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Re: Today I am Listening To...
« Reply #5325 on: 05 January, 2020, 11:56:44 pm »
Jacob Collier
He’s a very gifted musician, a terrific talent. He was picked up by Quincey Jones at one point. As a listener, I find him a little over-reliant on the technical side of things; hopefully, when he’s a little older, he’ll allow more feeling to come into play. But whichever way you look at it, doing something like this at the age of 17(?) is pretty special:

https://youtu.be/pvKUttYs5ow


Re: Today I am Listening To...
« Reply #5326 on: 06 January, 2020, 08:29:54 pm »
Just heard this on the radio. Khruangbin & Leon Bridges - Texas Sun. Don't known anything about them but it's lovely:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSWNWWREtsI
I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that.

Re: Today I am Listening To...
« Reply #5327 on: 06 January, 2020, 11:39:45 pm »
Yeah, Khruangbin is my other new discovery!.

Re: Collier: He's playing locally in April, but I want to know which version turns up!.

Re: Today I am Listening To...
« Reply #5328 on: 09 January, 2020, 06:36:05 pm »
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The NPR Tiny Desk Concert Series is absolutely awesome.
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and

...the Tiny Desk is a good ...

yes it is...and also their "All songs considered" pod

to whom I owe a small addiction to Jason Isbell, the incredible LIZZO and most of all Gillian Welch/Dave Rawlings

Re: Today I am Listening To...
« Reply #5329 on: 14 January, 2020, 05:04:02 pm »
Fancied something new.  I dont get to listen to R6 so much now I bike to work.  So I checked out Fopp's albums of the year 2019.
Bought Sharon Van Etten, Remind Me Tomorrow.

Very highly recommended. Have not bought an album I'd describe as a grower in a while, this def is. Enjoying it more each night.

Re: Today I am Listening To...
« Reply #5330 on: 15 January, 2020, 08:06:52 pm »
Drive by Truckers on a random play on Amazon

Some of the best lyrics ever. Sad love songs then angry screaming triple guitar attack. Smashing.

Drag the lake Charlie

Our best case scenario
Is Lester turns up dead
I'm almost out of Valium
Courage and self-respect


Birthday Boy

The pretty girls from the smallest towns
Get remembered like storms and droughts
That old men talk about for years to come


Goddam Lonely Love

And I could find another dream,
One that keeps me warm and clean
But I ain't dreamin' anymore, girl, I'm waking up
So I'll take two of what you're having and I'll take everything you got
To kill this goddamn lonely, goddamn lonely love
I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that.

Re: Today I am Listening To...
« Reply #5331 on: 28 January, 2020, 08:54:16 pm »
The Berlin Philharmonic under Simon Rattle.  "The Rite Of Spring" is terrifying.   


This is a very good box set for the money.  https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B06W2M9SGY/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1


Not fast & rarely furious

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Re: Today I am Listening To...
« Reply #5332 on: 02 February, 2020, 11:34:06 pm »
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uScIqt9au30


Tanita Tikaram ,  I had a cassette of this in my Sharp Sound System , which was stolen from my Fiat  >:(
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Re: Today I am Listening To...
« Reply #5333 on: 03 February, 2020, 12:13:31 am »
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uScIqt9au30


Tanita Tikaram ,  I had a cassette of this in my Sharp Sound System , which was stolen from my Fiat  >:( [size=78%]  80's.[/size]
I have a couple of hers on my play list, Good Traditions and Twist of Sobriety,  never tire of hearing them - love her voice.

Used to very much fancy her back in the day,  she looks like she could be my daughter now.

