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| «Today’s Lyrics Are Pathetically Bad» Rick Beato @tyray Lucky you -- it sounds like you live in an area that's unusually hospitable to Jazz! I listened to the Snarky Puppy tune and it may well exemplify the future of Jazz. Jazz will change, as it always has. As long as I can keep listening t... | |
| Recommended for Americana Fans: Amanda Ann Platt and the Honeycutters Just read an interview with Amanda Ann Platt. She described her music as "rock -tinged Country". So much for me knowing what Americana is! | |
| What were your top musical discoveries of 2024? @oddiofyl Yes! | |
| Recommended for Americana Fans: Amanda Ann Platt and the Honeycutters Since we're on this topic... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Vn0Dz7InjI To quote Willie Nelson: "There are two kinds of men in the world; those who are in love with Emmylou and those who have not met her". | |
| Recommended for Americana Fans: Amanda Ann Platt and the Honeycutters @bdp24 Rodney Crowell first became a National name as the leader of Emmylou Harris’ Hot Band. I know. We saw the classic line up of the Hot Band (the one on Luxury Liner) sans EmmyLou at a tiny venue in Santa Barbara (The Bluebird Cafe) in th... | |
| «Today’s Lyrics Are Pathetically Bad» Rick Beato FWIW, my wife and I used to drive 2.5 hours to Oakland to see top Jazz artists at Yoshi’s, one of the premier Jazz clubs in the country. I’m talking about people like Joe Lovano, McCoy Tyner, Mark Turner, Jack DeJohnette, John Abercrombie, Cedar W... | |
| Recommended for Americana Fans: Amanda Ann Platt and the Honeycutters @bdp24 re: video, I still enjoy listening to Rodney's first solo album, which was my first exposure to this tune. Lots of great players on that one! | |
| Recommended for Americana Fans: Amanda Ann Platt and the Honeycutters @slaw It can be hard for me, too. But not in the case of that Hiatt album. I wouldn’t call it Country. There’s just as much Blues influence and some Folk, too, which for me, is makes it unambiguously Americana. You can clearly hear the Roots ge... | |
| Jazz for aficionados @frogman For me, Pharoah’s version is the most immediately appealing but is it too rapturously beautiful? Does he skate around the anguish ? Is Coltrane more courageous ? More obsessively driven to wring out every nuance? As always, I find Ro... | |
| Recommended for Americana Fans: Amanda Ann Platt and the Honeycutters @bdp24 I was hoping you’d chime in. I’ve not been a fan of Alt Country, but it generally seems to be accepted by reviewers as Americana and I haven’t felt confidemt challenging this characterization. I don’t understand Ms Leigh’s objection. Ap... | |
| Recommended for Americana Fans: Amanda Ann Platt and the Honeycutters @slaw Uncle Tupelo -- from what I've heard, Yes. I think most would agree that Alt Country fits within Americana. Tift Merritt is interesting. She's clearly not pure Country, Rock or Pop. What's the dividing line line between the Singer Songwr... | |
| Jazz for aficionados For the sake of contrast: Sonny Rollins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLFlJIqiMLc Pharoah Sanders: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuaLidIjAw0 Phil Woods: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LE9-jK_kSOo Booker Ervin: https://www.youtube.com... | |
| «Today’s Lyrics Are Pathetically Bad» Rick Beato @yesiam_a_pirate I blame the conglomerate music industry for the crap being produced and aired today. For sure there are excellent musicians and brilliant lyrics being made today- but they are not easily accessible. Yes, yes and only if you d... | |
| «Today’s Lyrics Are Pathetically Bad» Rick Beato @immatthewj I appreciate your thoughtful reflections. FYI, I was pointing out a potential "blind spot" regarding how we assess lyrics, not asserting you or anyone else necessarily falls prey to it. I can’t know that, obviously! I do notice it i... | |
| «Today’s Lyrics Are Pathetically Bad» Rick Beato @immatthewj I would confess not all that much. But in a way that makes my point. During the 60s and 70s you didn’t have to search high and low or put a great deal of effort into finding great songs. In fact, it was hard to miss them. All you ha... |