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What are you listening to? Part III
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Weezer - The Green Album
Been way too long. Great alternative-rock. They put on a fantastic live show too.
I have to be honest. Given the success of their recent covers of Take On Me and Africa, and the uncanny ability to drop absolute hits out of no-where without having a record deal for over 15 years (anyone remember Beverly Hills??), I'd love to see them go down the road of Barenaked Ladies and They Might Be Giants and put out a children's album. Snacktime was a huge success for Barenaked Ladies, and both Here Come the ABCs and Here Come the 123s were immensely huge for They Might Be Giants. Weezer could easily pull that off.
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I have to admit, this cover is growing on me. At first I thought the verse was perfect, but it lost me on the chorus. Watching this and hearing it again, it's really really well done. I'd put it up there with Andy McKay's instrumental cover.
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I discovered a new country/soul singer who, judging by her accent, is from Britain. She's really good and I hope her album get the airplay it deserves when it comes out this week! I'm looking forward to more from her, I've liked what I've heard from her! Here's Yola:
When it comes to music for younger audiences out there the only album in my collection is Jack Johnson's Curious George soundtrack. It's pretty nice... "surfey" (as expected).
When it comes to music for younger audiences out there the only album in my collection is Jack Johnson's Curious George soundtrack. It's pretty nice... "surfey" (as expected).
Here's a little one for you from Barenaked Ladies. They're known for breaking into witty banter in the middle of their songs when they play live gigs, so they did it throughout the entire song about the alphabet with unusual/leser known words, at least for kids. Pretty much, it's here to get your geek on with the alphabet.
What a fantastic and wonderfully arresting album sleeve; one can only express the hope that the music lives up to the promise on the sleeve.
Continuing some fun tests of a theory inspired by a few other Friday night jazz explorations, that one easy way to run into any number of interesting musicians is first to find a good double bassist and then just follow him around on his solo or leader gigs and side efforts as well.
So tonight following celebrated jazz bassist Larry Grenadier around: bumping into him, Sebastian Sternal on piano and drummer Jonas Burgwinkel, with a rendition of Sternal's composition 'Go'. This performance was live at Frankfurter Hof Mainz, April 2017.
So tonight following celebrated jazz bassist Larry Grenadier around: bumping into him, Sebastian Sternal on piano and drummer Jonas Burgwinkel, with a rendition of Sternal's composition 'Go'. This performance was live at Frankfurter Hof Mainz, April 2017.
Rounded up ECM's video for a promo version of the Bom Dia Rio track from that Blue Maqams album, provided along with some notes about the players, and now I'm skipping my usual Apple Music phase and heading straight for the CD purchase... thanks for that post.
[parts of the ECM promo video were shot in Paris and at l'IMA (l'institut du monde arabe) in the Latin Quarter there.]
From ECM's notes: Recorded in New York’s Avatar Studios in May 2017 and produced by Manfred Eicher, Blue Maqams brings Tunisian oud master Anouar Brahem together with three brilliant improvisers. For Anouar Brahem and Dave Holland the album marks a reunion: they first collaborated 20 years ago on the very widely-acclaimed Thimar album. Brahem meets Jack DeJohnette for the first time here, but Holland and DeJohnette have been frequent musical partners over the last half-century beginning with ground-breaking work with Miles Davis – their collaborations are legendary. British pianist Django Bates also rises superbly to the challenge of Brahem’s compositions. And Anouar in turn is inspired to some of his most outgoing playing. Blue Maqams is a highlight of ECM’s autumn season. Live appearances by the quartet will follow in 2018.
I also like his album Le pas du chat noir, in which he performs as part of a trio: oud, piano, and accordion.
I've been googling these albums; they sound amazing.
Thanks for introducing me to new sounds and worlds of music.
At the moment listening to some Roky Erickson while waiting for the Oscar's to start. Don't really know why I'm bothering watching the show since I don't think I've seen one nominated film this year. Started Roma a couple of times, but something always came up.
But yeah, one of my favorites from Roky.
But yeah, one of my favorites from Roky.
The Dandy Warhols - Bohemian Like You
Interesting sound. The guitar sounds very Stones.
Interesting sound. The guitar sounds very Stones.
Shuffling though the soundtracks I have imported into my iTunes and I came upon this fine tune. I'm by no means a Sia-expert, but some of the songs I have heard from her have definitely struck a chord with me. This one's from the soundtrack to The Neon Demon, a film by Nicolas Winding Refn. Great stuff, both the song and the film.
If you're watching it on YouTube, there can be spoilers in the comments, so just a heads up.
If you're watching it on YouTube, there can be spoilers in the comments, so just a heads up.
You've given me an idea, or rather, a series of ideas.
Several tracks from Dire Straits: Private Investigations, Sultans of Swing, Love Over Gold, Romeo And Juliet, Tunnel Of Love, Money For Nothing, and the superlative Brothers In Arms.
At work, no (unless one has an office of one's own, as I had in Georgia, and, for a few months, more recently, in an unmentionable country in the Horn of Africa).
But, now, for some unknown reason, I seem to have migrated to listening to REM.
Suits my mood.
