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| Your favorite recent discovery Blind Boys of Alabama - Spirit of the CenturyKiller covers of some Tom Waits, Stones aand Ben Harper - as well as a buch of gosspel/soul standards. This recording is really well recorded, rocks, and has a ton of eeling. Highly recommende.Tahiti 80... | |
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? " ...because sometimes the signs from Heaven are vague"Is my favourite recent lyric - from the last song on The Fiery Furnaces debut CD - 'Gallowbird's Bark'.That line sticks with me, in the face of all the craziness in the world, where so many pe... | |
| Get rid of the Dunlavys? ... and upgrade to a used pair of Aletha's or Cantata's. I cannot fathom selling Dunlavy's for better 'female vocals and acoustic music'. JMHO. | |
| Calling all acoustic guitar fans... Some older acoustic guitar LP's that I have combine both great music and top-notch recording are:Bruce Cockburn - Dancing in the Dragons Jaws (sound quality is unbelievably good)Leo Kottke - A Shout Toward Noon (obscure recording that has survived... | |
| need some suggestions for Acoustics Blues Mississippi John Hurt - TodaySon House - Death LetterJoseph Spence - Music of the Bahamas (phenomenal guitar playing!)Reverend Gary Davis - Ragtime, Sun is Going Down, Pure Religion, Guitar and BanjoRobert Johnson - King of the Delta BluesJohn Ham... | |
| Records of the Year 2003 Fiery Furnaces - Gallowsbird's BarkThe song 'Snaggletooth' (officially entitled Two Fat Feet) is the catchiest rock/pop tune I've heard all year. Reminds me of some great Jefferson Airplane tunes from the heyday of Haight Ashbury. The rest of the ... |