What are you listening to right now?

[tmazz]

TV Classics: Various RCA Classical Artists

RCA CD

A collection of 15 Classical pieces used in various TV shows and commercials. It was kind of fun to sit back listen to them and say "Oh yeah, I remember that show."

[pumpkinman]

Paul Butterfield ~ Put It In Your Ear

[tmazz]

Jazz is Dead: Grateful Jazz

Private Issue CD

I saw these guys in concert last Thursday night as the warmup band for Quicksilver Messenger Service and Jefferson Starship and they were selling this CD at the concert. The band members were all part of the San Fransisco Ashbury/Haight Hippie scene in the late 60s and some of them recently palyed as part of the "Friends on the Phil Lesh and Friends tour. They now play was is advertised as Jazz versions of Grateful Dead music. What the play IMO is clser tio rock instrumentals that Jazz, but whatever you want to call is is is an enjoyable CD

[tmazz]

Kraftwerk: Autobahn

Mercury LP

[tmazz]

Falla - Granados - Ravel Orchestral Works: Rafael Frunbeck de Burgos

Decca Eloquence CD (Australian Import)

[tmazz]

Lynyrd Skynyrd: Live from Freedom Hall

Roadrunner CD/DVD Set

[pumpkinman]

Syd Barrett ~ Barrett

[pumpkinman]

Harvey Mandel ~ The Snake

[pumpkinman]

Jimi ~ Axis: Bold As Love

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[tmazz]

Thanks Evan. I really like Jack Johnson and  this one snuck by me.

Checked the online library catalog and there is a copy in a nearby branch that they will send over to me.  

This is exactly what this thread is all about. sharing our musical likes and learning from one another. 

[richidoo]

Taps @ Arlington Cemetary

Thank You to all United States Veterans for your service and sacrifice.

[ejk]

 

[pumpkinman]

Brian Auger's Oblivion Express ~ A Better Land

[ejk]

HD Tracks


A collection of all-new recordings revisits Merchant's multi-platinum solo debut, Tigerlily, originally released in 1995 following her departure from 10,000 Maniacs.

Tigerlily was described by the New York Times in 1995 as "an anomaly in a music scene in which reckless female performers reign supreme." The album sold more than five million copies worldwide and featured the popular hit singles "Carnival," "Wonder," and "Jealousy." Paradise Is There presents the songs as they have evolved over the past two decades of live performance. Joining Merchant on the album, which she produced herself, are her long-time band members Gabriel Gordon (guitar), Jesse Murphy (bass), Uri Sharlin (piano & accordion), and Allison Miller (drums), as well as a string quartet—Scot Moore (violin), Shawn Moore (violin), Marandi Hostetter (viola), and Stanley Moore (cello)—plus Sharel Cassity (saxophone) and guest vocals by Simi Stone, Gail Ann Dorsey, and Elizabeth Mitchell.

"Tigerlily is the most significant album I've made because it defined me as an independent songwriter after 12 years in 10,000 Maniacs," Merchant explains, "It also created a bond between me and an audience that has supported and sustained me for 20 years. I decided to make the Paradise Is There album and film for them, to honor the journey that we, and these songs, have all taken. Songs have new life breathed into them every time they are sung. Time has changed them as much as it has changed me." She continues, "I wanted to record these songs again because it seemed unfair to confine them to the way that they were performed in the studio in 1995. They are so versatile, whether I strip them bare or enhance them with strings, and they lend themselves so well to re-arrangement.

"There are several songs from Tigerlily—'Carnival', 'Wonder', 'Beloved Wife', 'River', and 'Cowboy Romance'—that remain at the core of my live shows. They still have relevance to me and, by the response they receive, I can tell that they still resonate with my audience," Merchant says. "I've spent a full year preparing this album and film, and the process gave me a chance to take the measure of everything that's happened because of Tigerlily. The distance this music traveled once it left my hands is humbling, and I am moved by how many lives it has touched along the way."