What are you listening to Part the Third

[Dusty Chalk]

13 hours ago, jose said:

Portico Quartet  "Monument"

That's so great, isn't it?  I think I will revisit it.  Thansk for the "bump".

On 4/2/2023 at 5:09 PM, mikeymad said:

Bloom
Areni Agbabian, Nicolas Stocker
2019

https://album.link/i/1449152210

Example:

Delicate and thoughtful. 

Egad, is it all so melodic and lyrical?  I am <3ing very much.

[mikeymad]

14 hours ago, Dusty Chalk said:

 

Egad, is it all so melodic and lyrical?  I am <3ing very much.

It is a mix. The other works with Nicolas Stocker have a different tone. I like it all, but prefered the solo works by Areni Agbabian more.

[mikeymad]

Protection
Massive Attack
1994

https://album.link/i/724410562

Example:

Another killer album.

[jose]

4 hours ago, mikeymad said:

Protection
Massive Attack
1994

https://album.link/i/724410562

Example:

Another killer album.

Very, very good, although perhaps my favorites are Blue Lines and Mezzanine... or 100th Window 

[mikeymad]

^ indeed, they are better albums. 

Get Back (Rooftop Performance)
The Beatles
2022

https://album.link/t/213891547

Example:

Nice to just listen to the entire set. 

[robm321]

This is one hell of a find, Ric. Thanks.

Start to finish, exceptional. 

[mikeymad]

Some more George:

All Things Must Pass (50th Anniversary)
George Harrison
1970

https://album.link/i/1670732500

Example:

Good to just listen to now and then.

[mikeymad]

Fly From Here: Return Trip
Yes
2011

https://album.link/i/1490150422

Example:

20th out of 23 (one is about to be released) studio album. I kind of dropped off Yes, (well, new Yes) about 10+ years ago. I guess I was more into the band line-up (this one does not have Jon Anderson) than I was just about the music. So, I gave this one a spin (click) and I really enjoyed it. I just took it for what is there. It starts out with a six part song (clip of it as example) that I really enjoyed. The rest of the album is a bit mixed, nothing bad, just ranges from really good to okay. I will try the other two newer albums at some point (2014 and 2021). It is not so much I am running towards them, I am not actively running away from them anymore. 

[skullguise]

Russian Red - Fuerteventura.  Similar in sound to several other light folk/pop artists, but something about her sets it apart and causes me to like her more than most....

 

[Dusty Chalk]

New Covet -- that first song is the most atypical Covet song I've ever heard (in a good, noise-rock way), but the rest of it is more like this, but with just as much variety:

At first I kinda wished it was full of more surprises like that first song, but then I "got comfortable" -- this is truly my comfort music, so I'm (quite possibly for the first time) actually happy about not being as surprised as I started out wishing I was.

[mikeymad]

Songbird
Eva Cassidy
1998

https://album.link/i/306987130

Example:

Songbird indeed. Perfect Sunday starter. Her arraignments and phrasing were really exceptional. Sad we only had her for 33 years.

[Torpedo]

She was a huge talent capable of an emotional connection to the music that only a bunch of singers managed, to my taste, of course.

I've listened over the weekend a couple of albums by a spanish jazz pianist whose music I didn't know, just his name. Pretty good I'd dare say: 

Abe Rábade - Ghu Project Vol.1 and Open Doors (Ghu Project Vol.2)

Not extraordinary nor unique or ground breaking, but very enjoyable. They're on Qobuz too. It's funny that all streaming services, even Odesli, get wrong that Open Doors is Ghu Project Vol.2, not Vol.1 as they all wrongly display.

[Dusty Chalk]

It's the other one.

[blessingx]

It sadly took Emahoy Tsege-Mariam Gebru dying two weeks ago at 99 for her to show up on my radar. Listen to a short interview with her on the BBC, The Honky Tonk Nun.

 

  

Edited April 10, 2023 by blessingx

[mikeymad]

A Tiny Desk showing me why I like Tiny Desk so much.

 

[HiWire]

Annie – Neon Nights (EP)

[Dusty Chalk]

She's so great.

[HiWire]

Didn't even hear about this one until a few weeks ago... it's short but sweet!

[mikeymad]

When We Leave
Mathias Eick
2021

https://album.link/i/1581086524

Example:

A really nice set. I am not sure I know Mathias before this. He has a pile of albums out there. I will have to explore and see what I like out of the batch. 

 

[mikeymad]

The Myth of The Happily Ever After
Biffy Clyro
2021

https://album.link/i/1582831319

Example:

Scottish rockers be rocking. I liked the album mix a lot.

[robm321]

First time hearing him. I'm a fan. He brings a fresh expressiveness that I haven't really heard in awhile. 

The album is the usual Bach mixed in with French contemporary composers. 

Edited April 14, 2023 by robm321

[Hopstretch]

A River Running To Your Heart -- Fruit Bats (2023).

 

 

 

Edited April 16, 2023 by Hopstretch

[mikeymad]

We Get Requests
Oscar Peterson Trio
1964

https://album.link/i/1443078246

Example:

You know, it is just required listening now and then. Still strikes me as one of the most beautiful jazz albums ever made. Just overhearing it for a few seconds compels me to cue up the album and 40 minutes later, I am happier than I started that time. Thx Oscar and friends.

[mikeymad]

If The Moon Turns Green
Diana Panton
2011

https://album.link/i/1443526888

Example:

Lovely female jazz voice. I have been away from jazz vocals for a while. I think I need a little more in my life. This did nicely. 

[Dusty Chalk]

Delta Sleep, Spring Island

mathrock joyous (in a jamband way) syncopated groovy proggy

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