant - "Queen of Denmark"
"Baby, you are where dreams go to die, and I regret the day
your lovely carcass caught my eye, baby, you are where dreams go to die"
Exquisite chamber pop with a 70s (think Carpenters) vibe.
Mojo's album of the year, and rightly so.
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Sabine Meyer - Mozart's Clarinet Concerto and Sinfonia concertante
Vigorous and cheerful - perfect spring music.
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Tuned into SNL last night for the first time in a million years to see Mick Jagger as host and musical guest. He's not much of an actor but he performed "The Last Time" with Arcade Fire for one of the musical spots and they really tore the place up!
You can see it here...http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/mick-jagger-and-arcade-fire-the-last-time/1402579/ (http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/mick-jagger-and-arcade-fire-the-last-time/1402579/)
I wonder if Keith, Woody and Charlie are pissed...?
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I'll just pick three best CDs that are really good to listen to via my Corvina.
1. Paul Galbraith - Bach Partitas and Sonatas
2. Duke Jordan - Flight to Denmark
3. Dream Theater - Images and Words
Of course there are so many awesome albums in the world. But these are all time favorites!
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My absolute favorit when it comes to male voices. And in addition maybe the best live recording ever.
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My most favorite new to me artist is Sophie Barker's "A Rare collection of songs". The music is stripped down to just Sophie's voice and guitar. It is very intimate music. It always opens my heart. It is recorded very well too.
The only downside is that it is only avail by Download via Flac, mp3, and a couple more versions. It is cd quality download, plus you get to name your price! How cool is that. Get it at: http://sophiebarker.bandcamp.com/album/a-rare-collection-of-songs
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Hey Jannemann,
If you like BIG DADDY WILSON, check out the Video, GREGOR HILDEN, " LIVE AT THE LUNA " The song is Shufflin. The vocalist is a guy named Wilson B. I think you will like it. Just GOOGLE it.
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Hi jannemann,
Its the first Video listed, it says from the new DVD 68. He calls the song Sittin In The Shade.
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Thelonius Monk: Monk Alone
Slow, deliberate, crunchy, chewy. Monk on solo piano, noodling away for two CDs. Music to lift weights by.
Ahhh Such a gem. Love It! :thumb: :thumb: