Once again: what are you listening to now?

[skizzerflake]

This is an odd one, Caravan's CD "Palace". A gift to the guy who "has every CD known", I never heard of Caravan but this is really interesting. It sounds like 1930 Parisian jazz on LSD. Strange electronic FX, excellent musicians, and a fast pace make this quite likeable. I keep expecting the ghosts of Django Reinhart and Stephan Grappelli to materialize and join in with the strings, vibes, electronics and disc scratching and voice percussion. Nice passages on acoustic bass. If you've ever seen that outright deliciously bizarre French comedy flick Mic Macs, this music would fit right in.

 

[BWG707]

John McLaughlin and the Mahavishnu Orchestra: Birds of Fire

 

[3db]

Rossinni "The William Tell Overature" & "Barber Of Seville Overature" on CD

Mozart "Clairenette Concertoe" on CD

 

[Swerd]

New music since late November:

Let It Rock - Jerry Garcia
Jerry live from 1975 with Nicky Hopkins on piano - excellent!

Heros, Ghosts of Early Guitar Rock - Dion
I knew nothing about him since his late 50s/early 60s hits! Great voice, excellent treatment of these old hits.

Jeff Beck - Live from the Grammy Museum - good

Bethoven's 9th Symphony - Minnesota Orchestra / Osmo Vanska

 

[hwkn]

Tom Petty-Damn The Torpedoes[Blu ray]

 

[Nestor]

 

[skizzerflake]

Arcade Fire - Funeral.

 

[MidnightSensi2]

Jamie Woon "Night Air"

 

[MarkNiceOne]

The first 5 Primal Fear albums are in the CD player at the moment

 

[3db]

Big Mamma Thorton "Sassy Mamma" on CD

 

[skizzerflake]

The Kings of Leon, Radioactive, from Come Around Sundown. It's a pretty good song from a pretty good CD. You can do better but you can also do much worse.

 

[Vracer111]

Recently this album came in and I have been enjoying it very much. It's not only my favorite Anime OST, it's one of my favorite CD albums as well.

Mainly a mixture of orchestral, piano, electronic/effect, and eclectic music.

Examples for each:

Orchestral

Piano

Electronic/Effect

Eclectic

 

[3db]

Blind Willie Johnson "Dark Was The Night" on CD. Recorded way back in the late 20s, this is more a spiritual CD but heavily blues as well. This one album hits home how the spirituals sung by the black population in the states evolved into blues. For any blues fan, this is a must have.

This guy has the most unusual voice I've ever heard, coarse, rough, gravelly like no other. Makes the lead singer of AC/DC sond like a choir boy. Eric Clapton has stated that Blind Willie Johnson is the best slide guitarist he's ever heard.

 

[skizzerflake]

I'm listening to Gerry Rafferty...RIP. Among his songs was Baker Street, which had probably the sweetest Sax line ever put in a rock song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkS169P_Eeo

 

[3db]

Alec Seward "Creepin Blues" on vinyl

 

[j_garcia]

Chicane - Behind the Sun CD

 

[DaJuice]

Michael Jackson- Dirty Diana

 

[Radio Flyer]

Radiohead, Live from The Basement

 

[3db]

John Lee Hooker "The Healer" on CD
Big Mamma Thorton "Sassy Mamma" on CD

 

[caupina]

Billy Childs "Portrait of a Player", nice jazz CD, excellent SQ. His rendition of Ivan Lins " The Island" is just beautiful. For those unfamiliar with this artist, he plays the piano and can be heard (seen) in Chris Botti's "In Boston" Bluray.