Homesick James. Also heard Los Lonely Boys recently & will be picking that up soon. |
I also want to mention that the soundtrack to "Master and Commander" is really excellent! I loved the music while the movie was playing and the CD soundtrack does a great job of recapturing it. Eerie drums, celtic fiddles, baroque waltzes--there's a lot of different sounds on this CD. |
Rustem Hayroudinoff playing Rachmaninov's 24 Piano Preludes. Outstanding playing and the recorded sound of the piano is full bodied and excellent. Highly recommended for anyone interested in classical piano music. |
Charlie Byrd "Bossa Nova Pelos Passaros", another fabulous sounding k2. |
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I like Nantang Tatang, a few members from Ida made their own album, it is part acoustic and part new wave, plus it is mellow.
slipknot1
I have My Morning Jacket on my list of albums to buy but do not know which one, or if they have more than one album. I wrote it down after a college radio played it. Do you have a favorite?
thanks
Phil |
Los Lonely Boys
My Morning Jacket
Louis Armstrong: "Satchmo Plays King Oliver"
Guy Clark
Joe Ely
John Hiatt |
Well then, I'll second "Be Good Tanyas" a pleasant surprise of
recent for me as well. I check out that other album too (thanks!).
On an entirely different type of music, I was recently introduced, by a
good friend, to the Early Music of Jordi Savall's label, Alla Vox. Fantastic
recordings! A real favorite that I can't stop playing of recent is one with
his wife, Montserrat Figueras, "El Cant de la Sibil-La". There
are a couple of recordings I've found of this piece - the one I've been
awed by is Alla Vox AV9806 (the other that I have, which is also with the
two of them, is on Astree/Naive label and is nowhere near as engaging
and dynamic a performance as the one on Alla Vox - same Chorus, same
church, different performance and recording techniques). On the Alla
Vox recording her voice will stretch the limits of virtually any system,
and his playing (Viola de Gambe) is equally remarkable. I also recently
just picked up the Savall box set on the same label which is instrumental
and is a Savall showcase. That set is a bit more sedate in comparison as
far as the music is concerned (Mr. Saint Colombe le Fils and Marin
Marais), but no less startling in presence and beauty, albeit on a more
subtle level. That one is AV 9829 A/C.
Marco |
Peggy Lee: "Latin A-La Lee", on vinyl distributed be Cisco records. |
Yeah Marco, I meant the Be Good Tanyas and the Blue Horse album! Their "Chinatown" is also very good. Thanks for the Po Girls tip! I love these kinds of somewhat weird voices. But then, I've been a Dylan fan for 40 years or so. |
Sc53 - Did you mean "The Be Good Tanyas" album called "Blue Horse"? I've never heard of "Blue Tanyas"? If it is "The Be Good Tanyas" (GREAT album...just lovely), also check out a group called "Po Girl"
Marco |
I know! It's whiskey drinkin' music! |
Ramsay Midwood. "Shoot Out At The OK Chinese Restaurant" is one of the most original sets I've heard in a while. A mix of country, blues, rock, and I don't know what else. Some songs I could hear Mick & the Stones doing, others a bit like Tom Waits, but not really. I just don't know how to describe it. |
Sisters and Brothers- Eric Bibb, Maria Muldaur and Rory Block. Soulful blues on the Telarc label that is recorded exceptionaly well. Haven't been able to keep in out of my cd player. |
Two great bands:
Elbow from England
Interpol from NYC |
Never really went in for trad jazz, but got a free sampler with my last order from Tower on the Preservation Hall label featuring, inter alia, Shake that Thing, Hot 4 with Duke Dejan and The Preservation Hall Jazz Band. Great stuff. You can still hear the strains of marching bands in some of this music so you know it's a hell of a lot closer to the beginnings of jazz than to Bebop. It has a flavour all it's own; pretty good for the jaded palate. |
Over the Rhine; first I discovered the Blue Tanyas which led to the Rhine girls. Also, Lea De Laria--a friend sent me two of her CDs recently. |
The Thrills, My Morning Jacket, Flaming Lips-Okay this one has been a year or so, but I finally got it on vinyl...
Cheers, Spencer |
