Currently Listening to

Bloomfield · Post by **Bloomfield** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 9:00 pm

8 Hands on 88 Keyes: Chicago Blues Piano Masters
Barrelhouse Chuck
Detroit Junior
Erwin Helfer
Pintop Perkins.

“It isn’t often that four Chicago piano virtuosos convene for a marathon recording session, but this one must have been a riot, judging by the sheer fervor of the performances. Each artist sounds utterly unlike the rest, with Barrelhouse Chuck laying down relentless boogie rhythms, Detroit Junior accompanying his fat chords with moans and cries, Pinetop Perkins luxuriating in unbelievably slow and sultry tempos and Erwin Helfer ripping through blues, boogie, and jazz numbers at a breakneck pace. Together, these great Chicago originals play down-home music that’s about as unvarnished as it gets.” Howard Reich, Chicago Tribune March 3, 2002.

Delicious stuff.

peeplj · Post by **peeplj** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 9:13 pm

Right now, at this very minute? Listening to "My Chemical Romance."

Good stuff...hard, driving rock...dark, and they know how to put their finger right on the pulse points.

Dark, striking videos. The videos remind me of Johnny Cash's version of "Hurt."

The music reminds me in some ways of Queen and in some ways of Styx.

--James

hyldemoer · Post by **hyldemoer** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 9:47 pm

Aujourd'hui

I am soooo going to learn "the Old Carpenter's Waltz"!

AaronMalcomb · Post by **AaronMalcomb** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 12:36 am

Tom Zé: Estudando o Pagode

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 7:03 am

Bloomie, you do this just to expose what a dork I am.
Ok, currently in the car cd changer:

Soundtrack from Mamma Mia, London cast
Soundtrack from RENT, Broadway cast
Champs-Elysées (a french audio journal)
Think Spanish (a spanish audio journal)
Robin Williamson playing Fiddle Tunes from his music book of that name,
so I can listen and feel inadequate.

I think Solas is in the kitchen cd player.

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 7:07 am

Mozart Piano Concertos, currently #'s 20 - 24.

SteveShaw · Post by **SteveShaw** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 7:49 am

Joseph E. Smith wrote:Mozart Piano Concertos, currently #'s 20 - 24.

No. 22 in E flat is one of my desert island discs. I love the wind passages in the slow movement. My wife bought me a vinyl copy in 1983 for my birthday, played by Murray Perahia, so I guess it'll have to be that version.

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 7:53 am

SteveShaw wrote:
Joseph E. Smith wrote:Mozart Piano Concertos, currently #'s 20 - 24.
No. 22 in E flat is one of my desert island discs. I love the wind passages in the slow movement. My wife bought me a vinyl copy in 1983 for my birthday, played by Murray Perahia, so I guess it'll have to be that version.

I used to have several Perahia recordings and to this day his rendering of # 24 is my favorite. He's probably one of the best pianists of Mozart's compositions ever. # 14 is also a good recording of his.

SteveK · Post by **SteveK** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 8:36 am

The last CD I listened to was Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section.
http://www.amazon.com/Art-Pepper-Meets- ... B000000YIT

djm · Post by **djm** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 9:03 am

Neil Young's "Everybody Knows This is Nowhere". It crossed my mind that if a woman were to sing his "Down By the River" the song would take on a totally new meaning.

djm

Domhnall · Post by **Domhnall** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 9:29 am

Andrew Collins' "solo" album, 'Little Widgets'

A great Newgrass album, by an amazing mandolinist, so I'm in a great mood. Just got it too, saw the Creaking Tree String Quartet last night (of which he is a member) and I'm still in wonder.

BillChin · Post by **BillChin** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 9:31 am

The tune that keeps coming back to me is an original whistle tune that I am calling "The Church Bells of Dublin." I haven't performed it live for a crowd yet.

jsluder · Post by **jsluder** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 10:52 am

I'm currently listening (yet again) to one of my favorite CDs:

Songs from the Mountain
Dirk Powell, Tim O'Brien and John Herrmann

1. Mountain Air / Washington's March / Bonaparte's Retreat
2. Cluck Old Hen
3. Raleigh And Spencer
4. The Blackest Crow
5. Stobrod's Tune
6. When I Die I'll Live Again
7. The Drunkard's Hiccups (Jack Of Diamonds)
8. Backstep Cindy
9. Wayfarin' Stranger
10. Skillet Good And Greasy
11. Mole In The Ground
12. Claire Dechutes
13. Cherokee Trail / Glory In The Meeting House
14. Bow Down
15. Lonesome John
16. Fair Margaret And Sweet William
17. Hard Times
18. Angel Band

izzarina · Post by **izzarina** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 11:11 am

peeplj wrote:Right now, at this very minute? Listening to "My Chemical Romance."

My eldest daughter (who is almost 17) wants to know which CD? Is it their new one? If so, I tend to think that she's jealous, but she didn't say that

MCR and the like is what I end up listening to quite a bit as well (although not as much as said daughter would like). We only have one cd player in the house right now (the computer) and so the teenagers of the house end up getting to listen to what want to listen to, rather than something I'd prefer. It is because of this that I desperately need an iPod...a pink one...with lots of great music on it that only I like.

And to answer Bloo's questions, when I do get to listen to my music, these days it tends to be clips and snips of loads of Trad Irish stuff, because for me, I learn to play much better when I listen to the clips. Learning to play better is really on my "to do right NOW " list these days.

Bloomfield · Post by **Bloomfield** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 11:21 am

izzarina wrote: And to answer Bloo's questions, when I do get to listen to my music, these days it tends to be clips and snips of loads of Trad Irish stuff, because for me, I learn to play much better when I listen to the clips. Learning to play better is really on my "to do right NOW " list these days.

Good for you! I am trying to pick up more tunes right now, too.

And I am currently listening to Breda Keville: The Hop Down.

Bought that in Ennis on Peter's recommendation. Absolutely gorgeous stuff. Strong, earthy fiddling. (available at Ossian USA)