Re: Today I am Listening To...
« Reply #5334 on: 03 February, 2020, 12:18:36 am »
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEzoWe3saQE&frags=pl%2Cwn


Tracy Chapman.  Only ever seen her play live once, Human Rights Now!  at Wembley back in the day....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzLCfvYEvmE


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3I1HLbqIkE&frags=pl%2Cwn  Full gig with Sting, Springsteen, Gabriel etc  :thumbsup:
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Re: Today I am Listening To...
« Reply #5335 on: 03 February, 2020, 01:16:48 am »
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Re: Today I am Listening To...
« Reply #5336 on: 06 February, 2020, 04:12:51 pm »
Atom String Quartet.  I saw them in Liverpool a while ago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-n912qgEQY    :thumbsup:


From the comments "'I'm high as a kite on meth, and this is exactly what I needed!"
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Re: Today I am Listening To...
« Reply #5337 on: 06 February, 2020, 04:21:33 pm »
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lV21J75vFE
Sinead O'Connor . Bloody hell  :jurek:

Thanks I hadn't heard that for a couple of decades. Takes me back.
I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that.

Re: Today I am Listening To...
« Reply #5338 on: 13 February, 2020, 09:27:03 pm »
Schubert on random play from Amazon Prime.

It switches from saccharine oh god make it stop to absolutely sublime. I don't know any other composer that elicits two such different emotions in me depending on the piece.
I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that.

Re: Today I am Listening To...
« Reply #5339 on: 13 February, 2020, 10:20:54 pm »
Schubert on random play from Amazon Prime.

It switches from saccharine oh god make it stop to absolutely sublime. I don't know any other composer that elicits two such different emotions in me depending on the piece.

Also every third track Amazon serves up is a version of Ave Maria. I was raised a Catholic but still FFS "Alexa skip"
I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that.

Re: Today I am Listening To...
« Reply #5340 on: 16 February, 2020, 09:28:22 pm »
Stuff from the new Bowie EP.  Half of it is filler and the good stuff is studio versions of stuff I have on bootleg.
simplicity, truth, equality, peace

Re: Today I am Listening To...
« Reply #5341 on: 20 February, 2020, 02:48:04 pm »
Jeff Buckley "Grace" .   Far too long since I listened to this , what a record.



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Re: Today I am Listening To...
« Reply #5342 on: 28 February, 2020, 01:36:14 pm »
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Simon-Rattle-his-Soloists-Years/dp/B01BW4FDB8/ref=sr_1_1    Working my way through this.  Currently Cecile Ousset playing Ravel's Piano Concerto in G.


A very good buy at the price.  :thumbsup:







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Cudzoziemiec

  • Ride adventurously and stop for a brew.
Re: Today I am Listening To...
« Reply #5343 on: 06 March, 2020, 07:14:55 pm »
Mostly to Air.
Riding a concrete path through the nebulous and chaotic future.

Re: Today I am Listening To...
« Reply #5344 on: 10 March, 2020, 01:53:51 pm »

nicknack

  • Hornblower
Re: Today I am Listening To...
« Reply #5345 on: 10 March, 2020, 07:15:00 pm »
Ahead Rings Out - Blodwyn Pig
There's no vibrations, but wait.

Re: Today I am Listening To...
« Reply #5346 on: 16 March, 2020, 02:16:13 pm »
Grace Potter. New album came out and I missed it.

https://youtu.be/XxZIT75-XJU

Its pretty good.
I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that.

Re: Today I am Listening To...
« Reply #5347 on: 18 March, 2020, 12:02:31 pm »
You know that feeling when you heard something new and wanted to rush out and buy an album? Possibly the most wonderful new performer I've heard since .... Amy Winehouse? (nothing like her, but you know what I mean)

Taimane, doing a Tiny Desk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXUCJKto68Q

Re: Today I am Listening To...
« Reply #5348 on: 18 March, 2020, 10:22:48 pm »
Big Science.
Brilliant album

Wowbagger

  • Former Sylph
    • Stuff mostly about weather
Re: Today I am Listening To...
« Reply #5349 on: 25 March, 2020, 07:31:07 pm »
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNeoWuknHXw

A choir rehearsal on Youtube!

Brahms Requiem for those who like that sort of thing.
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