not available in my country...
youtube/sony/germany.. you know who is soon to be running my country, right? get on it!
stand down president elect, found it on iTunes... techno pop.. meh.
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What are you listening to? Part III
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youtube/sony/germany.. you know who is soon to be running my country, right? get on it!
stand down president elect, found it on iTunes... techno pop.. meh.
Music for 18 Musicians
Drumming
Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ
Electric Counterpoint
Double Sextet
2x5
Thanks for the list; much appreciated.
If I were to order one as '"an appetiser", which would you recommend?
Hmmm, perhaps Music for 18 Musicians, or the Double Sextet 2x5 album I posted above.
Thanks for the suggestions.
Tonight, dark beers and Steeleye Span are my chosen companions.....
Now we may disagree on coffee, but we can agree on Philip Glass. (Though I prefer his earlier to c2000 work).
The end of Satyagraha "Evening Song" is one of the most sublime pieces ever written. (IMHO, of course.)
Well, as it happens, I am sipping coffee (Ethiopian and hot) at the moment.
Actually, I tend to play Philip Glass when I am in a somewhat bleak and contemplative mood, a kind of cosmically bleak mood (certain recent events with possible global consequences are the sort of thing that might prompt such a mood) - and I find that his music matches this absolutely perfectly.
An album titled Barock-Festival - i Solisti di Zagreb and others. Music to help finish making Christmas presents: Corelli, Frescobaldi, Froberger, Couperin, D’Anglebert, Albinoni, JSBach. It keeps moving and keeps me on the move as well. We just got six inches of snow here, with more falling even now, so the reality of the approaching holiday season is sinking in.
I love Renaissance and Baroque music, - that sounds as though it is a wonderful album; do you recommend it?
I've been craving music that make me happy, and iTunes shuffle surfaced an album last week that fits the bill which has been in heavy rotation for me since.
Madness - Keep Moving (1984)
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Madness - Keep Moving (1984)
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Oh, gosh yes, I love Madness, what a fantastic band, with some unforgettable, brilliant and truly timeless songs.
La bohème on vinyl
(This recording, but the full opera, not highlights!)
(This recording, but the full opera, not highlights!)
One of the things I like to do is support street musicians - or groups - if they are in any way good.
I will listen to a few of their songs, and, if I like them, I will toss some cash into the upturned hat that is inevitably found placed carefully on the ground beside some of their instruments, and will usually buy a CD as well, should they have one for sale.
In recent years, some of my most intriguing and interesting and eclectic CDs have come courtesy of some of these groups, often a cosmopolitan crew, comprising many nationalities, with their respective musical styles, training and traditions mixing and mingling.
This music is usually performed by extraordinarily talented and skilled musicians, - some of whom are also songwriters and composers - and some of whom would have been classically trained - who are often comfortable and completely at home on a wide range of instruments.
I am listening to one such CD now; the musicians are Italian, Irish and one or two from the Balkans. The songs are Italian bandit songs, Irish traditional, and a classy interpretations of a few fairly well known pieces of music (The Godfather, Misirlou, Amélie).
I will listen to a few of their songs, and, if I like them, I will toss some cash into the upturned hat that is inevitably found placed carefully on the ground beside some of their instruments, and will usually buy a CD as well, should they have one for sale.
In recent years, some of my most intriguing and interesting and eclectic CDs have come courtesy of some of these groups, often a cosmopolitan crew, comprising many nationalities, with their respective musical styles, training and traditions mixing and mingling.
This music is usually performed by extraordinarily talented and skilled musicians, - some of whom are also songwriters and composers - and some of whom would have been classically trained - who are often comfortable and completely at home on a wide range of instruments.
I am listening to one such CD now; the musicians are Italian, Irish and one or two from the Balkans. The songs are Italian bandit songs, Irish traditional, and a classy interpretations of a few fairly well known pieces of music (The Godfather, Misirlou, Amélie).
Baron Crâne's new EP - Electric Shades.
French experimental jazz/funk/stoner...
Good sh**!!
Cool album cover too.
French experimental jazz/funk/stoner...
Good sh**!!
Cool album cover too.
Another style of music I like is mariachi style stuff; and central American music, and that fusion of gloomy, slightly melancholic mariachi and rock - let us say, - Los Lobos.
I recently ordered some CDs by a group that sounded intriguing: The Iguanas.
And that is what I am playing now: "The Iguanas", by The Iguanas.
I recently ordered some CDs by a group that sounded intriguing: The Iguanas.
And that is what I am playing now: "The Iguanas", by The Iguanas.
love that tune!
why isn't their LP Wonderful available on iTunes?
Michael Caine also on that lp...
Well, as I was in a mood for melancholic mariachi stuff I did listen to a few tracks by Los Lobos earlier, but - thanks to this excellent thread - have been reminded of just how good Madness were. And are.
So, Madness it is. Let's start with "Night Boat To Cairo", & "Baggy Trousers", followed by "Embarrassment" and "Our House", "The Prince", "Michael Caine" (already mentioned), "Shut Up", "The Sun And The Rain", and "Grey Day" among many others.....
So, Madness it is. Let's start with "Night Boat To Cairo", & "Baggy Trousers", followed by "Embarrassment" and "Our House", "The Prince", "Michael Caine" (already mentioned), "Shut Up", "The Sun And The Rain", and "Grey Day" among many others.....
I will probably listen to my trio of remaining 80s extreme metal albums for the rest of my days (hell it's been over 30 years already for two of them)...but something about Celtic Frost's Morbid Tales still makes me as happy as when I first ripped the plastic off the gatefold album and plopped that sucker onto a long deceased turntable 32 years ago. Albums like this and Bolt Thrower's Realm of Chaos were not only ridiculously heavy, but catchy and fun. I love it when metal bands have fun (probably why I still dig Asyphx because they revel in silly old school death metal in the best way possible).
On a goofball personal note: I can't believe I still have a crush on former CF bassist Martin Ain (to the point where I am considering replacing a nearly 30 year old poster that once hung on my bedroom wall
. I might not be a teenager anymore but someone forgot to tell my subconscious that).
"Are you morbid?"
Me: "Erm...well...Yes. Yes, I (still) am."
On a goofball personal note: I can't believe I still have a crush on former CF bassist Martin Ain (to the point where I am considering replacing a nearly 30 year old poster that once hung on my bedroom wall
. I might not be a teenager anymore but someone forgot to tell my subconscious that)."Are you morbid?"
Me: "Erm...well...Yes. Yes, I (still) am."
Oh yes!
Great choice.My top three Violettas:
Maria Callas
Teresa Stratas
Ileana Cotrubas.
[doublepost=1479719999][/doublepost]Kicking off this astonishingly rainy Monday morning:
Cumbia de Donde…
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