Cry for Love: Bad Company updated to today! |
Dido "No Angel". Demanding mix; made for 'phones.
Re: Homesick James. Only have 4 cuts, but Willy Dixons' bass lines put these at the very top of the heap. Timeless... |
"Ohio" by Over the Rhine...a friend of mine just saw them live in West Palm Beach area & said the audience was mesmerized by their incredible performance, no applause between songs, he liked it to consuming an incredible meal or ? |
Jax2 - I'm familiar with Madredeus. I have their Antologia CD. Another artist alone these lines is Emma Shapplin. I like her "Carmine Meo" CD. |
Jack Johnson. Great guitar, along the same lines as Ben Harper. Very nice. |
Ben, I will look but Nick Drake's LP's are not easy to find and I'm an analog guy as you know.
Great news though! I purchased a copy of "Wrecking Ball" in Italy for $18.00.
This is the '95 Emmylou Harris / Daniel Lanois LP that I have searched for eternity. The last one of these sold at EBAY two weeks ago for $112.00. At that price (even if I could afford it), would kill all the enjoyment of owning and playing it. |
Albert-if you like Pink Moon (personally my fav. Drake album but the bleakest)you need to check out the first two. |
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Nick Drake, "Pink Moon" and Eels, "Shootenanny." |
If you enjoy Lhasa, definitely also give the Portugese band, Madredeus, a try. A good place to start with them is the album Ainda, which is the soundtrack from the Wim Wenders film, "A Lisbon Story". |
Pollywog - I too discovered Lhasa a few weeks ago at BBC (my favorite music website) world music reviews -- the sexiest female voice to come out since Chavella Vergas. A very good find... |
Pollywog - Lhasa is WONDERFUL!! Get her first album as well. You will NOT be disappointed!!
Marco |
Lhasa- a Canadian-Mexican singer her new album is called
The Living Road she sing in English, Spanish and French |
Herb Alpert (yes - THAT Herb Alpert). An album of jazz titled "Midnight Sun". Heard it playing in the background at an audio store on a pair of Aerial 20T's. Sat down, gave it a listen. Not bad... |
Jane Birkin, Rendez-Vous -
BBC - "The queen of sophisticated grown-up Gallic pop returns with an album of collaborations that are as timeless as they are contemporary..." |
Loretta Lynn, Van Lear Rose. see www.allmusic.com for more info..... |
Jackie Paris. Jazz singer used to appear with Billie H. He has new cd's. Also Stacey Kent and Blossom Dearie |
Dada's Live Official Bootleg Vol 1 |
Keith Jarrett. I've been listening to some Charles Lloyd recently, and Keith Jarret was absolutely awesome on those recordings. Picked up La Scala, and was totally blown away by it. |
Kelley Joe Phelps - "Shine Eyed Mister Zen". I'm in absolute awe of his guitar technique. |
I just discovered Keely Smith wow what a voice,, |
Richard Thompson, "The Old Kit Bag". |
Shirley Horn- "Here's to Life." |
Blue Floyd,
I have the 1/15/2000 and 1/30 shows. Excellent. |
Spocks Beard. Just heard a CD recently, and want more. They are a little like Gentle Giant, which is my all time favorite band.
Sonny |
I second Iron and Wine, very 'breathy' vocals and intimate with acoustic guitar and occasional banjo (played very slowly). It sucks you in for a mellow listen...
Phil |
Rene Marie (Vertigo)- amazing Jazz singer! On the Max Jazz CD label..great scat, accompaniment, and excellent recording quality. Rene writes her own songs as well as interprets others. I've seen her live a couple of times in the last year - she often appears at smaller clubs and puts on a great show! The control she has of her voice is really incredible, and her version of Billie Holiday's song "dixie/strange fruit" is very, very moving......check her out ! |
The Bad Plus. Didn't know quite what to make of them, but very enjoyable stuff. I would imagine they're much better live, but the cd becomes more and more likable with repeated listening. |
Marko, Thank you for the tip! I'll check into it immediately and sorry about taking so long to respond, I'm just now am getting back to this thread... Tonto Yoder just clued me into another excellent band along the same lines, Trial of the Bow. I've been playing "Rite of Passage" quite often for the last two days!
