And tonight I am going to see the Decemberists in Royal Oak. Only 3 1/2 hours to go. On the MP3 player this week is Corvus Corax. I'm listening to Cantus Buranus and Cantus Buransu II.
Lined up for the CD player right now is: Henry Mancini -- The Latin Sound of Henry Mancini Booker T. and the M.G.'s -- Soul Limbo Astrud Gilberto -- I Haven't Got Anything better To Do
Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham I love the traditional songs from Scotland, and the Shetlands the video is boring, but the music is superb [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nynCpGxpq_Y[/youtube]
Today I'm giving these CDs a spin: Cal Tjader – Solar Heat Frank Sinatra – Nice 'n' Easy Julius Wechter & The Baja Marimba Band – As Time Goes By (CD-R made from the vinyl)
I'm watching "Live from Lincoln Center" on PBS. Louis Langree conducting the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, with guest violinist Joshua Bell. Right now they are performing Haydn's 104th symphony.
In the rack for today: 1) Talking Heads - Stop making Sense 2) Joe Cocker - Heart & Soul 3) Peter Nero - Xochimilco (RCA Victor Records, Dynagroove, Mono, Released 1967) Transferred from vinyl to CD-R by me.
Adrenalise and Retroactive albums by Def Leppard this afternoon. I have 'Ruby my Dear' by Thelonious Monk playing at the moment. Pete
For the Sinatra Fans here at the Shave Den... Classic Sinatra II This is a great follow up to the original "Classic Sinatra" CD. And, why did I get Classic ll? Because it has the song "High Hopes" on it. I've been trying to get a Sinatra CD with this song on it for a long time, and now I've got it. You can see the complete track listing here: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00267QOGY/?tag=thshde-20 The more I play this album, the more I like.
For the last two days, it has been Brahms. I've been working my way through the recordings of his works in my classical library. Some of the highlights that I have really enjoyed thus far are his first piano quartet (Walter Trampler and the Beaux Arts Trio - I love the fourth movement) and his Piano Trio No. 1 (Suk, Katchen, Starker - the first movement continues to be one of my absolute favorite pieces of classical music), and his Double Concerto (Oistrakh, Rostropovich, Szell, Cleveland Orchestra - Rostropovich and Szell are high up in my book).
David Bowie's Pinups album (one of my faves, recorded in the early 70's,all covers of 60's songs that influenced him). George Thorogood's The Dirty Dozen, and Ampology by The Hoodoo Gurus. Rock n roll day at work for me today ::git
Just discovered the music of Charlie Patton. What a brilliant musician, even more impressive when you consider he recorded his work almost a decade before Robert Johnson. Pete
Charlie or Charley Patton (its been spelled both ways) is some great stuff! I have his Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton collection. While I do like me some mean electric blues, there is something soothing to listening to the old Delta Blues masters. My 17yo son listens to some stuff that is questionable in taste (to me at least), but he loves Charley and his contemporaries.
It's great stuff. Given that the recording is just a man and his guitar, it really is quite sophisticated music. The crudeness of the recordings adds to their charm IMHO. Pete
