What are you listening to right now?

Len_Dreyer · « **Reply #7021 on:** 21 Mar 2008, 01:19 am »

10,000 Maniacs - In My Tribe

10,000 Maniacs - Our Time In Eden

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #7022 on:** 21 Mar 2008, 04:55 am »

Put my turntable back into the system yesterday and have listened to . .

My two hippest 70's fusion albums, Hip Elegy- Joachim Kuhn (MPS) and Feels Good To Me- Bill Bruford (Polydor)
Some ECM's from the same period, Dawn- Double Image and Sound Suggestions- George Adams (Heinz Sauer plays large on this) plus Rubisa Patrol- Art Lande
Little River Band (Harvest)
In The Falling Dark- Bruce Cockburn (True North)
Byrd At The Gate (Mobile Fidelity)

Airborn · « **Reply #7023 on:** 21 Mar 2008, 06:34 am »

Ten Years After, A Space In Time
On vinyl LP

martyo · « **Reply #7024 on:** 21 Mar 2008, 09:12 pm »

zybar · « **Reply #7025 on:** 21 Mar 2008, 09:18 pm »

Ben Harper's latest - Lifeline

George

DeadFish · « **Reply #7026 on:** 21 Mar 2008, 10:06 pm »

Pat Metheny Trio - Day Trip

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #7027 on:** 22 Mar 2008, 12:21 am »

Heard the tail end of the title track on alternative radio driving home. Just enough to remind me how much I like this album so I'm whippin it out (the album). Easter- Patti Smith (Arista)

Len_Dreyer · « **Reply #7028 on:** 22 Mar 2008, 12:25 am »

Quote from: Airborn on 21 Mar 2008, 06:34 am

Ten Years After, A Space In Time
On vinyl LP

It was great seeing this post. This is my favorite Ten Years After album. Side one kills it.

Freo-1 · « **Reply #7029 on:** 22 Mar 2008, 12:54 am »

Great Stuff! Takes me back to my misspent youth.

May the memory of Bonn Scott live on

I was in Fremantle for the 25th anniversary of Bonn Scott's passing. It was the lead story on the morning Australia news show.

Christopher Witmer · « **Reply #7030 on:** 22 Mar 2008, 06:22 am »

Virtuoso tenor Jan Kobow, who is also an excellent keyboardist in his own right, knows how to choose an accompanist, and here his teaming up with Kristian Bezuidenhout, playing on a replica of an 1815 fortepiano, works beautifully. One of the the great things about Jan is that in his presentation he dedicates himself totally to transparent communication of the music. When he sings Bach (at least on the Bach Collegium Japan recordings where I have heard him), he never draws attention to himself as a performer. Instead, he serves as a vehicle to transport the listener into the music. Well, he does the same thing here with Schubert's Die schöne Müllerin (The Fair Maid of the Mill). Having said that, however, this CD is nothing but a tenor voice and piano for more than one hour, so in a certain sense the spotlight is on Kobow constantly. Fortunately he has been gifted with as innately beautiful an instrument as any that you'll hear, so this recording is highly satisfying to me in terms of both its interpretation and aesthetics. If you like German lieder, you should definitely consider this and anything else this duo records in the genre (as of this writing, I believe they have just one other recording available from the same label.) One caveat -- this duo is not afraid to take some liberties, such as regarding tempo variations, ornamentation, etc. Their decisions in such matters are not purely arbitrary -- no doubt they can offer cogent reasons for whatever choices they make -- but if you bring preconceived notions of the "right" way to perform this song cycle, their approach might come as a bit of a surprise in places. At the same time, if you know this music well enough to be able to interact with it at that level, perhaps they can help you see this piece in a new light. For the rest of us, Schubert may have been the greatest master of art song composition ever, and this piece represents one of the great masterworks of the genre, so if you are not familiar with this work, this recording serves as a wonderful introduction.

Airborn · « **Reply #7031 on:** 22 Mar 2008, 06:36 am »

Quote from: Len_Dreyer on 22 Mar 2008, 12:25 am

Quote from: Airborn on 21 Mar 2008, 06:34 am

Ten Years After, A Space In Time
On vinyl LP

It was great seeing this post. This is my favorite Ten Years After album. Side one kills it.

I agree Len, great album. I picked it up for $2 from my favorite used LP store and after a thorough cleaning, it's nearly perfect.

Airborn · « **Reply #7032 on:** 22 Mar 2008, 06:39 am »

I have been on a vinyl buying binge recently, so I have a lot of listening to do. Up next...

CCR, Willy and the Poor Boys

ecramer · « **Reply #7033 on:** 22 Mar 2008, 01:59 pm »

Cassandra Wilson - New moon daughter

JoshK · « **Reply #7034 on:** 22 Mar 2008, 04:10 pm »

A little Bob Marley....

Followed by some UB40...

zybar · « **Reply #7035 on:** 22 Mar 2008, 08:35 pm »

Somewhat all over the board this afternoon:

Alan · « **Reply #7036 on:** 23 Mar 2008, 12:07 am »

Roswell Rudd and the Mongolian Buryat Band-Blue Mongol.

Interesting cd. Roswell is a jazz trombonist who seems to have caught the world music bug in the last few years. This cd is the result of a trip to Mongolia to play with the local musicians. Here's an example

http://youtube.com/watch?v=O1GOphWXUZY

There's also a documentary on his trip to Mali (Just a minute, let me find it for ya)
6 parts here, an hour's worth.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=mk4vuPfjXbE

lonewolfny42 · « **Reply #7037 on:** 23 Mar 2008, 12:17 am »

"Glory: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" -James Horner, Boys Choir of Harlem.....Cd.....Samples...

giantsteps · « **Reply #7038 on:** 23 Mar 2008, 12:46 am »

Frank

Len_Dreyer · « **Reply #7039 on:** 23 Mar 2008, 01:03 am »

Jesse Colin Young - Song For Juli