Gordy |
The Gibson Brothers. This is a country/bluegrass band. The album is called "A Long way back home." Great music, great recording. |
Iron & Wine, 'Our Endless Numbered Days'. |
Wow....it is real nice, albeit a bit scary(to the pocketbook) to find a thread with a whole bunch of suggestions and not be familiar with any of them.
I have some exploring to do!
Thanks to all. |
Thanks for the great suggestions! Bought a half dozen of them last night online and can't wait for them to arrive.
Living in a semi-rural area, it's hard to find new music worth listening to. Thank goodness for the web. |
JEt
the whole album is consistent straight ahead rock
very nice, buy it you'll like it
I was skeptical |
Gordus - If you like Lisa Gerrard, I'd bet you'd also like some of the Early Music recordings of Jordi Savall and his wife, Montserrat Figueras, who also has a remarkable soprano voice. I'd highly recommend their recording on AllaVox titled, "El Cant de la Sibil-La" (Alla Vox AV9806). Just gorgeous! Been on frequent rotation in my systems lately.
Marco |
Any Loreena McKennitt or Lisa Gerrard fans out there? You really owe it to yourself to give a listen to Vas and or Azam Ali's 'solo' efforts. Wonderful stuff... |
This CD was released back in sept/oct 2003 so perhaps not so new to many here, however, I only came upon it last week - Joshua Bell's "Romance of the Violin".
PS: I also liked Jond and Tracer's picks above, just based on clips at amazon. |
"What's the chances of Diana Krall and Bloodbath joining forces and making a record?"
That's hilarious!
Funny thing is, as diverse as my musical tastes are, I'd probably buy it! |
What's the chances of Diana Krall and Bloodbath joining forces and making a record? |
Bloodbath. It has the lead vocalist from Opeth. That's death metal for those unfamiliar with the genre. |
Vegasears,
If you don't have The Trinity Sessions get it. It's killer. Recorded live in a church w/awesome acoustics.
Cheers, Spencer |
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Sc53 - If you like Be Good Tanyas you should also give Richard Buckner a listen. He's another Vancouver, BC based artist doing unique acoustic country-infleuenced music with great songwriting. His style defies putting him in a box, much like BGT. Love his accoustic CD's: "Devotion and Doubt" and "Bloomed"
Marco |
How about (legal) free music - all ya gotta do is download it!
I've been on a tear over at db.etree.org - they have hundreds (maybe even thousands) of live shows available for free download. I'm particularly enamored of the Steve Kimock Band and a group called New Monsoon. All the music is CD quality and most of the tapers do a very good job, sounds better than many commercial efforts. Check it out!
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"Latin Project" Very untraditional treatment of Latin Music.(Reminds me of Ozomatl a hair.)
"Les Nubians" (Both 2003 releases.)Female "COOL JAZZ" interpretation of "Rap" from France.
Tracer |
How about:
Anything Box. Favorite so far is "Worth." Talk about that synthpop sound from the 80s - this is all that plus terrific vocals. Hard to believe it's actually from the 90s..
Stacey Kent. Everything, especially "Let Yourself Go: Celebrating Fred Astaire". What can I say? She is the sexiest vocalist I've ever heard. I guarantee that this CD will make you melt.
Dave's True Story. This one is in a category all by itself. I guess I'd call it adult contemporary lounge lizard jazz. Great vocals, intelligent and somewhat adult lyrics, catchy music and is much more polished than you would expect. Very easy to listen to, but it's not until you actually concentrate on the lyrics that everything clicks. They've all got a twist. |
I discovered Magma at the end of last year at Knittingfactory NY. I was amazed how come I didn't know it before as were founded in the mid 70-s... |
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The Wrens, from New Jersey. I thought "The Meadowlands" was the best album of 2003.
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