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JS · Post by JS » Sat Oct 28, 2006 6:45 pm

Forgot this one:

The Sporting Pitchfork · Sat Oct 28, 2006 8:10 pm

SteveShaw wrote:
Listen to the Lindsays in these as well for modern versions, or the Busch Quartet recordings from the 1930s. I think that their A minor is still unsurpassed even today. Some of the finest Beethoven late quartet discs were recorded in the 1950s by the Hollywood Quartet, with Felix Slatkin. Just a bunch of people who specialised in playing film music but who got together to make these wonderful Beethoven quartet recordings. Somewhere on an ancient cassette I have the Smetana Quartet playing the C sharp minor. A real treasure.

Thanks for the advice. I'm lucky in that one of the best classical music specialist CD stores in the US happens to be here in Portland (it's called "Classical Millenium" and they also do mail order). I'll head down there and see if they have any of those recordings.

I have Fernhill's album "Whilia" and have been meaning to get the rest of their albums. I think they're a serious breath of fresh air--far more musically interesting than many of the current crop of Scottish & Irish bands. Julie Murphy is by far the greatest Welsh singer ever to come out of Essex...

Henke--

Enjoyed the Sambomaster clip. I hadn't heard of them before. I think "Sambomaster wa kimi ni katarikakeru" would mean something like "Sambomaster are beginning to tell you." If you're interested in hearing more good Japanese rock music, I'd advise you to check out Go!Go! 7188 and Quruli.

Two more additions to the list for today:

The Go-Betweens, Tallulah
Fest Noz Live (Keltia Musique KMCD76)--This is a fantastic little disc. Has tracks by Skolvan, Annie Ebrel & Nolùen Le Buhé, Bagad Kemper, and Jean Baron & Christian Anneix all performing live at a huge fest noz in Quimper. I highly recommend it!!!

brianormond · Post by **brianormond** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 8:12 pm

"Pintop" Perkins? -(just needling you)-

-"Steam"-John Williams
-"Maudite Moisson"-Le Vent du Nord
-"Hallelujah Train"- Mr. B & The Bird of Paradise Orchestra

-Brian

Post by **Dale** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 8:24 pm

R. L. Burnside: "Too Bad Jim" and "Wish I Was in Heaven Sittin' Down"
Rapoon: "Just Say the Faith" and "Cidar"
Elvis Costello: "North"
Brian Eno "77 Million Paintings"
Alejandro Escovedo String Quintet "Room of Songs"

Post by **Dale** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 8:25 pm

The Sporting Pitchfork wrote: Ryuichi Sakamoto, Chasm

Ryuichi Sakamoto is one of my all-time favorites.

BoneQuint · Post by **BoneQuint** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 8:52 pm

Dan Gellert.

hyldemoer · Post by **hyldemoer** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 9:34 pm

BoneQuint wrote:Dan Gellert.

Dan is awesome
but he'd agree that his daughter Rayna is exceptional!

SteveShaw · Post by **SteveShaw** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 5:34 am

Alias Ron Kavana: "Galway to Graceland."

SteveK · Post by **SteveK** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 6:52 am

There's a surprising amount (to me) of old time music being listened to. I really like that Dan Gellert CD. Another one I like is Jeannie Murphy (banjo) and Scott Marckx (fiddle) called The Time's Been Sweet. I got it from CD Baby. Also a relatively new CD by banjoist Adam Hurt. Very upscale.

hyldemoer · Post by **hyldemoer** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 10:31 am

SteveK wrote:There's a surprising amount (to me) of old time music being listened to.

Perhaps it just rises up from the earth here in the New World, an invocation of the indigenous spirit of the land?

I went to a concert last night. The music was great but the tickets were a bit more expensive than the usual weekly concerts we attend. On the way out I asked my husband if we wanted to pick up a CD of the performing group.
He comment was "Why? None of them played fiddle or banjo".

Today I'm back to getting my fix with this.

Wombat · Post by **Wombat** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 11:59 am

Right now I'm listening to The Complete Meteor Blues, R&B and Gospel Recordings, a double CD.

Meteor was a subsidiary of Modern/RPM, the complex best known as B.B.King's first home. Meteor flourished briefly in Memphis in the early 50s. Some of the artists I'm listening to are Elmore James, Rufus Thomas, Little Milton, Fenton Robinson, Earl, Forest and Woodrow Adams.

Meteor also recorded some great rockabilly. You can get that on a separate release.

Bloomfield · Post by **Bloomfield** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 2:33 pm

Noel Hill agus Tony MacMahon: I gCnoc Na Grai (1985)

burnsbyrne · Post by **burnsbyrne** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 3:12 pm

I am on another of my periodic Latin jags. I discovered and started exploring Portuguese Fado music. I've been listening to a singer by the name of Mariza especially. I especially like the sound of the Portuguese guitarra which is a twelve-stringed guitar with a body like a tear drop shaped mandolin, a beautifully shaped head stock and a string tuning system that looks specifically designed to scare the newbees. I think it's an instrument that would lend itself nicely to Irish Trad.

My other recent "big find" is Mexican-American singer Lila Downs. By the content of her music I'd say she identifies herself more with her Mexican side but she also speaks perfect Merican English. Her singing is very traditional and still modern. She communicates the anguish of the persecuted indios y meztisos but she also shows the kind of sense of humor that gets one through a bad day. I've been listening to her CD "La Cantina" which includes cumbias, rancheras and mariachi songs along with others.
Mike

Post by **Nanohedron** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 4:52 pm

burnsbyrne wrote:I am on another of my periodic Latin jags. I discovered and started exploring Portuguese Fado music. I've been listening to a singer by the name of Mariza especially. I especially like the sound of the Portuguese guitarra which is a twelve-stringed guitar with a body like a tear drop shaped mandolin, a beautifully shaped head stock and a string tuning system that looks specifically designed to scare the newbees. I think it's an instrument that would lend itself nicely to Irish Trad.

And it has:

Bloomfield · Post by **Bloomfield** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 6:01 pm

The Fiery Furnaces: Blueberry Boat